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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Politics and Sociology

A GUIDE TO YOUR DEGREE

SYLLABUS AND ASSESSMENT, 2017-2018

BA DEGREES:

POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES

POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES WITH A YEAR ABROAD

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Contents Course Structure: BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies 3

Course Structure: BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies with a Year Abroad 10

Calculation of Degree Classification/Scheme of Award:

- BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies (PSEES) 17

- BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies with a Year Abroad (PSEESYA) 19

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Course Structure

BA POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES (PSEES) Degree Structure

The BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies allows you to develop expertise in and understanding of Politics, International Relations and Sociology and apply this to the study of Russia, Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. You will gain deeper insights into the major social and political issues of the post-communist transition as well as contemporary social and political debates. You will also have the opportunity to learn an East European language, if you so wish. The programme requires you to take the equivalent of 12 course-units over three years, four in each year. You will also write a dissertation based on your own research related to a topic in Politics or Sociology linked to the region. IMPORTANT: students can only register 4.0 cu (course units) in total per year of study.

Outline of the Degree YEAR 1

Compulsory units (2.5 course units (cu) in total): • SESS1205 Understanding Politics: The Big Questions in Contemporary Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS1206 Understanding Politics: How Politics Works (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SESS1202 Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS1203 Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology (0.5 cu, term 2)

And at least one of:

• SESS1204 Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS1207 Communist Societies, 1945-1989 (0.5 cu, term 2)

Plus course options to a value of maximum 1.5 course selected from the following:

• SESS1102 Introduction to International Relations (1.0 cu)

• SESS1003 Introduction to Microeconomics (0.5 cu, term 1)*

• SESS1004 Introduction to Macroeconomics (0.5 cu, term 2)*

• SEHI1004 Frontiers of History (1.0 cu) **

SERS1011 Making of Modern Russian Culture (1.0 cu)

SERS1012 Representations of Russia (0.5 cu, yearlong)

• SERS1013 Russian Cinema: History, Politics, Society (0.5 cu, yearlong)

• SEEE2013 War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SEEE2014 Minority Language of Russia (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEEE2006 How Words Work: Sounds and Sense (0.5 cu, term 1)

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• SEEE2007 How Words Work: Meaning and Modularity (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SEEE2011 Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows (0.5cu, term2)

• SEEE2009 Narratives in Exile (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEEE2008 Vampires, Society and Culture: Transylvania and Beyond (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SEEE2010 Tales of the Unexpected: Supernatural & Fantastic in Literature, 1800-1930 (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SERS2012 Russian Cinema: Men and Women (0.5 cu, taught over two terms)

• Language Course (0.5 cu). SSEES language courses are normally offered at three levels in Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian and Ukrainian and at four levels in Rus-sian. You can also take any language course offered by the UCL Language Centre. We cannot guaran-tee that all languages and levels will be available every year.

* It is highly recommended that students taking SESS1003 and/or SESS1004 have A-Level Maths (or

equivalent). ** This is a prerequisite course for most second- and third-year History courses. NB: The Politics and Sociology courses above are normally prerequisites for second-year and third-year courses in their respective fields. To proceed to Year 2, students must be complete in 4.0 course units and pass at least 3.0 course units, including one of Understanding Politics: The Big Questions Understanding Politics: How Politics Works and one of Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology.

YEAR 2 Two compulsory core courses (1.0 cu): • SESS2106 Comparative Political Analysis (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEES2107 Researching Politics and Society (0.5 cu, term 2)

and at least two compulsory courses chosen from the following (1.0 cu in total):

• SESS2102 Politics and Society in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS2103 Russian Politics and Society (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEES2108 Post-Soviet Politics and Society (0.5cu, term 2)

• SEES2109 South-East European Politics and Societies (0.5 cu, term 1)

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Plus course options to a maximum value of 2.0 course units selected from the following

Politics and Sociology, Economics, Languages and Culture, History and Floating Options:

P: pre-requisite course

POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS

SESS2101 History of European Political Ideas (1.0 cu)

SESS2104 The Making of Modern Ukraine (1.0 cu)

SESS2105 Democracy and Democratisation (0.5 cu, term 2)

BASC2052 Migration and Health (0.5 cu, term 1)



• SESS2012 Economic History and Ideas (1.0 cu)

• SESS2005 Topics in Microeconomics (0.5 cu, term 2)

P: Introduction to Microeconomics

• SESS2001 Emerging Market Economies in Russia and Eastern Europe (1.0 cu)

P: Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics

• SESS2006 European Macroeconomics (0.5 cu, term 1)

P: Introduction to Macroeconomics

• SESS2013 Political Economy of European Integration (1.0 cu)

P: Introduction to Microeconomics or Introduction to Macroeconomics * It is highly recommended that students taking SESS1003 and/or SESS1004 have A-Level Maths (or

equivalent). IMPORTANT: Check for pre-requisites on SSEES website before registering your course options.

