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Master of Arts (Honours) Arabic and Russian


MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
Arabic for Beginners 1 20 AND
Arabic for Beginners 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Elementary Russian Language 1 20 AND
Elementary Russian Language 2 20 ) OR
( RU1005 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1
Not running in 2020-2021
20 AND
RU1006 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2
Not running in 2020-2021
20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ Intermediate Arabic 1 20 AND
^ Intermediate Arabic 2 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Intermediate Russian Language 1 20 AND
Intermediate Russian Language 2 20 ) OR
( RU2203 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 1
Not running in 2020-2021
20 AND
RU2204 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 2
Not running in 2020-2021
20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • An average grade of 11 in all Russian modules taken

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Media Arabic 1 15 AND
Media Arabic 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: AR3411, AR3420 - AR3499, AR4421 - AR4422, AR4461 - AR4462
AR3411 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Arabic Short Stories 1 15
Arabic Short Stories 2 15
Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
Exile and Identity 15
Palestinian Fiction 15
Classical Arabic Poetry 15
Classical Arabic Prose 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Across Third and Fourth years at least 15 credits must be taken from (AR3420-AR3459, AR4420-AR4459) and at least 15 credits from (AR3460-AR3499, AR4460-AR4499).

Subject to the approval of any other school involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme.

A total of between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Fourth Years.
MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
(( Advanced Russian Language 1 15 AND
Advanced Russian Language 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: RU3021 - RU4195, ML3201 ) OR
RU3021 Russian Poetry of the Golden Age 15
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel 15
A Special Russian Author of the Nineteenth Century: Pushkin 15
RU3026 Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940 15
RU3030 A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
RU3043 Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
RU3045 Russian Émigré Writing 15
Soviet Culture Under Stalin 15
Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
Semester of Study in Russia 60
RU3110 Advanced Russian Translation 2 15
Advanced Russian Language 1 15
Advanced Russian Language 2 15
Advanced Russian Language 3 15
Advanced Russian Oral Skills 0
Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15
RU4128 Soviet Literature 1940 - 1991 15
RU4130 Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
RU4132 Contemporary Russian Literature 15
Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
RU4142 The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
RU4143 Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
RU4144 Russian Crime Fiction 15
The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4152 Vladimir Nabokov 15
Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( Advanced Russian Language 1 15 AND
Semester of Study in Russia 60 ) OR
( Semester of Study in Russia 60 AND
Advanced Russian Language 2 15 ))

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


MA (Hons) Arabic (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Advanced Arabic 1 15 AND
Advanced Arabic 2 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: AR4420 - AR4499, AR3411, AR3421 - AR3423, AR3461 - AR3462, AR4999, ML4794, ID4002
Exile and Identity 15
Palestinian Fiction 15
Classical Arabic Poetry 15
Classical Arabic Prose 15
AR3411 Modern Arab Culture and Society 15
Arabic Short Stories 1 15
Arabic Short Stories 2 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 1 15
Key Texts in Classical Arabic Literature and Culture 2 15
Dissertation in Arabic Studies 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Across Third and Fourth years at least 15 credits must be taken from (AR3420-AR3459, AR4420-AR4459) and at least 15 credits from (AR3460-AR3499, AR4460-AR4499).

Subject to the approval of any other school involved, one year or one semester may be spent in Study Abroad on a recognised Exchange scheme.

AR4999 and ML4794 cannot be taken together.

A total of between 90 and 150 credits must be taken in Arabic across Third and Fourth Years
MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Advanced Russian Language 3 15 AND
Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: RU3021-RU4199, ML3201, ML4794, ID4002
RU3021 Russian Poetry of the Golden Age 15
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel 15
A Special Russian Author of the Nineteenth Century: Pushkin 15
RU3026 Russian Modernist Fiction 1900 - 1940 15
RU3030 A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
RU3043 Theatre and Performance in Twentieth-Century Russia 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
RU3045 Russian Émigré Writing 15
Soviet Culture Under Stalin 15
Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
Semester of Study in Russia 60
RU3110 Advanced Russian Translation 2 15
Advanced Russian Language 1 15
Advanced Russian Language 2 15
Advanced Russian Language 3 15
Advanced Russian Oral Skills 0
Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15
RU4128 Soviet Literature 1940 - 1991 15
RU4130 Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
RU4132 Contemporary Russian Literature 15
Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
RU4142 The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
RU4143 Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
RU4144 Russian Crime Fiction 15
The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4152 Vladimir Nabokov 15
Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
RU4198 Dissertation on a Russian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Russian Topic 30
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
RU4554 Utopia/Dystopia in Russian Literature and Culture 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year


Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).