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2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Modern Languages and History (Chinese) (For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Programme code:BAML/CH&HS-RUCAS code:
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Chiara La Sala Contact address:M.C.LaSala@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for Languages, Cultures and Societies outlined here:

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/sbs/sbs-languages-cultures-and-societies-23.pdf?sfvrsn=3c71a881_10
The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for History outlined here
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements/history

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme: BA Modern Languages and History (Chinese)

Modern Language and History is an exciting programme, which allows you to develop your own areas of specialism and a skillset that will be appealing to employers. You will benefit from contact with leading scholars in their field in both of the partner subjects. The Schools of History and Languages, Cultures and Societies are both internationally recognised research leaders in their fields, with long-established reputations for excellence in research.
The programme begins with structured foundational study across a small number of compulsory modules, but also offers a high degree of module choice at levels 2 and 3.
Whether you’re starting your language from beginners’ level, or with prior knowledge, you’ll reach a professional standard in your chosen language through intensive learning practice and year abroad. Depending on the language that you are studying, you will spend either Year 2 or Year 3 in a country where your chosen language is spoken. If you are taking your language as a beginner, you'll focus on building up quickly your language skills through your compulsory language modules. If you're an advanced learner, your compulsory language module will allow you to consolidate and broaden your language skills. You will complement your language studies by exploring the cultures and societies of the countries where your chosen language is spoken as well as other countries around the world, choosing from a range of topics, including literature, cinema, popular culture, history, and politics. You can enhance your professional language skills through modules on translation, interpreting or languages for business.
The programme will allow you to explore the human experience from the medieval period to contemporary times and to study historical events, societies, and key figures that have shaped the modern world. You will be exposed to a broad range of different fields of study within the two disciplines, innovative assessment methods (e.g. online discussion forums, wikis, student surveys, posters) and a considerable element of research-based learning culminating in a compulsory independent research project in your choice out of the two partner disciplines at level 3. Throughout the course, you will develop interpretative and analytical skills, and will become confident researchers. You will demonstrate these qualities in when you undertake a Final Year Project on a topic of your choice in either Modern Language or History.
Combining rigorous thinking with communication and professional skills, this degree prepares you for an international career in a wide range of sectors, including law, business, government, heritage, finance and teaching.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

EAST1110Modern China: History and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1000Exploring History20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1070World Histories20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

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

HIST1060Faith, Knowledge and Power, 1500-175020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1065Diverse Histories of Britain20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1310The Medieval World in Ten Objects20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1320Medieval Lives: Identities, Cultures and Beliefs20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1510Global Empires20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST1520Global Decolonization20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST1530The Making of the Twentieth Century20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students with no prior knowledge of Chinese will be required to study the following modules

EAST1010Basic Chinese Language 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1020Basic Chinese Language 220 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students with prior knowledge of Chinese will, subject to a placement test, be required to study the following modules

EAST1460Intermediate Chinese (1)20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST1461Intermediate Chinese (2)20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules

MODL9500LCS Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

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:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

- History in Practice (20 Credits)

EAST2015Chinese 2A20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2016Chinese 2B20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

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

- Introduction to Cantonese (20 Credits)
- Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China (20 Credits)

EAST2006China Since 197920 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2126Classical Chinese20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST2127Society and Culture of Early Modern China20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST2148Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360Chinese Cinema20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Students will be required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up a maximum of 40 credits from the following optional modules. Students may not take more than one option from each basket.

MEDIEVAL HISTORY OPTIONAL MODULES

HIST2030The Crusades and the Crusader States in the 12th Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2045Transformations of the Roman World20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2110The Cult of Saints in Medieval Europe c.400-c.150020 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2112Jewish Communities in Medieval Europe20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2170Patient Voices: Medicine and Healthcare in the Middle Ages20 creditsNot running in 202425
MEDV2085Medieval Narratives in the Modern World: Nationalism, Terrorism, Popular Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

EARLY MODERN HISTORY OPTIONAL MODULES

HIST2065The Tudors: Princes, Politics, and Piety, 1485-160320 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2073Most Christian Kings: France, 1515-171520 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2090Sin in Spanish America, 1571-170020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2135Britain and the Industrial Revolution20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2315Mughals, Merchants and Mercenaries: 'Company Raj' in India 1600-185720 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2434The Global Caribbean, 1641-184820 creditsNot running in 202425

