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IAS Major | East Asian Studies | European Studies | International Studies | Latin American Studies | Russian Studies Minor
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Russian Studies Minor Minor | Major Options | Language Requirement | Program Faculty | Additional Information Students interested in the Russian language and the cultures and social and political histories of Russia and other nations of the former Soviet Union can choose from a wide array of courses in several departments and pursue majors or minors consistent with their particular study interests. The College offers a full four years of language courses and opportunities to acquire further mastery with study abroad; surveys of Russian literature and history from medieval times to the present; courses that research specific periods or topics in depth, often from interdisciplinary perspectives; internships and in-country study of the processes of democratization and building civil society in a newly independent state of the former Soviet Union. |
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| For a minor in Russian Studies/International and Area Studies, you are required to complete 15 graded credits plus 4 semesters of Russian language (or its equivalent - see the Language Requirement below). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Students wishing to pursue an interdisciplinary or "area studies" approach have major options through International and Area Studies (IAS). Both the International Studies major and the European Studies major in IAS can be pursued with a focus on Russian or Eurasian studies—which concentration you choose depends on your particular interests. These majors allow broad flexibility and can be fashioned to provide in-depth study in your interdisciplinary areas of interest. Four semesters of language study are required. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| All majors and minors must satisfy a foreign language requirement. You may satisfy this with the successful completion of the first four semesters of language instruction in a language program of choice (other than English) or the equivalent. Entering students wishing to prove equivalency must take the Washington University Placement Test for the language in question or score a 5 on the AP test. Students claiming the status of native speakers may be exempted from the placement test by the undergraduate director or by the section coordinator of the language program in question. We encourage students interested in IAS who have achieved a high level of language competency before entering Washington University to continue their language study, either in the same language or in an additional language. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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