BA Hungarian 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 Hungarian and East European Studies, a Russian Studies and Modern Languages degree focusing on the language, literature, history, and culture of the region. Core topics include Research Methods. The four-year programme includes a compulsory academic year abroad. The first year introduces foundational linguistic and cultural studies through compulsory modules such as Hungarian Language Level 1, War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema, and Literature and Memory, alongside various optional subjects. The second year continues language acquisition and regional study with Hungarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, Hungarian Language Level 2b-Production, Introduction to Hungarian Literature and Culture, and Writing from the Other Europe. The third year is spent abroad across two terms. The final year advances proficiency and critical study through modules like Hungarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, Hungarian Language Level 3b - Production, and Hungarian Literature 3, with options including a Free-standing Dissertation.
Modules
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Hungarian Language Level 1
- 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
- Contemporary Performance and Activism in Europe
- Language and social justice: ideologies, politics, and participation
- Representations of Russia
- Russian and Soviet Cinema: History, Ideology, Society
- Introduction to Russian Studies I
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Hungarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Hungarian Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Hungarian Literature and 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
- Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural, Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Old Church Slavonic and Comparative Slavonic Grammar as a Language Learning Strategy
- Contemporary Performance and Activism in Europe
- Language and social justice: ideologies, politics, and participation
- Russian and Soviet Cinema: Gender, Sexuality, and Biopolitics
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Hungarian Language Level 3b - Production
- Hungarian Literature 3
- Hungarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- 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
- Russian and Soviet Cinema: Innovation and Experiment
- Contemporary Russian Cinema
- Free-standing Dissertation