Russian Major Concentration (B.A.)

36 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Complementary Courses (36 credits)

36 credits selected from the following specifications:

Group A: Russian Language (18 credits)

18 credits selected from the following courses or their equivalent:

Students entering this program with previous knowledge of or exposure to Russian may, with permission of the Department, replace this group with selections from Group B or Group C. 18 credits selected from the following courses or their equivalent:

  • 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 301 Russian for Heritage Speakers 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • 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 327 Reading Russian Poetry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • RUSS 328 Readings in Russian (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • RUSS 415 Advanced Russian Language Intensive 1 (6 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • RUSS 453 Advanced Russian Language and Syntax (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Group B (9 credits)

9 credits selected from the following courses or their equivalent:

  • 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

Group C (9 credits)

9 credits selected from the following courses or their equivalent:

  • RUSS 213 Introduction to Soviet Film (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • RUSS 250 The Central European Novel (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 395 Soviet Cinema: Art and Politics (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

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