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The Russian program at Bryn Mawr is multi-disciplinary, designed to provide students with a broadly based understanding of Russian literature, thought, and culture. The department places a strong emphasis on the development of functional proficiency in the Russian language, offering intensive beginning, intermediate, and advanced language courses for students wishing to major in Russian. Language study is combined with a specific area of concentration selected from the fields of Russian literature, history, economics, language/linguistics, or area studies. A total of ten courses are required to complete the major: two in Russian language at the 200 level or above; four in the area of concentration, two at the 200 level and two at the 300 level or above (for the concentration in area studies, the four courses must be in four different fields); three in Russian fields outside the area of concentration; and either Russian 398, Senior Essay, or Russian 399, Senior Conference.
In addition, all Russian majors take senior comprehensive examinations which cover the area of concentration and Russian language competence. The exams are administered in late April. All Russian majors are considered for departmental honors at the end of their senior year. The awarding of honors is based on a student’s overall academic record and all work done in the major.
All students interested in Russian are encouraged to pursue advanced language study in Russia on summer, semester, or year-long academic programs. The department has recently developed a course for students who have studied abroad entitled Russian for Pre-professionals as a capstone to the overall language course sequence. This course is designed to develop linguistic and cultural proficiency in Russian to the "advanced level", preparing students to carry out sophisticated academic study or research in Russian in a professional field. All students may also take advantage of intensive immersion language courses offered during the summer by the Bryn Mawr Russian Language Institute. During the academic year, students have the opportunity to live in the Russian area of Haffner Language Halls. They also have the option to participate in weekly Russian tables, a brown-bag lunch gathering with faculty, and various Russian Club activities.
Students wishing to minor in Russian must complete six units at the 100 level or above, two of which must be in Russian language.
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