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ÂÒÂ×Ðã SSEES Undergraduate Modules

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Economics and Business

Level 4ÌýModules

SESS0007 - Introduction to Microeconomics

SESS0008 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

SESS0009 - Applied Game Theory for Economics and Business

SESS0010 - Contemporary Issues in International Business

SESS0080 - Mathematics for EconomistsÌý- only for students on HPE programme

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Level 5Ìý& 6ÌýModules

SESS0023 - Applied Econometrics

SESS0036 - Economics of InnovationÌý- not offered in 23-24

SESS0042 - Economics of the Family

SESS0024 - Economic History and Ideas

SESS0019 - Emerging Market Economies: Economics of Transition

SESS0021 - European Macroeconomics

SESS0084 - Industrial Dynamics: Theory and Empirical Applications

SESS0068 - International Macroeconomics

SESS0063 - International Trade

SESS0022 - New Venture Creation

SESS0026 - Political Economy of European Integration

SESS0087 - Qualitative Research Methods for Economics and Business

SESS0041 - The Economics of Entrepreneurship

SESS0039 - Topics in Financial Management I

SESS0040 - Topics in Financial Management II

SESS0020 - Topics in Microeconomics

SESS0073 - Economics of Political Institutions

SESS0093 - Economic Psychology

SESS0095 - Labour Economics

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History

First-year foundation (‘core’) modules

SEHI0003 - Frontiers of History

SSEES History modules now administered by the ÂÒÂ×Ðã History include. Please see the ÂÒÂ×Ðã History website for further details.

Politics and Sociology

Level 4 Modules Ìý(Available to Politics and Sociology, and HPE students.)

SESS0013Ìý- Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory

SESS0014Ìý- Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology

SESS0015Ìý- Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

SESS0016 - Understanding Politics I: The Big Questions in Contemporary Europe

SESS0017 - Understanding Politics II: How Politics Works

SESS0018 - Communist Societies 1945-1989

SESS0082 - Introduction to International Relations: ConceptsÌýand Ideas

SESS0083 - Introduction to International Relations: ThemesÌýand Issues (Not running in 2024/25)

Level 5Ìý& 6ÌýModules

ANTH0056 - Anthropological Approaches to Eurasian Socialist and Post Soviet SocietiesÌý

BASC0011- Migration and Health

SEES0090 - Cities in Eastern Europe

SEES0159 -ÌýLaw, Politics and Society in Eastern EuropeÌý-Ìý(Not running in 2024/25)

SESS0002 - Governance and CorruptionÌý

SESS0004 - The Making of Modern Ukraine

SESS0005 - Baltic Politics and Society

SESS0006 - Understanding and Analysing DataÌý

SESS0027 - The History of European Political Ideas

SESS0029 - Politics and Society in Central and Eastern Europe

SESS0030 - Russian Politics and Society

SESS0031 - Concepts of Security

SESS0033 - Comparative Political AnalysisÌý- (not offered to students on Economics programme)

SESS0034 - Researching Politics and Society

SESS0035 - Post-Soviet Politics and Society

SESS0044 - Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy

SESS0046Ìý- European Security

SESS0048 -ÌýCentral and East European Migrants in the UK

SESS0050 - The Crisis of 1989 and the New Global RevolutionsÌý

SESS0051 - Social Change in Central and Eastern EuropeÌý

SESS0052 - Parties and Elections in a Global PerspectiveÌý

SESS0061 - Democracy and Democratisation

SESS0062Ìý- Politics and Societies of Southeast Europe

SESS0074 -ÌýUndermining Democracy: Political Manipulation in Comparative Perspective

SESS0076 - The International Politics of SexualityÌý(Not running in 2024/25)

SESS0081 -ÌýInternational and Regional Politics of EurasiaÌý

SESS0085 - Migration and Society -ÌýEastern Europe and Beyond (Not running in 2024/25)

SESS0090ÌýÌýSoviet and Russian strategy in the Middle East

SESS0091 - The Roma: History, Society, Culture and Politics in EasternÌýEurope

SESS0092 - Revolutions and Society: Revolution in the Modern World: 1600-2021

SESS0097 - Central Asian Politics and Society (Not running in 2024/25)

SESS0098 - European Union and its Eastern NeighbourhoodÌý(Not running in 2024/25)

SESS0099 - Belarus: History Politics and SocietyÌý(Not running in 2024/25)

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Literature and Culture - Russia and East European

Level 4 Modules (First Year Russian)

SERS0008 - Russian Short Fiction from Romanticism to Postmodernism

SERS0010 - The Making of Modern Russian Culture

SERS0012 - Representations of Russia

SERS0014 - Russian and Soviet Cinema: History, Ideology, Society

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Level 4 Modules (East European)

SEEE0013 - Literature and Memory

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Interdepartmental modules - please note level

