Modern Languages and International Relations (Russian)

The list shown below represents typical modules/components studied if you choose Russian as your language pathway.

For information on typical modules for International Relations, please check the course page.

These modules may change from time to time. Read more in our terms and conditions.

Year 1

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

At Level 1, students must study 120 credits. Students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 40 credits in International Relations (IR) and 60 or 80 credits in Russian. Students may take any remaining 20 credits as discovery modules. Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules 

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL1100	Politics, Culture and Society	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PIED1110	Comparative Politics	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
PIED1511	International Politics	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
SLAV1120	What is Russia? An Introduction to Russian Studies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

Route A
Students entering with A level Russian or equivalent will be required to study the following module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV1101	Core Russian Language 1	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Route H
Students entering with heritage knowledge of Russian language will be required to study the following module:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV1140	Russian Language for Heritage Speakers	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Route B
Students with no prior knowledge of Russian will be required to study the following modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV1010	Beginning Russian 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLAV1020	Beginning Russian 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Discovery Modules

Route A/H
Students with prior knowledge of Russian (taking EITHER SLAV1101 OR SLAV1140) may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year 2

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 3 and 4 are not yet available. Before you enter years 3 and 4 details of modules for those years will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 40 credits in IR and a minimum of 40 credits in Russian. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or as further options with Russian. Students will be required to take the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
PIED2501	Theories of International Relations	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
PIED2559	Global Security Challenges	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Route A/B
Students who took SLAV1101 or SLAV1020 in Level 1 will be required to study the following modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV2101	Core Russian Language 2	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Route A/B
Students taking SLAV2101 will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from Basket 1 AND Baskets 2-3). Students can take only ONE module per Basket. (Basket 2 and Basket 3 are offered in alternate years):

Basket 1

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV2103	Applied Russian Language 2	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Basket 2

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV2111	The Sounds of Russian	20	Not running in 202425
SLAV2411	The Spaces of Russian Literature	20	Not running in 202425

Basket 3

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV2120	The Structures of Russian	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2430	Gender and Sexuality in Russia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Route H
Students taking SLAV2230 will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 2 OR Basket 3) (Basket 2 and Basket 3 are offered in alternate years):
Basket 2

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV2111	The Sounds of Russian	20	Not running in 202425
SLAV2411	The Spaces of Russian Literature	20	Not running in 202425

Basket 3

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV2120	The Structures of Russian	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2430	Gender and Sexuality in Russia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

All students may study 20 credits from the following optional modules: 

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
MODL2001	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2015	Black Europe	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2070	Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075	Global Environmental Humanities	20	Not running in 202425
MODL2250	Digital Communications Across Cultures	20	Not running in 202425

Discovery Modules

Students may choose to take 20 credits of discovery modules.

Year 3

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9500	LCS Year Abroad	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Year 4

(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 4 are not yet available. Before you enter year 4 full details of modules for that year will be provided.

Compulsory Modules

At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Russian and 40 credits in IR. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or as further options with Russian. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project (FYP) module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects (EITHER IR OR Russian). Students will be required to study the following compulsory module

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV3101	Core Russian Language 3	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

All students will be required to study ONE of the following Finale Year Project (FYP) modules:  

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL3300	Final Year Project: Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3340	Final Year Project: Extended Translation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3350	Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
PIED3750	Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Students who take their FYP in Russian (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) are required to take 40 credits and rom the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR Basket 2). Students can take only ONE module per Basket.

Basket 1

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
PIED3158	British Foreign Policy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3342	Gender and Security in Global Politics	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3402	American Foreign Policy	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3565	Terrorism: Concepts, Debates, Cases	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3810	Video Games: Politics, Society and Culture	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Basket 2:
- Climate Emergencies - 20 credits

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
PIED3261	Violence and Reconciliation in Africa	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PIED3325	Europe in the World	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3408	Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PIED3650	Global Political Economy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Students who take their FYP in IR (PIED3750) are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from Basket 3 AND Baskets 4-5). (Baskets 4 and Basket 5 are offered in alternate years).

Students who take their FYP in Russian (MODL3300/MODL3340/MODL3350) may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules (from Basket 3 AND Baskets 4-5). (Baskets 4 and Basket 5 are offered in alternate years).

Basket 3

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV3114	Russian Advanced Translation	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Basket 4

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV3117	The Sounds of Russian	20	Not running in 202425
SLAV3411	The Spaces of Russian Literature	20	Not running in 202425

Basket 5

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV3120	The Structures of Russian	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV3430	Gender and Sexuality in Russia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

All students may choose to take 20 credits of the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester
MODL3200	Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3410	Contemporary World Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600	Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption	20	Not running in 202425
MODL3610	Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3620	Decolonial Approaches	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630	Social Movements across Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3650	Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3800	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

All students may choose to take 20 credits of discovery modules.