Russian Studies Minor

Advisor: Andrei Korobkov, Department of Political Science

The Russian Studies minor is designed to increase students’ knowledge and understanding of the politics, history, geography, culture, and language of Russia and Eastern Europe.

The minor consists of 18 semester hours. No course may be counted for both major and minor credit. Students must abide by policies (including prerequisites) and prohibitions established by their departments in their major fields. A student may take no more than 6 hours in a single department (9 in Political Science) unless he/she surpasses the required 18 hours (Study Abroad programs in Russia, the post-Soviet state, or Eastern Europe or the Special Topics courses dealing with that region will not count toward this limit).

Required Courses (9 hours)

PS 4770 - Russian Politics 3 credit hours

Plus two of the following:

HIST 4330 - Russia to the Twentieth Century 3 credit hours
HIST 4340 - Russia in the Twentieth Century 3 credit hours
GEOG 3460 - Geography of the Former Soviet Union 3 credit hours
RUSS 1010 - Elementary Russian I 3 credit hours
RUSS 1020 - Elementary Russian II 3 credit hours
ENGL 4900 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language 3 credit hours

Electives (9 hours)

Philosophy

PHIL 4450 - Marx and Marxism 3 credit hours
PHIL 4800 - Readings in Philosophy 3 credit hours (approval of the minor advisor is required regarding the topic of study)

Political Science

PS 3780 - Study Abroad 3 to 6 credit hours (approval of the minor advisor is required regarding the country of study)
PS 4300 - Comparative European Government 3 credit hours
PS 4390 - Special Topics in Political Science 3 credit hours (approval of the minor advisor is required regarding the topic of study)
PS 4920 - Modern Political Theory 3 credit hours
Or one of the above plus one of the following:
PS 4220 - World Politics 3 credit hours
PS 4240 - American Foreign Policy 3 credit hours

Russian Studies Minor

Required Courses (9 hours)

Plus two of the following:

Electives (9 hours)

English

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Geosciences

History

Philosophy

Political Science