SEEE0002 - How Words Work: Sounds and Sense, Linguistics and Verbal Art (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5Ìý(not running 24/25)

SEEE0003 - How Words Work - Meaning and Modularity (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5Ìý(not running 24/25)

SEEE0004 - Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond (Inter-departmental)- Level 5Ìý(not running 24/25)

SEEE0005 - Narratives of Exile (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5Ìý(not running 24/25)

SEEE0006 - Tales of the Unexpected: the supernatural and fantastic in literature, 1800-1930 (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5

SEEE0007 - Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5

SEEE0009Ìý- War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5

SEEE0010 - Minority Languages of Russia: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Endangerment (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5

SEEE0011 - Staging Europe (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 5

SEEE0012 - Crossroads of Culture: Language and Identity in the Literatures of Ukraine from Crimea to the ShtetlsÌý (Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 6

SEEE0013 - Literature and MemoryÌý(Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 4

SEEE0014 - Contemporary Art and Politics of Russia and Eastern EuropeÌý(Inter-departmental)Ìý- Level 6Ìý

SEEE0015 -Ìý Between the Alps and the Adriatic: Modern Slovene Culture and LiteratureÌý- Level 5

SEEE0016 -Ìý Regional and National Identities: History of Baltic LiteratureÌý- Level 4Ìý

SEEE0017 - Old Church Slavonic and Comparative Slavonic Grammar as a Language Learning StrategyÌý- Level 5

SEEE0020 - Writing from the Other EuropeÌý- Level 5Ìý

SEES0149 - Language and Social Justice: Ideologies, Politics and Participation - Level 5 and Level 7 -Ìý(not running 24/25)

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Level 5 Modules (Russian) -

Modules with an [R]Ìýrequire theÌýability to read Russian

SERS0025 - Russian Poetry from Pushkin to BrodskyÌý[R]

SERS0027 - Russian and Soviet Cinema: (not running 2024-25)Ìý

SERS0029 - Chekhov: The Quest for FreedomÌý[R]Ìý(not running 2024/25)

SERS0031 - The Person, Love and Utopia in Russian Thought

SERS0033 - Identities in Nineteenth- Century Russian Literature [R]Ìý

SERS0034 - The Petersburg 'Text' in Russian Literature and Culture: From Romanticism to Modernism [R]Ìý(not running 2024/25)


Level 5 Modules (Year 2ÌýEast European)

SEEB0009 - Introduction to Bulgarian Culture and LiteratureÌý(not running 2024/25)

SEEC0009 - Introduction to Czech Literature

SEEF0009 - Introduction to Finnish Society and Culture

SEEH0026 - Introduction to Hungarian Literature

SEEP0009 - Introduction to Polish Literature

SEEP0016 - Contemporary Polish Cinema

SEER0009 - Introduction to Romanian Literature

SEEY0010 - Introduction to Serbian and Croatian Literature

SEEU0017Ìý- Ukrainian Culture and Text AÌý

SEEU0027Ìý- Ukrainian Culture and Text BÌý

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Level 6 Modules (Russian) -

Modules with an [R] ÌýrequireÌýthe ability to read Russian

SERS0031 - The Person, Love and Utopia in Russian Thought

SERS0043 - Soviet Literature in Revolution: Experiments with Fictional Forms 1917-53 [R]

SERS0079 - PushkinÌý[R]

SERS0045 - Russian and Soviet Cinema: Innovation and ExperimentÌý(not running 2024/25)

SERS0047 - Contemporary Russian Cinema

SERS0049 - Russian Poetry in the Silver Age [R]Ìý(not running 2024/25)

SERS0051 - Late-Soviet and Post-SovietÌýLiterature and Culture [R]

SERS0106 - Reading and Discussion of Texts in Russian - Level 6Ìý

SERS0107 - Writing, Editing and Blogging in Russian - Level 6

SERS0108 - Saboteurs, Stakhanovites and Spies: Writing the Stalinist 1930s (not running 2024/25)


Level 6 Modules (East European)

SEEB0009 - Bulgarian Literature (not running 2024/25)

SEEC0014 Czech and Slovak LiteratureÌý

SEEF0015 - Advanced Finnish Society and Culture

SEEP0014 - Polish Literature 3

SEER0014 - Romanian Literature 3

SEEY0015 - Serbian and Croatian Literature

SESS0004 - The Making of Modern Ukraine

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ANTH0056 - Anthropological Approaches to Eurasian Socialist and Post Soviet SocietiesÌý(not running 2024/25)

SEES0090 - Cities in Eastern Europe

SEES0137 SSEES Research Project (Half) - 15-credit Dissertation

SESS0053 Freestanding Dissertation - 30-credit Dissertation

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Language Modules -Ìý Specialist core modules for Language Degrees

Russian

Year 1

SERS0001 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 1A)Ìý- Ab initio track - Level 4

