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• You must register for exactly 120 credits per year of study;
• You must have taken and passed 90 credits of Level 6 modules by the end of the final year;
• You are not permitted to take more than 150 credits of Level 4 modules over the course of your programme;
• The Year Abroad must be passed
  
  Please refer to the main module listings page to check if a module is running or not - /ssees/undergraduate-module-listings

This programme features three tracks which allow for specialisation depending on your interests. You do not have to indicate your choice of track on application to the programme.

ÌýÌýÌý Track A - Literature and Culture
ÌýÌýÌý Track B - Politics and Culture
ÌýÌýÌý Track C - History and Culture

Year One

SUMMARY
* Russian Language - 30 credits
* Core Track modules - between 45 and 75 creditsÌýdepending on track
* Optional Track modules - between 15 and 45 credits depending on trackCompulsory Modules

30 credits in Russian language:

Either (when Russian is ab initio):

ÌýÌýÌý SERS0001 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 1A) (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0002 - Use of Russian (Year 1A) (15 Credits)

Or (when Russian is post A Level):

ÌýÌýÌý SERS0003 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 1) (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0005 - Use of Russian (Year 1) (15 Credits)

Core modules by track:

Track A (Literature and Culture) (75 Credits)

ÌýÌýÌý SERS0008 - Russian Short Fiction from Romanticism to Postmodernism (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0010 - The Making of Modern Russian Culture (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0012 - Representations of Russia (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0014 - Russian Cinema: History, Ideology and Society (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SEEE0013 – Literature and Memory (15 credits)

Track B (Politics and Culture) (45 Credits)

ÌýÌýÌý SESS0016 - Understanding Politics I: The Big Questions in Contemporary Europe (15 credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SESS0017 - Understanding Politics II: How Politics Works (15 credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0010 - The Making of Modern Russian Culture (15 Credits)

Track C (History and Culture) (45 Credits)

ÌýÌýÌý SEHI0003Ìý- Frontiers of History (30 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0010 - The Making of Modern Russian Culture (15 Credits)

Optional Modules by track

Track AÌý (15 Credits)

ÌýÌýÌý A Level 4 or 5 module (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS) (15 credits)
ÌýÌýÌý A Level 4 or 5 module from SSEES’s other programme areas, or a Level 4 module from another UCL department (subject to approval).

Track B (45 credits)

At least two and a maximum of three from the following:

ÌýÌýÌý SERS0008 - Russian Short Fiction from Romanticism to Postmodernism (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0012 - Representations of Russia (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0014 - Russian Cinema: History, Ideology and Society (15 credits)

A maximum of one from the following:

ÌýÌýÌý A Level 4 or 5 module (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS) (15 credits)
ÌýÌýÌý A Level 4 or 5 module from SSEES’s other programme areas, or from another UCL department (subject to approval).

Track C Options (45 Credits)

At least TWO and a maximum of THREE from the following:

Ìý ÌýÌýSERS0008 - Russian Short Fiction from Romanticism to Postmodernism (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0012 - Representations of Russia (15 Credits)
ÌýÌýÌý SERS0014 - Russian Cinema: History, Ideology and Society (15 credits)

A maximum of one from the following:

ÌýÌýÌý A Level 4 or 5 module (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS) (15 credits)
ÌýÌýÌý A Level 4 or 5 module from SSEES’s other programme areas, or from another UCL department (subject to approval).

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Year Two

In your second year, you must choose a total of 120 credits

SUMMARY
* Russian Language - 30 credits
* Core Track modules - between 30 and 45 creditsÌýdepending on track
* Optional Track modules - between 45 and 60 credits depending on track

Compulsory Modules

30 credits in Russian language

Either (if you entered as a beginner):
•ÌýÌý ÌýSERS0016: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2A) (15 credits)
•ÌýÌý ÌýSERS0018: Use of Russian (Year 2A) (15 credits)

Or (if you entered with A Level or equivalent):
•ÌýÌý ÌýSERS0020: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2) (15 credits)
•ÌýÌý ÌýSERS0022: Use of Russian (Year 2) (15 credits)

Track A (Literature and Culture) (30 Credits)

15 credits core Russian culture
SERS0025 - Russian Poetry from Pushkin to Brodsky (15 Credits)

15 credits optional Russian culture - choose one moduleÌýfrom Year 2 Literature/Culture options, for example:




