Major Prerequisites
These courses do not count toward the Russian major requirements, but are prerequisites for further coursework in Russian. Prospective Russian majors (as well as students in Russian, East European and Eurasian Area Studies, and students planning on studying abroad) should complete RUSS 204-208 - Intermediate Russian, rather than RUSS 212-216. Students who have completed 212 and wish to major in Russian should enroll in RUSS 208 for their spring semester.
- Russ 104-108 - Elementary Russian I-II (or Russ 110) —10 Credits
- Russ 204 - Intermediate Russian I — 5 Credits
Total — 15 Credits
Major Courses
You must take at least 29 credit hours to obtain the Russian major, however, you may take as many additional credit hours as you wish, provided that you have fulfilled your KU Core requirements. Discuss the order in which you take the literature and linguistics courses with your advisor, but you must have at least three credit hours in each area. In general the department recommends that students take no more than one course in the SLAV 140-144-148-240 series. The department also recommends that the literature course for the major be chosen from the course offerings at the 500-level or above.
Major Requirements
- Russ 208 - Intermediate Russian II — 5 Credits
- Russ 504-508 - Advanced Russian I-II
OR
Russ 512-516 - Russian for the Professions I-II — 6 Credits - 1 course in Russian linguistics — 3 Credits
- 1 course in Russian literature at the 500-level or above — 3 Credits
- 3 additional courses in Russian literature, culture, linguistics
or advanced Russian language — 9 Credits - SLAV 495 Senior Capstone Seminar — 3 Credits
Total — 29 Credits
For more details on the Russian major (and other Slavic major) requirements, please consult the KU course catalog.
Please contact our undergraduate major advisor with any questions you may have.
