BA Danish and Yiddish
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (Foreign language preferred.) 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 Danish and Yiddish, a German and Modern Languages degree centred on Scandinavian and Jewish cultural and linguistic studies. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a compulsory year spent abroad in the third year and offers an optional final-year dissertation. The first year covers foundational language and culture through modules such as Introduction to Danish Language and Culture, Yiddish Language 1, Kita Alef: Introduction to Jewish Studies and Introduction to Nordic Studies 1. The second year continues language study with Yiddish Language 2 alongside options including Yiddish Women Writers, Intermediate Swedish Language and Culture and Nordic Literature in Context. The third year consists of study abroad terms. The final year offers optional modules such as Translation from the Scandinavian Languages, Vikings and Valkyries in Contemporary Culture and Northern Sites and Cities: Perspectives of Urban and Cultural Geographies of the Nordic Region.
Modules
- Kita Alef: Introduction to Jewish Studies
- Yiddish Language 1
- Introduction to Danish Language and Culture
- Intermediate Danish Language and Culture
- Advanced Danish Language and Culture
- Introduction to Nordic Studies 1
- Introduction to Nordic Studies 2
- Yiddish Language 2
- Yiddish Women Writers
- Intermediate Danish Language and Culture 2
- Intermediate Swedish Language and Culture
- Intermediate Swedish Language and Culture 1
- Intermediate Norwegian Language and Culture
- Intermediate Norwegian Language and Culture 1
- Intermediate Icelandic Language and Culture
- Intermediate Icelandic Language and Culture 1
- Nordic Literature in Context
- Intermediate Old Norse
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 1
- SELCS Year Abroad Term 2
- Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 1
- Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 2
- Final Year Dissertation
- Northern Sites and Cities: Perspectives of Urban and Cultural Geographies of the Nordic Region
- Translation from the Scandinavian Languages
- Vikings and Valkyries in Contemporary Culture
- Viking-Age Scandinavia A