Russian (RUS)

Placement. RUS 101 and RUS 111 are open only to students who have no prior high-school or college study of Russian or who have fewer than two high-school units of Russian. Students with fewer than two high-school units of Russian who wish to continue the study of Russian are not required to take the placement examination; they will be placed in RUS 101. RUS 102 is open only to students who have completed RUS 101 with a grade of "C" or better and to students with two or more high-school units of Russian who have been placed in RUS 102. Students with two or more high-school units of Russian must take the placement examination and will be placed in RUS 102 or a higher course based on their placement examination scores.

Successful completion of RUS 101 and RUS 102, RUS 102, or RUS 111 fulfills the foreign language requirement of the University Core Curriculum. Students with two high-school units of Russian who take the Russian Placement Examination and score at a level for placement in RUS 201 or a higher-level course fulfill the FL requirement of the core curriculum upon successful completion of the course into which they are placed; they may qualify for college credit equivalent to lower-level Russian courses (see "College Credit Options" below).

College credit options. Students placed in RUS 201 on the basis of high-school study and placement examination scores who earn a minimum grade of "C" will upon written petition be granted credit for RUS 102 (4 hours, grade of "Pass"). Students placed in RUS 202 on the basis of high-school study and placement examination scores who earn a minimum grade of "C" will upon written petition be granted credit for RUS 102 (4 hours, grade of "Pass") and RUS 201 (3 hours, grade of "Pass"). Students similarly placed in a 300- or 400-level Russian course who earn a minimum grade of "C" will upon written petition be granted credit for RUS 102 (4 hours, grade of "Pass"), RUS 201 (3 hours, grade of "Pass"), and RUS 202 (3 hours, grade of "Pass").

Requirements for the major in Russian. The major in Russian requires a minimum of 33-35 hours in one of three tracks, as follows:

• Language and literature track: RUS 101, RUS 102, RUS 201 and RUS 202 (or RUS 111 and RUS 112), RUS 223, RUS 224, either RUS 251 or RUS 252, RUS 309 and RUS 310 (or RUS 361 and RUS 362), and 6 hours of the upper level, including 3 on the 400 level, chosen from RUS 309, RUS 310, RUS 327, RUS 361, RUS 362, RUS 401, RUS 402, RUS 425, RUS 433, RUS 434, RUS 435, and RUS 440.
• Area studies track: RUS 101, RUS 102, RUS 201 and RUS 202 (or RUS 111 and RUS 112), RUS 251, RUS 252, either RUS 309 or RUS 361, RUS 351 and RUS 352, and 6 hours chosen from EC 453, GY 349, PSC 333, PSC 342, PSC 433, or other approved electives.
• Business track: RUS 101, RUS 102, RUS 201 and RUS 202 (or RUS 111 and RUS 112), either RUS 223 or RUS 224, RUS 251, RUS 252, RUS 309 and RUS 310 (or RUS 361 and RUS 362), RUS 327, and 3 hours at the 400 level chosen from RUS 401, RUS 402, RUS 425, RUS 433, RUS 434, RUS 435, and RUS 440. Students are encouraged to minor in a business field.

All students in any of the three tracks are strongly encouraged to participate in a study abroad program. In each of the tracks, a minimum of 12 hours at the 300 or 400 level must be earned on this campus.

Effective fall semester 1998, students may major in Russian (College of Arts and Sciences) and international business (Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration). Requirements for the double major are multiple and vary slightly from the standard major. Interested students are encouraged to see their advisers, either in A&S or in C&BA, at the beginning of their college careers.

Requirements for the minor in Russian. The minor in Russian requires 20-21 hours in one of the following sequences:

• RUS 101, RUS 102, RUS 201, RUS 202, and RUS 309 and RUS 310 or RUS 361 and RUS 362. A minimum of 6 hours at the 300 level must be earned on this campus.
• RUS 111, RUS 112, RUS 309, RUS 310, and RUS 361, or, alternately, RUS 111, RUS 112, RUS 309, RUS 361, and RUS 362. A minimum of 6 hours at the 300 level must be earned on this campus.

A Suggested Sequence of Courses for the Russian Major
FRESHMAN YEAR
First Semester			Second Semester
Course	Hours		Course	Hours
RUS 101	4		RUS 102	4
EN 101	3		EN 102	3
MATH3	3-4		Fine arts1	3
History1 (HY 101 recommended)	3		History or social and behavioral sciences1 (HY 102 recommended)	3
Natural science	4		Natural science	4
	------			------
	17-18			17
SOPHOMORE YEAR
First Semester			Second Semester
Course	Hours		Course	Hours
RUS 201	3		RUS 202	3
EN 225	3		EN 226 or EN 227	3
Social and behavioral sciences1	3		GY 349	3
Minor	3		Social and behavioral sciences1	3
Humanities1	3		Minor	3
	------			------
	15			15
JUNIOR YEAR2
First Semester			Second Semester
Course	Hours		Course	Hours
RUS 223	3		RUS 224	3
RUS 251 or RUS 252	3		RUS 310 or RUS 362	3
RUS 309 or RUS 361	3		HY 362	3
HY 361	3		Minor	3
Minor	3		Electives	6-9
Elective	3
	------			------
	18			18-21
SENIOR YEAR2
First Semester			Second Semester
Course	Hours		Course	Hours
Russian elective, 300 or 400 level	3		RUS 251 or RUS 252	3
Minor	6		Russian elective, 400 level	3
Electives	6		Minor	3
			Electives	6
	------			------
	15			15
Total: At least 128

¹A maximum of 6 hours in any one department may be applied to the humanities, literature, and fine arts (HU, L, FA) and history and social and behavioral sciences (HI, SB) requirements.

²Six hours in courses designated W must be included in the junior or senior year. A minimum of 33 hours in 300- and 400-level courses must be completed, including 12 hours in the major and 6 hours in the minor.

³MATH course number is determined by placement. MATH 110 or higher is required.