Modern & Classical Languages, Literature & Cultures
College of Arts & Sciences
Patterson Office Tower 202Contact: Dr. Julie Human - julie.human@uky.edu
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures program advances the study of languages and cultures around the world. Students develop advanced proficiency in Arabic, Chinese, Classical Greek, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, and/or Russian while studying the art, culture, film, folklore, literature, music, mythology, religion and theatre of the areas where these languages are spoken. In addition, the department provides service to the Commonwealth in language instruction and cultural awareness. Students choose one of seven tracks in the MCL major: Arabic and Islamic Studies, Chinese Studies, Classics, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Japan Studies, and Russian Studies.
Total Hours Required for Degree: 123 - 127
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Freshman Year Credit Hours: 30 - 32
Fall Semester
14 - 15
RUS 101 | RUS 101 - ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN
4
MCL 100 | MCL 100 - THE WORLD OF LANGUAGE
3
UK 101 | UK 101 - ACADEMIC ORIENTATION
1 - 2
UK Core - Comp. & Comm. I
3
UK Core - Social Sciences
3
Spring Semester
16 - 17
RUS 102 | RUS 102 - ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN
4
UK Core - Comp. & Comm. II
3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Math
3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations
3 - 4
A&S Approved Elective (100+ level)
3
Sophomore Year Credit Hours: 35
Fall Semester
19
RUS 201 | RUS 201 - INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN
4
RUS 371 | RUS 371 - THE RUSSIAN CULTURAL IMAGINATION: 900-1900
3
UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizen
3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reason
3
A&S Natural Sciences Course (100+ level)
3
A&S Social Sciences (100+ level)
3
Spring Semester
16
RUS 202 | RUS 202 - INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN
4
MCL 200 | MCL 200 - READING THE WORLD
3
UK Core - Arts and Creativity
3
UK Core - Global Dynamics
3
A&S Approved Elective (100+ level)
3
Junior Year Credit Hours: 31 - 33
Fall Semester
16 - 18
RUS 301 | RUS 301 - CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION I
3
RUS 372 | RUS 372 - EXPERIMENTS IN LIFE AND ART: RUSSIAN CULTURE 1900-PRESENT
3
Russian St Core (100+ level)
3
Courses Outside Russian (300+ level)
3
A&S Natural Sciences Course (100+ level)
3
A&S Lab or Field Work
1 - 3
Spring Semester
15
RUS 302 | RUS 302 - ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II
3
Russian St Core (100+ level)
3
Courses Outside Russian (300+ level)
3
Russian St Cross Disciplinary
3
A&S Social Sciences (100+ level)
3
Senior Year Credit Hours: 27
Fall Semester
15
RUS 401 | RUS 401 - ADVANCED RUSSIAN I
3
A&S Approved Elective (300+ level)
3
A&S Approved Elective (300+ level)
3
A&S Approved Elective (300+ level)
3
A&S Approved Elective (100+ level)
3
Spring Semester
12
RUS 402 | RUS 402 - ADVANCED RUSSIAN II
3
MCL 495 | MCL 495 - MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES CAPSTONE