48 monthsProgramme duration
8,678 USDTuition Fee/year
AprStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
The department is one of the few in Japan specializing in the Russian language and Russian and Eurasian studies. In addition to acquiring functional skills in the Russian language, students can study Russia, the former Soviet Union (Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine, Central Asian countries, Caucasus countries, etc.), and Central and Eastern Europe in a comprehensive manner. After the turmoil following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia and Eurasia have become increasingly important regions as a new world order is being constructed. Our goal is to produce outstanding practitioners and experts in Russian and Eurasian studies who are familiar with the realities of this region, understand the culture and spirituality of its people, and, in particular, who can proactively build their own relationships with Japan, Russia, and the rest of the world.
Harbin Institute Honors Fund
The Department of Russian Studies has a unique scholarship program, the Harbin Institute Honors Fund, which was established in the fall of 1990 by the Harbin Institute Alumni Association as an endowment for research and education in the Department of Russian Studies at Sophia University. The Harbin Institute was founded in Harbin, northeastern China, in 1920 as an institution of higher education for training Russian specialists. (Its original name was the Japan-Russia Society School.) Although the school no longer exists, some of the teachers and alumni who taught there became faculty members of the Department of Russian Studies after the war, and the alumni donated to Sophia University. The Department of Russian Studies uses the funds created from this donation to hold workshops and symposia, and to award scholarships to students in the department and a few graduate students who are researching Russia.
Curriculum
Students learn the basics of the Russian language in detail during their first and second years of study. The Basic Seminar Russian course consists of six lessons, 600 minutes per week, with first-year students taking Comprehensive, Conversation, and Grammar classes, and second-year students taking Drill, Conversation, and Reading classes, all of which are taught by native Russian speakers. In the third and fourth years, students study intermediate to advanced Russian language courses to acquire advanced communication skills. In the first year, students take courses such as Basic Russian Language Courses, which aim at understanding Russian ideas as well as the politics, economy, culture, and art of Russia and Eurasia, leading to specialized studies in one of nine research courses.
Harbin Institute Honors Fund
The Department of Russian Studies has a unique scholarship program, the Harbin Institute Honors Fund, which was established in the fall of 1990 by the Harbin Institute Alumni Association as an endowment for research and education in the Department of Russian Studies at Sophia University. The Harbin Institute was founded in Harbin, northeastern China, in 1920 as an institution of higher education for training Russian specialists. (Its original name was the Japan-Russia Society School.) Although the school no longer exists, some of the teachers and alumni who taught there became faculty members of the Department of Russian Studies after the war, and the alumni donated to Sophia University. The Department of Russian Studies uses the funds created from this donation to hold workshops and symposia, and to award scholarships to students in the department and a few graduate students who are researching Russia.
Curriculum
Students learn the basics of the Russian language in detail during their first and second years of study. The Basic Seminar Russian course consists of six lessons, 600 minutes per week, with first-year students taking Comprehensive, Conversation, and Grammar classes, and second-year students taking Drill, Conversation, and Reading classes, all of which are taught by native Russian speakers. In the third and fourth years, students study intermediate to advanced Russian language courses to acquire advanced communication skills. In the first year, students take courses such as Basic Russian Language Courses, which aim at understanding Russian ideas as well as the politics, economy, culture, and art of Russia and Eurasia, leading to specialized studies in one of nine research courses.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
The department is one of the few in Japan specializing in the Russian language and Russian and Eurasian studies. In addition to acquiring functional skills in the Russian language, students can study Russia, the former Soviet Union (Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine, Central Asian countries, Caucasus countries, etc.), and Central and Eastern Europe in a comprehensive manner. After the turmoil following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia and Eurasia have become increasingly important regions as a new world order is being constructed. Our goal is to produce outstanding practitioners and experts in Russian and Eurasian studies who are familiar with the realities of this region, understand the culture and spirituality of its people, and, in particular, who can proactively build their own relationships with Japan, Russia, and the rest of the world.
Harbin Institute Honors Fund
The Department of Russian Studies has a unique scholarship program, the Harbin Institute Honors Fund, which was established in the fall of 1990 by the Harbin Institute Alumni Association as an endowment for research and education in the Department of Russian Studies at Sophia University. The Harbin Institute was founded in Harbin, northeastern China, in 1920 as an institution of higher education for training Russian specialists. (Its original name was the Japan-Russia Society School.) Although the school no longer exists, some of the teachers and alumni who taught there became faculty members of the Department of Russian Studies after the war, and the alumni donated to Sophia University. The Department of Russian Studies uses the funds created from this donation to hold workshops and symposia, and to award scholarships to students in the department and a few graduate students who are researching Russia.
Curriculum
Students learn the basics of the Russian language in detail during their first and second years of study. The Basic Seminar Russian course consists of six lessons, 600 minutes per week, with first-year students taking Comprehensive, Conversation, and Grammar classes, and second-year students taking Drill, Conversation, and Reading classes, all of which are taught by native Russian speakers. In the third and fourth years, students study intermediate to advanced Russian language courses to acquire advanced communication skills. In the first year, students take courses such as Basic Russian Language Courses, which aim at understanding Russian ideas as well as the politics, economy, culture, and art of Russia and Eurasia, leading to specialized studies in one of nine research courses.
Harbin Institute Honors Fund
The Department of Russian Studies has a unique scholarship program, the Harbin Institute Honors Fund, which was established in the fall of 1990 by the Harbin Institute Alumni Association as an endowment for research and education in the Department of Russian Studies at Sophia University. The Harbin Institute was founded in Harbin, northeastern China, in 1920 as an institution of higher education for training Russian specialists. (Its original name was the Japan-Russia Society School.) Although the school no longer exists, some of the teachers and alumni who taught there became faculty members of the Department of Russian Studies after the war, and the alumni donated to Sophia University. The Department of Russian Studies uses the funds created from this donation to hold workshops and symposia, and to award scholarships to students in the department and a few graduate students who are researching Russia.
Curriculum
Students learn the basics of the Russian language in detail during their first and second years of study. The Basic Seminar Russian course consists of six lessons, 600 minutes per week, with first-year students taking Comprehensive, Conversation, and Grammar classes, and second-year students taking Drill, Conversation, and Reading classes, all of which are taught by native Russian speakers. In the third and fourth years, students study intermediate to advanced Russian language courses to acquire advanced communication skills. In the first year, students take courses such as Basic Russian Language Courses, which aim at understanding Russian ideas as well as the politics, economy, culture, and art of Russia and Eurasia, leading to specialized studies in one of nine research courses.
Admission Requirements
- Seeks students interested in various issues associated with the language, history, politics, economy, society and culture of Russian-speaking countries and regions, and motivated to acquire a high level of Russian proficiency;
- Generally seeks students who wish to study Russian for the first time at the Department of Russian Studies, but also welcomes students with some experience in learning Russian who are prepared to be committed to enhancing their Russian proficiency through renewed systematic learning; and
- Expects students to pursue specialized studies in the discipline or geographical area chosen from the nine Concentrations offered at the Faculty of Foreign Studies, supported by their practical proficiency in Russian or other foreign languages.
4 Years
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International
8,678 USD
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