Høst 2025

RUS-3041 Practical Russian 1 - 5 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course is intended for students in the Master's Programme in Russian and the Teacher Education Year 8-13 in Language and Social Studies Master's Programme.

This course may be taken as a single course by students who meet the admission requirements for the Master's Programme in Russian.

Course overlap

RUS-3040 Practical written and oral Russian 2 5 ects

Course contents

The course curriculum is a combination of rather advanced reading, speaking, listening, and writing activities, with a focus on practical grammar (approx. level C according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)). It includes elements of translation, essay writing and oral presentations. Foreign students who do not speak Norwegian can use English in translation tasks.

Quality assurance

All courses undergo an evaluation each semester.

Admission requirements

A bachelor's degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, in Russian or Russian Studies (with specialization in Russian) with a minimum of 80 ECTS in the Russian coursework. An average grade equivalent to C or better in the Bachelor degree is required.

Application Code: 9371

Objective of the course

After completing the course the students have the following knowledge and abilities:

Knowledge

The students have:

knowledge about complex grammatical constructions in Russian
knowledge about the stylistic techniques that characterize various genres

Ability

The students are:

able to translate advanced texts into Russian and discuss current events in Russian
able to carry out oral presentations in Russian

Language of instruction

Russian or English.

Teaching methods

Teaching will be in the form of weekly written assignments and conversation and reading exercises. The students will submit an assignment weekly for correction and feedback. Teaching consists of approximately 2 hours per week for 13 weeks.