University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: Both

Planned timetable: Please Contact Department

This module is offered subject to the availability of a suitable venue and to the consent of the Head of School. It is an optional part of the degree programme for students who have not spent a year in Russia as part of a degree With Integrated Year Abroad. The module is intended to develop students' skills in all aspects of the modern Russian language through extended residence and study in a Russian-speaking country, offering immersion in the culture. The syllabus is designed in co-operation with a university or other institution in a Russian-speaking environment. The project essay will be 4,000 words in Russian to be received by the Department in July. The examination is sat in Week 1 of the first semester of the following academic year. (Guidelines for printing and binding dissertations can be found at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must take RU3301

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take RU3101

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: up to 20 hours depending on agreement with Russian institution.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2-hour Written Examination = 25%, Dissertation in Russian = 50%, Coursework = 25%


Re-assessment: 3-hour Written Examination = 100%