Students who have completed the course will have:

• broad knowledge of representative styles and genres of Russian music from approximately the mid-19th century to the present day
• competence to contextualize broad stylistic and generic areas, as well as individual pieces, within a historical-cultural framework
• the skill to independently work with source material and analyze works of Russian music within specific historical and sociocultural contexts
  

• Attendance at lectures and seminars.
• All instruction is obligatory; absence of more than 20% leads to loss of right to take the exam.
• 4-5 short reading responses spaced throughout the semester (200-300 words each)
• One mid-semester presentation on course-related topic
• One end-of-semester presentation related to student's term paper (godkjent/ikke godkjent)
• All mandatory instruction and compulsory requirements must be completed and approved before the exam

Term paper of approx. 5000-6000 words. This paper will focus on a specific work or corpus of works, and must exhibit that the student has been able to:

a) formulate a valid research question
b) find appropriate academic literature to support her/his thesis and
c) correctly and convincingly contextualize her/his analysis with respect to historical (including political) and/or sociocultural variables

Internal evaluation with at least two examiners.