BA Chinese and Russian B

Programme overview

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.

General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.

Year 1

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In Level 1 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in both Chinese and Russian.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1010	Basic Chinese Language 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1020	Basic Chinese Language 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
SLAV1010	Beginning Russian 1	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLAV1020	Beginning Russian 2	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
SLAV1120	What is Russia? An Introduction to Russian Studies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students with prior knowledge of Chinese may, subject to a placement test, study more advanced language modules (EAST2550/EAST2570) instead of EAST1010/EAST1020, as appropriate in their first year.

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST1110	Modern China: History and Culture	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1241	Premodern East Asia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1252	Modern Japan	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1450	Foundations of East Asia	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
EAST1510	Introduction to East Asian Religions and Philosophies	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Year 2

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Candidates can choose to spend the second year of their programme in either China/Taiwan or Russia

Compulsory Modules

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

Optional Modules

Year 3

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Candidates can choose to spend the third year of their programme in either China/Taiwan or Russia. If Year 2 is spent in Russia, the third year will be spent in China/Taiwan. If Year 2 is spent in China/Taiwan, the third year will be spent in Russia.

Compulsory Modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL9501	LCS Year Abroad 2	120	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Year 4

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In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Chinese and 40 credits in Russian. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as discovery modules.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2030	Chinese Language Skills – 2A	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
EAST2031	Chinese Language Skills – 2B	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
SLAV2101	Core Russian Language 2	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates are required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST2006	China Since 1979	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2007	Japan's International Relations	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2008	The Making of Modern Thailand	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2025	Global Korea in Context: Sociocultural and Political Dynamics	20	Not running in 202526
EAST2126	Classical Chinese	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2128	Contemporary East Asian Culture	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360	Chinese Cinema	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST2480	Japanese Development Assistance in a Globalising World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2712	An Introduction to Cantonese	20	Not running in 202526
EAST2717	Society, Culture and Environment in Early Modern China	20	Not running in 202526
EAST2718	Topics in Contemporary East Asian Societies	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3015	Religion in China	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3017	Japan-Korea Relations in the Shadow of Empire	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3020	Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271	East Asia's Regional Political Economy	20	Not running in 202526
EAST3350	Japanese Cinema in the World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL2001	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075	Global Environmental Humanities	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

- The research project undertaken as part of FOAR2000 must relate to East Asian Studies.
- NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL2003	Global Queer Politics and Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan 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	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL2250	Digital Communications Across Cultures	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLAV2103	Applied Russian Language 2	20	Not running in 202526
SLAV2111	The Sounds of Russian	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2113	The Spaces of Russophone Literature	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLAV2120	The Structures of Russian	20	Not running in 202526

- FOAR2000 can only be counted as a Russian module if the project undertaken relates to Russian and you have sought prior approval of the Programme Manager.
- NB: Not all modules will be available every year.

Students may also choose to study the below module, as long as they are not already enrolled onto Linguists into Schools.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
FOAH2020	Towards the Future: Skills in Context	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Year 5

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In Level 3 students must study 120 credits, which includes a Final Year Project Module. Students are required to take 60 credits in both Chinese and Russian: the Final Year Project module can be taken in - and count towards - either of the two languages. The remaining credits should be taken as optional modules in the other language to the Final Year Project or as MODL modules.

Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3275	Chinese 3: Advanced Skills	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL3050	Final Year Project	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
SLAV3101	Core Russian Language 3	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates who choose to complete their Final Year Project in Russian will be required to choose 40 credits from the optional modules below.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
EAST3015	Religion in China	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3020	Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3051	Modern Documentary Chinese: Politics and Law	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3070	Contemporary Chinese Literature	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3080	Chinese Literature 1912 - 1949	10	Not running in 202526
EAST3120	Classical Chinese	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3148	Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3157	An Introduction to Cantonese	20	Not running in 202526
EAST3252	Modern Japanese History	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3271	East Asia's Regional Political Economy	20	Not running in 202526
EAST3350	Japanese Cinema in the World	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3525	Globalising China and the Developing World	20	Not running in 202526
EAST3630	Advanced Chinese to English Translation	20	Not running in 202526
FOAH3150	Religion and Violence	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3800	Linguists into Schools	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates may not take a module from this group that they have taken in another group/year.

Candidates who choose to complete their Final Year Project in Chinese will be required to choose 40 credits from the options below:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
SLAV3114	Russian Advanced Translation	20	Not running in 202526
SLAV3117	The Sounds of Russian	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV3118	The Spaces of Russophone Literature	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLAV3119	The Others of Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture	20	Not running in 202526
SLAV3120	The Structures of Russian	20	Not running in 202526

The following modules can be taken in and count towards either Chinese or Russian credits. Students may choose to study up to 40 credits from the modules below instead of EAST/SLAV optional modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
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 202526
MODL3610	Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents	20	Not running in 202526
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 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Last updated: 21/07/2025 17:00:44

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