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Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027

College/School: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Plan Code: LAREECERT

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Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours
The certificate in Russian and East European studies requires 19 credit hours, of which 13 credit hours must be upper-division. A minimum of six upper-division credit hours must be completed through The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. When selecting courses, the college offering the course can be identified by viewing the course details in Class Search. Only courses completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) or better may be applied toward the certificate requirements.
BCS 101 Elementary Serbo-Croatian BCS 102 Elementary Serbo-Croatian BCS 201 Intermediate Serbo-Croatian BCS 202 Intermediate Serbo-Croatian BCS 311 Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Composition and Conversation I BCS 312 Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Composition and Conversation II PLC 101 Elementary Polish PLC 102 Elementary Polish PLC 201 Intermediate Polish PLC 202 Intermediate Polish PLC 311 Advanced Polish I PLC 312 Advanced Polish II ROM 102 Elementary Romanian Language and Culture II (HUAD) ROM 201 Intermediate Romanian Language and Culture I ROM 202 Intermediate Romanian Language and Culture II ROM 313 Romanian Composition and Conversation I ROM 314 Romanian Composition and Conversation II ROM 411 Advanced Spoken and Written Romanian I ROM 412 Advanced Spoken and Written Romanian II RUS 102 Elementary Russian II RUS 201 Intermediate Russian I RUS 202 Intermediate Russian II RUS 211 Conversational Russian I RUS 212 Conversational Russian II RUS 311 Russian Society I RUS 312 Russian Society II RUS 411 Russian Language, History and Culture I RUS 412 Russian Language, History and Culture II ROM 101 Elementary Romanian Language and Culture I (GCSI) RUS 101 Elementary Russian I (GCSI) SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Albanian I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Albanian II SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Armenian I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Armenian II SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Kazakh I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Kazakh II SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Macedonian I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Macedonian II SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Persian I (Farsi) SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Persian II (Farsi) SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Tatar I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Tatar II SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Turkish I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Turkish II SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Ukrainian I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Ukrainian II SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Uzbek I SLC 194 Topic: Elementary Uzbek II Students may complete one language course from BCS, PLC, ROM, or RUS, or they may complete the Albanian, Armenian, BCMS (Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian), Kazakh, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Uzbek courses offered by the Critical Languages Institute to fulfill the language requirement. Native speakers of a language must complete credit hours in a different language to fulfill this requirement. 3 - 5 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3 - 5
