BA Modern Languages and Philosophy (Russian B) (No longer recruiting from 2022/23)

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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Programme specification

Year 1

(No longer recruiting from 2022/23)

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Students are required to take 120 credits in Level 1.

Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
PHIL1260	How To Do Philosophy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	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)

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study ONE of the following cornerstone modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL1100	Politics, Culture and Society	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1150	Worlds of Literature	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1401	Discourse, Culture and Identity	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional Philosophy modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
PHIL1080	The Good, The Bad, The Right, The Wrong	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
PHIL1090	Knowledge, Self and Reality	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Year 2

(No longer recruiting from 2022/23)

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Students will spend this year of their programme in a country or region where the language of interest is used both in official contexts and as a daily means of communication. Where this period of residence abroad involves studying at a University, a list of approved locations and institutions will be provided for you during Level 1. Where you are able to choose a location, you must have this approved by the Year Abroad Tutor in your language area.

Compulsory Modules

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

Year 3

(No longer recruiting from 2022/23)

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In Level 2, students are required to study 120 credits.

Compulsory Modules

Students must study the following compulsory module:

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

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study a minimum of 40 credits of the following optional Philosophy modules, including at least one module from each list.

List A

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
PHIL2525	Past Thinkers: History of Modern Philosophy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2611	How Biology Works	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2615	How Do You Know? Topics in Epistemology	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2925	Reality Check: Topics in Metaphysics	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

List B

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
PHIL2631	God, Thought and the World: Topics in Philosophy of Religion	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL2906	Do the Right Thing: Topics in Moral Philosophy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL2915	How to Live Together: Topics in Political Philosophy	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules. 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.

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

Discovery Modules

Students may choose to take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Philosophy or their chosen language.

Year 4

(No longer recruiting from 2022/23)

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At Level 3, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Philosophy and a minimum of 40 credits in Russian. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects.
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 Philosophy OR Russian).

In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at Level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at Level 3).

Compulsory Modules

All 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 are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project (FYP) modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL3050	Final Year Project	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
PRHS3000	Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3001	Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PRHS3700	External Placement: Beyond the University	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students who take their FYP in Russian are required to take a minimum of 40 credits and may take up to 60 credits from the following list of Philosophy optional modules. .


Students who take their FYP in Philosophy may take up to 20 credits from the following list of Philosophy optional modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
PHIL3011	Philosophy of Language	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3112	Kant	20	Not running in 202526
PHIL3123	Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics	20	Not running in 202526
PHIL3125	Continental Philosophy	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3321	Metaethics	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3322	Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3421	Philosophy of Mind	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3700	Feminist Philosophy	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3723	War, Terror and Justice	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3851	Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3852	Philosophy of Modern Physics	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PHIL3855	Philosophical Issues in Technology	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PHIL3865	Philosophy of the Social Sciences	20	Not running in 202526

Students who take their FYP in Philosophy are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following list of Russian optional modules.
Students who take their FYP in Russian may take up to 20 credits from the following list of Russian optional modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
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)
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

Discovery Modules

All students may take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Philosophy or Russian.
Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.

Last updated: 15/07/2025 16:57:05

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