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Russian

This curriculum is sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature. See also Russian and East European Studies and Russian Language and Literature.

CURRICULUM PREPARATORY TO THE TEACHING OF RUSSIAN

E-mail: slavic@uiuc.edu

Web address for most current program requirements:
http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/programs/RUSS/f_RUSS.shtml

Degree title: Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of Russian

A minimum of 123 hours of credit is required for graduation. Students are advised that additional course work may be necessary to teach middle grades six through eight and foreign languages in grades nine through twelve. Consult the certification officer in Room 130 Education Building for details.

Departmental Distinction: The requirements for graduation with distinction in the teaching of Russian are the same as for graduation with distinction in the Russian Language and Literature major.

General Education Requirements: Students must consult their program and teacher education advisers for current general education requirements.

HOURS     PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
25        Professional education courses. (See the entry for 
           curricula preparatory to teaching foreign languages 
           under the Foreign Languages heading.)
          TEACHING AREA OF CONCENTRATION: RUSSIAN COURSES IN 
           LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE:
8         RUSS 101-First-Year Russian, I 
          RUSS 102-First-Year Russian, II; or equivalent
8         RUSS 103-Second-Year Russian, I
          RUSS 104-Second-Year Russian, II; or equivalent
3         RUSS 211-Russian Conversation, I
6         RUSS 213-Russian Conversation and Composition, I, 
           and
          RUSS 214-Russian Conversation and Composition, II 
6         RUSS 313-Advanced Composition and Conversation, I
          RUSS 314-Advanced Composition and Conversation, II
6         RUSS 215-Introduction to Russian Literature, I 
          RUSS 216-Introduction to Russian Literature, II
4         RUSS 275-Developing and Implementing Communicative 
           Language Teaching, or equivalent
3         RUSS 308-Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation
3         Select one of:
          RUSS 115-Russian Masterpieces in Translation, I
          RUSS 116-Russian Masterpieces in Translation, II
          RUSS 225-Soviet and Post Soviet Russian Literature
          RUSS 315-Nineteenth-Century Literature in Translation
          RUSS 317-Twentieth-Century Literature in Translation
44        Total1
          Courses In Russian History And Civilization
3         Select one of:
          HIST 219-Survey of Russian History from Early Times 
           to the Present
          HIST 320-Russia from the Earliest Times to Peter the
           Great 
          HIST 321-Early Imperial Russia
          HIST 326-Intellectual and Cultural History of Russia
          HIST 327-Russia From Peter the Great to the Revolution
          HIST 328-History of the Soviet Union Since 1917
3         Select one of:
          RUSS 113-Russian Civilization through Literature
          RUSS 114-Soviet and Post Soviet Societies Through
           Literature 
6         Total
          Electives
3         Recommended electives include: 
          ARTHI 111-Ancient and Medieval Art
          ARTHI 112-Renaissance and Modern Art
          HIST 313-European History from 1918 to 1939
          HIST 314-European History from 1939 to the Present
          MUSIC 130-Introduction to the Art of Music
          MUSIC 131-Masterworks of Western Music
          PHIL 101-Introduction to Philosophy
          RUSS 335-Russian Drama

          RUSS 360-Studies in Russian Literature and Society
          SLAV 319-Studies in Russian and East European Cinema
          Courses in Russian and East European area studies 
           (anthropology, economics, geography, history,   
           political science, sociology, etc.)
          Advanced courses in the major or minor field.

A student in this curriculum is required to complete a teacher education minor.

Students must maintain a University and cumulative 2.5 grade point to remain in good standing.

1. The total of 44 hours may be reduced by as much as 16 hours through prerequisite credit for work equivalent to RUSS 101 through 104 taken in secondary school.

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