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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Sample Schedule: Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, BA (124 Semester Hours)


FIRST-YEAR

Fall

S.H

Spring

S.H

RUS 001 - Elementary Russian  

3

RUS 002 - Elementary Russian  

3

WSC 001 - Composition  

3

WSC 002 - Composition  

3

History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course  

3

Natural Science (NS) Distribution Course  

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

RUS Major Foundation Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15



SECOND-YEAR

Fall

S.H

Spring

S.H

RUS 003 - Intermediate Russian  

3

RUS 004 - Intermediate Russian  

3

RUS Major Literature Elective Course

3

Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Course

3

Math (MA) Distribution Course  

3

Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Distribution Course  

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

 

 

Liberal Arts Elective Course

2

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15


 

THIRD-YEAR 
Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.**

Click here for more information on Study Abroad Options.

Fall

S.H

Spring

S.H

Students must select one of the following: RUS 101 RUS 102 RUS 103 RUS 104 RUS 105 , or RUS 106  

3

Students must select one of the following: RUS 101 RUS 102 RUS 103 RUS 104 RUS 105 , or RUS 106  

3

RUS Major Literature Elective Course

3

RUS Major Literature Elective Course

3

Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) Distribution Course  or Writing Intensive (WI) Course

3

Students must select one of the following: Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course  

3

Cross-Cultural (CC) Distribution Course  

3

Students must select one of the following: Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Course  

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

2

 

 

Total Semester Hours

17

Total Semester Hours

15


 

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall

S.H

Spring

S.H

Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course  or Writing Intensive (WI) Course

3

Students must select one of the following: RUS 100 CLL 196 CLL 197 , or CLL 198  

3

Students must select one of the following: RUS 151 RUS 152 RUS 153 , or RUS 154  

3

Liberal Arts elective Course

3

Students must select one of the following: Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Course  

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15

Program Total

124

 

Updated April 2023

Notes

***The grid above assumes no prior study of the Russian language. If you enter Hofstra with prior study of the Russian language, your grid may look different once your Russian proficiency has been assessed.

***The Russian and Post-Soviet Studies BA requires successful completion of two Writing Intensive (WI) courses and one Quantitative Reasoning (QR) course. The grid above indicates one way to configure these requirements. 

 

Courses in the RUS 101-106 sequence may be taken in any order, or concurrently, and will be geared towards individualized instruction.

Courses in the RUS 151-154 sequence may be taken in any order.

 

* Russian majors are not required to take Summer or January courses (for which there is no financial aid). You can readily complete your degree in four years if you begin studying languages your first year or have advanced placement in one or more language areas.  However, we encourage students in Russian to study in Russia if that is an option for them.

** We encourage Russian majors to add a double major or minor in another area.  

***We encourage students to study abroad when possible.  In addition to going on study abroad for either semester in their third year, students can go for the entire academic year in their third year, for a semester in their second or fourth years, or for a short-term program in the summer or during the January break.  For Russian majors, study abroad is especially helpful in obtaining both fluency in the language and a high degree of cultural competence.