BA Czech and Dutch
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 Czech and Dutch, a German and Russian Studies degree spanning the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and the School of European Languages, Culture and Society. The course incorporates a compulsory year abroad. The first year establishes language competencies and cultural contexts through compulsory modules such as An Introduction to Dutch Language and Culture, Introduction to Dutch Studies 1, and Czech Language Level 1. The second year progresses to intermediate linguistic studies alongside compulsory modules including Intermediate Dutch Language and Culture and Czech Language Level 2a-Comprehension, while offering optional modules covering topics such as modern literature, linguistics, and historical perspectives. The third year consists of a year abroad spent studying or working. The final year involves advanced language acquisition and specialised study through modules such as Advanced Dutch Language and Culture, Czech Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and Czech and Slovak Literature 3, with further options available in cinema, translation, and contemporary culture.
Modules
- An Introduction to Dutch Language and Culture
- Introduction to Dutch Studies 1
- Introduction to Dutch Studies 2
- Czech Language Level 1
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Intermediate Dutch Language and Culture
- Czech Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Czech Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Czech Literature and Culture
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Born out of Rebellion: The Netherlands from the Dutch Revolt to the Eve of World War I
- Modern Dutch Literary Texts
- Multiculturalism and Identity
- 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
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Advanced Dutch Language and Culture
- Czech Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Czech Language Level 3b - Production
- Czech and Slovak Literature 3
- At the Crossroads of Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the 20th and 21st Centuries
- The Contemporary in Dutch Literature
- Project in Dutch
- Advanced Translation
- Low Countries Cinema
- 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