Other HST 304 topics appropriate to the certificate's regional focus may be used with the approval of the certificate advisor. Courses shown that are not used to satisfy a Required Certificate Elective may be used as an Area-Related Elective. CEL 394 Topic: Russian Political Thought from Peter I to Putin ENG 429 / SLC 429 / CEL 429 / SLC 598 Topic: What is Europe? GCU 426 Geography of Russia and Surroundings HST 304 Topic: Revolutionary Russia: Communism, War and Dissent HST 304 Topic: Topic: Totalitarianism: Hitler & Stalin. HST 304 Topic: Russia & Ukraine: Understanding the Crisis HST 304 Topic: Russia: Empire of the Tsars, 1650-1917 HST 304 Topic: Stalin to Putin HST 304 Topic: Stalinism: Society & Culture in Sov Un, 1924-1953 HST 370 Eastern Europe in Transition HST 435 Russian Empire: From Ivan the Terrible to 1917 (GCSI) HST 436 Rise & Fall of Soviet Communism POS 352 European Democracies REL 379 Religion, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflict (GCSI) RUS 322 Scandals and Scoundrels: The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel RUS 323 Russian Literature and Revolution: The Twentieth Century SGS 344 Facing the Past: Truth, Memory, Denial After Atrocities SLC 394 Topic: Russian Espionage:History & Technology of Spycraft 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6
ARC 330 World and Western Architecture for Nonmajors ARC 331 World and Western Architecture I ARC 332 World and Western Architecture II ASB 345 Culture and Society Transformation (GCSI) CEL 394 Topic: War&Culture Cntrl Europe: Empire or Lib Democracy CEL 394 Topic: Russian Political Thought from Peter I to Putin CEL 494 Topic: Putin and Russia's Dead Souls COM 691 Topic: Strategic Communication and Disinformation ENG 332 Topic: Jewish Writers & The Cold War ENG 333 Topic: American Jewish Literature during the Cold War ENG 429 / SLC 429 / CEL 429 / SLC 598 Topic: What is Europe? ENG 435 Literatures and Cultures of Immigration and Diaspora GCU 325 Geography of Europe (GCSI) GCU 426 Geography of Russia and Surroundings GSC 598 Topic: Post-Soviet Geopolitics HON 394 Topic: Amazons to Fighter Pilots:HistoryofWarSex&Gender HON 394 Topic: Archaeology of the Silk Roads HON 394 Topic: Dictatorship & the Twentieth Century HON 394 Topic: Love,Hospitality,Belonging:LivesBetweenEurope&Asia HON 394 Topic: Mummies and Marauders, Merchants and Monks HON 394 Topic: Points of Entry:Space&Place in Eurasian Borderland HON 394 Topic: The Cold War World:Conflict,Vitriol,&Globalization HST 302 Topic: War and Political Thought HST 302 Topic: WWII in Comparative Perspective HST 304 Topic: A Survey of Soviet History HST 304 Topic: Black Death:Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World HST 304 Topic: Fascism: Italy, Germany, and Beyond HST 304 Topic: Nazi Germany HST 304 Topic: Revolutionary Russia: Communism, War and Dissent HST 304 Topic: Topic: Totalitarianism: Hitler & Stalin. HST 304 Topic: Russia & Ukraine: Understanding the Crisis HST 304 Topic: Russia: Empire of the Tsars, 1650-1917 HST 304 Topic: Stalin to Putin HST 304 Topic: Stalinism: Society & Culture in Sov Un, 1924-1953 HST 304 / JST 304 Topic: Exiles, Migrants, Refugees in Jewish History HST 350 Later Middle Ages (GCSI) HST 354 Revolutionary Europe (GCSI) HST 355 Total War and the Crisis of Modernity (HUAD) HST 356 Europe since 1945 HST 359 Jewish History from 1492 to 1948 HST 369 History and Memory of the Holocaust HST 370 Eastern Europe in Transition HST 429 Modern Germany HST 430 The Ottoman Empire in the Classical Period HST 435 Russian Empire: From Ivan the Terrible to 1917 (GCSI) HST 436 Rise & Fall of Soviet Communism HST 454 / REL 454 / FOR 454 History of Genocide (GCSI) HST 460 World War II (HUAD) HST 598 / WWS 598 Topic: Eastern Front: War of Annihilation IDS 313 Topic: Identity and Conflict in Europe IGD 598 Topic: Global Capitalism and Inclusive Development JHR 501 Proseminar in Social Justice and Human Rights JHR 598 Topic: Social Inequality JUS 374 The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights LIA 194 Topic: DiscSem: The Law of Armed Conflict & War Crimes MHL 445 Music of the Silk Road (HUAD) MHL 598 Topic: Shostakovich, his life and times POS 352 European Democracies POS 394 Topic: Gender and Armed Conflict POS 394 Topic: Model UN POS 394 Topic: Violence and Politics POS 485 Political Economy (SOBE) POS 486 International Political Economy (GCSI) POS 494 / SGS 494 Topic: Democratic Erosion POS 598 Topic: Politics of