BA Hebrew and Ukrainian
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 Ukrainian, a degree centred on Russian Studies and Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Core topics include Research Methods. Students spend the third year abroad to immerse themselves in the cultures and societies of both regions. The first year covers language foundations through Modern Hebrew Language 1 and Ukrainian Language Level 1 alongside compulsory modules such as Kita Alef: Introduction to Jewish Studies and War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema. The second year advances linguistic proficiency through Modern Hebrew Language 2 alongside Ukrainian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, Ukrainian Language Level 2b-Production, Ukrainian Culture and Text A, and Ukrainian Culture and Text B. The third year consists of study abroad terms. The final year involves advanced study including Modern Hebrew Language 4, Ukrainian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, Ukrainian Language Level 3b - Production, and The Making of Modern Ukraine, with options like Yiddish Language 2 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
- Ukrainian Language Level 1
- Religion, State and Society in Modern European History
- Modern Jewish History (Antisemitism, Migration, and Identity)
- Introduction to Judaism
- Modern Hebrew Language 2
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Ukrainian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Ukrainian Language Level 2b-Production
- Ukrainian Culture and Text A
- Ukrainian Culture and Text B
- Yiddish Language 1
- Yiddish Language 2
- European Jewry and the Holocaust
- History of the Jews in Poland
- Metropolitan Life: Jews and the City
- Anglo-Israeli Relations
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
- Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond
- Narratives of Exile
- 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
- Ukrainian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Ukrainian Language Level 3b - Production
- The Making of Modern Ukraine
- Final Year Dissertation
- Yiddish Language 2
- European Jewry and the Holocaust
- History of the Jews in Poland
- Metropolitan Life: Jews and the City
- Anglo-Israeli Relations
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity
- Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond
- Narratives of Exile