LANGUAGE

• Language Course (0.5 cu)

HISTORY* Some of the listed courses are run by UCL History department as indicated.

SEHI2007 The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia (1.0 cu) ADV

SEHI2002 Crown Church and Estates in Central Europe 1500-1700 (1.0 cu) ADV, UCL HISTORY DEPT

SEHI2010 Dictatorship as experience (1.0 cu) ADV, UCL HISTORY DEPT

SEHI7012 Czechoslovakia in the Age of Extremes (0.5 cu, term 2) ADV

SEHI2008 The Fall and Rise of the Polish Nation 1648-1921 (1.0 cu) ADV, UCL HISTORY DEPT

SEHI6011 History of Modern Germany 1815-1990 (1.0 cu) INTER, UCL HISTORY DEPT

SEHI7010 History of the Soviet Union (0.5 cu, offered in both terms) ADV, UCL HISTORY DEPT

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SEHI6006 History of the Habsburgs Monarchy 1700-1918 (1.0 cu) INTER, UCL HISTORY DEPT

SEHI6008 History of Russia to 1598 (1.0 cu) INTER, UCL HISTORY DEPT

SEHI6009 History of Russia 1598-1856 (1.0 cu) INTER, UCL HISTORY DEPT

SEHI7009 The Age of Extremes in the Balkans (0.5 cu, term 1) INTER

SEHI7004 Between Politics and Culture: German Ideas 1890-1970 (0.5 cu, term 1) ADV

SEHI7002 Fascism and Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe 1918-1945 (0.5 cu, term 2) ADV, UCL HIS-TORY DEPT

* Frontiers of History is normally a prerequisite course for follow up SSEES History courses.

LANGUAGES AND CULTURE

• SERS1012 Representations of Russia (0.5 cu) taught over two terms

• SERS2012 Russian Cinema: Men and Women (0.5 cu) taught over two terms

• SERS2020 The Person, Love and Utopia in Russian Thought (0.5 cu) taught over two terms


• SEEE2011 Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows (0.5 cu, term2)

• SEEE2013 War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema, (0.5 cu, term 2)




• SEEE2014 Minority Languages of Russia (0.5 cu term 1)

FLOATING OPTION Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1.0 course unit per

year in their second and third years, subject to the permission of all departments concerned. Floating options

are subject to the approval of the Politics and Sociology Programme Co-ordinator. Floating options must (i)

be in Politics, International Relations, Sociology or European Studies; (ii) not be available at SSEES; and (iii)

not repeat what you have already studied at SSEES.

To progress to year 3, students must be complete in 8.0 course units and have passed at least 7.0 course

units from Years 1 and 2, including the following second-year courses: Comparative Political Analysis and

at least one of Politics and Society of Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Politics and Society, Post-Soviet

Politics and South-East European Politics and Societies.

YEAR 3 IMPORTANT: Students must take three course units at advanced level in their second and third years com-

bined in order to be awarded an honours degree. Students cannot take any introductory courses in their

final year of study. Students can only take 0.5 cu of language at intermediate or advanced level.

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Compulsory units: • SEZZ4901 10,000 word Free-Standing Dissertation (1.0 cu)

• Minimum of 1.0 cu and maximum of 3.0 cu from the following group: - SESS3103 European Security (1.0 cu)

P: Introduction to International Relations

- SESS3102 Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy (1.0 cu)

- SESS2104 Making of Modern Ukraine (1.0 cu)

- SESS3202 Baltic Politics and Society (0.5 cu, term 2)

- SESS3107 Poland in the UK (0.5 cu, term 1)

- SESS3203 Social Change in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

P: Introduction to Political Sociology

- SESS2101 History of European Political Ideas (1.0 cu)

