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Russian - Liberal Arts and Professional Studies


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. AP/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

Group B: 20th-Century Literature and Culture

Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

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

  • AP/RU 2000 6.00;
  • AP/RU 3000 6.00;
  • 30 additional credits in courses with an AP/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.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

Russian may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. 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, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

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

  • AP/RU 2000 6.00;
  • AP/RU 3000 6.00;
  • 24 additional credits in courses with an AP/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

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

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

  • AP/RU 2000 6.00;
  • 24 additional credits in courses with an AP/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: at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.

BA: 90 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 90 credits that meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 4.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

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

  • AP/RU 2000 6.00;
  • AP/RU 3000 6.00;
  • 18 additional credits in courses with an AP/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.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major at the 3000 level or above.

Upper-level credits: at least 18 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.


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