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Major requirements

The major requires 40 graded credits; courses must be passed with a grade of C- or better. Credits used to fulfill the language requirement may not be applied to the 40-credit requirement.
  1. Language. Three years of college study or equivalent competency in languages of the region. The language requirement is ordinarily fulfilled through three years of one Slavic language (ordinarily Russian), but students may petition to substitute one year of another Slavic language for one year of the first Slavic language.
  2. Field of concentration. Four 4-credit upper-division courses in one of the concentrations described under General Requirements, of which two must be at the 400 level.
  3. Research. A research paper written in conjunction with one of the upper-division courses or as a separate reading and conference course in the field of concentration. This should represent your best work in college, and it should be submitted when you apply to graduate.
  4. Electives. 24 credits of course work, of which at least 12 (typically three 4-credit courses) must be upper-division. Up to eight of these credits may be in the concentration area, but may not be used to satisfy both the concentration requirement and the elective requirement. Electives must include courses in at least two fields outside the concentration.
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