ObjectivesStudying a modern language alongside archaeology provides you with opportunities to gain a greater insight into the historical and cultural development of your chosen country, and to develop specific and highly valuable language skills.
Practical experienceYour knowledge and skills are enhanced by spending the third year of your four-year degree in Russia, Poland, or the Czech Republic.
Entry requirements-GCE/VCE A Levels - BBB -BTEC National Diploma - 3 Distinctions and 3 Merits -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - BB+AB -Scottish Highers - AABB -Irish Leaving Cert. - ABBBB -International Baccalaureate - 32 points -Core Requirements - Normally requires B in a modern language at A Level.
Academic titleArchaeology and Slavonic Studies BA
Course descriptionThis is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-European Classical Civilisations
-World Civilisations
-Czech Language and Culture for Beginners 1
-Czech Language and Culture for Beginners 2
-Introduction to Russian Culture
-Polish Language and Culture for Beginners 1
-Polish Language and Culture for Beginners 2
-Russian for Beginners (I)
-Russian for Beginners (II)
-Russian Language I
-Russian Language II
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Research Skills in Archaeology
-Thinking through Archaeology
-Archaeology and Text
-Archaology of the Graeco-Roman World
-Early Historic Europe
-Early Prehistoric Europe
-From Households to Empires
-Later Historic Europe
-Later Prehistoric Europe
-Reconstructing Ancient Landscapes
-Russian Approaches to Culture
-Studies in Czech Culture
-Studies in Polish Culture
-The Structures of Russian
-Visual Culture and Society in the Soviet Union, 1917-1991
-Czech Intermediate I
-Czech Intermediate II
-Movements in Russian Culture: Realism, Modernism and Beyond
-Polish Intermediate I
-Polish Intermediate II
-Russian Language (Course A): Translation Skills
-Russian Language (Course B): Translation Skills
-Russian Language Skills (I) Course A
-Russian Language Skills (I) Course B
-Russian Language Skills (II) Course A
-Russian Language Skills (II) Course B
-The Russian Novel in the 19th Century I
-The Russian Novel in the 19th Century II
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Russian and Slavonic Studies Year Abroad
-Russian and Slavonic Studies Year Abroad
-Russian and Slavonic Studies Year Abroad (Project)
-Russian and Slavonic Studies Year Abroad (Project)
Typical Fourth Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Dissertation (Archaeology and Slavonic Studies)
-Archaeology and Texts in the Age of Homer
-Archaeology, Ethnicity and Nationalism
-Athens, Empire and the Classical Greek World
-Dark Age Britain
-Death and Burial in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England
-Ethnohistory and Anthropology of Modern Hunter Gatherers
-Funerary Archaeology
-Material Life and Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern World
-Mediterranean Landscapes
-Optical and Geophysical Surveying in Archaeology
-Project in Czech Studies
-Project in Polish Studies
-Rome: Capital, Hinterland and Periphery
-Social Transformations in Britain From the 4th to 2nd Millennium BC
-Swords and Sorcery: Northern Europe 1000 BC-AD 500
-Work Place Learning
-Aspects of Post-Soviet Russian Culture
-Russian Language (Advanced): Comprehension and Communication Skills (I)
-Russian Language (Advanced): Comprehension and Communication Skills (II)
-Russian Language (Advanced): Translation Skills
-Varieties of Written and Spoken Czech I
-Varieties of Written and Spoken Czech II
-Varieties of Written and Spoken Polish I
-Varieties of Written and Spoken Polish II