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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
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 2023, Fall 2023, or Spring 2024 requirements SLVRUSNTRK

This track is designed for students seeking advanced study of the Russian language and/or Russian literature, culture, or film.

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-R 201 Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-N 221 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-N 231 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian I
    2. Intermediate Russian II. One (1) course:
      • SLAV-R 202 Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-N 232 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-N 242 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian II
  2. Advanced Intermediate Russian Sequence.
    1. Advanced Intermediate Russian I. One (1) course:
      • SLAV-R 301 Advanced Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-N 341 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
      • SLAV-N 351 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
    2. Advanced Intermediate Russian II. One (1) course:
      • SLAV-R 302 Advanced Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-N 352 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II
      • SLAV-N 362 Summer Intensive 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:
    • SLAV-N 481 Fifth-Year Russian I
    • SLAV-N 482 Fifth-Year Russian II
    • SLAV-N 491 Sixth-Year Russian I
    • SLAV-N 492 Sixth-Year Russian II
    • SLAV-N 493 Seventh-Year Russian I
    • SLAV-N 494 Seventh-Year Russian II
    • SLAV-R 322 Linguistic Approaches to Russian Literature
    • SLAV-R 325 Advanced Intermediate Oral Russian I
    • SLAV-R 326 Advanced Intermediate Oral Russian II
    • SLAV-R 328 Nabokov
    • SLAV-R 334 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
    • SLAV-R 349 Myth and Reality: Women in Russian Literature and in Life
    • SLAV-R 352 Russian and Soviet Film
    • SLAV-R 381 Dostoevsky and His Demons
    • SLAV-R 398 Special Credit in Slavic Languages
    • One (1) of the following:
      • SLAV-R 401 Advanced Russian I
      • SLAV-N 461 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
      • SLAV-N 471 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
    • One (1) of the following:
      • SLAV-R 402 Advanced Russian II
      • SLAV-N 472 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian II
    • SLAV-R 403 Russian Phonetics
    • SLAV-R 404 Structure of Russian
    • SLAV-R 405 Readings in Russian Literature I
    • SLAV-R 406 Readings in Russian Literature II
    • SLAV-R 407 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society I
    • SLAV-R 408 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society II
    • 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. Major GPA. 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.
    2. Major Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
    3. Major Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    4. Major Residency. 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.
    5. College Breadth. At least 58 credit hours must be completed in courses from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines outside of the major area.

Major Area Courses

Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:

  • Any course at the 100-499 level with the SLAV subject area prefix--as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent
  • Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken--as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent--except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
  • Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception

The above courses cannot be applied toward the College Breadth requirement in the major.

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

  • Minor in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (SLAVEAEMIN)
  • Slavic and East European Track (Bachelor of Arts in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures) (SLSLVEETRK)
  • [Discontinued credential name unavailable] (SLAVMIN)

Exceptions to and substitutions for major requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.