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Master of Arts (Honours) Russian and Sustainable Development


MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( RU1001 Elementary Russian Language 1 20 AND
RU1002 Elementary Russian Language 2 20 ) OR
( RU1005 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20 AND
RU1006 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20 AND
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( RU2201 Intermediate Russian Language 1 20 AND
RU2202 Intermediate Russian Language 2 20 ) OR
( RU2203 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 1 20 AND
RU2204 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in all of the Russian modules taken
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ SD2005 From Sustainable Development to Human Security 20 AND
^ SD2006 Changing Natures 20 AND
^ SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
(( RU3301 Advanced Russian Language 1 15 AND
RU3302 Advanced Russian Language 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: RU3021 - RU4195, RU4554 and ML3101 ) OR
RU3022 The Nineteenth-Century Russophone Novel 15
RU3030 A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
RU3043 Theatre and Performance in Russophone Cultures 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
RU3046 Soviet Culture Under Stalin 15
RU3047 The Russian Play 15
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking Country 60
RU3301 Advanced Russian Language 1 15
RU3302 Advanced Russian Language 2 15
RU4021 Russophone Poetry 15
RU4026 Eastern European Modernisms 15
RU4101 Advanced Russian Language 3 15
RU4102 Advanced Russian Oral Skills 0
RU4104 Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15
RU4130 Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
RU4133 Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
RU4142 The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
RU4143 Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
RU4144 Russian Crime Fiction 15
RU4151 The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4153 Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
RU4155 Worlds of Russophone Literature 15
RU4156 Pre-Revolutionary Russophone Women's Writing 15
RU4157 Political Literature Before 1917 15
ML3101 Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU4554 Utopia/Dystopia in Russian Literature and Culture 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
( RU3301 Advanced Russian Language 1 15 AND
RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking Country 60 ) OR
( RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking Country 60 AND
RU3302 Advanced Russian Language 2 15 ))

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module list: SD3100 - SD4296 AND
SD3101 Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal 10
SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course 20
SD3103 Field Course for Sustainable Development - East Africa 20
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD3223 Navigating the Complexity of Coupled Social and Ecological Systems 20
SD4110 Transitioning to Sustainability: Community, Nature and Governance 30
SD4111 Coasts and Seas: Conservation and Planning for Sustainable Futures 30
SD4116 Building Sustainable, Inclusive and Just Cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD4125 Biocultural Diversity: Understanding Ecosystem Change in the Anthropocene 30
SD4126 Sustainable Populations 30
SD4127 Environment and Health 30
SD4128 Coordinating a Humanitarian Disaster Response 30
SD4129 Digital Inequalities and Sustainable Development: Trends, Patterns, and Implications 30
SD4130 Communication and Visualisation for Sustainable Development 30
SD4131 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 30
SD4132 Extreme Events and Society in a Changing Climate 30
SD4133 Migration and Sustainable Development: Displacement, policy and lived realities 30
SD4225 Green Politics: Theory and Practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: GG3206 - GG3212
GG3206 Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists 10
GG3207 Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers 10
GG3208 Survey Design 10
GG3209 Spatial Analysis with GIS 10
GG3210 Remote Sensing 10
GG3211 Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography 10
GG3212 Data Analysis for Physical Geography 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Students must have at least 120 SD honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme

MA (Hons) Russian (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
RU4101 Advanced Russian Language 3 15 AND
RU4104 Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: RU3021-RU4199, ML3201, ML4794, ID4002
RU3022 The Nineteenth-Century Russophone Novel 15
RU3030 A Special Russian Author of the Twentieth Century 15
RU3043 Theatre and Performance in Russophone Cultures 15
RU3044 Russia's Literary Easts 15
RU3046 Soviet Culture Under Stalin 15
RU3047 The Russian Play 15
RU3101 Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
RU3102 Semester of Study in a Russian-speaking Country 60
RU3301 Advanced Russian Language 1 15
RU3302 Advanced Russian Language 2 15
RU4021 Russophone Poetry 15
RU4026 Eastern European Modernisms 15
RU4101 Advanced Russian Language 3 15
RU4102 Advanced Russian Oral Skills 0
RU4104 Advanced Russian Language 4: Communication Skills 15
RU4130 Issues in Russian Cultural Memory 15
RU4131 Russian 'Village Prose': 1953 - 1980 15
RU4133 Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015) 15
RU4142 The Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature 15
RU4143 Gender in Russian Literature and Culture 15
RU4144 Russian Crime Fiction 15
RU4151 The City in Soviet and Russian Cinema 15
RU4153 Voices of the Russian Enlightenment 15
RU4155 Worlds of Russophone Literature 15
RU4156 Pre-Revolutionary Russophone Women's Writing 15
RU4157 Political Literature Before 1917 15
RU4198 Dissertation on a Russian Topic 15
RU4199 Long Dissertation on a Russian Topic 30
ML4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
RU4554 Utopia/Dystopia in Russian Literature and Culture 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SD3100 - SD4297
SD3101 Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal 10
SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course 20
SD3103 Field Course for Sustainable Development - East Africa 20
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD4110 Transitioning to Sustainability: Community, Nature and Governance 30
SD4111 Coasts and Seas: Conservation and Planning for Sustainable Futures 30
SD4116 Building Sustainable, Inclusive and Just Cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD4125 Biocultural Diversity: Understanding Ecosystem Change in the Anthropocene 30
SD4126 Sustainable Populations 30
SD4127 Environment and Health 30
SD4128 Coordinating a Humanitarian Disaster Response 30
SD4129 Digital Inequalities and Sustainable Development: Trends, Patterns, and Implications 30
SD4130 Communication and Visualisation for Sustainable Development 30
SD4131 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 30
SD4132 Extreme Events and Society in a Changing Climate 30
SD4133 Migration and Sustainable Development: Displacement, policy and lived realities 30
SD4225 Green Politics: Theory and Practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
SD4297 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Students must have at least 120 Sustainable Development honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).