SERS0002 - Use of Russian (Year 1A)ÌýÌýÌý- Ab initio track - Level 4

SERS0003- Comprehension of Russian (Year 1) -ÌýPost A-Level track - Level 4

SERS0005 - Use of Russian (Year 1)Ìý- Post A-Level track - Level 4

Year 2

SERS0016 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 2A)Ìý- Ab initio track - Level 5

SERS0018 - Use of Russian (Year 2A)Ìý- Ab initio track - Level 5

SERS0020 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 2)Ìý- Post A-Level track - Level 5

SERS0022 - Use of Russian (Year 2)Ìý- Post A-Level track - Level 5

Year 4

SERS0037 - Comprehension of Russian (Year 4) - Level 6

SERS0039 - Use of Russian (Year 4) - Level 6


Language Modules - Specialist core modules for Language Degrees

East European Languages and Culture

Bulgarian

SEEB0001 - Bulgarian Language Level 1

SEEB0005 - Bulgarian Language Level 2a - Comprehension

SEEB0007 - Bulgarian Language Level 2b - Production

SEEB0010 - Bulgarian Language Level 3a -ÌýComprehension

SEEB0012 -Bulgarian Language Level 3b - Production

Czech

SEEC0001 - Czech Language Level 1

SEEC0005 - Czech Language Level 2a - Comprehension

SEEC0007 - Czech Language Level 2b - Production

SEEC0010 - Czech Language Level 3a- Comprehension

SEEC0012 - Czech Language Level 3b - Production

Finnish

SEEF0001 - Finnish Language Level 1

SEEF0005 - Finnish Language Level 2a - Comprehension

SEEF0007 - Finnish Language Level 2b - Production

SEEF0011 - Finnish Language Level 3a - Comprehension

SEEF0013 - Finnish Language Level 3b - Production

Hungarian

SEEH0001 - Hungarian Language Level 1

SEEH0006 - Hungarian Language Level 2a ComprehensionÌý

SEEH0016 - Hungarian Language Level 2b - ProductionÌý

SEEH0024 - Hungarian Language Level 3a ComprehensionÌý

SEEH0011 - Hungarian Language Level 3b - ProductionÌý

Polish

SEEP0001 - Polish Language Level 1Ìý

SEEP0005 - Polish Language Level 2a - Comprehension

SEEP0007 - Polish Language Level 2b - Production

SEEP0010Ìý - Polish Language Level 3a - Comprehension

SEEP0012Ìý - Polish Language Level 3b - Production

Romanian

SEER0001 - Romanian Language Level 1

SEER0005 - Romanian Language Level 2a - Comprehension

SEER0007 - Romanian Language Level 2b - Production

SEER0010 - Romanian Language Level 3a - ComprehensionÌý

SEER0012 - Romanian Language Level 3b - ProductionÌý

Serbian/Croatian

SEEY0001 - Serbian/Croatian Language Level 1

SEEY0006 - Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2a - ComprehensionÌý

SEEY0008 - Serbian and Croatian Language Level 2b - Production

SEEY0011 - Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3a - Comprehension

SEEY0013 - Serbian and Croatian Language Level 3b - Production

Ukrainian

SEEU0001 - Ukrainian Language Level 1

SEEU0007 - Ukrainian Language Level 2a- Comprehension

SEEU0009 - Ukrainian Language Level 2b - Production

SEEU0011Ìý- Ukrainian Language Level 3a - ComprehensionÌý

SEEU0012 - Ukrainian Language Level 3b - ProductionÌý

ÌýLanguage Modules - Off Track modulesÌýopen to allÌýÂÒÂ×Ðã students

SSEES offers a range of 15 credit modules which can be taken by students across ÂÒÂ×Ðã. These can also be taken to fulfil the ÂÒÂ×Ðã Modern Foreign Language requirement. The run for a whole academic year.

Level A

SEEB0014 Bulgarian A

SEEC0017 Czech A

SEEF0026 Finnish A

SEEH0003 Hungarian A

SEEP0003 Polish A

SEER0003 Romanian A

SERS0007 Russian A

SEEY0017 Serbian/Croatian A

SEEV0001 Slovene A

SEEU0019 Ukrainian A


Level B

SEEB0017 Bulgarian B

SEEC0020 Czech B

SEEF0021 Finnish B

SEEH0017 Hungarian B

SEEP0020 Polish B

SEER0017 Romanian B

SERS0024 Russian B

SEEY0020 Serbian/Croatian B

SEEV0002 Slovene B

SEEU0022 Ukrainian B

Level C

SEEB0022 Bulgarian C

SEEC0026 Czech C

SEEF0022 Finnish C

SEEH0018 Hungarian C

SEEP0021 Polish C

SEER0018 Romanian C

SERS0036ÌýRussian C

SEEY0003 Serbian/Croatian C

SEEV0003 Slovene C

SEEU0031 Ukrainian C

Level D

SERS0078 Russian D

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