Authoritarian Rule REL 301 Comparative Mysticism (HUAD) REL 365 Islamic Civilization (HUAD) REL 366 Islam in the Modern World (GCSI) REL 379 Religion, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflict (GCSI) REL 379 / SGS 343 Religion, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflict (GCSI) ROM 343 Culture and Society Transformation (GCSI) RUS 141 / HST 141 / SLC 141 Russian Civilization: From Tsars to Putin (GCSI) RUS 241 / HST 241 / SLC 241 / HON 294 Topic: Russian Pop Culture: Protest and Propaganda RUS 322 Scandals and Scoundrels: The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel RUS 323 Russian Literature and Revolution: The Twentieth Century RUS 394 Topic: Russian Grammar and Lexicology RUS 421 Pushkin RUS 423 Dostoevsky and Tolstoy (HUAD) RUS 425 Chekhov and Russian Drama (HUAD) RUS 430 Russian Short Story (HUAD) RUS 439 / SLC 439 Art in Exile: Vladímir Vladímirovich Nabokov RUS 440 Russian Mass Media SGS 344 Facing the Past: Truth, Memory, Denial After Atrocities SGS 370 Geopolitics (GCSI) SGS 394 Topic: Greece and Macedonia SGS 394 Topic: Politics of Global Justice SGS 494 Topic: International Criminal Tribunals & Global Security SLC 202 Exploring Cultures: Words, Images, Stories (HUAD) SLC 212 Language and Culture Clash (SOBE) SLV 294 Topic: Eastern European Science Fiction SLC 304 / SLV 304 Digital Humanities for Language Majors (QTRS) SLC 429 / CEL 429 Topic: Politics & Culture in European Short Fiction or SLC 598 Topic: Politics and Culture in European Short Fiction or ENG 429 Topic: Politics & Culture in European Short Fiction SLC 442 / ROM 442 Dracula and Vampire Lore (HUAD) SLC 494 Topic: Society and Culture in Modern Europe SLV 440 History of Slavic Languages (SOBE) POS 305 Politics and Film SGS 341 Humanitarian Crisis and International Intervention (HUAD) LIA 194 Topic: DiscSem: Ukraine: Stories of War & Resilience SLC 394 Topic: Russian Espionage:History & Technology of Spycraft Other HST 304 topics appropriate to the certificate's regional focus may be used with the approval of the certificate advisor. Courses shown that are not used to satisfy a Required Certificate Elective may be used as an Area-Related Elective. 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ARC 330 World and Western Architecture for Nonmajors ARC 331 World and Western Architecture I ARC 332 World and Western Architecture II ASB 345 Culture and Society Transformation (GCSI) CEL 394 Topic: War&Culture Cntrl Europe: Empire or Lib Democracy CEL 394 Topic: Russian Political Thought from Peter I to Putin CEL 494 Topic: Putin and Russia's Dead Souls COM 691 Topic: Strategic Communication and Disinformation ENG 332 Topic: Jewish Writers & The Cold War ENG 333 Topic: American Jewish Literature during the Cold War ENG 429 / SLC 429 / CEL 429 / SLC 598 Topic: What is Europe? ENG 435 Literatures and Cultures of Immigration and Diaspora GCU 325 Geography of Europe (GCSI) GCU 426 Geography of Russia and Surroundings GSC 598 Topic: Post-Soviet Geopolitics HON 394 Topic: Amazons to Fighter Pilots:HistoryofWarSex&Gender HON 394 Topic: Archaeology of the Silk Roads HON 394 Topic: Dictatorship & the Twentieth Century HON 394 Topic: Love,Hospitality,Belonging:LivesBetweenEurope&Asia HON 394 Topic: Mummies and Marauders, Merchants and Monks HON 394 Topic: Points of Entry:Space&Place in Eurasian Borderland HON 394 Topic: The Cold War World:Conflict,Vitriol,&Globalization HST 302 Topic: War and Political Thought HST 302 Topic: WWII in Comparative Perspective HST 304 Topic: A Survey of Soviet History HST 304 Topic: Black Death:Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World HST 304 Topic: Fascism: Italy, Germany, and Beyond HST 304 Topic: Nazi Germany HST 304 Topic: Revolutionary Russia: Communism, War and Dissent HST 304 Topic: Topic: Totalitarianism: Hitler & Stalin. HST 304 Topic: Russia & Ukraine: Understanding the Crisis HST 304 Topic: Russia: Empire of the Tsars, 1650-1917 HST 304 Topic: Stalin to Putin HST 304 Topic: Stalinism: Society & Culture in Sov Un, 1924-1953 HST 304 / JST 304 Topic: Exiles, Migrants, Refugees in