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2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Russian B and Theatre and Performance

Programme code:BA-RUSB&THEAUCAS code:RW74
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Ingo Cornils Contact address:I.Cornils@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 485

Entry requirements:

For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

QAA Subject benchmark statement Languages and Related Subjects
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/languages07.pdf

Dance, Drama and Performance (2007)
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Pages/Subject-benchmark-statement-Dance-drama-performance.aspx

Programme specification:

The programme will:

- Enable students to study the disciplines of Russian and Theatre/Performance to the same depth as Single Honours students of the disciplines, but with less breadth in each. This means that Joint Honours students will normally be required to take compulsory modules and a subset of the optional modules that are also part of the corresponding Single Honours degree programmes, and that they will be assessed on those modules using criteria identical to those applied to Single Honours students. Joint Honours students will reach the same levels of fluency and accuracy in Russian as Single Honours students;
- At Level One, allow students the flexibility to extend their intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills by means of a cornerstone module: Introduction to Audio-Visual Cultures, exploring a particular aspect of the field of Theatre/ Performance;
- At Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing;
- Require students to undertake one year residence abroad in the second year at a Russian university where students follow a prescribed course of study in language, and in some cases non-language courses;
- Give students at Level Three the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of independent research in the realms of theatre and performance including a case study of Russian theatre and culture. In addition, students should use original source materials in the target language;
- Require students to acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines;
- Provide a basis for further advanced study in either Theatre/Performance or Russian, or in a cognate interdisciplinary area;
- Have the flexibility to allow students to change programme upon successful completion of Level One, subject to approval.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 1 students must study 120-125 credits. Students are required to take 60-65 credits in Russian and 40 credits in Theatre and Performance, plus a 20 credit cornerstone module.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

MODL1050Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PECI1703Performance Project 1: From Text to Performance20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI1711Performance Perspectives20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLAV1010Beginning Russian 120 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLAV1020Beginning Russian 2
Pre-requisite for: SLAV9001
20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules:

SLAV1103Text and Context: Introduction to Russian Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV1104From Icons to iPods: Approaches to Russian Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.

MODL1500LCS Academic Essentials5 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study 10 credits from Discovery Modules


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates will spend the second year of the programme in Russia, approved by the School.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module

SLAV9001Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 credits should be taken in one of the named subjects; the final 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or in either of the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

PECI2704Interpreting Theatre and Performance Histories20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLAV2101Core Russian Language 2
Pre-requisite for: SLAV3101
20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules

FOAR2000Research Placement20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2103Applied Russian Language 220 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2105Ideology and Imagination: Prose Literature in 19th Century Russia20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2107Not by Bread Alone: Everyday Culture under the Soviet Regime20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2109Postcommunist / Postmodernist Identities20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV2111The Sounds of Russian20 creditsNot running in 201718

- FOAR2000 can only be counted as a Russian module if the project undertaken relates to Russian and you have sought prior approval of the Programme Manager.
- Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules

PECI2701Creative Practice and Performance Contexts20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI2702Researching Theatre and Performance20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI2706Cultural Flashpoints in the Performing Arts20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI2707Arts Marketing20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI2708Exploring Musical Theatre20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI2709Performance Design20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI2710Industry Study20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
PECI2711   
PECI2713Performer Training in the C20th and C21st20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI2714Politics, Identity and Performance20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.


Year4 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take 60 credits in Theatre and Performance and 40 credits in Russian, including a 40 credit Final Year Project module taken on the Theatre and Performance side but which will cover both named subjects. The remaining 20 credits can be taken in either of the two named subjects or as a Discovery Module.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

PECI3700Independent Research Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV3101Core Russian Language 320 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study between 20 and 40 credits from the following optional modules (Note: Not all modules are available every year)

SLAV3104Fyodor Dostoevsky: Artist and Prophet20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV3112Gender Identity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia20 creditsNot running in 201718
SLAV3113Russian (New) Media20 creditsNot running in 201718
SLAV3114Russian Advanced Translation20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SLAV3116Imagining the Post-Soviet Realm: Popular Culture and Representation of Russia and the Newly Independent States since 199120 creditsNot running in 201718
SLAV3124Out of the frying pan into the fire: Russian society from perestroika to the Crimean annexation (1985-2015)20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

- Not all modules will be available every year.

Candidates will be required to study 20 credits from the following optional modules

PECI2701Creative Practice and Performance Contexts20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI3704Independent Practice20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI3705Arts and Cultural Management20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI3706Inter-cultural Performance20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.

Last updated: 11/08/2017

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