A major option in Russian Studies is available through the BA/BS in Multidisciplinary Studies. Curriculum information about Multidisciplinary Studies: Russian Studies (BA) is available at left.
A Multidisciplinary Studies: Russian Studies (BS) is intended to be designed individually by a student with a faculty mentor. Individual structure and course preferences should be agreed with the Director of Russian Studies, Dr Elena Murenina. The curricular proposal must then be submitted for approval to the Director of Multidisciplinary Studies, Dr. Calvin Mercer, and the Multidisciplinary Studies Committee. Contact the Director of Russian Studies, Dr. Elena Murenina for further information about curricular proposal approval process. The following curriculum is intended only as a guide for interested students and faculty.
Proposed Curriculum for Multidisciplinary Studies: Russian Studies (BS) Elena K. Murenina, Advisor, 3305A Bate Building
Minimum degree requirement is 120 s.h. of credit as follows:
| 1. | General education requirements (See Section 4, General Education Requirements
for all Baccalaureate Degree Programs) | 42 s.h. |
| | English 1100, 1200 (FC:EN) (6 s.h.) Health (FC:HL) and Exercise and Sport Science (FC:EX) (3 s.h.) (Select at least one course in each area) Humanities (FC:HU) and Fine Arts (FC:FA) (10 s.h.) (Select at least one course in the humanities and one course in fine arts) Mathematics (FC:MA) (3 s.h.) Science (FC:SC) (8 s.h.) (At least one course must require laboratory work) Social Science (FC:SO) (12 s.h.) (Select courses from at least three of the areas)
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| 2. | Core | | 42 s.h. |
| | Senior Thesis (6 s.h.)
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| | MULT 3500. Research in Multidisciplinary Studies (3) (WI)
MULT 4999. Seminar in Multidisciplinary Studies (3) (WI)
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| | Requirements in Russian Studies (36 s.h.):
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| | a. Russian Studies Required Courses (6 s.h.) | |
| | One of the following introductory courses is required (3 s.h.) | |
| | RUSI 2001. Introduction to Russian Studies: Humanities (3) (F) (FC:HU) or
RUSI 2002. Introduction to Russian Studies: Social Science (3) (F) (FC:SO) or
RUSI 2003. Introduction to Russian Studies: Fine Arts (3) (F) (FC:FA)
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| | The following capstone is required (3 s.h.) | |
| | RUSI 4000. Senior Seminar in Russian Studies (3) (S) (P: Consent of instructor or RUSI program director)
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| | b. Russian Studies Electives (30 s.h.) | |
| | Choose 30 s.h. from below in consultation with the Director.
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| | RUSS 2120. Introduction to Russian Culture (3) (FC:HU)
RUSS 2700. Special Topics in Russian Studies (3)
RUSS 3220. Nineteenth Century Russian Literature in Translation (3) (FC:HU) (P: RUSS 2120 or permission of instructor)
RUSS 3221. Twentieth Century Russian Literature in Translation (3) (FC:HU) (P: RUSS 2120 or permission of instructor)
RUSS 3230. Russian and Soviet Film (3) (FC:HU) (P: RUSS 2120 or permission of instructor)
RUSS 3700. Special Topics in Russian Studies (3) (P: RUSS 2120 or 3220 or 3221 or permission of instructor) ECON 3365. Russian Economic Transition (3) (FC:SO) (P: ECON 2113, 2133)
HIST 3551. Medieval Russia, 862-1682 (3)
HIST 3552. Imperial Russia, 1682-1917 (3)
HIST 3553. Soviet Russia, 1917-1991 (3)
POLS 3235. East European Political Systems (3) (FC:SO)
POLS 3236. Russian Politics (3) (FC:SO) RUSI 3011, 3012. Field Study in Russia (3,6) (P: RUSS 1004 or consent of the director)
RUSI 3500. Selected Topics in Russian Studies (3) (P: Consent of instructor)
RUSI 3931,3932,3933. Directed Readings in Russian Studies (1,2,3) (P: Consent of instructor)
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| | Other appropriate related courses* in humanities, social science, and fine arts may be substituted in consultation with RUSI program Director.
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| 3. | Minor or approved structured electives | 24 s.h. |
| 4. | A minimum of 24 s.h. from Sections 2 and 3 must be above 2999. | |
| 5. | Free electives to complete requirements for graduation.
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| *Related Courses | |
| | ANTH 2200. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) (FC:SO)
ANTH 3300. Language and Culture (3) (FC:SO)
ART 4940. Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture 1900-1950 (3)
COMM 3390. International News Communication (3) (FC:SO)
COMM 4190. International Communication and the Foreign Media (3)
INTL 3852. Cultural Environment of International Business (3)
MKTG 4992. International Marketing (3)
MUSC 4496. Opera History (2)
POLS 2010. Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics (3) (FC:SO)
POLS 2020. Introduction to International Relations (3) (FC:SO)
POLS 3013. Decision Making in the United Nations (3) (FC:SO)
POLS 3144. American Foreign Policy (3)
POLS 3290. Conflict and Peace in the Post-Cold War Era (3) | |
