Bachelor of Arts in Russian 48 months Undergraduate Program By Tufts University |Top Universities
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Program Duration

48 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Modern LanguagesMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

The Russian Language and Literature major is oriented exclusively toward the undergraduate student. Special attention is paid to speaking, reading and composition in contemporary Russian, as well as to modern and historical approaches to literature. The department provides its majors with a firm grounding in Russian to prepare them for graduate study or other professional pursuits. The major requires ten courses as follows: Russian 21 and 22. Three advanced (100-level) courses conducted in Russian. At least one of these must be in Russian literature (Russian 131, 132, or a substitute approved by the Russian program.) At least one must be a language course (e.g., 121 or 122). An advanced course in some special topic (e.g., Russian 123, 125, 191, 192) may be substituted for Russian 121 or 122 with program approval. Students coming back from a semester in Russia are required to take one 100-level course conducted in Russian. (Students going abroad in the spring of senior year must take one 100-level course in Russian before leaving.) Four courses in Russian literature (must include Russian 60 and either 61 or 62). One additional course in Russian culture (literature, art, music, film, history, political science, or religion). Students who place out of Russian 21, 22, 121 and/or 122 on the basis of the Russian language placement examination administered by the department still need to take ten courses to complete the major. Learning Objectives: Language Skills: Given the necessity of communicating in a Russian language environment, be it of a practical or professional nature, the student will be able to participate in such a discussion, articulating his or her point of view and questioning that of another competently and accurately, while understanding and displaying proper norms of language behavior and courtesy. The student will be able to contribute to a variety of topics, ranging from the personal and immediate to the more abstract and hypothetical. Given a situation that necessitates the understanding of Russian, the student will be able to competently handle a range of texts, whether of a socio-professional stratum (e.g., newspaper article) or of a more colloquial one (e.g., a film dialogue), and be able to summarize and describe the contents.

Program overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

The Russian Language and Literature major is oriented exclusively toward the undergraduate student. Special attention is paid to speaking, reading and composition in contemporary Russian, as well as to modern and historical approaches to literature. The department provides its majors with a firm grounding in Russian to prepare them for graduate study or other professional pursuits. The major requires ten courses as follows: Russian 21 and 22. Three advanced (100-level) courses conducted in Russian. At least one of these must be in Russian literature (Russian 131, 132, or a substitute approved by the Russian program.) At least one must be a language course (e.g., 121 or 122). An advanced course in some special topic (e.g., Russian 123, 125, 191, 192) may be substituted for Russian 121 or 122 with program approval. Students coming back from a semester in Russia are required to take one 100-level course conducted in Russian. (Students going abroad in the spring of senior year must take one 100-level course in Russian before leaving.) Four courses in Russian literature (must include Russian 60 and either 61 or 62). One additional course in Russian culture (literature, art, music, film, history, political science, or religion). Students who place out of Russian 21, 22, 121 and/or 122 on the basis of the Russian language placement examination administered by the department still need to take ten courses to complete the major. Learning Objectives: Language Skills: Given the necessity of communicating in a Russian language environment, be it of a practical or professional nature, the student will be able to participate in such a discussion, articulating his or her point of view and questioning that of another competently and accurately, while understanding and displaying proper norms of language behavior and courtesy. The student will be able to contribute to a variety of topics, ranging from the personal and immediate to the more abstract and hypothetical. Given a situation that necessitates the understanding of Russian, the student will be able to competently handle a range of texts, whether of a socio-professional stratum (e.g., newspaper article) or of a more colloquial one (e.g., a film dialogue), and be able to summarize and describe the contents.

Admission requirements

7+

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