Undergraduate Bulletin
Spring 2025
Requirements for the Minor in Russian Studies (RUS)
All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher.
Completion of the minor requires at least 18 credits, and 9 of the 18 credits must be at the 300 level or above.
- Language study (6 credits)
- All Russian minors must take at least 6 credits of Russian language (RUS) courses. Students without background in Russian language will take introductory Russian, either RUS 111-112 (Elementary Russian I & II) or RUS 101 (Intensive Elementary Russian). Those with previous Russian language study, including heritage speakers, must take 6 credits of higher level Russian language courses. Consult the Russian Coordinator for appropriate placement.
- Russian-focused electives (12 credits)
- Two electives selected from HUR courses;
- Two additional electives selected from HUR/RUS courses not applied in Part A, Language Study. Up to 2 elective courses may be in language study. One relevant course from another department (GLI, HIS,HUE, LIN) may be applied as an elective with permission of the Russian Coordinator. Examples of such courses are GLI 330, GLI 340, HIS 210, HIS 295, HUE 269, HUE 392, LIN 356 (prerequisites may apply). Study Abroad in St. Petersburg can provide 3-6 credits of electives.
Placement in Language Courses for Incoming Students
The prerequisites for each course indicate which language level the course is geared towards. As a rule of thumb, one year of high-school foreign-language study is considered the equivalent of one semester of study at the college level for non-native speakers. Heritage speakers, by contrast, are placed according to their relative mastery of both the spoken and written language. Students are advised to consult the coordinator of the Russian minor.
