RUSSIAN MA

[Dr. Stephen Hutchings]

I would like to provide details of a new intensive one-year MA in Russian
Language and Society offered at the University of Surrey (UK). I hope you
are able to incorporate them into your web page. PLease let me know if you
need more/different information.

Here are the details:

1-Year MA/diploma in Russian language and society


The School of Language and International Studies at Surrey University is
offering a new one-year MA in Russian language and Society, beginning in
September 1998.

WHAT IS ON OFFER:

* A one-year MA/Diploma course from an institution rated among the top 3 UK
universities for its success in placing its graduates in employment and
situated 30 minutes from London in one of the most picturesque corners of
England.

* Two alternative tracks

        Track 1: for graduates with degree-level Russian wishing to combine
advanced level language study with the background knowledge necessary to
compete for job opportunities in commerce, the media and the foreign
service

        Track 2: for social sciences graduates without Russian wishing to
acquire a specialised knowledge of Russian society and politics, and a good
working   knowledge of the Russian language which could be developed into a
useful research tool

* Both Tracks available on a Part-time Basis

* A six-week period in St Petersburg spent taking courses in Russian
Politics, Economics and Society taught by academics from St Petersburg
University

* Core courses at Surrey in Postcommunist Russian Society, and Film and the
Mass Media, together with a range of options including Ideology and
Literature, National Identity and Ethnicity, Youth and Sexuality, and The
Changing Face of Eastern Europe

* Study of Theories of Translation, + specialised courses in Economic,
Political, Legal and Technical translation (Track A), or an intensive
Beginners' course reaching the level attained in the third year of a US
Russian degree program (Track B)

* An MA thesis written on a topic chosen by the student and supervised by
one of a number of scholars with international reputations and the
following research interests:

Professor James Riordan (History, Contemporary Russia, Youth and Sexuality)
Professor Greville Corbett (Slavic Linguistics, Endangered Languages)
Dr Stephen Hutchings (Religion, the Mass Media, Russian Culture and Thought)
Dr Peter Barta (Cinema, Urban Studies, Women's issues, Literature, Eastern
Europe)
Dr Graham Roberts (Cinema, Gender and Cultural Studies, Politics and
Institutions)

* A special focus on visual media and the new technologies, drawing on the
Russian Section's Satellite TV facilities, extensive video and film
holdings and Russian Internet websites available in a state-of-the-art
computer workshop

WHAT NEXT?

* For further details, please contact Dr Stephen Hutchings, School of
Language and International Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2
5XH, UK
e-mail: S.Hutchings at surrey.ac.uk; fax: 01144 1483 259527; tel: 01144 1483 259952