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Russian Studies (Interdepartmental Program)

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Requirements of a major
• Entry to Honours
• Opportunities for Further Study
• For more information
• Subject Descriptions
  • Second and Third Year
  • Fourth Year Honours

Overview

Convenor: Associate Professor S. G. Wheatcroft (History, Centre for Russian and Euro-Asian Studies)

The program offers students a means of developing and extending an interest in Russian and former Soviet studies. The program draws on subjects offered by the Departments of Political Science, History and Germanic Studies and Russian. Russian language study is an integral part of the program.

Prerequisites

Although Russian Language is not compulsory in the first year, it is highly recommended; those students who wish to enter the program and begin Russian at a later date are strongly recommended to undertake the summer subject 183-103/203/303 Intensive Beginners' Russian at the beginning of their second year.

Requirements of a major

A major in Russian Studies requires the completion of at least five semester subjects at second or third-year level (83.3 points), and including Russian language at a minimum of intermediate level.

Entry to Honours

Entry to the Honours School in Russian Studies is subject to the completion of all the requirements for the pass degree, with a major in Russian Studies including advanced level Russian Language, normally with an overall average of H2A. Only combined Honours is available in Russian Studies, and students must also meet the requirements for Honours in the combining department.

Apart from Russian language subjects, the following subjects are available for study as part of this program (see individual departmental listings for details).

Opportunities for Further Study

A degree in Russian Studies can lead to

For more information

For further Information please contact

The Department of Germanic Studies and Russian

The University of Melbourne

telephone: (03) 9344 5193

Subject Descriptions

Second and Third Year

Department of History:

• 131-249/349 Post-Revolutionary Soviet History: From the Revolution to Gorbachev (Second semester)
• 131-250/350 Pre-Revolutionary Soviet History (First semester)

Department of Political Science:

• 166-216/316 Russian Politics and Society (Second semester)
• 166-235/335 Dictatorships, Democracies and Transitions: Russian and East European Politics (Second semester)
• 166-236/336 The Political Economy of Russia (Second semester)

Department of Germanic Studies and Russian:

• 126-254/354 Russian Literature and Society C (First semester)
• 126-255/355 Russian Literature and Society D (Second semester)

Fourth Year Honours

• 131-411 Glasnost and the Reconstruction of Soviet History (Second semester)

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts

Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct 10 1995
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