The Doon School

Postgraduate Program for Russian Majors

 

Russian Linguistics

1. Training objectives and requirements

Program Aims

The program seeks to develop students' solid skills in Russian language, especially in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translating, and help them acquire necessary professional trainings in translating and Russian language teaching, researches and applications in relevant fields so that the graduate students are able to use Russian proficiently and keep pace with the changing demands of the future study of Russian Linguistics.

Academic Requirements

* Firm grounding in Russian, proper basic knowledge on the capability of correct expressions in Russian.

* Systematic command of basic theoretical and professional knowledge about the professional knowledge of Russian Linguistics.

* Being well informed of the development in the area of Russian language and of the future trends in the concerned areas.

* Being with a strict and factualistic attitude and independent ability in scientific research.

* The ability of willing to acquire knowledge and being creative in translation.

* The ability of Russian listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translating and the ability of using computers and  being qualified in reading and writing in a second foreign language .

2. Research directions

Key Subject : Russian Linguistics

Main Courses: * Comparative Linguistics * Syntax * Semantics * Pragmatics * Language and Culture * Psycholinguistics * Lexicology * General Linguistics * Theoretical Grammar * Cognitive Linguistics

3. Length of Schooling: 2-5 years

4. Minimum Credits: 35 credits

5. Curriculum

A. Degree Courses

a. Common Courses

* Second Foreign Language (3 credits)

* Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism (2 credits)

* Selected Classic Works of Marxism (2 credits)

b. Basic Courses

* General Linguistics (2 credits)

* Syntax (2 credits)

* Research Methods and Thesis Writing (2 credits)

* Lexicology (2 credits)

* Advanced Writing (4 credits)

c. Research Courses

* Comparative Linguistics (2 credits)

* Russian Language Teaching Theory and Practice (2 credits)

* Psycholinguistics (2 credits)

* Cognitive Linguistics (2 credits)

B. Non-degree Courses

a. Compulsory Courses

* Classic Works of Russian Writers (2 credits)

* Rhetoric (2 credits)

b. Optional Courses

* Language and Culture (2 credits)

C. Courses for Equal Degrees or Cross - disciplinary Supplementation

Advanced Russian & Advanced Writing

D. Interdisciplinary Selective Courses

 

Last Modified: 9/10/2007