BA Hebrew and Serbian/Croatian
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 Serbian/Croatian, a Russian Studies and Hebrew and Jewish Studies degree focusing on linguistic acquisition and cultural history. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a year spent abroad to immerse students in the cultures and societies of both languages. The first year establishes language foundations through Modern Hebrew Language 1, Serbian and Croatian Language Level 1, and War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema. The second year continues linguistic development with Modern Hebrew Language 2, Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, and Writing from the Other Europe. The third year consists of an optional period of study abroad. The final year involves advanced study with Modern Hebrew Language 4, Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and Serbian and Croatian Literature 3, alongside optional modules and 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
- Serbian and Croatian 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
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Serbian and Croatian 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
- Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows
- 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
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3b - Production
- Serbian and Croatian 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
- Comedy in Serbian Drama
- Free-standing Dissertation