BA Finnish and East European Studies
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 Finnish and East European Studies, a German and Russian Studies degree centred on the language, literature, history and culture of Finland. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a compulsory year abroad split across two terms. The first year introduces Nordic studies alongside Finnish Language Level 1, with optional modules such as Introduction to Old Norse and Vikings and Material Culture. The second year progresses through Finnish Language Level 2a-Comprehension, Finnish Language Level 2b-Production, and Introduction to Finnish Society and Culture, supplemented by choices like Nordic Politics and Society. The third year consists of Year Abroad Term 1 and Year Abroad Term 2. The fourth year features Finnish Language Level 3a - Comprehension, Finnish Language Level 3b - Production, and Advanced Finnish Society and Culture, with optional subjects including Nordic Cinema and Free-standing Dissertation.
Modules
- Introduction to Nordic Studies 1
- Introduction to Nordic Studies 2
- Finnish Language Level 1
- Introduction to Swedish Language and Culture
- Introduction to Old Norse
- Vikings and Material Culture
- 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
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural, Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Literature and Memory
- Finnish Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Finnish Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Finnish Society and Culture
- Intermediate Swedish Language and Culture
- Nordic Literature in Context
- Nordic Politics and Society
- 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
- Contemporary Performance and Activism in Europe
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Finnish Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Finnish Language Level 3b - Production
- Advanced Finnish Society and Culture
- Crime and Small Communities in Nordic Literature
- Nordic Cinema
- Nordic Landscapes
- 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
- Free-standing Dissertation