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Degree Programme Table: Russian Studies and Linguistics (MA Hons) (UTRUSLI)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students should aim to divide the number of credits they take in each academic year evenly between Semester 1 and Semester 2

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Linguistics and English Language 1A

Must be passed

LASC08022 20 credits
Linguistics and English Language 1B

Must be passed

LASC08023 20 credits

Course options

Russian language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Russian Studies 1B
ELCR08002 40 credits
Russian Studies 1A
ELCR08005 40 credits
AND

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours:
(1) Students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years.
(2) Students must achieve 50% or more at first attempt in Russian Language 2A or 2B, as appropriate, AND in the selected Russian Literature and Culture course.
(3) Progression to Linguistics Honours requires a minimum of 40% in each obligatory LEL2 course, achieved on the first or second sitting.
(4) All courses (including outside subjects) must be passed before embarking on the year abroad, an outside course passed at Resit in August will be acceptable.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English

Must be passed

LASC08017 20 credits

Course options

LEL2D and 2E

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories
LASC08020 20 credits
LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages
LASC08021 20 credits
AND

Russian language options - Year 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%
Russian Language 2B
ELCR08008 20 credits
Russian Language 2A
ELCR08009 20 credits
AND

Russian Year 2 Literature and Culture Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%
Transnational Russian Culture
ELCR08010 20 credits
The Golden Age of Russian Literature
ELCR08011 20 credits
Utopia and Dystopia in 20th-century Russian Literature
ELCR08012 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School of LLC and PPLS Level(s) 8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France is only available to students who have passed French 1A or French 1B.
Nordic Languages: Diversity and Historical Developments is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in Year 1.
Communicating across the Scandinavian Languages is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in Year 1.
It is recommended that students take at least a further 20 credits of LEL2 courses.
Selected courses must be passed
Gender and Visual Representations
CLLC08003 20 credits
Introduction to European Cinema
ELCC08003 20 credits
Languages Beyond University
ELCC08004 20 credits
Crime and Detection in Literature
ELCC08005 20 credits
Cultural Responses to War
ELCC08006 20 credits
The Coming of Age Narrative
ELCC08007 20 credits
Dynamics of Language and Power
ELCC08008 20 credits
Migration, Diaspora, Exile: The Politics of Representation
ELCC08009 20 credits
Gender and Culture
ELCC08010 20 credits
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France A
ELCF08009 20 credits
Dutch for Beginners
ELCG08016 20 credits
Culture and Society in the Catalan World
ELCH08014 20 credits
Basque Language for beginners
ELCH08017 20 credits
Catalan Language 1
ELCH08021 20 credits
Transnational Russian Culture
ELCR08010 20 credits
The Golden Age of Russian Literature
ELCR08011 20 credits
Scandinavian Civilisation A: Vikings, Sagas and the Road to Enlightenment
ELCS08037 20 credits
Scandinavian Civilisation B: From National Romanticism to the Nordic Model
ELCS08038 20 credits
Nordic Languages: Diversity and Historical Developments
ELCS08039 10 credits
Communicating across the Scandinavian Languages
ELCS08041 10 credits
LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods
LASC08018 20 credits
LEL2C: English in Time and Space
LASC08019 20 credits
LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories
LASC08020 20 credits
LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages
LASC08021 20 credits
AND

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks must be spent in a relevant country and prescribed work completed in Linguistics and the relevant language. During sessions when this is not permitted students will be offered an alternative means of engagement.

Final Assessment:

One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)

1. Russian Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Russian Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Russian (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Russian Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. LEL YA work/project
6. LEL YA work/project OR LEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 10)
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Russian Hons option course
10. LEL Dissertation Completion OR LEL option 1
11. LEL option 2
12. LEL option 3

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Language acquisition through residence/study B
ELCC10004 40 credits
Year Abroad online language learning course - Russian
ELCR10021 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Third-year Project in Language Sciences

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Third-year Project in Language Sciences
LASC10059 40 credits
AND

MEL dissertation preparation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
MEL dissertation preparation
ELCC10005 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language
LASC10073 40 credits
AND

MEL dissertation preparation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
MEL dissertation preparation
ELCC10005 20 credits
OR

Group C

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language with dissertation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language with dissertation
LASC10099 20 credits
AND

Dissertation Preparation Abroad

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Dissertation Preparation Abroad
LASC10060 20 credits
AND

MEL dissertation preparation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
MEL dissertation preparation
ELCC10005 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment:

One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)

1. Russian Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Russian Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Russian (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Russian Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. LEL YA work/project
6. LEL YA work/project OR LEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 10)
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Russian Hons option course
10. LEL Dissertation Completion OR LEL option 1
11. LEL option 2
12. LEL option 3

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1
ELCR10003 10 credits
Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 2
ELCR10004 10 credits
Oral for Russian
ELCC10018 0 credits

Course options

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
Notes:
The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
AND

Russian Honours course options - Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
The Great Russian Novel
ELCR10002 20 credits
The Post-Soviet Word, Image and Memory
ELCR10014 20 credits
The Russian Language Society from Proper use to Propaganda
ELCR10018 20 credits
Culture and Power under Stalin 1924-1953
ELCR10022 20 credits
Contemporary Russian Politics
PLIT10048 20 credits
AND

MEL dissertation completion

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
MEL dissertation completion
ELCC10006 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Dissertation Completion following Study Abroad

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Dissertation Completion following Study Abroad
LASC10063 20 credits
OR

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
Notes:
The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
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