MA Russian Studies and Linguistics
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Russian Studies and Linguistics, a joint honours degree centred on English Language and Linguistics and Russian Studies. Students spend the third year abroad in a country where Russian is spoken, and introductory language courses are streamed based on prior language knowledge. The first year introduces the foundations through Linguistics and English Language 1A and Linguistics and English Language 1B, alongside a range of external subjects such as business, economics and informatics and philosophy, divinity and law. Year 2 offers modules including Transnational Russian Culture, The Golden Age of Russian Literature, Utopia and Dystopia in 20th-century Russian Literature and Dynamics of Language and Power, depending on previous language pathways. Year 3 consists of a period abroad. The final year involves advanced study through reading and writing (including translation), speaking and listening, The Russian 19th-century novel, Russian language in its social context, Russian art, Post-Soviet politics and Culture and Power under Stalin.
Modules
- Linguistics and English Language 1A - this offers a brief introduction to the study of language in general and of English in particular
- Linguistics and English Language 1B - this will help you develop the tools and knowledge needed to investigate the different subsystems of language in a systematic way
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- Celtic and Scottish ethnology
- linguistics and language sciences
- philosophy, divinity and law
- if you took Russian Studies 1A in Year 1, you will take Russian Language 2A.
- if you took Russian Studies 1B in Year 1, you will take Russian Language 2B.
- Transnational Russian Culture
- The Golden Age of Russian Literature
- Utopia and Dystopia in 20th-century Russian Literature
- variation observed in the languages of the world
- the structure and history of world languages
- Cultural Responses to War
- Migration, Exile, Diaspora
- Crime and Detection in Literature
- Gender and Culture
- The Coming-of-Age Narrative Introduction to European Cinema
- Dynamics of Language and Power
- Languages Beyond University
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- reading and writing (including translation)
- speaking and listening
- The Russian 19th-century novel
- Russian language in its social context
- Russian art
- Post-Soviet politics
- Culture and Power under Stalin