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UKTESML009: BA (hons): Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Russian)



Year 1, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ESML0001 French written & spoken language 1A           6 Credits

ESML0003 French cultural studies 1A: Styles & genres in French culture      3 Credits

ESML0005 French politics & society 1A: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises      3 Credits

ESML0082 Russian written & spoken language 1A (ab initio)      12 Credits

ESML0103 Europe 1A: Introduction to European studies      6 Credits




Year 1, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ESML0002 French written & spoken language 1B           6 Credits

ESML0004 French cultural studies 1B: Changing viewpoints in the novel      3 Credits

ESML0006 French politics & society 1B: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises      3 Credits

ESML0085 Russian written & spoken language 1B (ab initio)      6 Credits

ESML0086 Russian cultural studies 1B: Introduction to Russian culture (ab initio)      3 Credits

ESML0088 Russian politics & society 1B: Russia before 1917      3 Credits

ESML0104 Europe 1B: Europe since 1945      6 Credits




Year 2, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ESML0007 French written & spoken language 2A           6 Credits

ESML0009 French cultural studies 2A: Violence & disintegration      3 Credits

ESML0011 French politics & society 2A: Les années Mitterrand      3 Credits

ESML0089 Russian written & spoken language 2A           6 Credits

ESML0090 Russian cultural studies 2A: Russian literature from Chekhov to Zoshchenko      3 Credits

ESML0091 Russian politics & society 2A: Soviet Russia 1917-1985      3 Credits

ESML0105 Europe 2A: Politics of the European Union      6 Credits




Year 2, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ESML0008 French written & spoken language 2B           6 Credits

ESML0092 Russian written & spoken language 2B           6 Credits

ESML0093 Russian cultural studies 2B: Soviet Russian literature & cinema in the 1920s & 1930s      3 Credits

ESML0094 Russian politics & society 2B: Reform & reconstruction in Russia since 1985      3 Credits

ESML0106 Europe 2B: Economics of the European Union      6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0010 French cultural studies 2B, option 1: Conflicting realities: film in France in the 1920s & 1930s      3 Credits

ESML0012 French cultural studies 2B, option 2: First person camera: French cinema & the auteur tradition      3 Credits

ESML0073 French cultural studies 2B, option 5: The study of two 20th century prose writers      3 Credits

ESML0080 French cultural studies 2B, option 6: The study of a major 19th century French novelist      3 Credits

ESML0109 French cultural studies 2B, option 7: Camus & the Algerian question      3 Credits

ESML0112 French cultural studies 2B, option 8: Images of conflict: the French at war      3 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0271 French politics & society 2B, option 1: Regional policy in the Fifth Republic      3 Credits

ESML0272 French politics & society 2B, option 2: 'Capitale et province'      3 Credits

ESML0273 French politics & society 2B, option 3: The role & position of women in French society      3 Credits

ESML0274 French politics & society 2B, option 4: French local politics      3 Credits

ESML0275 French politics & society 2B, option 5: Rural society in contemporary France      3 Credits

ESML0276 French politics & society 2B, option 6: The experience of women during the Second World War      3 Credits

ESML0277 French politics & society 2B, option 7: La France: une société au pluriel      3 Credits

ESML0278 French politics & society 2B, option 8: Political communication from party & individual      3 Credits

ESML0279 French politics & society 2B, option 9: France coming to terms with the German occupation of 1940-44      3 Credits

ESML0298 French politics & society 2B: option 10: La France dans le monde      3 Credits

ESML0373 French politics & society 2B, option 11: Political scandals in France      3 Credits




Year 3, Academic Year

Mode of Attendance: Paid period of experience


Mandatory Units

ESML0300 Year abroad      60 Credits




Year 4, Semester 1

Mode of Attendance: Full period in University (Undergraduate)


Mandatory Units

ESML0013 French written & spoken language 4A           6 Credits

ESML0095 Russian written & spoken language 4A           6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0040 International relations 1      6 Credits

ECOI0042 Politics of developing countries 1: the politics of democratic transition      6 Credits

ESML0107 European option E1: Intellectuals & identity in contemporary Europe      6 Credits

ESML0110 European option E3: European film 1           6 Credits

ESML0294 European option E5: In search of Europe (1) - Europe divided      6 Credits

MANG0040 European integration studies 1      5 Credits

Select between 3 and      9 credits from the following list:

ESML0016 French national option F2: La France urbaine      6 Credits

ESML0018 French national option F4: Films of the nouvelle vague      6 Credits

ESML0019 French national option F5: French comedies from Molière to Beaumarchais      6 Credits

ESML0022 French national option F8: Specialist language - translation A      3 Credits

ESML0024 French national option F9: Specialist language - interpreting A      3 Credits

ESML0027 French national option F11: La persuasion et la propagande      6 Credits

ESML0029 French national option F13: Culture et identité dans la France contemporaine      6 Credits

ESML0388 French national option F7: Les partis politiques en France      6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0101 Russian national option R4: Gorbachev & Perestroika      6 Credits

ESML0384 Russian national option R3: Modern Russian Cinema      6 Credits




Year 4, Semester 2


Mandatory Units

ESML0014 French written & spoken language 4B           6 Credits

ESML0096 Russian written & spoken language 4B           6 Credits


Optional Units

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ECOI0041 International relations 2      6 Credits

ECOI0043 Politics of developing countries 2: religion & politics      6 Credits

ESML0108 European option E2: Politically committed European culture: the end of an era?      6 Credits

ESML0111 European option E4: European film 2           6 Credits

ESML0295 European option E6: In search of Europe (2) - Europe in the 1990s: towards unification?      6 Credits

MANG0059 European integration studies 2      5 Credits

Select between 3 and      9 credits from the following list:

ESML0015 French national option F1: La France et l'Europe      6 Credits

ESML0017 French national option F3: La femme en France au vingtième siècle      6 Credits

ESML0020 French national option F6: French autobiography      6 Credits

ESML0023 French national option F8: Specialist language - translation B      3 Credits

ESML0025 French national option F9: Specialist language - interpreting B      3 Credits

ESML0026 French national option F10: Surrealism           6 Credits

ESML0028 French national option F12: Environnement, société, développement      6 Credits

Select 1 unit from the following list:

ESML0097 Russian national option R1: Women in Russia & the USSR      6 Credits

ESML0102 Russian national option R5: Politics in post-communist Russia      6 Credits



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