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:

ENGL 4900 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language 3 credit hours
HIST 4330 - Russia to the Twentieth Century 3 credit hours
HIST 4340 - Russia in the Twentieth Century 3 credit hours
RUSS 1010 - Elementary Russian I 3 credit hours
RUSS 1020 - Elementary Russian II 3 credit hours

Electives (9 hours)

English

ENGL 4900 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language 3 credit hours

Foreign Languages and Literatures

RUSS 1010 - Elementary Russian I 3 credit hours
RUSS 1020 - Elementary Russian II 3 credit hours
RUSS 2010 - Intermediate Russian I 3 credit hours
RUSS 2020 - Intermediate Russian II 3 credit hours

Geosciences

History

HIST 4330 - Russia to the Twentieth Century 3 credit hours
HIST 4340 - Russia in the Twentieth Century 3 credit hours
Both of the above or one of the above and one of the following:
HIST 3150 - Twentieth Century Global History 3 credit hours
HIST 4270 - Europe 1815-1900 3 credit hours
HIST 4280 - Europe 1900-1945 3 credit hours
HIST 4290 - Europe Since 1945 3 credit hours
HIST 4840 - World War II 3 credit 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