Central and East European Languages and Cultures (Russian Studies)
Sukurta: 24 November 2020
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Faculty
Faculty of Philology
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Scope of studies and length 240 ECTS credits, 4 years |
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Qualification awarded Bachelor in Humanities |
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Application deadline* 1 May / 1 July |
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Language English |
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Tuition fee per year EU/EFTA students can apply for a state-funded places |
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Start of studies
1 September
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City Vilnius |
Central and East European Languages and Cultures (Russian Studies) programme is open to candidates with no Russian proficiency.
With its relevant content and rich history, this programme aims at training qualified critically and creatively thinking specialists, who have:
- solid ground in linguistics, literary studies, translation and intercultural communication;
- excellent knowledge of Russian culture and history, understanding of the peculiarities of social media;
- skills to create and analyse texts of various styles, and to evaluate Russian language, literature and cultural phenomena in literary, scientific, socio-cultural geopolitical, and geo-cultural contexts of Europe and the world.
Studies with a perfect balance of language and literature also provide knowledge of other Central and East European countries literature and culture.
The programme is flexible and open to students鈥� interests 鈥� it allows them to choose Minor studies of any other language and its culture, to choose various subjects from different fields, or to direct their studies towards linguistics or literature studies.
A universal humanities education and specific practical skills open up a wide range of employment opportunities in cultural, educational, media and other fields.
Learning of the Russian language starts upon enrollment.
Programme structure
| Subjects of study | Credits |
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| Semester 1 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 30.0 |
| European Classical Tradition | 5.0 |
| History and Culture of the Central and Eastern European Region | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Russian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to the Theory of Literature | 5.0 |
| Modern Russian (and Phonetics) I/IV p. | 5.0 |
| Semester 2 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Modern Russian (and Word Formation) II/IV p. | 5.0 |
| Russian Lexicology | 5.0 |
| Russian Literature of XVIII c. | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 15.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 15.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 15.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 15.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 15.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Semester 3 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| History of Ideas of Europe | 5.0 |
| Modern Russian (and Morphology) III/IV p. | 5.0 |
| Russian Literature (19th c.) | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| Construction Grammar Approach to Russian | 5.0 |
| Dostoevsky Seminar | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Media Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Languages and Cultures of Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 5.0 |
| The Image of the Monsters in Post-Soviet Literature | 5.0 |
| The Literary Image of a Human in the Age of Enlightenment | 5.0 |
| Ukraine in Images and Symbols: From Origins to the Present | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 4 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Analysis of Digital Texts | 5.0 |
| Modern Russian (and Syntax) IV/IV p. | 5.0 |
| Russian Literature (First Half of the 20th Century) | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Linguaculturology | 5.0 |
| Rebellious Women's Literature of Ukraine | 5.0 |
| Slavonic Mythology | 5.0 |
| Vilnius on the Cross of Cultures (from the 19th Century to the First Half of the 20th Century) | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 5 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Russian Literature (Second Half of the 20th Century 鈥� Beginning of the 21st Century) | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| Construction Grammar Approach to Russian | 5.0 |
| Dostoevsky Seminar | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Media Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Languages and Cultures of Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 5.0 |
| Polish Cinema | 5.0 |
| The Image of the Monsters in Post-Soviet Literature | 5.0 |
| The Literary Image of a Human in the Age of Enlightenment | 5.0 |
| Ukraine in Images and Symbols: From Origins to the Present | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 6 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Development of the Russian Language | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| History and Culture of Poland | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Linguaculturology | 5.0 |
| Rebellious Women's Literature of Ukraine | 5.0 |
| Slavonic Mythology | 5.0 |
| Vilnius on the Cross of Cultures | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 7 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Bachelor's Final Thesis Seminar | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 20.0 |
| Semester 8 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Bachelor Final Thesis (Study field: Philology by language) | 15.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group internship (for all the students) | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Corpus Linguistics | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: English as a foreign language teaching | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Intercultural Communication | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Translation | 15.0 |
* Individual study courses鈥�include a list of courses students can choose from, in particular:
- 20+ languages: English, French, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Romanian, Turkish and Georgian;
- optional courses from the same and/or other study fields;
- General University Studies (GUS) modules covering a wide range of study fields throughout the University (for the complete list see鈥�here);
- Minor Studies in another study field.
Key Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Russian Philology study programme are able to:
- Communicate in Russian at an advanced level (B2-C1), as well as use Russian for Specific Purposes and Academic Russian skills (writing reports, reviews, research papers and texts in other genres)
- Analyse, synthesise, summarise and discuss the main principles underlying the structure and uses of language
- Show an awareness of the different frameworks of literary and cultural theory, and apply them in the analysis of literary texts
- Show an awareness of the diversity of Slavic languages and cultures
- Critically evaluate the role of Russian language and culture in the modern world
- Carry out linguistic/literary research
Programme Specific Requirements
The applicants must submit:
- Matura (school-leaving) certificate
- Certificate of English proficiency not lower than level B2 according to the CEFR
In addition, all applicants have to fulfil the general admission requirements.
In addition, all applicants have to fulfil the general admission requirements.
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