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Russian Area Studies Minor

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Lower-division Requirements

Four semesters of Russian language

RUSS 120 Beginning Russian I Units: 4
RUSS 150 Beginning Russian II Units: 4
RUSS 220 Intermediate Russian I Units: 4 and either
RUSS 250 Intermediate Russian II Units: 4 or
RUSS 255 Business Russian Units: 4
or its equivalent

Upper-division Requirements

The core course

SLL 330gp Russian Thought and Civilization Units: 4

One course outside the Slavic department, from among the following:

HIST 415 Medieval and Early Modern Russia Units: 4, 2 years
HIST 416 History of Imperial Russia: 1689–1917 Units: 4
HIST 417 History of Soviet Russia: 1917–1991 Units: 4, 2 years
HIST 424 Family, Work, and Leisure in Russian History Units: 4
IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe and the Balkans Units: 4
IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4
MDA 305 Translation Principles and Skills Units: 2

And one elective, to be chosen from among: any upper-division SLL/RUSS course in Russian literature, art or culture

HIST 415 Medieval and Early Modern Russia Units: 4, 2 years
HIST 416 History of Imperial Russia: 1689–1917 Units: 4
HIST 417 History of Soviet Russia: 1917–1991 Units: 4, 2 years
HIST 424 Family, Work, and Leisure in Russian History Units: 4
IR 345 Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Units: 4
IR 346 Communism and Post-Communism: Eastern Europe and the Balkans Units: 4
IR 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia Units: 4

Note:

The course taken to fulfill the requirement outside the Slavic department cannot also count as an elective.

Minimum units required: 28