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Undergraduate Catalog 09-10
College of Arts and Sciences
http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/
Revised May 2009
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Russian Studies Program
114 Main Hall
610-436-2585
Frederick Patton, Coordinator
This program is offered jointly by the faculty of arts and sciences and the faculty of professional studies.
Any student in the University, regardless of his or her area of specialization, may earn a minor specialization in Russian studies after satisfactory completion of 18 semester hours of work, distributed as follows:
Minor in Russian Studies (18 semester hours)
Required: Either A or B
A. 1. Russian language (6 semester hours)
(intermediate level or above)
2. Russian history and/or politics (6 semester hours)
OR
B. 1. Russian history and/or politics (6 semester hours)
2. Russian civilization, culture and/or politics (6 semester hours)
To fulfill requirements for the Russian studies minor, students may choose from the following courses: CLS 363, 364; ERU 209; GEO 304; HIS 324, 425; PSC 246, 311, 349; and RUS 201-412, 310.
C. Electives (6 semester hours)
Selected under advisement from Russian-oriented courses offered by the departments of Anthropology and Sociology, Art, English, Political Science, or other departments of WCU.
For advising, see Professor Patton in the Department of Languages and Cultures.
A student should maintain a 3.0 average in area-studies courses to be recommended for graduate work in the area-studies concentration.