Russian A

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

If you already have some knowledge of the Russian language, this advanced course will combine language learning with the chance to study Russian culture, history and politics. You’ll improve and refine your written and spoken Russian, while gaining a deeper insight into the context and development of Russian society.
Core modules will allow you to build your language skills and introduce you to key aspects of Russian culture, such as music, literature or the nation’s modern history. You’ll also choose optional modules to pursue your interests, from Fyodor Dostoevsky to gender identity in Russian society. You’ll even spend a year at a Russian university to gain first-hand experience.
With an active student-led Slavonic society and much of our teaching conducted by native Russian speakers, Leeds is home to a strong community of individuals with an interest in Russian and Slavonic studies. It’s a great environment in which to explore a unique part of the world.
Leeds has great facilities to support language students, with digital language labs, audio/video practice booths and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in our fully-equipped Language Centre.
If you’re interested in translation studies, we also offer specialised computing facilities in our Electronic Resource Information Centre. Our Interpreter Training Suites also offer you the chance to explore a career in interpreting.

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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: ABB including B in Russian.
Other course specific tests:
Where 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 BBB at A Level including Russian and grade A in the EPQ.
We welcome applications from mature students with Access qualifications, and from students with a wide range of qualifications.
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Subjects

  • Russian Language
  • Translation
  • Politics
  • University

Course programme

This degree will introduce you to Russian at a more advanced level and is aimed at those with A-level Russian or equivalent. A placement test is available if you want to be sure that this level is suitable for you. If you have little or no previous knowledge of the Russian language, you may wish to apply for the beginners’ degree BA Russian B.

Your first year will develop your Russian language skills while introducing you to key aspects of the nation’s cultural history and literature. This will ensure you have a good foundation of knowledge and skills, which you will then cultivate during a year at a Russian university.

When you come back to the UK, you’ll have improved language skills and a fresh perspective to bring to your studies. You’ll take advanced core language modules to refine your spoken and written Russian, while you’ll also choose from a range of optional modules to explore topics such as Russian media and literature, or practical skills such as translation.

Throughout your studies, you’ll develop critical, research and communication skills, which you’ll put into practice in your final year when you produce an independently researched dissertation.

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

  • Core Russian Language 1 20 credits
  • Text and Context: Introduction to Russian Literature 20 credits
  • From Icons to iPods: Approaches to Russian Culture 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture 20 credits
  • Language: Structure and Sound 20 credits
  • World Histories 20 credits
  • Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application 20 credits
  • Politics, Culture and Society 20 credits
  • Worlds of Literature 20 credits
  • Discourse, Culture and Identity 20 credits
  • LCS Academic Essentials 5 credits
  • Introduction to Russian Folklore: Fairy Tales and Cultural Practice 20 credits
  • Beginners Czech 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Russian Year Abroad 120 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Core Russian Language 2 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Research Placement 20 credits
  • Applied Russian Language 2 20 credits
  • Ideology and Imagination: Prose Literature in 19th Century Russia 20 credits
  • Not by Bread Alone: Everyday Culture under the Soviet Regime 20 credits
  • Postcommunist / Postmodernist Identities 20 credits
  • The Sounds of Russian 20 credits

Year 4

Compulsory modules

  • Core Russian Language 3

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