Comments about BA Archaeology and Slavonic Studies - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire
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Objectives
Studying 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.
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Practical experience
Your knowledge and skills are enhanced by spending the third year of your four-year degree in Russia, Poland, or the Czech Republic.
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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.
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Academic title
Archaeology and Slavonic Studies BA
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Course description
This 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
