Master's degree is a second stage in an educational path. The importance of obtaining it is explained by the necessity to transform the theoretical knowledge gained during Bachelor's degree studies into professional practical competences.
The Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities of South Ural State University invites students to obtain state-funded education in programmes in History and Philology.
The Department of Russian and International History of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities invites to study in a Master's degree programme in History. This is a classical humanities programme, thanks to which students learn to think critically, acquire wide worldview and erudition, what helps them successfully fulfil themselves in any sphere of the social and humanities knowledge in the future.
The duration of studies in Master's degree programme in 46.04.01 History. Modern Historical Research: Theory and Practice is 2 years (full-time) and 2.5 years (part-time). Programme supervisor is Olga Nikonova, Doctor of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Russian and International History.
This year 15 state-funded spots have been allocated for students.
The Master's degree programme aims at training qualified specialists in the field of research in History and teaching History. The advantage of this programme is the combination of the academic and applied character of knowledge, which is implemented in the format of project-based learning.
Since 2018 the department has been continuing to fulfil а project on creating an Electronic Interactive Application "Historical Reconstruction of Chelyabinsk". The first cycle includes the development of a multifunctional website. The second cycle is planned as a role play "Public Life and Everyday Routine in Chelyabinsk on the Cusp of the 19th and 20th Centuries", a video of which will become the website element. According to the participants, the project's mission is not just to preserve the historical and cultural heritage in digital form, but rather to become an intermediary between the citizens and the scientific community who are preserving the historical legacy of Chelyabinsk. A popular science historical content will serve the goals of forming a more attractive image of the city for its residents and guests.
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Besides this big-scale project, the department's educational programme includes active collaboration with the State Museum of the South Ural History, Centre for Historical and Cultural Legacy of Chelyabinsk, State Archive of the Chelyabinsk Region, and Archeos Paleopark.
"For those interested in history, the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities provides a unique opportunity to study not only in Bachelor's degree programmes, but in Master's degree programmes as well. Students who enrol in Master's degree programmes will be able to get more profound knowledge in the field of Russian history, learn the modern methodological approaches, and try their hand in project activity. Small-sized groups allow the academic staff members to fulfil individual approach to teaching, and to build educational trajectory for each student. The gained knowledge and skills will help the graduates of Master's degree programmes to build successful careers in their professional sphere," summarizes the department's Associate Progessor Татьяна Tatiana Raeva.
The entrance examination includes the testing of professional competences in the form of a viva voce examination in the History of Russia.
For more than 20 years now, the Philology programme has been taught at the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities.
The education in Philology is traditionally considered to be a base education training high personal culture and ensuring a wide range of professional application. Those who master a Philology specified programme gain the skills of verbal and socio-cultural communication, are ready for creative professional activity in scientific and teaching teams, in institutions of education, culture, management, mass media, and other institutions organizing the social and humanities activity.
The Department of the Russian Language and Literature of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities invites to study in Master's degree programme 45.04.01 Philology, major in Text Creation, Analysis and Expert Review.
This year 13 state-funded spots have been allocated for students.
The duration of studying in Master's degree programme is two years. Over this period of time students learn languages (native and foreign) in their theoretical and practical application, works of literature in historical and theoretical aspects, and find out how to compile various types of texts (written, oral, virtual, including hypertext and text elements of multimedia objects).
The department associate professors, holders of a special license, teach Master's degree students the basics of such currently in-demand activity as linguistic examination.
At the Department of the Russian Language and Literature Master's degree programme is implemented using the project-based learning technology. Master's degree students create a website called Virtual Museum of South Ural Writers, which can be a sound replacement for a literary museum as our region does not have one. Thus, the department's Master's degree students are not only obtaining higher education in Philology, but are also creating a significant and socially important project.
Working on the website, the department's Master's degree students refine their mastership in Philology, write biographical materials and literary essays, as well as gain knowledge relevant in this digital epoch.
The science of Philology did not get lost in the centuries-long history of the civilization as it has always had the flexibility and the ability to adapt to the demands of time. Today we see active developments of such field as digital philology, where text is studied with the help of special computer programs, and methods of artificial intelligence. Such research is conducted at the Laboratory of Digital Philology created at the SUSU Department of the Russian Language and Literature.
Master's degree Philology students are trained in Information Technology, Workshop of Internet Text, and Multimedia Technology in Applied Philology. Under the guidance by Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor Evgeny Smyshlyaev, Master's degree students learn various methods of computer processing of text, data visualization, and network analysis of text. "In our classes, with the use of modern GIS technology, we analyze the interrelations between literary texts and the space of our region. Resulting from that are the publications in world scientific journals. Another important element of training is that Master's degree students gain certain designer competences: skills of photo processing and retouching, of logo creating in Adobe Illustrator, and visual styling of content for social networks," says Evgeny Smyshlyaev.
To enrol in Master's degree programme to major in Text Creation, Analysis and Expert Review, applicants will need to take an integrated examination which tests several types of skills. The examination includes the completion of a written task on text editing and analysis, and an oral commenting of the performed task.
You may find the detailed information on enrolment on the website of the Department of Russian and International History in the For Applicants section, and of the Department of the Russian Language and Literature in the For Applicants section.
You may take a consultation on these Master's degree programmes at the following address: SUSU Main Building, 76 Lenin Prospekt, Chelyabinsk;
Programme in History – Room 509, tel. 267-91-25, 267-92-15, e-mail: nikonovaoi[at]susu[dot]ru;