Requirements

Note that the UGA Bulletin is the official source for all degree requirements. In case of any discrepancies between the information here and the Bulletin, the Bulletin takes precedence.

VI. COURSES RELATED TO THE MAJOR (18 HOURS)

All RUSS Majors must take:

• LING 2100 - The Study of Language (3 credits)

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

• RUSS 2001 - Intermediate Russian I  (4 credits)
• RUSS 2011- Intensive Intermediate Russian I  (4 credits)

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

• RUSS 2002 - Intermediate Russian II  (4 credits)
• RUSS 2012 - Intensive Intermediate Russian II (4 credits)

(The RUSS 2001 and 2002 requirements will be waived for students who place at a higher level.)

Choose 7 credit hour(s) from the following:

• *1000/2000 level courses in a second Foreign Language (https://bulletin.uga.edu/Bulletin_Files/ForeignLanguage.html)

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.

REQUIRED COURSES (24 HOURS)

Choose the Russian and Slavic Studies Track or the Intensive Russian Language Track.

RUSSIAN AND SLAVIC STUDIES TRACK (24 HOURS)

• RUSS 3011 - Intensive Russian Conversation and Composition I  (3 credits)
• RUSS 3012 - Intensive Russian Conversation and Composition II  (3 credits)

Choose 18 credit hour(s) from the following:

Select RUSS or SLAV courses taught either in Russian or English. These eighteen hours may include no more than one 2000-level course and one directed study course: RUSS 3990, RUSS 4960R, RUSS 4970R, RUSS 4990R. Students can also choose from the following courses in Slavic topics taught by other departments: HIST 3412, ARHI 3032, LING 4905.

INTENSIVE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TRACK (24 HOURS)

• RUSS 3011 - Intensive Russian Conversation and Composition I  (3 credits)
• RUSS 3012 - Intensive Russian Conversation and Composition II  (3 credits)

Choose 15 credit hour(s) from the following:

RUSS, LING, or SLAV courses at the 3000/4000 level taught in Russian. These fifteen hours may include no more than one directed study course: RUSS 3990, RUSS 4960R, RUSS 4970R, RUSS 4990R.

Choose 3 credit hour(s) from the following:

Select three hours of RUSS or SLAV courses taught in English.

• RUSS 2050 - 20th-Century Russian Culture: The Soviet Experiment and its Aftermath  (3 credits)
• RUSS 3150 - The Russian Fairy Tales  (3 credits)
• RUSS 3300 - Introduction to Russian Cinema (3 credits)
• RUSS 3400 - The Stuff of the Soul: Dostoevsky’s Prose and its Aesthetic and Ethical Influence (3 credits)
• RUSS 3500 - The Russian Novel: Masterpieces of Russian Literature in the Age of Realism (3 credits)
• RUSS 3550 - Contemporary Issues in Russian Society and Culture (3 credits)
• RUSS 3560 - Armenia, Georgia, Russia: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 credits)
• RUSS 3600 - Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Cinema (3 credits)
• RUSS 4030 - Ukraine and Russia: Conflicts in Representation (3 credits)
• RUSS 4040 - Tolstoy on Page and Screen (3 credits)
• RUSS 4080 - Nabokov (3 credits)
• RUSS 4090 - Russia through the Eyes of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (3 credits)
• RUSS 4280 - Chekhov (3 credits)
• SLAV 2100 - Slavic Folklore (3 credits)
• SLAV 3100H - The Balkans: Culture, Conflict, and the Construction of Identity (Honors) (3 credits)
• SLAV 3200 - Literature and Moral Life: The Ethics of Fiction and Non-Fiction in East European Literature (3 credits)
• SLAV 3400 - Kind of Human: Animals, Children, and Robots in Russian and East European Literature and Art (3 credits)
• SLAV 4510 - Special Topics (3 credits)
• SLAV 4960R - Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (1-6 credits)
• SLAV 4970R - Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II (1-6 credits)
• SLAV 4980R - Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III (1-6 credits)
• SLAV 4990R - Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) (1-6 credits)

GENERAL ELECTIVES (36 HOURS)

Choose 15 to 18 credit hours from the following:

Upper-division electives

Choose 18 to 21 credit hours from the following:

Any level electives

Note: The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies does not allow course challenges for any of its courses (GRMN, RUSS, SCAN, SLAV prefix courses).

Total Major Hours

120 Hours

(This does not include the 1-hour P.E. requirement)

Non-Course Requirements

Students must earn a minimum grade of C in each course to receive credit toward the major. 

All upper-division courses fulfilling the major requirements must be taken in residence with the exception of a maximum possible 9 hours of transfer credit. Upper-division transfer credit from a non-UGA study abroad program may be applied to the major, subject to approval by the department, and provided that credit for RUSS 2002 (or an equivalent course) was earned before participation in the program.

Entrance Requirements

RUSS 2002 is the prerequisite for upper-division courses.

For more information, please contact Cecilia Reynolds (706.540.1412).

For questions about course placement, please contact Prof. Sasha Spektor (706.542.3663).