Russian - Arts

Note: Students who are exempted from Russian language courses based on their knowledge of Russian must still successfully complete the total number of credits required for their major or minor.

Note: AS/RU 1000 6.00 will not count for major or minor credit in the Russian Program.

Russian literature and culture courses which count for major or minor credit in Russian are divided into two groups:

Group A: 19th-Century Literature and Culture

AS/RU 2750 6.00, AS/RU 3720 3.00, AS/RU 3730 3.00, AS/RU 3760 3.00 or AS/RU 4760 3.00, AS/RU 3761 3.00 or AS/RU 4761 3.00, AS/RU 4550 3.00, AS/RU 4560 3.00.

Group B: 20th-Century Literature and Culture

AS/RU 3740 3.00 or AS/RU 4740 3.00, AS/RU 3750 3.00 or AS/RU 4750 3.00, AS/RU 3770 3.00 or AS/RU 4770 3.00, AS/RU 3771 3.00 or AS/RU 4771 3.00, AS/RU 3790 6.00, AS/RU 4650 3.00, AS/RU 4660 3.00.

Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 42 credits at the 2000 level or above, including the following:

• AS/RU 2000 6.00;
• AS/RU 3000 6.00;
• 30 additional credits in courses with an AS/RU course prefix, including at least six credits from each of Group A and Group B and including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Honours Double Major BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a major in earth and atmospheric science or physics and astronomy in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Programs

Russian may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Arts. Students must take at least 36 credits in Russian and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet Russian requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least six credits in Russian and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Students will take at least 36 credits at the 2000 level or above, including the following:

• AS/RU 2000 6.00;
• AS/RU 3000 6.00;
• 24 additional credits in courses with an AS/RU course prefix, including at least six credits from each of Group A and Group B and including at least six credits at the 4000 level.

Honours Major/Minor BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with a minor in biology, chemistry, or physics and astronomy in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Honours Minor BA Program

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with an Honours BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

Students will take at least 30 credits at the 2000 level or above, including the following:

• AS/RU 2000 6.00;
• 24 additional credits in courses with an AS/RU course prefix, including at least six credits from each of Group A and Group B and including at least six credits at the 4000 level.

Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that, in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours major or Specialized Honours major.

BA Program

Students will take at least 30 credits at the 2000 level or above, including the following:

• AS/RU 2000 6.00;
• AS/RU 3000 6.00;
• 18 additional credits in courses with an AS/RU course prefix, including at least six credits from each of Group A and Group B and including at least six credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.

• Rules and Regulations in the Faculty of Arts
• Courses offered in Russian