Russian Area Studies (RAS)

See Department of German and Russian  for requirements for a minor in Russian language and culture .

HONORS: An Honors Program is offered for qualified students; see program director for details.

Head of the Major: Anna Brodsky

Core Faculty

First date is the year in which the faculty member began service as regular faculty at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.

Richard H. Bidlack, Ph.D.—(1987)-2011
Professor of History
Ph.D., Indiana University

Anna Brodsky, Ph.D.—(1994)-2000
Associate Professor of Russian
Ph.D., Yale University

Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Ph.D.—(1991)-1994
William P. Ames Jr. Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences

Russian Area Studies Courses

Russian Area Studies courses are as follows:

• SOAN 260 - Conflicts in Eurasia: Globalization, New States, and Soviet Legacies
    
• HIST 220 - Imperial Russia, 1682 to 1917
    
• HIST 221 - Soviet Russia, 1917 to 1991
    
• HIST 222 - Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union and the Resurgence of Russia  
• HIST 228 - Women in Russian History  
• HIST 322 - Seminar in Russian History
    
• LIT 215 - 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
    
• LIT 263 - 19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
     
• POL 245 - European Politics and Society
    
• POL 246 - Post-Communism and New Democracies
    
• RUSS 111 - Elementary Russian I
    
• RUSS 112 - Elementary Russian II
    
• RUSS 113 - Elementary Conversation
    
• RUSS 261 - Intermediate Russian I
    
• RUSS 262 - Intermediate Russian II
    
• RUSS 301 - Advanced Russian I
    
• RUSS 302 - Advanced Russian II
    
• RUSS 313 - Advanced Conversation
    
• RUSS 315 - 19th-Century Russian Literature
    
• RUSS 316 - 20th-Century Russian Literature
    
• RUSS 363 - Supervised Study Abroad
    
• RUSS 395 - Topics in Russian Literature  
• RUSS 401 - Directed Individual Study
    
• RUSS 402 - Directed Individual Study
    
• RUSS 403 - Directed Individual Study
    
• RAS 473 - Senior Thesis
    
• RAS 493 - Honors Thesis
    
• SOAN 245 - European Politics and Society
    
• SOAN 246 - Post-Communism and New Democracies
    

The following courses may also meet major requirements when the topic is appropriate:

• ARTH 394 - Seminar in Art History  
• HIST 401 - Directed Individual Study
    
• HIST 402 - Directed Individual Study
    
• HIST 403 - Directed Individual Study
    
• POL 380 - Global Politics Seminar
    
• POL 401 - Directed Individual Study
    
• POL 402 - Directed Individual Study
    
• POL 403 - Directed Individual Study
    
• POL 406 - Directed Individual Study