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UCAS Course Codes

English and:

Celtic QQ35
Beginners' Czech QR3S
Czech QR37
French QR31
German QR32
Beginners' Modern Greek QR39
Modern Greek QQ37
Beginners' Italian RQ33
Italian QR33
Beginners' Portuguese QR3M
Portuguese QR35
Russian QRH7
Spanish QR34

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Brief Course Outline

Duration of course: 4 years (including compulsory year abroad)
Degree awarded: BA

Course statistics for 2012 entry

Intake: 17
Applications shortlisted for interview: 68.5%
Successful applications: 11.4%

Open days

See English Language and Literature
See Modern Languages
Applicants for this course may like to attend any of the open days for either English Language and Literature or Modern Languages since tutors will be available at each event who can discuss this joint course.

Contact details

English
English Faculty, St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UL +44 (0) 1865 271055
Please email us at english.office@ell.ox.ac.uk
View English website

Modern Languages
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages,
41 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF
+44 (0) 1865 270750
Please email us at reception@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
View Modern Languages website

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English and Modern Languages

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A typical weekly timetable

Most students will have one or two tutorials a week as well as compulsory language classes. Most students also attend three to four lecture courses per subject.

1st year
Courses Six papers are taken: Introduction to English Language and Literature One period paper from single honours English Language and Literature Four Modern Languages papers	Assessment Six written papers form the First University Examination; a submitted portfolio of two essays for ‘Introduction to English Language and Literature’.All exams must be passed, but marks do not count towards the final degree
2nd and 4th years (3rd year is spent abroad)
Courses Three from papers 1–6 from single honours English Language and Literature Optional bridge (interdisciplinary) paper. This can replace an English or a Modern Languages paper Dissertation Modern Language (four/five papers), including: language exercises (two papers plus oral examination), a period of literature and options (prescribed authors and texts from 12th to 20th century, a special subject, or a linguistics paper)	Assessment Papers will be examined by extended essays over the course of the second and fourth years, or by practical and written examinations at the end of your fourth year. Specific timetabling arrangements may vary from college to college