SERS0033 - Identities in Nineteenth- Century Russian LiteratureÌý°Ú¸é±ÕÌý
SERS0034 - The Petersburg 'Text' in Russian Literature and Culture: From Romanticism to Modernism

Track B (Politics and Culture) (45 Credits)

30 credits core Politics modules

SESS0030 - Russian Politics and Society (15 credits)
SESS0035 – Post-Soviet Politics and Society (15 credits)

15 credits optional Russian culture - choose one moduleÌýfrom Year 2 Literature/Culture options, for example:




SERS0033 - Identities in Nineteenth- Century Russian LiteratureÌý°Ú¸é±ÕÌý
SERS0034 - The Petersburg 'Text' in Russian Literature and Culture: From Romanticism to Modernism

Track C (History and Culture) (45 Credits)

30 credits core History modules

Survey,ÌýThematic or Advanced Seminar modules in History (please see UCL History website)

15 credits optional Russian culture - choose one moduleÌýfrom Year 2 Literature/Culture options, for example:




SERS0033 - Identities in Nineteenth- Century Russian LiteratureÌý°Ú¸é±ÕÌý
SERS0034 - The Petersburg 'Text' in Russian Literature and Culture: From Romanticism to Modernism

Optional Modules by track

Track A (Literature and Culture) (60 Credits)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA minimum of 15 and a maximum of 60 credits can be chosen from optional Russian culture modules
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 45 credits can be chosen from other optional modules. All 45 credits can be chosen fromÌýInterdepartmental Level 5 modules (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS) or 30 credits can be taken plus a maximum of 15 credits fromÌýLevel 5 modules offeredÌýin SSEES’s programme areas, orÌýfrom another UCL department (subject to approval).
Please make sure that you have the prerequisite if one is stated.

Track B (Politics and Culture) (45 Credits)
•Ìý Ìý you must choose at least 15 credits, and may choose a further 30 credits,Ìýfrom optional Level 5/6 Russian culture modules or Level 5 Politics modules.Ìý
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 15 creditsÌýmay be chosen from Level 5 interdepartmental modules (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 15 credits may be chosen from Level 5 modules in SSEES’s other programme areas, or a Level 5 module from another UCL department (subject to approval). Please make sure that you have the prerequisite if one is stated.

Track C (History and Culture) (45 Credits)
•ÌýÌý Ìýall 45 credits may be chosen from optional Level 5/6 Russian culture modules

• up to 30 creditsÌýmay be chosen from Survey/Thematic/Advanced seminar History modules

•ÌýÌý Ìýup to 15 credits may be chosen from Level 5 interdepartmental modules (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS)

•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 15 credits may be taken from Level 5 modules in SSEES’s other programme areas, or a Level 5 module from another UCL department (subject to approval).

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Year Abroad

Your third year is spent abroad at an institution in Russia, taking 120 credits. You will normally spend this year studying at a university, but alternatives, such as work placements, may be possible. Further details are contained in the Year Abroad Handbook.

Year Four

By the end of Year 4 you need to have taken a minimum of 90 credits in Level 6 modules over Years 2 and 4 together.

SUMMARY
* Russian Language - 30 credits
* Optional Track modules - 90 credits

Compulsory Modules
•ÌýÌý ÌýSERS0037 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 4) (15 Credits)
•ÌýÌý ÌýSERS0039 - Use of Russian (Year 4) (15 Credits)

Optional Modules
Track A (Literature and Culture) Options (90 Credits)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA minimum of 60 and a maximum of 90 credits from optional Level 6 Russian culture modules
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 30 credits from Level 5/6 modules (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 15 credits from Level 5/6 modules from another UCL department (subject to approval).

Track B (Politics and Culture) Options (90 Credits)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA minimum of 30 and a maximum of 90 credits from optional Level 6 Russian culture modules
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 60 credits from optional Level 6 Politics modules
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 30 credits from Level 5/6 modules (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 15 credits fromÌýLevel 5/6 modules from another UCL department (subject to approval).

Track C (History and Culture) Options (90 Credits)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA minimum of 30 and a maximum of 90 credits from optional Level 6 Russian cultureÌý
•ÌýÌý ÌýA minimum of 0 and a maximum of 60 credits from optional Level 5/6 History modules delivered by UCL History
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 30 credits from Level 5/6 modules (either SEEE**** delivered by SSEES or ELCS**** delivered by SELCS)
•ÌýÌý ÌýA maximum of 15 credits from Level 5/6 module from another UCL department (subject to approval)

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