BA Hebrew and Polish
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 Hebrew and Polish, a Russian Studies and Hebrew and Jewish Studies degree centered on language acquisition and cultural history. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a compulsory year spent abroad to immerse students in the cultures and societies of both languages. The first year covers language foundations through Modern Hebrew Language 1, Kita Alef: Introduction to Jewish Studies, and Polish Language Level 1. The second year continues linguistic progression through Modern Hebrew Language 2, Polish Language Level 2a-Comprehension, and Polish Language Level 2b-Production. The third year consists of study abroad placements. The final year focuses on advanced proficiency with Modern Hebrew Language 4, Polish Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and Polish Language Level 3b - Production, alongside optional modules such as Yiddish Language 2 and European Jewry and the Holocaust, plus the option to complete a Final Year Dissertation.
Modules
- Modern Hebrew Language 1
- Kita Alef: Introduction to Jewish Studies
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Polish Language Level 1
- Religion, State and Society in Modern European History
- Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History (1000 - 1800 CE)
- Modern Jewish History (Antisemitism, Migration, and Identity)
- Introduction to Judaism
- Modern Hebrew Language 2
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Polish Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Polish Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Polish Literature
- Yiddish Language 1
- Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl
- Contemporary Polish Cinema
- The Jews in Polish Culture: Beyond Stereotypes
- Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 1
- Hebrew and Jewish Studies Study Abroad 2
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Modern Hebrew Language 4
- Polish Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Polish Language Level 3b - Production
- Polish Literature 3
- Final Year Dissertation
- Yiddish Language 2
- European Jewry and the Holocaust
- History of the Jews in Poland
- Perspectives on Nonbinary, Gender-inclusive and Genderqueer Language
- Free-standing Dissertation