Course Unit Selection
As part of your application you will be asked to complete a Learning Agreement form, listing your course unit choices for the semester(s) you plan to spend in Manchester. Any choices you make on this form are only provisional and can still be changed.
Strictly speaking, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures incoming Erasmus students are only entitled to take course units in the academic subject area specified in the Erasmus agreement signed by your home department and by us. This basically means that you only have a right to take those course units whose codes begin with the letters FREN, GERM, ITAL, LALC, LELA, MEST, RUSS, SPLA and UL.
A full list of these course units can be found by visiting the Humanities courses unit database .
Please note that for most of these courses only a limited number of students are admitted and that we cannot guarantee that there will be places, although we endeavour wherever possible to accommodate Erasmus students.
Courses at Level 3, i.e. those with a code number beginning with a '3' (e.g. GERM30342, ITAL30251) are open to Erasmus students ONLY with the written permission of the person running the course, often referred to as the 'course convenor'. To get this permission, all you have to do is to send an e-mail in English to him/her, asking to be allowed to take the course, briefly explaining your reasons for wanting to do so and giving a rough indication of how much you know already about this subject area (e.g. by listing any relevant courses you may have taken at your home university).
It may be possible for you to take course units from other Schools within the Faculty of Humanities . Use the search facility to locate particular topics. You may take up to 20 UK (10 ECTS) credits outside the School during each semester.
Please note that only a limited number of English and American Literature course units are open to Erasmus students (course codes starting with ENGL or AMER) and that places are only offered to those with the necessary prerequisite knowledge and level of competence in English. You must include these course units in your initial application if you wish to be considered for this. All Erasmus students wishing to take an ENGL course MUST take part in the English Language Proficiency test which is held at the University of Manchester in the week before the beginning of the relevant semester. Unless you take this test and achieve a mark of 75% or above, YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED to join your chosen ENGL course and will be required to opt for a course in a different subject area instead.
If you are interested in Business Studies, please note that ONLY the courses listed under the BMaP (Business and Management for all Programmes) heading are open to Erasmus students - click here for details. In order to register for one of these course units you must email residenceabroad@manchester.ac.uk .
Russian Language
All Erasmus students registering for Russian Language course units will be required to take a Russian language placement level test prior to registration
History Course Units
Please note that the following History course units are unavailable to SLLC Erasmus students because they are skills training courses or due to lack of available places: HIST10152, HIST10292, HIST10622, HIST10812. Also, level 3 History course units are only available in special cases where a student can demonstrate substantial experience of historical methodologies. Email the History Exchanges Coordinator via Leif.W.Jerram@manchester.ac.uk if you feel that this applies to you. Dr Jerram will hold a compulsory meeting for Erasmus students registering for History course units at the beginning of the semester. I will email you with the details of this meeting as soon as they become available.
Law Course Units
If you are interested in a Law course unit you must email the Law Exchange Coordinator via Pierre.Schammo@manchester.ac.uk for permission BEFORE you register. Dr Schammo will want to know that you meet the prerequisites for the relevant course.
Your Erasmus Coordinator will email you with confirmation that the courses you listed on the Learning Agreement element of your application are provisionally accepted. If you have not heard anything from them then you should assume that your course choices are acceptable. The next step is for you to complete online course unit registration. This applies to all SLLC Erasmus students but not to students who are based in other Schools and Departments at the University.
You will be able to register for course units from mid July online (you will be emailed detailed instructions once your application has been approved).
You will automatically be allocated to the first available tutorial/seminar for each course unit. You will be able to check your timetable by logging into the Student Portal . If you would like to make changes to tutorials/seminars please contact the relevant Undergraduate Support Officer via email or in person.
Do not worry you can change your mind within the first two weeks of each semester. However, any change that you make should be approved by the relevant Erasmus Coordinator before it is registered.
Your workload should be 25-30 ECTS credits (= 50-60 UK credits) per semester. The number of credits given as part of the information on each course unit is the number of UK credits the course unit is worth. Simply halve this to arrive at the number of ECTS credits.
Your workload should be 25-30 ECTS credits (= 50-60 UK credits) per semester. The number of credits given as part of the information on each course unit is the number of UK credits the course unit is worth. Simply halve this to arrive at the number of ECTS credits.