Russian Honours (B.A.)
60 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Group A: Required Courses (12 credits)
Complementary Courses (48 credits)
Group B: Russian Language
0 - 24 credits to be chosen from:
- RUSS 210 Elementary Russian Language 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 211 Elementary Russian Language 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RUSS 215 Elementary Russian Language Intensive 1 (6 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RUSS 310 Intermediate Russian Language 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 311 Intermediate Russian Language 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RUSS 316 Intermediate Russian Language Intensive 2 (6 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 415 Advanced Russian Language Intensive 1 (6 credits) · Offered: Winter
Group C: 200 level
9 - 12 credits to be chosen from:
- RUSS 213 Introduction to Soviet Film (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 217 Russia's Eternal Questions (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 218 Russian Literature and Revolution (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 223 Russian 19th Century: Literary Giants 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 224 Russian 19th Century: Literary Giants 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RUSS 229 Introduction to Russian Folklore (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 250 The Central European Novel (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Group D: 300 and 400 level
12 - 33 credits to be chosen from:
- RUSS 327 Reading Russian Poetry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 328 Readings in Russian (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 330 Chekhov without Borders (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RUSS 333 Petersburg: City of Myth (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 337 Vladimir Nabokov (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 340 Russian Short Story (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 347 Late and Post-Soviet Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 350 Central European Film (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 357 Leo Tolstoy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 358 Fyodor Dostoevsky (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 365 Supernatural and Absurd in Russian Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 369 Narrative and Memory in Russian Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 381 Russia's Utopia Complex (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RUSS 382 Russian Opera (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 385 Staging Russianness: From Pushkin to Chekhov (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- RUSS 390 Special Topics in Russian (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 397 Tarkovsky: Cinema and Philosophy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 398 Soviet Women Filmmakers (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 427 Russian Fin de Siècle (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 428 Russian Avantgarde (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 430 High Stalinist Culture 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 440 Russia and Its Others (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- RUSS 475 Special Topics in Russ Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 500 Special Topics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- RUSS 501 Topics in Slavic Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Group E: LLC and Faculty of Arts
0 - 6 credits to be chosen from the following or their equivalent:
- ANTH 303 Ethnographies of Post-socialism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- HIST 216 Introduction to Russian History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 226 East Central and Southeastern Europe in 20th Century (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 306 East Central Europe, 1944-2004 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- HIST 313 Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1918 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- HIST 316 History of the Russian Empire (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 326 History of the Soviet Union (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 406 Topics: Russian History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 576D1 Seminar: Topics in Russian History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- HIST 576D2 Seminar: Topics in Russian History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- JWST 303 The Soviet Jewish Experience (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- POLI 329 Russian Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- POLI 331 Politics in East Central Europe (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- SOCI 455 Post-Socialist Societies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
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