Russian Honours
Offered by: Faculty of Arts
Convenor: Dr Kevin Windle
Administration: School of Language Studies
Admission requirements:
(a) completion of a BA pass degree;
(b) minimum of 60 units (normally10 courses) in Russian with no more than 12 units (2 courses) undertaken at first year level;
(c) Attained a minimum of a credit average for Russian courses.
Russian IV Honours
The Honours program normally comprises five equal components:
(a) and (b) Practical language work, oral and written, including translation into and from Russian (two contact hours per week throughout the year);
(c) a sub-thesis of circa 10,000 words on an approved topic;
(d) and (e) Two courses selected from the following:
Nineteenth-century Russian literature;
Twentieth-century Russian literature;
Comparative Slavonic Philology;
History of the Russian Language
Internal ANU BA students:
Students must have completed 24 units (4 later year courses) comprising RUSS3002 Reading Russian for Academic Purposes I, RUSS3003 Reading Russian for Academic Purposes II, LANG3001 Translation across Languages: the Translation of Literary Texts and LANG3002 Translation across Languages: Specialised Material plus the 36 units (normally 6 courses) of Russian language courses (undertaken by cross-institutional study).
External applicants to the ANU:
Students will be assessed on an individual basis but should still have completed the required 60 units and equivalent courses for the designated courses above.
Courses Offered in 2008
Fourth Year
RUSS4005F Russian IV Honours (full time)
RUSS4005P Russian IV Honours (part time)
Combined Honours
It may be possible to undertake a combined Honours program between Russian and other areas of the Faculty. Interested students should consult the appropriate Honours convenor in both disciplines in the second year of their degree to discuss combined possibilities and requirements in order to enrol in an appropriate program of study.
Go to the List of Undergraduate Courses offered by Faculty of Arts.
The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.
