BA Bulgarian and Romanian
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Previous study of a foreign language is preferred (not necessarily one of the named languages) but not required. Applicants may study two languages at beginner level and may seek advice from the departments concerned if needed.) IB: 34 points (A total of 16 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5. Foreign language preferred.)
About this course
BA in Bulgarian and Romanian, a Russian Studies degree focusing on the languages, cultures, and societies of Eastern Europe. Core topics include Research Methods. The four-year programme includes an assessed period spent abroad during the third year. The first year establishes language foundations through compulsory modules such as Bulgarian Language Level 1, Romanian Language Level 1, War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema, and Literature and Memory, with additional options available like How Words Work: Sounds and Sense. The second year continues linguistic and cultural training via Bulgarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, Bulgarian Language Level 2b-Production, Romanian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, and Introduction to Romanian Literature. The third year is spent abroad across two terms. The final year consolidates advanced proficiency through Bulgarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, Bulgarian Language Level 3b - Production, Romanian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and Romanian Literature 3, alongside the completion of a Free-standing Dissertation and choices from optional modules such as Translation: Theory and Practice and Narratives of Exile.
Modules
- Bulgarian Language Level 1
- Romanian Language Level 1
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- Tales of the Unexpected: the Supernatural and Fantastic in Literature, 1800 - 1930
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural, Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and Literature
- Old Church Slavonic and Comparative Slavonic Grammar as a Language Learning Strategy
- Contemporary Performance and Activism in Europe
- Language and social justice: ideologies, politics, and participation
- Representations of Russia
- Bulgarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Bulgarian Language Level 2b-Production
- Romanian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Romanian Language Level 2b - Production
- Introduction to Romanian Literature
- Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and Literature
- Writing from the Other Europe
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- Tales of the Unexpected: the Supernatural and Fantastic in Literature, 1800 - 1930
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural, Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and Literature
- Old Church Slavonic and Comparative Slavonic Grammar as a Language Learning Strategy
- Contemporary Performance and Activism in Europe
- Contemporary Polish Cinema
- Language and social justice: ideologies, politics, and participation
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Bulgarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Bulgarian Language Level 3b - Production
- Romanian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Romanian Language Level 3b - Production
- Romanian Literature 3
- Free-standing Dissertation
- Narratives of Exile
- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl
- Contemporary Art and Politics in Eastern Europe and Russia
- Translation: Theory and Practice
- Perspectives on Nonbinary, Gender-inclusive and Genderqueer Language
- The Person, Love and Utopia in Russian Thought
- Russian and Soviet Cinema: Innovation and Experiment
- Contemporary Russian Cinema