- SESS3204 Parties and Elections in Global Perspective (0.5 cu, term 2)

P: Comparative Political Analysis

- SESS3108 After Communism: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 2)

- SESS3109 Understanding and Analysing Data (0.5 cu, term 1)

P: Researching Politics and Society or Comparative Political Analysis

- SESS31010 The Crisis of 1989 and the New Global Revolution (1.0 cu)

P: Economic History and Ideas or The History of European Political Ideas

Up to 2.0 cu (or 4 x 0.5 cu) may be taken from either SSEES Economics, History, Language and Culture courses, languages offered by SSEES or the UCL Language Centre or floating options:

SSEES ECONOMICS COURSES


P: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Maths




P: Introduction to Microeconomics or Introduction to Macroeconomics



• SESS3011 Economics of the Family (0.5 cu, term 1)

P: Topics in Microeconomics

• SESS3002 International Trade (0.5 cu, term 2)


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• SESS3005 Topics in Financial Management I (0.5 cu, term 1)


• SESS3008 Topics in Financial Management II (0.5 cu, term 2)

P: Topics in Financial Management I

• SESS3010 International Macroeconomics (0.5 cu, term 2)

P: European Macroeconomics

LANGUAGE

• Language Course (0.5 cu) HISTORY* Some of the courses listed are run by UCL History department as indicated.



SEHI2010 Dictatorship as Experience (1.0 cu) ADV, UCL HISTORY DEPT











* Frontiers of History is normally a prerequisite course for all second- and third-year History courses.

These courses do not count as one of your floating options, even if taught by UCL History Department.

SSEES LANGUAGES AND CULTURE



• SEEE2013 War, Trauma and Memory in Eastern Europe Cinema (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SEEE2011 Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SERS4016 Russian Cinema: Innovation and Experiment (0.5 cu) taught over two terms

• SERS4017 Contemporary Russian Cinema (0.5 cu) taught over two terms

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• SERS4027 Russian Literature from the Death of Stalin to the Present: Dissent and Discovery (0.5 cu) taught over two terms*

• SEEE2014 Minority Languages of Russia (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEEE2015 Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SERS2012 Russian Cinema Men and Women (0.5 cu, taught over two terms)

• SEEP7001 Contemporary Polish Cinema (0.5 cu, term 2)

* Advanced knowledge of Russian required

FLOATING OPTION

Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1.0 course unit per

year in their second and third year, subject to the permission of all departments concerned. Floating options




New courses and modifications to existing courses may be introduced to reflect changes in the region. Progression

The basic principle of the BA PSEES and PSEESYA degrees is progression from one year to the next along

defined disciplinary pathways. Knowledge and skills learned in one year provide building blocks for more

advanced study in each subsequent year.

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BA POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES WITH A YEAR ABROAD (PSEESYA) Degree Structure

The BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies with a Year Abroad allows you to develop expertise in and understanding of Politics, International Relations and Sociology and apply this to the study of Russia, Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. You will gain deeper insights into the major social and political issues of the post-communist transition as well as contemporary social and political debates. During your year abroad you will be expected to develop your language skills, where appropriate, take courses (in Eng-lish) related to your degree, develop an enhanced understanding of country-level issues relevant to your degree, and produce a year abroad project reflecting your perceptions of the key political issues in the coun-try or countries you study in. The course requires you to take the equivalent of 16 course-units over 4 years, four in each year.

Outline of the Degree

YEAR 1

Compulsory units (2.5 course units (cu) in total): • SESS1205 Understanding Politics: The Big Questions in Contemporary Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS1206 Understanding Politics: How Politics Works (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SESS1202 Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS1203 Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology (0.5 cu, term 2)

And at least one of:

• SESS1204 Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS1207 Communist Societies, 1945-1989 (0.5 cu, term 2)

Plus course options to a value of maximum 1.5 course selected from the following:

• SESS1102 Introduction to International Relations (1.0 cu)



• SEHI1004 Frontiers of History (1.0 cu) **

SERS1011 Making of Modern Russian Culture (1.0 cu)

SERS1012 Representations of Russia (0.5 cu, yearlong)

• SERS1013 Russian Cinema: History, Politics, Society (0.5 cu, yearlong)

• SEEE2013 War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SEEE2014 Minority Language of Russia (0.5 cu, term 1)

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• SEEE2011 Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows (0.5cu, term2)




• SERS2012 Russian Cinema: Men and Women (0.5 cu, taught over two terms)

• Language Course (0.5 cu). SSEES language courses are normally offered at three levels in Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian/Croatian and Ukrainian and at four levels in Rus-sian. You can also take any language course offered by the UCL Language Centre. We cannot guaran-tee that all languages and levels will be available every year.

