Japanese and Russian A

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Japan is an important player on the world stage. This degree will combine core and optional modules so you can learn Japanese from scratch, as well as gaining an insight into the culture, history and politics of Japan and East Asia as a whole. You’ll spend a year studying at a Japanese university to improve your skills, as well as studying topics from translation to Japanese cinema, Sino-Japanese relations and East Asian religions.
If you have A-level Russian or equivalent, this degree will improve and refine your language skills, and introduce you to various aspects of Russian culture, history and politics. A combination of core and optional modules will give you a firm grounding in the Russian language and you'll be able to choose from a wide range of optional modules exploring topics that suit your interests in Russian history, culture and society. You’ll also spend a year studying in Russia to develop your spoken and written Russian. But you’ll also choose from optional modules to explore topics from Dostoevsky to the language of the media.
Specialist facilities
The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections – valuable assets for your independent research. Our additional library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.
If you’re choosing to study a language as part of your joint honours degree, our Language Zone gives you access to free learning resources, including space for personal study, language learning software, and video, audio, books and magazines. You'll also have access to our translation computer labs equipped with specialist software and our interpreter training booths to explore different career options.

Facilities

Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAB including B in Russian, excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Other course specific tests:
When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including B in Russian (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking) and grade A in the EPQ.
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Subjects

  • Russian Language
  • Translation
  • Politics
  • Access
  • Options
  • Communication Skills
  • University
  • Joint
  • Communication Training
  • Media
  • History Politics

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll study one of our cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.

Japanese

Core modules in your first year will develop your Japanese skills. You’ll also choose from optional modules on Japanese and East Asian culture and history. This will prepare you to study in Japan the following year, where you’ll build your language skills and gain first-hand experience of the culture. When you return you’ll take advanced language classes and choose from a wider range of optional modules on aspects of Japanese and East Asian politics, history and culture.

Russian A

In your first year you’ll study core modules that will improve your written and spoken Russian, and you’ll also be introduced to Russian culture and literature. You’ll then spend a year studying in Russia to refine your skills and gain a deeper insight into Russian life. When you return, you’ll take advanced language classes over the next two years, and choose from optional modules on topics such as 19th century literature, new media in Russia and translation.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Basic Japanese Language (1) 20 credits
  • Basic Japanese Language (2) 20 credits
  • IT for LCS Students 5 credits
  • Core Russian Language 1 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Japan in War and Peace 10 credits
  • From Icons to iPods: Approaches to Russian Culture 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Year Abroad in Japan 120 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Year Abroad 120 credits

Year 4

Compulsory modules

  • Japanese 2A: Written Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Japanese 2B: Spoken Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Core Russian Language 2 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Modern Japanese History 20 credits
  • Sino-Japanese Relations: Past and Present 20 credits
  • Postcommunist / Postmodernist Identities 20 credits

Year 5

Compulsory modules

  • Japanese 3: Advanced Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Core Russian Language 3 20 credits
Optional modules
  • East Asia's Regional Political Economy 20 credits
  • Advanced Japanese in Context: Culture and Identity 20 credits
  • Out of the frying pan into the fire: Russian society from perestroika to the Crimean annexation (1985-2015) 20 credits

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