Russian

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

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.

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.

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.

Russian

A 100-point diploma sequence is available:

• Russian 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 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

Students completing the diploma in Russian will usually undertake 25 points at level one, 37.5 points at level two and 37.5 points at level three.

For an example of a typical Russian diploma structure, please visit: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/lcr/

Russian 1 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the diploma with a Russian 1 entry point are required to complete the following Level 1 subjects (25 points).

Russian 1 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the diploma with a Russian 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects and one level two elective (37.5 points).

Russian 1 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the diploma with a Russian 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects and one level 3 elective (37.5 points).

Second Year Electives

Third Year Electives