Russian and East European Studies Studies Certificate

The College of Arts and Sciences offers an undergraduate certificate program on Russia and Eastern Europe, a broad multidisciplinary course of study leading to a certificate of proficiency in Russian and East European Studies.

With a broad liberal arts background, students will gain a well-planned, comprehensive introduction to Russia, Eastern and Central Europe Europe, and Eurasia including the fundamentals of the Russian language and the history, literature, politics and economies of these important regions.

The program includes a minimum of 30 credits in language and area studies courses. The basic program consists of 12 credits in Russian language (or a proficiency examination in another language of Eastern Europe), 15 credits in area courses, and a 3-credit program essay, which can be completed as a directed reading or senior seminar in the student's major field resulting in a substantial work of original scholarship.

Program Requirements

The basic program consists of 12 credits in Russian language (or a proficiency examination in another language of Eastern Europe), 15 credits in area courses, and a 3-credit program essay.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Language *
Select a minimum of 12 credits of the following:		12
RUSS 1001 & RUSS 1002	Elementary Russian I and Elementary Russian II
RUSS 1011 & RUSS 1012	Elementary Interactive Russ I and Elementary Interactive Russ II
RUSS 2001 & RUSS 2002	Interm Russian I and Interm Russian II
RUSS 2011 & RUSS 2012	Interm Inter Russian I and Interm Inter Russian II
Essay
Submit a program essay (the equivalent of a senior paper) **		3
Area Study Courses *
Select five of the following:		15
DIPL 4185	Foreign Policy of Post-Soviet States
DIPL 4193	Eastern European and Post-Soviet Politics
HIST 3165	History of the Cold War
HIST 3246	Kievan Rus' and Muscovy
HIST 3256	History of Imperial Russia
HIST 3257	East Central Europe
HIST 3266	History of 20th Century Russia
HIST 3276	Transformation of Russia 1894-1932
HIST 4290	Topics in European History
RELS 2224	Eastern Christianity
RUSS 3001	Adv Russ I
RUSS 3002	Adv Russ II
RUSS 3011	Russian Conversation
RUSS 3031	Scientific Russ I
RUSS 3032	Scientific Russian II
RUSS 3401	Intro to Russ Lit I
RUSS 3402
RUSS 3601	Russian Cinema
RUSS 4431	Mod Russ Lit I
RUSS 4432
RUSS 4801	Studies in Russ Lit I
RUSS 4802	Studies in Russ Lit II
Total Hours		30

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See index to locate course descriptions.

**

Topic approved by the director and written under the supervision of a faculty member involved in the program. Normally this requirement is satisfied by taking supervised research in the department of each student’s majors.

Additional topics and courses may be approved for credit toward the certificate at the discretion of the program director.