The interdisciplinary minor in Russian and Eurasian Studies offers an area-studies focus on the region extending from Central Europe, through Russia and the Caucasus, to Central and Northern Asia. The minor requires a minimum of 18 credit hours, which does not include the language prerequisite. Coursework in at least three disciplines is required for the minor. In addition to the traditional area study disciplines of Geography, History, International Studies, and Languages/Literatures/Cultures, students are encouraged to explore coursework or independent study options with faculty in the Sciences, Business, Music, Art, Journalism, and other departments and schools; if not included in the list below, appropriate courses will be approved for inclusion in the minor by the RES Director.

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Prerequisite: Two years of college-level study (or equivalent level of mastery) of Russian or one of the other languages of the region. The prerequisite may be satisfied by successful completion of RUSS 202 or a placement examination arranged with the RES Director.

A. Required Courses (6 credit hours):
1. RUSS 280 Introduction to Russian Civilization
2. One of the following:
HIST 541 The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to the Mid-19th Century
HIST 542 The History of Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
POLI 480 Politics and Government of Russia
Students whose primary focus is a country other than Russia may petition the RES Director to substitute a similar survey course on another region for one of these two required courses.

B. Elective Courses (12 credit hours):
Four courses from the following list, not duplicating the course selected for section A.2. and including at least one course from a discipline other than those used to satisfy sections A.1.-A.2.

FORL 398G Georgian Language and Culture
HIST 342 The Slavs in History
HIST 343 The Fall of the Eastern European Empires
HIST 344 Eastern Europe Since WWI
HIST 515 Byzantine History: 4th to 11th Centuries
HIST 516 Byzantine History: 11th to 15th Centuries
HIST 521 The Formation of Western Cultures, 300-1000 A.D.
HIST 541 The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to the Mid-19th Century
HIST 542 The History of Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
HIST 543 Russian and Soviet Diplomatic History
POLI 440 Russian Foreign Policy
POLI 480 Politics and Government of Russia
RUSS 319 Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature in Translation
RUSS 320 Twentieth-Century Russian Literature In Translation
RUSS 398 (Selected Topics), including Medieval Russian Culture, Contemporary Russian Fiction, and others
RUSS 598 (Selected Topics in Russian), including Russian Culture Through Language, Survey of Russian Film, Russian Literary Theory, Languages and Nationalism in the Slavic World, Stalin's Terror in Literature and Film, and others

Courses with substantial Russian or Eurasian studies content not included in this list may be approved for use in the minor by the RES Director.