Part IA | Part IB | Part II
In your second year you will study four units:
- The core language papers in your chosen language (including an oral examination for those following the ab initio Russian route)
- One paper from the specified Modern Languages range
- One paper from the specified History range
- One further specialist paper from either Modern Languages or History
Modern Languages papers
Core language paper for post-A-level French, German, Russian or Spanish
Paper No. | Paper |
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B3 | Translation into the foreign language, and test in the foreign language through audio-visual media |
Core language paper for Russian from scratch (ab initio)
Paper No. | Paper |
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B1 | Use of the Russian |
B2 | Translation from Russian |
Oral B | Oral examination B |
Students will take at least one of the following Modern Language papers:
It is possible to submit two long essays of 3,500-4,000 words instead of taking a written exam in some of the language papers from Schedule A.
History papers
Students will take at least one paper from the following range:
Paper No. | Paper |
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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 |
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