Russian Studies (D-LANG_SPEC_11)

Overview

The Diploma in Languages provides students with the opportunity to gain a Diploma in Russian Studies while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne.

Russian Studies

Russian is one of the world's major international languages: it is spoken by over 140 million people and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. A knowledge of Russian may increase access to careers in international relations, development studies, business, science and the arts.

The overall objective of the Russian Studies program is to teach students to process information from a wide variety of materials in Russian, both written and spoken, and to produce accounts and discussions of that information in a variety of forms.

The core subjects in Russian language are organised in a progressive sequence from Russian 1 through to Russian 6. Entry and exit points are determined by the Russian Program based on the student’s background in the language, placement testing or prerequisites. Students normally progress through the subjects in consecutive order. Mid-year entry is also possible into subjects with even numbers, subject to appropriate prior experience and approval from the head of the Russian program. Accelerated progression is possible on advice from the Russian Studies Program.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of the Diploma, students should:

have acquired a mastery of both oral/aural and writing/reading skills comparable to that of a student majoring in a language discipline;
have gained a basic understanding of selected aspects of the culture (or cultures) and of the society (or societies) associated with the language.

Last updated: 30 January 2024

Structure

100 credit points

The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and may add up to one year to the duration of the student’s degree course. See the Diploma course structure for more details.

A 100-point diploma sequence is available:

Russian Studies 1 entry point: for students who have very little or no knowledge of Russian.

Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Russian Studies Program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required. Please refer to the following link for further information:

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/soll/resources/language-placement-testing

To obtain a specialisation in Russian Studies students will need to complete:

Entry Point 1

25 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 1 core subjects
25 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 2 core subjects
12.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
25 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 3 core subjects
12.5 credit points of Level 3 electives

Subject Options

Level 1 core subjects - Entry Point 1

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
RUSS10001	Russian 1	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
RUSS10002	Russian 2	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 2 core subjects - Entry Point 1

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
RUSS20004	Russian 3	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
RUSS20005	Russian 4	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 2 electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
EURO20001	Language and Society in Europe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20002	European Modernism	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO20003	Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO20005	Screening Europe: Image and Identity	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20006	Europe and its Others	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO20007	A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20008	Experiencing Italian Foodscapes	Not available in 2024	12.5
HIST20084	Red Empire: The Soviet Union and After	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 core subjects - Entry Point 1

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
RUSS30001	Russian 5	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
RUSS30006	Contemporary Russia: Culture and Society	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 Electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ARTS30002	Introduction to Language Translation	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30001	Language and Society in Europe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30002	Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO30003	European Modernism	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO30004	Screening Europe: Image and Identity	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30005	Europe and its Others	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO30006	A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30007	Experiencing Italian Foodscapes	Not available in 2024	12.5
RUSS30005	Russian Culture Through Film	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LANG30001	Languages at Work	Not available in 2024	12.5

Links

http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/