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Soviet and East European Studies Major
The Soviet and East European Studies program provides students with a strong understanding of the politics, history, geography and languages of the countries of the former Soviet Union (including the Baltic, Caucasus and Central Asian states) and Eastern Europe. The major introduces the student to the region's domestic politics, its foreign policy, and to the history that shaped its political, economic and social structures. Attention is also paid to geography, environment and the region's cultures. Students in the program are required to learn a language from the region. The major will help prepare the student for work in NGOs and government agencies and for graduate studies in the field.
Course requirements for Soviet and East European Studies major:
| Prerequisites | |||
| ECON | 22060 | Principles of Microeconomics (3) | |
| 22061 | Principles of Macroeconomics (3) | ||
| GEOG | 10160 | Introduction to Geography (3) | |
| RUSS | 12201 | Elementary Russian I (4) | |
| 12211 | Elementary Russian I Recitation (1) | ||
| 12202 | Elementary Russian II (4) | ||
| 12212 | Elementary Russian II Recitation (1) | ||
| Choose one of the following groups: | |||
| RUSS | 22201 | Intermediate Russian I (4) | |
| 22211 | Intermediate Russian I Recitation (1) | ||
| 22202 | Intermediate Russian II (4) | ||
| 22212 | Intermediate Russian II Recitation (1) | ||
| or | |||
| East European language courses (14) | |||
| Core Requirements | |||
| AS | 40197 | Russian Area Studies Colloquium | 3 |
| GEOG | 37050 | Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth States | 3 |
| HIST | 45597 | Colloquium in Russian History | 3 |
| Choose from the following: | 3 | ||
| HIST | 41044 | Imperial Russian, 1689-1917 (3) | |
| 41049 | Balkans: 18th Century to 1914 (3) | ||
| Choose from the following: | 3 | ||
| HIST | 41045 | Modern Russia, 1917- Present (3) | |
| 41050 | Balkans: 1914 to Present (3) | ||
| Choose from the following: | 3 | ||
| HIST | 31050 | History and Society of Modern Greece (3) | |
| RUSS | 32421 | Russian Civilization (3) | |
| The following courses, as they can be fit into a student's program, would also be valuable as supportive elective selections: |
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| HIST | 11050 | History of Civilization I (3) | |
| 11051 | History of Civilization II (3) | ||
| POL | 10004 | Comparative Politics (3) | |
| RUSS | 32303 | Modern Writers (3) | |
| 32325 | Russian Poetry and Folklore (3) | ||
| 32350 | Russian Prose (3) | ||
| 32354 | Russian Drama (3) | ||