Russian Studies Grant

MULT BA Major in Russian
Multidisciplinary BS Minor
Multidisciplinary BA Minor

Multidisciplinary Major in Russian and East/Central European Studies

A Multidisciplinary Studies major is intended to be designed by a student in consultation with a faculty mentor. For Russian Studies, students may contact Dr. Elena Murenina. But if another faculty mentor is desired, students are free to choose whomever they wish. The curricular proposal must then be submitted for approval to the Director of Multidisciplinary Studies, Dr. Calvin Mercer, who will review the proposal, and if appropriate, submit it for approval to the Multidisciplinary Studies Committee. The proposal form (to be obtained from Professor Mercer) requests students to solicit endorsing signatures from at least one other interested faculty member in another department. Professor Murenina can suggest names. Additional program information about the Multidisciplinary Studies program is available online. The following is intended only as a guide or template for interested students and faculty. Individual course preferences other than these should be agreed between student and mentor.

Multidisciplinary Studies:
Concentration in Russian and East/Central European Studies

General Education Requirements (42 s.h.)

Suggested Cognates:

HIST 1030 World Civilizations to 1500
HIST 1031 World Civilizations Since 1500
POLS 2010 Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
POLS 2020 Introduction to International Relations

Foreign Language Requirement (12 s.h.)

GERM 1001 German Level I
GERM 1002 German Level II
GERM 1003 German Level III
GERM 1004 German Level IV

RUSS 1001 Russian Level I
RUSS 1002 Russian Level II
RUSS 1003 Russian Level III
RUSS 1004 Russian Level IV

Students may receive by-pass credit for these courses through the Foreign Language Placement Test administered by the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Major Courses: (54 s.h.) ; at least 12 s.h. must be above 2999.

Required Courses:

GERM 1001 German Level I*
GERM 1002 German Level II*
GERM 1003 German Level III*
GERM 1004 German Level IV*

RUSS 1001 Russian Level I*
RUSS 1002 Russian Level II*
RUSS 1003 Russian Level III*
RUSS 1004 Russian Level IV**

1001-1004 of one language will fulfill the Foreign Language Requirement, but will not count toward the major. Students may receive by-pass credit for these courses through the Foreign Language Placement Test administered by the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures

MULT 3500 Research in Multidisciplinary Studies
MULT 4999 Seminar in Multidisciplinary Studies

6 courses from one of the following clusters:

POL 3235 East European Political Systems
POLS 3236 The Soviet Successor States
HIST 3550 History of Russia
HIST 5470 History of Soviet Russia
RUSS 2220 Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century (Taught in English)
RUSS 2221 Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century (Taught in English)
HIST 3450 History of Modern Germany
HIST 5480 Weimar and the Rise of Hitler
FORL 2600 Literature in Translation: The Holocaust
FORL 2680 German Literature in Translation
GERM 2420 Culture of the German Speaking World I (Taught in German)
GERM 2421 Culture of the German Speaking World II (Taught in German)

Choose six courses from the following list:

CLAS 3460 Classical Mythology
ENGL 3630 The Bible as Literature
HIST 3430 History of Europe, 1815-1914
HIST 3435 History of Europe Since 1914
HIST 3450 History of Modern Germany
HIST 3550 History of Russia
HIST 5310 Intellectual History of Europe
HIST 5470 History of Soviet Russia
HIST 5480 Weimar and the Rise of Hitler
HIST 5660 Imperialism in Theory and Practice, 1800 to the Present
HIST 5670 A Diplomatic History of Europe, 1815 to the Present
POLS 3235 East European Political Systems
POLS 3236 The Soviet Successor States
MUSC 5426 Music of the Romantic Era
MUSC 5436 Twentieth Century Music
COMM 3290 International News Communication
COMM 4690 International Communications and Foreign Media
RUSS 2120 Introduction to Russian Culture (Taught in English)
RUSS 2220 Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century (Taught in English)
RUSS 2221 Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century (Taught in English)
RUSS 2700 Special Topics
FORL 2600 Literature in Translation: The Holocaust
FORL 2680 German Literature in Translation
GERM 3110 German Business Communication
GERM 3350 Introduction to Translation Studies
GERM 3510 Introduction to German Literature
GERM 3520 The German Speaking World from the Beginning through the Eighteenth Century
GERM 3530 The German Speaking World of the Nineteenth Century
GERM 3540 The German Speaking World from 1900-1945
GERM 3550 The Contemporary German-Speaking World
GERM 3700 Selected Topics

Courses in other languages of the region (e.g., Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian) may be substituted for courses above 2999

Electives to complete degree requirements