Advising Course Plan - Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Major
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| REES 200B2 | Empire, Culture, Power: An Introduction to Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies | 1 |
| RUSS 101 | Elementary Russian I | 1 |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| RUSS 102L | Elementary Russian II | 1 |
| Writing Enhanced course | 1 | |
| History required course (HIST 240H or HIST 241H)3 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| RUSS 201L | Second Year Russian I | 1 |
| Political Science required course (POLI 304 or POLI 338 or POLI 340)4 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement (P or Q recommended)1 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| RUSS 202L | Second Year Russian II | 1 |
| Humanities required course5 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement (V course recommended) | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Study Abroad6 | 4 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| Junior Seminar | 1 | |
| RUSS 302L or 401L7 | Intermediate Russian Conversation and Composition II (required Advanced Language course) Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition I | 1 |
| REES Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| RUSS 401L8 | Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition I | 1 |
| REES Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| REES 499 | Senior Project | 1 |
| RUSS 401L8 | Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition I | 1 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 32 | ||
| 1 | A&S students must take 5 of the 6 Knowledge of Human Cultures courses and 2 Personal and Social Responsibility courses, to include a Junior Seminar. |
| 2 | REES 200B is offered every third semester. It should be taken as soon as possible. |
| 3 | HIST 240H and HIST 241H are each offered every third semester. |
| 4 | These courses are offered in rotation. In their first two years, then, students should complete REES 200B as well as the required course in history and political science. |
| 5 | Majors must take one of the following courses: REES 311V, REES 320A, REES 340V, REES 341V, CREA 371V, ARTH 372V, CREA 372V, HIST 372V. The humanities course may be taken at any point during the four years. |
| 6 | We recommend study abroad fall or spring of junior year. Generally, this semester will fulfill the advanced language requirement as well as at least one of the REES electives. If a student elects not to study abroad, they should take language, a REES elective, and any other electives to fulfill requirements in the College. |
| 7 | The Advanced Language course may be RUSS 301L, RUSS 302L, or RUSS 401L, or fulfilled by language study abroad. |
| 8 | We recommend taking language all four years to achieve proficiency. If a student elects not to take language every semester, the course can be replaced with an elective. |