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Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Russian Track (Bachelor of Arts in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures)

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements SLVRUSNTRK

Requirements

The major requires at least 35 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Intermediate Russian Sequence.
    1. Intermediate Russian I. One (1) course:
      • SLAV-N 221 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-N 231 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-R 201 Intermediate Russian I
    2. Intermediate Russian II. One (1) course:
      • SLAV-N 232 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-N 242 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-R 202 Intermediate Russian II
  2. Advanced Intermediate Russian Sequence. Two (2) courses from the Advanced Intermediate Russian Sequence lists.
    1. Advanced Intermediate Russian I. One (1) course:
      • SLAV-N 341 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-N 351 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-R 301 Advanced Intermediate Russian I
    2. Advanced Intermediate Russian II. One (1) course:
      • SLAV-N 352 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-N 362 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-R 302 Advanced Intermediate Russian II
  3. Introduction to Russian Culture. One (1) course:
    • SLAV-R 223 Introduction to Russian Culture
    • SLAV-R 224 Contemporary Russian Culture
    • SLAV-R 229 Russian Folk Tales
  4. Pushkin to Dostoevsky. One (1) course:
    • SLAV-R 263 Pushkin to Dostoevsky
  5. Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn. One (1) course:
    • SLAV-R 264 Rus Lit: Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
  6. Advanced Electives. Four (4) courses and 12 credit hours:
    • Any SLAV-N 400–499 except SLAV-N 461; SLAV-N 471; SLAV-N 472
    • Any SLAV-R 300–399 except SLAV-R 301; SLAV-R 302; SLAV-R 378
    • One (1) of the following:
      • SLAV-N 461 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
      • SLAV-N 471 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
      • SLAV-R 401 Advanced Russian I
    • One (1) of the following:
      • SLAV-N 472 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian II
      • SLAV-R 402 Advanced Russian II
    • Any SLAV-R 400–409 except SLAV-R 401; SLAV-R 402
    • SLAV-R 421 Fifth-Year Russian
    • SLAV-R 422 Fifth-year Russian II
    • SLAV-R 425 Advanced Oral Russian I
    • SLAV-R 426 Advanced Oral Russian II
    • SLAV-R 451 Russian Poetry
    • SLAV-R 470 Political Russian
    • SLAV-R 472 Business Russian
  7. Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
    2. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
    4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    5. Exceptions to major requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.