MODERN HISTORY OPTIONAL MODULES
Modern basket 1

HIST2152Spain, 1898-1936: Disaster, Reaction and Reform20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2310Russia under the Romanovs, 1812-191720 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2360Bass Culture in Modern Britain20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2432Lost Colonists: Failure and the Family in Southern Africa, 1880-193920 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2442Black Politics from Emancipation to Obama20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2595Curiosities and Monstrosities: Stuff on Display in Britain, c. 1753-185120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Modern Basket 2

HIST2077Colonial Encounters: France and its Empire, 1830-194520 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2103Later Victorian England: Politics, Society and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST2320The Lucky Country? The Social History of Australia in the Twentieth Century20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2353America and the Sixties20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST2435The Popular Caribbean: A History20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST2441Race, Gender and Cultural Protest in the US since 186520 creditsNot running in 202425

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

HIST2260Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2015Black Europe20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2070Reception, Transmission and Translation: The Global Circulation of Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075Global Environmental Humanities20 creditsNot running in 202425
MODL2250Digital Communications Across Cultures20 creditsNot running in 202425

Discovery modules:

Students may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.


Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students are required to take a minimum of 60 credits in History and 40 credits in Chinese. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in – and count towards - either of their two subjects.

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:

Students will be required to study the following compulsory module

EAST3275Chinese 3: Advanced Skills20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

HIST3500History Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3300Final Year Project: Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3340Final Year Project: Extended Translation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3350Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students will be required to study between 60-80 credits in History.
All students must take a Special Subject module in History.
If they take their dissertation in History, they will take 80 credits in History and 40 credits in Chinese.

Students who take their Final Year Project in Chinese must take at least one further option in History.
Students who take their dissertation in History, they will have no further space for History options beyond
the Special Subject.

Students will be required to study 40 credits from the following Special Subject modules:

HIST3025History of the Manuscript Book in the Digital Age40 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3290Popular Belief in the Medieval West 1000-c.150040 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3440The Photographic Age: Photography, Society and Culture in Britain, 1839-194540 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3550Exploration, Conflict and Cultural Encounter in Early European Expansionism40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
HIST3590White Africans: Intimacy, Race and Power40 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3760A Revolutionary Century: Resistance, Reform, and Repression in Central America, 1900- present40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students can take up to 20 credits from the following optional modules.

Level 3 History options, Semester 1

HIST3453The Body in Australian History, 1788-200720 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3723Apartheid in South Africa: Origins, Impact and Legacy20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3726In the Shadow of Franco: Terror and its Legacy in Spain, 1936-Present Day20 creditsNot running in 202425
MEDV3411Medieval Women Mystics: Visionaries, Saints and Heretics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Level 3 History options, Semester 2

HIST3100Colonial Bodies: Life and Death in British India, 1757-190020 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3493War, Regicide and Republic: England, 1642-166020 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3530Mapping the Middle Ages: space and representation from the Pacific to the Atlantic20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3689Order and Disorder in Early Modern France: Understanding the French Wars of Religion20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3724Caribbean Identity, Society and Decolonisation20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3790Gender and Slavery in Latin America, 1580-188820 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Cross Listed with INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND POLITICS

HIST3251Twentieth Century Southeast Asia: From Empire to Independence20 creditsNot running in 202425
HIST3710Nazism, Stalinism and the Rise of the Total State20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3728The Breaking of Contemporary Britain: Challenges from the Post-War Period20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3877The World of Terror20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
HIST3880'Parasites' and 'Cockroaches': Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Modern World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
HIST3999Doomed to Failure? European Great Power Politics from Bismarck to the Outbreak of World War I20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Students will be required to study between 40-60 credits in Chinese. The number of credits you have
available for options modules will depend whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Chinese
or your dissertation in History. If you take your Final Year Project in Chinese you will take fewer optional modules in this subject.

Students will be required to study up to 20 credits from the following optional modules (EITHER Basket 1 or Basket 2):

Basket 1:

- Advanced Chinese in Context (Social Sciences) (20 Credits)

EAST3015Religion in China20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
EAST3148Trauma Narratives in the Contemporary Sinophone World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3630Advanced Chinese to English Translation20 creditsNot running in 202425

Basket 2:

- Advanced Chinese in Context (Humanities) (20 Credits)

EAST3020Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector in Contemporary China20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3120Classical Chinese20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST3271East Asia's Regional Political Economy20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST3525Globalising China and the Developing World20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST3602Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present20 creditsNot running in 202425

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

MODL3200Representing the Holocaust: Transgression and the Taboo20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3410Contemporary World Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption20 creditsNot running in 202425
MODL3610Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3620Decolonial Approaches20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630Social Movements across Cultures20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3650Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3800Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

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