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*
- One paper from the specified introductory Modern Languages range
- Two papers from the specified History range
Note that new languages will be added to the History/Modern languages degree program from October 2018. The full range of languages available from October 2018 will be:
- Post A Level (or equivalent) languages: French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
- Ab initio (from scratch) languages: German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Modern Languages papers
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 |
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 |
Students 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 two papers from the following range:
| Paper No. | Paper |
|---|---|
| 12 | European History, 770 BC- AD69 |
| 13 | European History, 31BC-AD900 |
| 14 | European history, c. 900 - c. 1450 |
| 16 | European History, 1450-1760 |
| 17 | European History, 1715-1890 |
| 18 | European History, since 1890 |
| 19 | History of political thought to c.1700 |
| 20 | History of political thought from c.1700 to c.1890 |
| 21 | Empires and world history from the fifteenth century to the First World War |
| 23 | World History since 1914 |
Click here for full details on the History papers
