The Russian Area Studies Major and Minor

The Russian area studies program offers two tracks for a major (one disciplinary and one interdisciplinary), and two tracks for a minor (one disciplinary and one interdisciplinary). The interdisciplinary track involves a concentration in Russian History and Society, while the disciplinary track involves a concentration in Russian Language for the minor and Russian Language and Culture for the major. (Note that a student may not satisfy the graduation requirements for both disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity within the field of Russian Area Studies.) Only courses for which the student has received a grade of C- or better will be counted toward either of the majors or minors. A term abroad in one of the Colleges' programs is strongly recommended for either major.

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INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR Requirements (History & Society) [10 courses]

• Three (3) Russian language courses, starting with either RUS 102 or RUS 105.
  
• Two (2) courses from the Russian area studies humanities electives
  
• Three (3) courses from the Russian area studies social science electives
  
• Two (2) additional courses in either Russian language or from the Russian area studies electives.
  

Restrictions: At least two courses must be at the 300-level or above. No more than one course can come from the contextual courses category. Students are encouraged to take one independent study outside of language study.

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DISCIPLINARY MAJOR Requirements (Language and Culture) [10 courses]

• Seven (7) Russian language courses, starting with either RUS 102 or RUS 105.
  
• Three (3) non-language courses from the Russian Area Studies offerings, at least one of which must be from the Humanities and at least one of which must be from the Social Sciences.
  

Restrictions: No course from the list of "Contextual Courses" will count towards the major.

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DISCIPLINARY MINOR (Russian Language) [5 courses]

• Five (5) Russian language courses starting with either RUS 102 or RUS 105.
  

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INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR (Russian Area Studies) [5 courses]

• Five (5) courses from the Russian area studies electives selected in consultation with an advisor.
  

Restrictions: At least two courses must be in humanities and two in social sciences. No courses from the list of contextual courses may count toward the minor.