BA Hungarian and Ukrainian
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 Ukrainian, a Russian Studies and Modern Languages degree focusing on the acquisition of two languages alongside the history and culture of Eastern Europe. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a compulsory year abroad spent studying or working in the relevant regions during the third year. The first year introduces foundational linguistic skills and cultural studies through Hungarian Language Level 1, Ukrainian Language Level 1, and War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema, with options such as How Words Work: Sounds and Sense. The second year advances proficiency with Hungarian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, Ukrainian Language Level 2a-Comprehension, and Writing from the Other Europe, alongside further optional choices like Narratives of Exile. The third year consists of a compulsory year abroad split across two terms. The final year consolidates advanced fluency and specialized knowledge via Hungarian Language Level 3a - Comprehension, The Making of Modern Ukraine I, and Hungarian Literature 3, with optional modules such as Free-standing Dissertation.
Modules
- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema
- Literature and Memory
- Hungarian Language Level 1
- Ukrainian 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
- Ukrainian Language Level 2a-Comprehension
- Ukrainian Language Level 2b-Production
- Ukrainian Culture and Text A
- Ukrainian Culture and Text B
- 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
- The Making of Modern Ukraine I
- The Making of Modern Ukraine II
- Ukrainian Language Level 3a - Comprehension
- Ukrainian Language Level 3b - Production
- Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the Shtetl
- Free-standing Dissertation