2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Arabic and Russian A
| Programme code: | BA-ARB&RUSA | UCAS code: | RT76 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 5 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Caroline Summers | Contact address: | c.summers@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 605
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit: Coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Languages, Cultures and Societies:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-15.pdf?sfvrsn=2098f781_12
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Allow students to study the disciplines of Arabic and Russian to the same depth as Single Honours students of the disciplines, but with less breadth in each. This means that Joint Honours students will normally be required to take compulsory and a subset of the optional modules that are also part of the corresponding Single Honours degree programmes, and that they will be assessed on those modules using criteria identical to those applied to Single Honours students. Joint Honours students will reach the same levels of fluency and accuracy in their subjects as Single Honours students.
- At Level One, allow students the flexibility to extend their intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, EITHER by means of a 'cornerstone' module, exploring a particular aspect of the field of modern languages and cultures with reference to a range of global cultures, OR by studying a further language.
- At Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing.
- Require students to undertake two periods of residence abroad between Levels One and Two. The Years Abroad will normally take the form of two courses of study, one in an Arabic-speaking country and one in a Russian-speaking country. Students opting to spend programme year two in an Arabic-speaking country will be required to spend programme year three in a Russian-speaking one, and vice-versa.
- Allow students the option at Level Three of undertaking an autonomous research project in either discipline, potentially linking the two disciplines by bringing knowledge and understanding gained in one discipline to bear in the other.
- Require students to acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- Provide a basis for further advanced study in either Arabic or Russian, or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.
- Have the flexibility to allow students to change programme upon successful completion of Level One, subject to approval. It is normally possible to switch from Joint Honours Arabic & Russian into Single Honours in either discipline.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits of Arabic and 40 credits of Russian, plus a 20 credit cornerstone module (or 20 credits of language modules).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| ARAB1001 | Beginning Arabic 1 Pre-requisite for: ARAB1002 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARAB1002 | Beginning Arabic 2 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARAB1170 | Studying the Middle East: Culture, History, Politics and Religion | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV1101 | Core Russian Language 1 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV1120 | What is Russia? An Introduction to Russian Studies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Students are required to study 20 credits from the following cornerstone modules.
| MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1060 | Language: Structure and Sound | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL1070 | World Histories | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1090 | Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL1100 | Politics, Culture and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL1401 | Discourse, Culture and Identity | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Candidates can choose to spend the second year of their programme in either Russia or an Arabic-speaking country and must choose one of the following modules:
| ARAB9001 | Arabic Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV9001 | Russian Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Candidates can choose to spend the third year of their programme in either Russia or an Arabic-speaking country but must choose a module that they have not yet taken from the following list:
| ARAB9001 | Arabic Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV9001 | Russian Year Abroad | 120 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Year4 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Arabic and 40 credits in Russian. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as discovery modules.
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:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| ARAB2010 | Advanced Arabic Grammar and Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ARAB2020 | Essential Skills in Practical Arabic | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2101 | Core Russian Language 2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| ARAB2091 | Arab Media, Politics and Society | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ARAB2180 | Culture and Society in the Arab World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARAB2310 | Modern Middle Eastern History | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
| SLAV2103 | Applied Russian Language 2 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2111 | The Sounds of Russian | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| SLAV2120 | The Structures of Russian | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2210 | Soviet Everyday Life from 1917 to 1991 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV2402 | Russian Society from Perestroika to the Crimean Annexation (1985-2015) | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| SLAV2411 | The Spaces of Russian Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| SLAV2430 | Gender and Sexuality in Russia | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 |
- 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.
- Not all modules will be available every year.
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.
Year5 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Arabic and 60 credits in Russian, including a Final Year Project module which can be taken in and count towards either of the named subjects.
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:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| ARAB3020 | Advanced Skills in Arabic Language | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3101 | Core Russian Language 3 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.
| MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3310 | Final Year Project: Extended Essay | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3320 | Final Year Project: Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3340 | Final Year Project: Extended Translation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates who choose to study a 20 credit Final Year Project in Arabic will be required to study 20 credits from the options below.
Candidates who choose to complete their Final Year Project in Russian will be required to choose 40 credits from the options below.
| ARAB3010 | Arabic Stylistics | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ARAB3050 | Arab Drama on Stage and Screen | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| ARAB3072 | Islam and Modernity | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARAB3110 | Middle Eastern Politics: Regimes, Societies and Conflict | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| ARAB3140 | Authoritarianism and Democratisation in the Arab World | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| ARAB3888 | Advanced Media Arabic: Translation Skills in Text Typology | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3600 | Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3610 | Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Candidates who choose to study a 20 credit Final Year Project in Russian will be required to study 20 credits from the options below.
Candidates who choose to complete their Final Year Project in Arabic will be required to choose 40 credits from the options below.
| MODL3600 | Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3610 | Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| MODL3620 | Decolonial Approaches | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL3630 | Social Movements across Cultures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLAV3114 | Russian Advanced Translation | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3117 | The Sounds of Russian | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| SLAV3120 | The Structures of Russian | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3210 | Soviet Everyday Life from 1917 to 1991 | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| SLAV3402 | Russian Society from Perestroika to the Crimean Annexation (1985-2015) | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| SLAV3411 | THe Spaces of Russian Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| SLAV3430 | Gender and Sexuality in Russia | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- Not all modules will be offered in each year.
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.
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