* It is highly recommended that students taking SESS1003 and/or SESS1004 have A-Level Maths (or

equivalent). ** This is a prerequisite course for most second- and third-year History courses. NB: The Politics and Sociology courses above are normally prerequisites for second-year and third-year courses in their respective fields. To proceed to Year 2, students must be complete in 4.0 course units and pass at least 3.0 course units, including one of Understanding Politics: The Big Questions Understanding Politics: How Politics Works and one of Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory Understanding Society: Introduction to Political Sociology.

YEAR 2 Two compulsory core courses (1.0 cu): • SESS2106 Comparative Political Analysis (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEES2107 Researching Politics and Society (0.5 cu, term 2)

and at least two compulsory courses chosen from the following (1.0 cu in total):

• SESS2102 Politics and Society in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SESS2103 Russian Politics and Society (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEES2108 Post-Soviet Politics and Society (0.5cu, term 2)

• SEES2109 South-East European Politics and Societies (0.5 cu, term 1)

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Plus course options to a maximum value of 2.0 course units selected from the following

Politics and Sociology, Economics, Languages and Culture, History and Floating Options:

P: pre-requisite course

POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS

SESS2101 History of European Political Ideas (1.0 cu)

SESS2104 The Making of Modern Ukraine (1.0 cu)

SESS2105 Democracy and Democratisation (0.5 cu, term 2)

BASC2052 Migration and Health (0.5 cu, term 1)





P: Introduction to Microeconomics

• SESS2001 Emerging Market Economies in Russia and Eastern Europe (1.0 cu)



P: Introduction to Macroeconomics


P: Introduction to Microeconomics or Introduction to Macroeconomics * It is highly recommended that students taking SESS1003 and/or SESS1004 have A-Level Maths (or

equivalent). IMPORTANT: Check for pre-requisites on SSEES website before registering your course options.

LANGUAGE

• Language Course (0.5 cu)

HISTORY* Some of the listed courses are run by UCL History department as indicated.



SEHI2010 Dictatorship as experience (1.0 cu) ADV, UCL HISTORY DEPT




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* Frontiers of History is normally a prerequisite course for follow up SSEES History courses.

LANGUAGES AND CULTURE

• SERS1012 Representations of Russia (0.5 cu) taught over two terms

• SERS2012 Russian Cinema: Men and Women (0.5 cu) taught over two terms



• SEEE2011 Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows (0.5 cu, term2)

• SEEE2013 War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema, (0.5 cu, term 2)




• SEEE2014 Minority Languages of Russia (0.5 cu term 1)

FLOATING OPTION Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1.0 course unit per

year in their second and third years, subject to the permission of all departments concerned. Floating options




To progress to year 3, students must be complete in 8.0 course units and have passed at least 7.0 course

units from Years 1 and 2, including the following second-year courses: Comparative Political Analysis and

at least one of Politics and Society of Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Politics and Society, Post-Soviet

Politics and South-East European Politics and Societies.

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YEAR 3 YEAR ABROAD Compulsory units: • Year Abroad Assignment (1 cu)

• Performance Certificate (1 cu)

• Progress Portfolio (1 cu)

• Self-Evaluation (1 cu)

Please note. In order to progress from Year 3, students must be complete in the 8.0 course units from Years 1 and 2, and have passed at least 11.0 course units, including the 3 Year Abroad shell units. When students fail a study abroad year, either owing to interruption, non-engagement or failure to achieve a pass mark, they will not be able to progress to Year 4 and must transfer to an equivalent degree where there is no study abroad requirement.

YEAR 4

IMPORTANT: Students must take at least three course units at advanced level in their second and third

years combined in order to be awarded an honours degree. Students cannot take any introductory courses

in their final year of study. Students can only take 0.5 cu of language at intermediate or advanced level.

