BA Hungarian and Serbian/Croatian
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 Serbian/Croatian, a Russian Studies and Modern Languages degree focusing on the study of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Core topics include Research Methods. This four-year undergraduate programme incorporates a compulsory year abroad split across two terms. The first year establishes language foundations through Hungarian Language Level 1, Serbian and Croatian Language Level 1, Literature and Memory, and War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema. The second year advances linguistic proficiency with Hungarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, Hungarian Language Level 2b-Production, Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, and Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2b-Production. The third year consists of Year Abroad Term 1 and Year Abroad Term 2. The final fourth year concentrates on advanced proficiency and literary studies through Hungarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, Hungarian Language Level 3b - Production, Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, and Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3b - Production. Students may also select optional modules such as Free-standing Dissertation in the final year.
Modules
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Hungarian Language Level 1
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 1
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- 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
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and Literature
- 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
- Writing from the Other Europe
- Hungarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Hungarian Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Hungarian Literature and Culture
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2b-Production
- Introduction to Serbian and Croatian Literature
- How Words Work: Sounds and Sense
- 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
- Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre
- Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and Literature
- 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
- Year Abroad Term 1
- Year Abroad Term 2
- Hungarian Language Level 3b - Production
- Hungarian Literature 3
- Hungarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3b - Production
- Serbian and Croatian Literature 3
- Free-standing Dissertation