Russian Minor

Required Courses (16 Credits)

• RUS 130 - Intermediate Russian I (4 Cr.)
• RUS 248 - Advanced Russian Grammar for Fluency (4 Cr.)
• One course from the Literary Survey Rotating Topics List (see courses under “Rotating Topics” below)
• One course from the Area Studies Rotating Topics List (see courses under “Rotating Topics” below)

2 Elective Courses (8 Credits)

• HIS 220 - Imperial Russia From Peter the Great to the Revolution (4 Cr.)
• HIS 222 - Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20th Century and Beyond (4 Cr.)
• HIS 223 - Russian and Slavic History From Earliest Times to Peter the Great (4 Cr.)
• HIS 253 - History of the Cold War (4 Cr.)
• HIS 289 - Special Topics: Empires of Difference
• One course from the Area Studies Rotating Topics List (see courses under “Rotating Topics” below)
• One 300-level course from Seminar I Rotating Topics List (see courses under “Rotating Topics” below)(May be taken more than once)
• One 300-level course from Seminar II Rotating Topics List (see courses under “Rotating Topics” below)(May be taken more than once)
• HIS 320 - Special Topics (4 Cr.)
• HIS 342 - Stalinism in the USSR (4 Cr.)
• RUS 231 - Speak Russian! (2 Cr.)
• RUS 260 - The Russian Press (4 Cr.)
• RUS 312 - Chekhov and the Short Story (4 Cr.)
• RUS 335 - Technical Translation (4 Cr.)

Rotating Topics Schedule (all courses offered as RUS or WL course codes)

Literary Survey Rotating Topics courses:

• RUS 252 / WL 252 - Voices of Dissent and Social Change (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 254 / WL 254 - Madmen and Wily Heroines (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 255 / WL 255 - Serfdom and the Silver Spoon (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 256 / WL 256 - Laughter Through Tears (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 257 / WL 257 - Superfluous People (4 Cr.)  

Seminar I Pre-1917 Rotating Topics (4-year cycle) courses:

• RUS 261 /RUS 361 /WL 261 / WL 361 - 18th-19th Century Satire (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 262 /RUS 362 /WL 262 / WL 362 - The Works of Alexander Pushkin (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 263 /RUS 363 /WL 263 / WL 363 - The Works of Lev Tolstoy (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 264 /RUS 364 /WL 264 / WL 364 - Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 265 /RUS 365 /WL 265 / WL 365 - Nineteenth Century Short Prose (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 266 /RUS 366 /WL 266 / WL 366 - To the Manor Born (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 267 /RUS 367 /WL 267 / WL 367 - The Golden Age of Russian Literature (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 268 /RUS 368 /WL 268 / WL 368 - The Poetry of Romanticism (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 270 /RUS 370 /WL 270 / WL 370 - Tales of St. Petersburg (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 273 /RUS 373 /WL 273 / WL 373 - Folklore in Russian Literature (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 274 /RUS 374 /WL 274 / WL 374 - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 275 /RUS 375 /WL 275 / WL 375 - Saints and Sinners (4 Cr.)  

Seminar II Post-1917 Rotating Topics (4-year cycle) courses:

• RUS 280 /RUS 380 /WL 280 / WL 380 - Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 281 /RUS 381 /WL 281 / WL 381 - Twentieth Century Satire (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 282 /RUS 382 /WL 282 / WL 382 - Poets of the Silver Age (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 283 /RUS 383 /WL 283 / WL 383 - Great Works of the Silver Age (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 284 /RUS 384 /WL 284 / WL 384 - Twentieth Century Poetry (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 285 /RUS 385 /WL 285 / WL 385 - Russian Cinema (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 286 /RUS 386 /WL 286 / WL 386 - Masterpieces of Twentieth Century Literature (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 287 /RUS 387 /WL 287 / WL 387 - Revolution and Purge (4 Cr.)  
• RUS 288 /RUS 388 /WL 288 / WL 388 - Nobel Laureates in Russian Literature (4 Cr.)  

Area Studies Rotating Topics (Alternating years cycle) courses:

• RUS 253 /RUS 353 /WL 253 / WL 353 - Soul of Russia (4 Cr.) 
• RUS 269 /RUS 369 /WL 269 / WL 369 - Russian Fairytale: A Critical Analysis (4 Cr.) 
• RUS 271 /RUS 371 /WL 271 / WL 371 - Out of the Shadows: Women in Russia (4 Cr.)