Compulsory units: • SEZZ4901 10,000 word Free-Standing Dissertation (1.0 cu)

• Minimum of 1.0 cu and maximum of 3.0 cu from the following group: - SESS3103 European Security (1.0 cu)

P: Introduction to International Relations

- SESS3102 Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy (1.0 cu)

- SESS2104 Making of Modern Ukraine (1.0 cu)

- SESS3202 Baltic Politics and Society (0.5 cu, term 2)

- SESS3107 Poland in the UK (0.5 cu, term 1)

- SESS3203 Social Change in Central and Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 1)

P: Introduction to Political Sociology

- SESS2101 History of European Political Ideas (1.0 cu)

- SESS3204 Parties and Elections in Global Perspective (0.5 cu, term 2)

P: Comparative Political Analysis

- SESS3108 After Communism: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Eastern Europe (0.5 cu, term 2)

- SESS3109 Understanding and Analysing Data (0.5 cu, term 1)

P: Researching Politics and Society or Comparative Political Analysis

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- SESS31010 The Crisis of 1989 and the New Global Revolution (1.0 cu)

P: Economic History and Ideas or The History of European Political Ideas

Up to 2.0 cu (or 4 x 0.5 cu) may be taken from either SSEES Economics, History, Language and Culture courses, languages offered by SSEES or the UCL Language Centre or floating options:

SSEES ECONOMICS COURSES


P: Introduction to Macroeconomics and Maths







• SESS3011 Economics of the Family (0.5 cu, term 1)


• SESS3002 International Trade (0.5 cu, term 2)


• SESS3005 Topics in Financial Management I (0.5 cu, term 1)


• SESS3008 Topics in Financial Management II (0.5 cu, term 2)

P: Topics in Financial Management I

• SESS3010 International Macroeconomics (0.5 cu, term 2)

P: European Macroeconomics

LANGUAGE

• Language Course (0.5 cu) HISTORY* Some of the courses listed are run by UCL History department as indicated.



SEHI2010 Dictatorship as Experience (1.0 cu) ADV, UCL HISTORY DEPT





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* Frontiers of History is normally a prerequisite course for all second- and third-year History courses.

These courses do not count as one of your floating options, even if taught by UCL History Department.

SSEES LANGUAGES AND CULTURE



• SEEE2013 War, Trauma and Memory in Eastern Europe Cinema (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SEEE2011 Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows (0.5 cu, term 2)

• SERS4016 Russian Cinema: Innovation and Experiment (0.5 cu) taught over two terms

• SERS4017 Contemporary Russian Cinema (0.5 cu) taught over two terms

• SERS4027 Russian Literature from the Death of Stalin to the Present: Dissent and Discovery (0.5 cu) taught over two terms [Advanced knowledge of Russian required]

• SEEE2014 Minority Languages of Russia (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SEEE2015 Staging Europe: Modern European Drama and Theatre (0.5 cu, term 1)

• SERS2012 Russian Cinema Men and Women (0.5 cu, taught over two terms)

• SEEP7001 Contemporary Polish Cinema (0.5 cu, term 2)

FLOATING OPTION

Students may choose courses from other departments at UCL up to a maximum value of 1.0 course unit per

year in their second and third year, subject to the permission of all departments concerned. Floating options




New courses and modifications to existing courses may be introduced to reflect changes in the region. Progression

The basic principle of the BA PSEES and PSEESYA degrees is progression from one year to the next along

defined disciplinary pathways. Knowledge and skills learned in one year provide building blocks for more

advanced study in each subsequent year.

Calculation of Degree Classification

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BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies (PSEES) SCHEME FOR THE AWARD OF HONOURS Students registered for the degree are required to undertake a programme of study comprising courses to

the value of 4.0 course units in each year.

In order to proceed to the second year, all students must be complete in 4.0 course units and have passed a

minimum of 3.0 course units. In order to proceed to the third and final year of the programme, students

must be complete in 8.0 course units and have passed a minimum of 7.0 course units. In each year, students

must have passed any courses deemed compulsory for progression.

Courses deemed compulsory for progression are: Year 1: Understanding Politics: The Big Questions or Un-

derstanding Politics: How Politics Works and Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory or Under-

standing Society: Introduction to Political Sociology; Year 2: Comparative Political Analysis and any one of

the following: Politics and Society in Central and Eastern Europe; Russian Politics and Society; Post-Soviet

Politics and Society; or South-East European Politics and Societies.

