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MA Russian Studies and Social Policy

University of Edinburgh

Institution
University of Edinburgh
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Russian Studies
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
RL74
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 34

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 Social Policy, a joint honours degree in Social Policy and Russian Studies. Core topics include Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a compulsory year spent abroad in a country where Russian is spoken during the third year. The first year covers the foundations through business, economics and informatics, politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations, and philosophy, divinity and law. The second year focuses on Transnational Russian Culture, The Golden Age of Russian Literature, Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives, and Research Skills for Social Policy. The final year involves advanced study through modules such as The Russian 19th-century novel, Russian language in its social context, Post-Soviet politics, and Culture and Power under Stalin.

Modules

  • core concepts in the analysis of key government policy areas, comparing and contrasting various lenses through which we can understand social policy
  • consequences of different policy decisions by governments for different parts of society.
  • 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
  • Comparative Social Policy: Global Perspectives - This course compares different approaches to social policy in European and non-European countries.
  • Research Skills for Social Policy - This course equips you with core research training and provides a forum for subject-specific learning and community-building.
  • Evidence, Economy and Social Policy - This course will focus on the economic dimension of social policy, and the (mis)use of underlying evidence.
  • 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