Russian Studies Minor (revised 2016)
Credit Hours: 18
The Russian Studies Program is a multidisciplinary course of study combining the Russian language with courses related to Russian literature, culture, history, politics and business. The program is designed to provide students with the language skills, cultural exposure, and historical background needed to understand and interact with the over 280 million speakers of Russian in the world today.
Six credit hours in Russian language selected from:
- RUSS 201 Intermediate Russian I
- RUSS 202 Intermediate Russian II
- RUSS 313 Russian Conversation and Composition I
- RUSS 314 Russian Conversation and Composition II
Core Courses: Three credit hours selected from:
- LTRS 210 19th Century Russian Literature
- LTRS 220 20th Century Russian Literature
Electives: Nine additional credit hours in Russian language, literature, film, history, politics or culture, with no more than 6 credit hours with the same acronym. Choose from the courses listed above and/or from:
- HIST 247 Empire, Nation, Class in Eastern Europe
- HIST 346 History of the Soviet Union
- HIST 348 Everyday Communism
- LTRS 110 Russian Folktales in Translation
- LTRS 120 Window into Russia: The Major People, Events, and Influences of Russia’s Cultural History
- LTRS 250 Russian Literature in Translation
- LTRS 350 Russian Literature in Translation
- LTRS 270 Studies in Russian Film
- POLI 359 Special Topics *when applicable
- RUSS 295 Russian for Mass Media
- RUSS 330 Collateral Studies
- RUSS 331 Business Russian
- RUSS 390 Special Topics in Russian
- RUSS 398 Independent Study
- RUST 250 Vampires
- RUST 300 Gender & Sexuality in Russian Culture
- RUST 360 Special Topics in Russian Studies