The pass mark for each course unit is 40%. Consequences of Failure The pass mark for each course unit is 40%. From 2017/18 onwards, late summer resits will be available for eligible students who fail between 0.5 and 2.0 course units. These students will resit the failed compo-nents of the module/s (exams and/or coursework) in late summer and their overall mark for the module/s will be capped at 40%. If they then meet the requirements for progression, they will progress to the next year as usual. Students are not eligible for a resit if they are eligible for the award of a degree despite the failed mod-ule/s, or if they have been excluded for academic insufficiency, academic misconduct or disciplinary issues. Students cannot be reassessed in a module they have passed. Students who fail more than 2.0 course units will usually be required to repeat the failed modules in the following academic year, re-enrolling in all failed modules and paying tuition and fees, and must redo all components of all the modules they failed. Their results in those modules will be capped at 40%. Students will not be able to commence the next level of study until the repeat is successfully passed. If a course unit is not passed after the second attempt, whether the second attempt is a resit or a repeat of the entire year, the student is deemed to have irretrievably failed the module and if this makes it impossi-ble for them to obtain the degree, their registration on the programme will be terminated by the Examina-tion Board. Scheme for the Award of Honours

To be awarded an honours degree, a student must have completed courses to the value of 12.0 course units

and satisfied the examiners in courses to a minimum value of 11.0 course units, fulfilling all attendance and

coursework requirements, submitting all written work prescribed for assessment purposes and taking all

parts of any examination in those courses.

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To be awarded a degree with honours in the field of study for which the student is registered, the student

must have taken and passed any course units deemed compulsory for such an award, according to local

rules.

Students who fail to satisfy the examiners in 11.0 or more course units but who have nevertheless completed

at least 11.0 course units and passed a minimum of 10.0 course units, including at least two at advanced

level and two in their final year, together with any deemed compulsory according to local rules, may be

awarded an Ordinary Degree in their registered field of study. Students who are eligible for the award of an

Ordinary Degree under these requirements but who have not satisfied the examiners in one or more courses

deemed compulsory will be awarded an Ordinary Degree in a different field of study, to be determined by

the Board of Examiners.

Classification

Degree classification will be calculated on the basis of the median of results in modules to the value of 9.0 course units, to be selected and weighted as follows: First year: the best course unit (or two half units) with a weighting of 1 Second year: all four course units, with a weighting of 3 Final year: all four course units, with a weighting of 5 Marks for retaken or substitute modules will be included in the calculation for the year of study in which the module was first attempted. The marks for retaken or substituted modules will be capped at the pass mark (40%). Consideration of borderlines

Honours Degree candidates whose weighted average mark falls within 1% of the next classification bound-ary (after rounding to the nearest integer) may be considered for the higher classification. The Programme Board of Examiners should take the following criteria into account:

· Whether the majority of credits (at least 50%) fall in the higher classification. · Whether there is evidence of “exit velocity” in the candidate’s performance. · Whether high value modules, or those with a significant research element such as the dissertation, fall

in the higher class. · Attention to those marks which have a particular significance for the overall classification. Full details of UG Borderline Criteria are available in chapter 4 of the UCL Academic Manual

(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/overview) .

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/overview

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BA Politics, Sociology and East European Studies with a Year Abroad (PSEESYA)

APPLICABLE ONLY TO STUDENTS COMMENCING THEIR DEGREE IN 2016/17 OR LATER Students registered for the degree are required to undertake a programme of study comprising courses to

the value of 4.0 cu in each year.

In order to proceed to the second year of the programme, all students must have passed a minimum of 3.0

course units. In order to proceed to the third year of the programme, all students must have passed a mini-

mum of 7.0 course units. In order to proceed to the final year, all students must have passed a minimum of

10.5 course units. In each year, students must have passed any courses deemed compulsory for progression.

In order to progress from Year two, students must be complete in the 4.0 Course Units from Year 1 and have

passed at least 7.0 Course Units.

In order to progress from Year three, students must be complete in 12.0 Course Units, have passed at least

11.0 Course Units, and have met all Year two and three progression requirements.

These are: Year 1: Understanding Politics: The Big Questions or Understanding Politics: How Politics Works

and Understanding Society: Introduction to Social Theory or Understanding Society: Introduction to Political

Sociology; Year 2: Comparative Political Analysis and any one of the following: Politics and Society in Central

and Eastern Europe; Russian Politics and Society; Post-Soviet Politics and Society; South-East European Pol-

itics and Societies; Year 3: Year Abroad Assignment.

