The Department of Russian and Eastern Studies offers language courses in Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and Hebrew, as well as related literature and culture courses.
The Department of Russian and Eastern Studies offers an undergraduate major in Russian and East European Studies. The program is designed to produce an integrated knowledge of Russian language, literature, culture, history, politics, and society. This interdisciplinary major provides the broadest possible base for further study of the former Soviet Union and East Europe.
In addition to satisfying University Studies requirements and the College requirements, each student completes the following:
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Premajor Requirements |
Hours |
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RAE 202 Intermediate Russian |
4 |
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RAE 270 Introduction to Russian Culture or |
3 |
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RAE 280 Russian and Soviet Culture of the 20th Century |
3 |
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Major Requirements |
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Students must complete a minimum of 42 credit hours at the 200 level or above, with at least 24 hours at the 300 level or above, distributed as follows. |
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History (six hours) |
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HIS 285 History of Russia to 1825 |
3 |
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HIS 286 History of Russia since 1825 |
3 |
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Literature (six hours) |
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RAE 380 Survey of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (in English) |
3 |
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RAE 390 Modern Russian Literature (in English) |
3 |
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Language (fifteen hours) |
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RAE 303 Russian Pronunciation and Conversation |
3 |
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RAE 304 Russian Pronunciation and Conversation |
3 |
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RAE 305 Advanced Russian Grammar |
3 |
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RAE 306 Advanced Russian Grammar |
3 |
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Any fourth-year Russian language course |
3 |
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Two semesters of another language of the former U.S.S.R. or Eastern Europe may be substituted for the third-year Russian requirement with the approval of the RAE advisor. |
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Social Sciences (three hours) |
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PS 429G Government and Politics in Russia and the Post-Soviet States |
3 |
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PS 491 Special Topics in Political Science (when topic is appropriate) |
1-3 |
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PS 539 The Foreign Policy of the Soviet Union |
3 |
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SOC 561 Comparative Sociology (when topic is appropriate) |
3 |
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GEO 329 Geography of the Former Soviet Union |
3 |
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ECO 465G Comparative Economic Systems |
3 |
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Interdisciplinary Seminar (three hours) |
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RAE 401 Seminar in Russian and East European Studies (Subtitle required) |
3 |
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In addition, students must complete at least 13 elective credits at or above the 200 level from Russian Area courses selected with the approval of the RAE advisor. At least 14 of the total credit hours must be taken in other departments. |
The minor in Russian requires 18 hours of course work beyond second-year proficiency in Russian language (RAE 202) distributed as follows:
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RAE 303 Russian Pronunciation and Conversation |
3 |
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or RAE 304 Russian Pronunciation and Conversation |
3 |
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and RAE 305 Advanced Russian Grammar |
3 |
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or RAE 306 Advanced Russian Grammar |
3 |
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and 12 hours of additional course work in designated Russian area studies courses, of which at least 9 hours must be in RAE courses. |
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Note: RAE 395, Independent Work in Russian, may not be used for the minor. |
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