Jewish History HST 350 Later Middle Ages (GCSI) HST 354 Revolutionary Europe (GCSI) HST 355 Total War and the Crisis of Modernity (HUAD) HST 356 Europe since 1945 HST 359 Jewish History from 1492 to 1948 HST 369 History and Memory of the Holocaust HST 370 Eastern Europe in Transition HST 429 Modern Germany HST 430 The Ottoman Empire in the Classical Period HST 435 Russian Empire: From Ivan the Terrible to 1917 (GCSI) HST 436 Rise & Fall of Soviet Communism HST 454 / REL 454 / FOR 454 History of Genocide (GCSI) HST 460 World War II (HUAD) HST 598 / WWS 598 Topic: Eastern Front: War of Annihilation IDS 313 Topic: Identity and Conflict in Europe IGD 598 Topic: Global Capitalism and Inclusive Development JHR 501 Proseminar in Social Justice and Human Rights JHR 598 Topic: Social Inequality JUS 374 The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights MHL 445 Music of the Silk Road (HUAD) MHL 598 Topic: Shostakovich, his life and times POS 352 European Democracies POS 394 Topic: Gender and Armed Conflict POS 394 Topic: Model UN POS 394 Topic: Violence and Politics POS 485 Political Economy (SOBE) POS 486 International Political Economy (GCSI) POS 494 / SGS 494 Topic: Democratic Erosion POS 598 Topic: Politics of Authoritarian Rule REL 301 Comparative Mysticism (HUAD) REL 365 Islamic Civilization (HUAD) REL 366 Islam in the Modern World (GCSI) REL 379 Religion, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflict (GCSI) REL 379 / SGS 343 Religion, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflict (GCSI) ROM 343 Culture and Society Transformation (GCSI) RUS 322 Scandals and Scoundrels: The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel RUS 323 Russian Literature and Revolution: The Twentieth Century RUS 394 Topic: Russian Grammar and Lexicology RUS 421 Pushkin RUS 423 Dostoevsky and Tolstoy (HUAD) RUS 425 Chekhov and Russian Drama (HUAD) RUS 430 Russian Short Story (HUAD) RUS 439 / SLC 439 Art in Exile: Vladímir Vladímirovich Nabokov RUS 440 Russian Mass Media SGS 344 Facing the Past: Truth, Memory, Denial After Atrocities SGS 370 Geopolitics (GCSI) SGS 394 Topic: Greece and Macedonia SGS 394 Topic: Politics of Global Justice SGS 494 Topic: International Criminal Tribunals & Global Security SLC 304 / SLV 304 Digital Humanities for Language Majors (QTRS) SLC 429 / CEL 429 Topic: Politics & Culture in European Short Fiction or SLC 598 Topic: Politics and Culture in European Short Fiction or ENG 429 Topic: Politics & Culture in European Short Fiction SLC 442 / ROM 442 Dracula and Vampire Lore (HUAD) SLC 494 Topic: Society and Culture in Modern Europe SLV 440 History of Slavic Languages (SOBE) POS 305 Politics and Film SGS 341 Humanitarian Crisis and International Intervention (HUAD) SLC 394 Topic: Russian Espionage:History & Technology of Spycraft Other HST 304 topics appropriate to the certificate's regional focus may be used with the approval of the certificate advisor. Courses shown that are not used to satisfy a Required Certificate Elective may be used as an Area-Related Elective. Arranged honors theses and upper-division colloquia with Melikian Center faculty affiliates may also be used toward this requirement. 6 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	6
LIA 485 REES Certificate Capstone In their junior or senior year, students will complete the one-credit REES Certificate Capstone. This can be in the form of a reading course offered by the Melikian Center or a project chosen in cooperation with a Melikian Center faculty affiliate. The project should represent an extended, research-based focus on some dimension of the region's languages, cultures, religions, histories, and/or politics. It may take the form of an extended research paper, honors thesis, translation project, research assistantship or internship. Other courses may be used with the approval of the certificate advisor. 1 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	1

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Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.

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