The pass mark for each course unit is 40%.

Work to the value of 4.0 cu will be undertaken during the third year of the degree. To consist of: Year abroad

assignment (1.0 cu); Performance Certificate (1.0 cu); Progress portfolio (1.0 cu) and Self-evaluation report

(1.0 cu). The year abroad assignment is assessed at SSEES and contributes 1.0 cu towards the final degree

classification.

Consequences of Failure

The pass mark for each course unit is 40%. From 2017/18 onwards, late summer resits will be available for

eligible students who fail between 0.5 and 2.0 course units. These students will resit the failed components

of the module/s (exams and/or coursework) in late summer and their overall mark for the module/s will be

capped at 40%. If they then meet the requirements for progression, they will progress to the next year as

usual.

Students are not eligible for a resit if they are eligible for the award of a degree despite the failed module/s,

or if they have been excluded for academic insufficiency, academic misconduct or disciplinary issues. Stu-

dents cannot be reassessed in a module they have passed.

Students who fail more than 2.0 course units will usually be required to repeat the failed modules in the

following academic year, re-enrolling in all failed modules and paying tuition and fees, and must redo all

components of all the modules they failed. Their results in those modules will be capped at 40%. Students

will not be able to commence the next level of study until the repeat is successfully passed.

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If a course unit is not passed after the second attempt, whether the second attempt is a resit or a repeat of

the entire year, the student is deemed to have irretrievably failed the module and if this makes it impossible

for them to obtain the degree, their registration on the programme will be terminated by the Examination

Board.

Award of degree

To be awarded an honours degree, a student must have completed courses to the value of 16.0 course units,

and satisfied the examiners in courses to a minimum value of 14.5 course units, fulfilling all attendance and

coursework requirements, submitting all written work prescribed for assessment purposes and taking all

parts of any examination in those courses.

To be awarded a degree with honours in the field of study for which the student is registered, the student

must have taken and passed any course units deemed compulsory for such an award, according to local

rules.

Students who fail to satisfy the examiners in 14.5 or more course units, but who have nevertheless passed a

minimum of 13.0 course units, including at least three at advanced level and two in their final year, together

with any deemed compulsory according to local rules, may be awarded an Ordinary Degree in their regis-

tered field of study. Students who are eligible for the award of an Ordinary Degree under these require-

ments, but who have not satisfied the examiners in one or more courses deemed compulsory, will be

awarded an Ordinary Degree in a different field of study, to be determined by the Board of Examiners.

Classification

NB: This will apply to all students starting in 2016/17 or later Degree classification will be calculated on the basis of the median of results in modules to the value of 9.0 course units, to be selected and weighted as follows: First year: the best course unit (or two half units) with a weighting of 1 Second year: all four course units, with a weighting of 3 Final year: all four course units, with a weighting of 5 The year abroad does not contribute to the classification calculation, but must be passed. See 12.12 below for consequences of failure of the year abroad. Marks for retaken or substitute modules will be included in the calculation for the year of study in which the module was first attempted. The marks for retaken or substituted modules will be capped at the pass mark (40%). NB: This will apply to all students starting before 2016/17 Degree classification will be calculated on the basis of the median of results in modules to the value of 10.0 course units, to be selected and weighted as follows: First year: the best course unit (or two half units) with a weighting of 1 Second year: all four course units, with a weighting of 3 Year abroad: the year abroad project, with a weighting of 5.

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Final year: all four course units, with a weighting of 5 Marks for retaken or substitute modules will be included in the calculation for the year of study in which the module was first attempted. The marks for retaken or substituted modules will be capped at the pass mark (40%). Consideration of borderlines

Honours degree candidates whose weighted average mark falls within 1% of the next classification bound-ary (after rounding to the nearest integer) may be considered for the higher classification. The Programme Board of Examiners should take the following criteria into account:

· Whether the majority of credits (at least 50%) fall in the higher classification. · Whether there is evidence of “exit velocity” in the candidate’s performance. · Whether high value modules, or those with a significant research element such as the dissertation, fall

in the higher class. · Attention to those marks which have a particular significance for the overall classification. Full details of UG Borderline Criteria are available in chapter 4 of the UCL Academic Manual

(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/overview) .

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/overview

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