Courses for international students

Foreign students at lectures

The Department of Russian language provides the following courses for international students within bachelor’s and master’s programs in technical and linguistic fields:

TECHNICAL FIELD (Europe, Asia)* 
bachelor’s and master’s degree students

Course Title
(discipline)

Level required

Semesters/hours

Number of credits
AutumnSpringDuring the semester
Russian language: general proficiency  0 172 172 6
Russian language: general proficiency A1 172 172 6
Russian language: general proficiency A2 172 172 6
Russian language: general proficiency B1 172 172 6
Preparation for Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (Level 1) А2 32 32 2
Preparation for Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (Level 2) В1 32 32 2
Stylistics В1-В2 42 - 2
Rhetorics В1-В2 - 42 2
Phraseology В1-В2 42 - 2
Psycholinguistics В2 - 42 2
Linguistic regional studies

В1-В2 

 - 42 2
Business language 0-А2 - 42 2
Practical phonetics В1-С1 36 - 2

LINGUISTIC FIELD ** (Asia, Europe)
bachelor’s and master’s degree students 

Course Title Level requiredSemesters/hoursNumber of credits
autumnspringduring the semester
Russian language: general proficiency 0 – А1 160 172 6
Russian language: general proficiency А1-А2 160 172 6
Preparation for Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (Level 1) А2 32 32 2
Preparation for Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (Level 2) В1 32 32 2
Practical phonetics 0-А2 32 - 2
Practical phonetics В1 – С1 32 - 2
Russian language: listening/speaking В1-В2 64 72 3
Russian language: reading В1-В2 40 42 2
Academic writing ( for 2 semesters) А2, B1-В2 40 36 2
Russian language: writing В1-В2 40 42 2
Russian as a foreign language: vocabulary/grammar В1-В2 62 72 3
Stylistics А1-А2 40 - 2
Stylistics B1-В2 40 - 2
Rhetorics В2 - 42 2
Morphology. Wordformation. Syntax (theoretical course)* B1-В2 - 84 6
Lexicology (theoretical course)* В1-В2 64 - 5
Psycholinguistics В2 - 42 2
Phraseology А1-А2 40 42 2
Phraseology В1-В2 40 42 2
History of Russian literature of XIX century* В1-В2 64 - 3
History of Russian literature of XX century* В1-В2 - 72 3
History of Russian literature of XIX –XX centuries* В1-В2 64 72 3
Linguistic regional studies А1-А2 - 42 2
Linguistic regional studies В1-В2 - 42 2
Sphere of concepts in Russian culture* В2 64 - 4
Business language В1-В2 - 42 2
Active processes in modern Russian language В2 32 - 2
Pragmatics of speech communication В2 - 36 2
Metaphor theory В2 - 36 3

* Marked courses can be assessed with additional credits due to individual work.

** If linguists have a starting level (less than B1), they can apply for the course of general proficiency + disciplines suitable for their level, for example, “Stylistics A1-A2”, “A1-A2 Linguistic regional studies”.

If they have B1 or B2 levels, they cannot choose general proficiency courses, only specialized disciplines.

Контактная информация

Office 345 (3rd floor), 7 Usov street, TPU building 8