Bachelor of Russian at The University of Vermont

Students of Russian at UVM pursue courses in Russian language, literature, and culture over four years of campus study. UVM's German and Russian Department boasts an outstanding teaching reputation and a dedication to scholarship, as measured by numerous publications and teaching awards.

Areas of faculty expertise include Russian phonology and lexicology; Russian news media; 19th and 20th century Russian literature; specialized courses on Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gogol, Pasternak, Bulgakov, Nabokov, and Solzhenitsyn, as well as more general 19th- and 20th-century survey courses.

*Upcoming changes to Requirements for the B.A. with Major in Russian (2021-2022 catalogue)*

• Thirty-three to thirty-five credits total, including: 27-29 credits in Russian at the intermediate level (RUSS 51/52) or higher.
• 3 credits in WLIT 118: Russian Literature in Translation.
• 3 credits in electives from the Russian and East European Studies Program.

Upon completion of the BA with major in Russian degree, students will be able to:

•  Demonstrate proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing across the three modes of communication (interpersonal, interpretative, and presentational);
•  Identify and evaluate principal works, authors, genres, and movements in Russian language, literature, and culture;
• Synthesize and showcase knowledge of Russian literary texts and other forms of cultural media in their social, historical, and political contexts through close reading, textual analysis, research;
•  Demonstrate transcultural competence and international/global perspective.