Major and Minor

The REEES major and minor are inherently interdisciplinary and pair well with a number of other majors and minors at the UO. Popular second majors and minors for our students include Comparative Literature, History, International Studies, Journalism, Linguistics, and Political Science, but the possibilities are endless. Below you’ll find the requirements for the REEES major and minor, which enable you to pursue a humanities or social science emphasis and allow for a great deal of flexibility in your selection of courses.

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Major Requirements

The major requires 36 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 36-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 (typically Russian), but students may petition to substitute one year of another Slavic language for one year of the first Slavic language. Learn more about the Russian Language Program or the Self-Study Russian Online Supplementary Guide. 

  2. Field of Concentration: 20 credits or five 4-credit, upper-division courses in one of two concentrations: Russian Language, Literature, and Culture (humanities emphasis) or Russian and East European History, Politics, and Society (social science emphasis). 16 credits must be upper-division, with at least 8 of these credits at the 400-level.
     
  3. Electives:16 credits, or four 4-credit courses, in REEES electives. At least 8 credits should be outside the field of concentration.
     
  4. Transfer Credits: 16 credits, or four 4-credit courses, taken outside of the UO may be applied to the major. No more than 8 credits may be counted toward the field of concentration.
     
  5. Departmental Honors (Optional): REEES Majors with an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher are eligible to earn honors major with the completion of an honors thesis.

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Minor Requirements

The minor in REEES requires 24 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 24-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 (typically Russian), but students may petition to substitute one year of another Slavic language for one year of the first Slavic language. Learn more about the Russian Language Program or the Self-Study Russian Online Supplementary Guide. 

  2. Field of Concentration: 12 credits, or three 4-credit courses, in one of two concentrations: Russian Language, Literature, and Culture (humanities emphasis) or Russian and East European History, Politics, and Society (social science emphasis). All of these credits must be upper-division. In addition, 4 of the 12 credits must be at the 400 level.
     
  3. Electives: 12 credits, or three 4-credit courses, in REEES electives.
     
  4. Transfer Credits: 8 credits, or two 4-credit courses, taken elsewhere can be applied to the minor. Only 4 transfer credits can be counted toward the field of concentration.