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Admissions

UCAS code: see below

Brief Course Outline

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

Course statistics for 2012 entry

Intake: 6
Applications shortlisted for interview: 75.0%
Successful applications: 16.7%

Open days

Middle Eastern Languages as for Oriental Studies
European Languages as for Modern Languages
Tutors from Oriental Studies will be available on 27 April 2013 to discuss this joint course.

Contact details

European Languages
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
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Middle Eastern Languages
Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane,
Oxford OX1 2LE
+44 (0) 1865 278312
Please email us at undergraduate.admissions@
orinst.ox.ac.uk

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European and Middle Eastern Languages

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International opportunities

You will normally spend your second academic year at an approved course of study in the Middle East. You are strongly advised to spend the adjacent summers where the European language of your choice is spoken. There are arrangements in place with partner universities to help you make the most of your time abroad.

A typical weekly timetable

Your work is divided between language classes, lectures and tutorials (one or two a week). In the first year, the emphasis is on intensive learning of a Middle Eastern language. Throughout your course, you will prepare essays for your weekly tutorials and classes.

1st year

Courses

Study both languages
European languages: one language
Middle Eastern language: Intensive language

Assessment

First University examinations:
Three written papers (European language); two papers (Middle Eastern language) plus, in Arabic only, an oral exam
2nd year
Year abroad  
3rd and 4th year

Courses

Four papers in each language
Literature, poetry and prose
Advanced language classes

Assessment

Final University examinations:
Nine written papers are taken including a bridging extended essay;
Oral exam (both languages, but not Hebrew on the Middle Eastern side)

 

UCAS code Arabic Hebrew Persian Turkish
Czech RT7Q RQ7K RTT6 RTRP
French RT16 RQ14 RTC6 RT1P
German RT26 RQ24 RT2P RT2Q
Modern Greek QT76 QQ74 QT7P QT7Q
Italian RT36 RQ34 RTH6 RT3P
Portuguese RT56 RQ54 RTM6 RT5P
Russian RT76 RQ74 RT7P RTR6
Spanish RT46 RQK4 RT4P RTK6