BA in Russian Studies (Self-Designed Major)
Coordinator: Charlotte Rosenthal, 126 Bedford Street, Portland (207) 780-4325
The minimum number of credits (exclusive of the University’s Core curriculum) required for the self-designed major in Russian studies: 36. For grade requirements, please refer to the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures section of the academic catalog.
Courses & Requirements
Humanities
RUS 281H Russian Literature in English Translation or
RUS 293G Survey of Russian Cinema
RUS 291I Russian Culture and Civilization (in English)
RUS 301 Advanced Intermediate Russian I
RUS 302 Advanced Intermediate Russian II
RUS 321 Advanced Russian
RUS 351 Seminar in Russian Literature
RUS 470 Independent Study
Social Sciences*
HTY 317 Early Russian History
HTY 318 Russia and the Soviet Union since 1855
POS 336 Government and Politics of Russia
POS 339 Russian Foreign Policy
ANT 222I Peoples of the North
Other courses recommended, but not required, for the self-designed major in Russian studies:
POS 104J Introduction to International Relations
HTY 101I Western Civilization I
HTY 102I Western Civilization II
GEO 101J Human Geography
*Note that all upper division courses have prerequisites.
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