Russian Studies Minor

Minor - Russian Studies (Minor)

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 30

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Lower Division Core Courses

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

21 Total Credits Required

Language

Rule: Must complete all of the following courses

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Show Description RUSS 101 - Elementary Russian I
Offered autumn. Emphasis on oral communication, with development in all major skill areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
 5 Credits
Show Description RUSS 102 - Elementary Russian II
Offered spring. Prereq., RUSS 101 or equiv. Continuation of 101.
 5 Credits
Show Description RUSS 201 - Intermediate Russian I
Offered autumn. Prereq., RUSS 102 or equiv. Continuation of active skills approach to Russian listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
 4 Credits
Show Description RUSS 202 - Intermediate Russian II
Offered spring. Prereq., RUSS 201. Continuation of 201.
 4 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 18 Total Credits Required

Culture

Rule: Must complete the following course

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Show Description MCLG 105H - Intro to Russian Culture
Offered autumn. Fulfills both the Historical and Cultural (H) and American and European (y) General Education Perspectives.  Same as RUSS 105H and LS 105H.  A chronological survey of Russian culture from its beginnings to the contemporary period.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Degree Electives

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

9 Total Credits Required

History

Rule: Must complete 1 of the following courses

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Show Description HSTR 357 - Russia to 1881
(EU) Offered autumn.  Emphasis on the autocratic political tradition, Westernization, and territorial expansion.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 358 - Russia Since 1881
(EU) Offered spring.  Emphasis on modernization and the revolutionary movement; the Bolshevik Revolution and Stalinist era; the decline of Soviet system.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 458 - Russian Revolution 1900-1930
(EU) Offered spring. The causes, course, character, and consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Russian Electives

Rule: Must complete 6 credits of upper-division coursework

Note: 3 of the 6 credits must be taken in the MCLL department and 3 credits from a third department/discipline.