BA Hebrew and Romanian
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 Romanian, a degree in Russian Studies and Hebrew and Jewish Studies centred on language acquisition and cultural history. Core topics include Research Methods. Students spend the third year abroad to immerse themselves in the societies of both languages. The first year covers foundational language acquisition through Modern Hebrew Language 1 and Romanian Language Level 1, alongside compulsory modules such as War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema and Literature and Memory. The second year continues linguistic progression with Modern Hebrew Language 2, Romanian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, and Writing from the Other Europe, while introducing optional topics like Yiddish Language 1 and Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond. The fourth year advances proficiency through Modern Hebrew Language 4, Romanian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and Romanian Literature 3. Optional modules across the course span areas such as European Jewry and the Holocaust, and students may undertake 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
- Romanian Language Level 1
- Religion, State and Society in Modern European History
- Modern Hebrew Language 2
- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Romanian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Romanian Language Level 2b - Production
- Introduction to Romanian Literature
- Yiddish Language 1
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
- Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond
- Narratives of Exile
- 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
- 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
- Romanian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Romanian Language Level 3b - Production
- Romanian Literature 3
- Final Year Dissertation
- Yiddish Language 2
- European Jewry and the Holocaust
- History of the Jews in Poland
- Metropolitan Life: Jews and the City
- Free-standing Dissertation