Minor in Russian Studies
A minor in Russian Studies was approved in the Fall of 2009; this is a joint program involving primariloy the Departments of Modern Languages and History.
Requirements
The Minor in Russian Studies consists of 32 hours of course work divided between 200-level language courses (12 credits) and 300 and 400-level courses in Russian culture, literature, history, and politics (20 credits).
Language Courses - 12 credits
- RUS 201 Intermediate Russian I (4 c.h.)
- RUS 202 Intermediate Russian II (4 c.h.)
- RUS 203 Intermediate Russian III (4 c.h.)
Area Studies Courses (select 5) - 20 credits
- ML 305 Russian Culture or ML 313 Russian Literature in Translation (4 c.h.)
- HST 415 Imperial Russia (WI, 4 c.h.)
- HST 425 History of the Soviet Union (WI, 4 c.h.)
- HST 485 United States Foreign Relations from 1914 (WI, 4 c.h.)
- PLS 453 Soviet Successor States (WI, 4 c.h.)
Admission
Students wishing to be admitted to the Minor in Russian Studies must:
- a. have been admitted to a major subject within CoLA or another WSU college, such as College of Business;
- b. have completed their first three quarters at Wright State University (i.e., have received at least 36 credits), with a GPA of 2.5 or better;
- c. have completed ENG 101 (Academic Writing and Reading) and ENG 102 (Writing in Academic Discourse);
- d. have completed RUS 101 and RUS 102 with the grade of C or better;
- e. have completed specific requirements or prerequisites attached to each minor course in particular.