Part IA | Part IB | Part II
In your first year you will study four units:
- The core language papers in either French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Russian (including an oral examination)
- One paper from the specified introductory Modern Languages range
- Introduction to Historical Thinking
- One paper from the specified History range
Modern Languages papers
Option A: Core language papers for German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish from scratch (ab initio)
| Paper No. | Paper |
|---|---|
| A1 | Use of the foreign language |
| A2 | Translation from the foreign language |
| A3 | Introduction to literature/culture (titles vary according to language studied) |
| Oral A | Oral examination A |
Option B: Core language papers for post-A-level French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish
| Paper No. | Paper |
|---|---|
| B1 | Use of the foreign language |
| B2 | Translation from the foreign language |
| Oral B | Oral examination B |
Students in Option B will take the relevant introductory Modern Language paper:
| Paper No. | Paper |
|---|---|
| Fr1 | Introduction to French literature, linguistics, film and thought |
| Ge1 | Introduction to German studies |
| It1 | Texts and contexts |
| Sp1 | Introduction to the language, literatures and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world |
| SL1 | Introduction to Russian culture |
History papers
Students will take Introduction to Historical Thinking and one paper from the following range:
| Paper No. | Paper |
|---|---|
| Outline 1 | Ancient and Medieval States and Societies over the First Millennium |
| Outline 2 | The British Isles in the Middle Ages, c. 800 to c. 1500 |
| Outline 3 | Later Medieval Europe |
| Outline 4 | Early Modern Britain |
| Outline 5 | Europe in the World, ca 1450-1780 |
| Outline 6 | Global Eighteenth Century |
| Outline 7 | Modern Britain and Ireland, 1750-Present |
| Outline 8 | Modern Europe, 1789-1914 |
| Outline 9 | North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, 1775-Present |
| Outline 10 | The Global South From 1750 to the Present Day |
| Outline 11 | The Twentieth-Century World |
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