[tsveta]

For years I’ve always thought I wanted to study Russian. My A Levels are: English Lit, History and Classical Civilisation. But this year, due to my fantastic teacher and enjoyable texts, I’ve realized I absolutely love English Lit. Part of me now wants to study English Lit at uni (I’ve deferred until 2013 anyway), but I still want to do Russian. Which would you say is a better degree?

I thought about doing a sandwich course, but I don’t really know much about it. Anyone on here doing a humanity with a language? Is it loads of work; double the amount to a single honours degree? Do you feel that you have got to the same standard in the language as someone who is doing a pure language based course?

Then again at the same time I feel like I should just stay with the Russian as I know it’s what I’ve wanted to do for years and I’ve prepped myself so much for it, and I can do modules in Russian Literature anyway so it will be similar to English.

I’ve got places at Leeds and Nottingham but I’m thinking about reapplying to: Bristol, Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Exeter.

Please advise me!

[Shelly_x]

You will miss out on certain modules in either course and won't be able to go into depth on one subject. Speaking from experience.

[WillowSummers]

(Original post by Shelly_x)
You will miss out on certain modules in either course and won't be able to go into depth on one subject. Speaking from experience.

But did you enjoy it?

[christielovesyou]

If you go to St Andrews or Edinburgh (or any other Scottish uni, for that matter), then you can take pretty much anything as "outside courses" (you usually choose two) in first and second year before deciding what you want to actually do as your main degree. Maybe you should consider that? You'd be able to do both for up to two years, giving you time and experience to decide which you want to do or, indeed, if you want to do joint honours.

[Shelly_x]

(Original post by WillowSummers)
But did you enjoy it?

Kinda. I want to come out with my joint honours degree title... I just wish I could take more modules in English.

[tsveta]

(Original post by Shelly_x)
Kinda. I want to come out with my joint honours degree title... I just wish I could take more modules in English.

What are you doing it with? E.g. English and..?

[Shelly_x]

(Original post by tsveta)
What are you doing it with? E.g. English and..?

Fine Art and English Literature.

[stinkerbelll]

(Original post by tsveta)
For years I’ve always thought I wanted to study Russian. My A Levels are: English Lit, History and Classical Civilisation. But this year, due to my fantastic teacher and enjoyable texts, I’ve realized I absolutely love English Lit. Part of me now wants to study English Lit at uni (I’ve deferred until 2013 anyway), but I still want to do Russian. Which would you say is a better degree?

I thought about doing a sandwich course, but I don’t really know much about it. Anyone on here doing a humanity with a language? Is it loads of work; double the amount to a single honours degree? Do you feel that you have got to the same standard in the language as someone who is doing a pure language based course?

Then again at the same time I feel like I should just stay with the Russian as I know it’s what I’ve wanted to do for years and I’ve prepped myself so much for it, and I can do modules in Russian Literature anyway so it will be similar to English.

I’ve got places at Leeds and Nottingham but I’m thinking about reapplying to: Bristol, Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Exeter.

Please advise me!

OP I have a place for join German and Spanish so I know it's not exactly the same, but I can give a bit of insight as far as joint honours language courses.

I can remember reading ages ago that for a straight French course at Oxford, you would get the same set areas of study that everyone else would have, however you could pick, I think, 6 different cultural topics to study. If you were taking a joint honours with another language or subject, you would get the same compulsory areas of study and language classes, but would only be able to choose 3 cultural areas for study. I may be wrong because this was ages ago, and not the course I'm on, but the general impression is that you won't be denied certain areas, but that you wouldn't immerse yourself so much in the culture of the language as you would if it were single honours. I can only assume it's similar at other unis. Russian and English Lit sounds like it'd be a really good degree