Slavonic Studies (MSt)

专业详情

Good knowledge of Russian or another Slavonic language from your first degree course is expected. Applicants selected for this course will have shown clear evidence of linguistic potential and a serious interest in acquiring new knowledge and skills. You will take a selection of subject options individually related to your requirements and educational background; these options are organised in a way which encourages study in depth, while maintaining some degree of breadth. Courses typically available for study include Slavonic Languages, and options in Methodology, Slavonic Philology, History and Structure of Slavonic Languages, Russian Literature, Culture and History, Central European Literature, Culture and History. A full list of courses can be consulted on the Faculty’s website. 

Because numbers of students are small, teaching can be tailored to the particular choices which a student makes and is done through a mixture of classes and tutorials, requiring meetings with tutors or supervisors, usually on a once a week basis, in addition to weekly language classes. The normal mode of teaching is the one-to-one or paired tutorial, though students are also encouraged to attend lectures and seminars as appropriate.

Each student has a supervisor who advises on and arranges teaching and normally teaches at least one of the options taken. The sub-faculty of Russian and other Slavonic Languages offers a range of relevant lecture courses for undergraduates and graduates, and a series of research seminars which enable graduates to present their own work and discuss that of others.

The MSt in Slavonic Studies offers you an appropriate introduction to higher research in a DPhil or PhD programme in this area.