Graduate Diploma in Arts - Russian

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 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 Program.

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Duration: The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Russian) is only available part-time and normally takes 2 – 3 years to complete. This specialisation is not available to international students.

The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

• eight compulsory Russian language subjects (100 points)

Total 100 points

Please note: Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Russian 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://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/russian/russian-placement-test

Compulsory Subjects

8 compulsory Russian language subjects (100 points)