Russian Area Studies Concentration

Director: Dr. Catherine Warrick
Office: 264 St. Augustine Center
Tel. 610/519-4735
Website: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/russianarea/

The Russian Area Studies Concentration is open to all students enrolled in the University. The purpose of the concentration is to provide students with a multi-disciplinary comprehension of an exciting, important, and complex part of the world.

CONCENTRATION: Two semesters of Russian at the intermediate level, or demonstrated proficiency at an equivalent level, plus fifteen credit hours selected from among the following: HIS 3240; HIS 3241, 3242; PSC 4401, 5351; RUS 1131, 1132, 3412, 3717, 3718, 3810, 3818, 3819; SAR 4007; THL 5510; and appropriate special topics courses in Economics as approved by the director. In addition, students are required to take RAS 6000, a multi-disciplinary intensive investigation of a topic in Russian studies, generally taken in the senior year.

Students are encouraged to study in Russia for a summer or semester, either at Nizhny Novgorod State University in central Russia or at Higher School of Economics in Moscow (both have an exchange agreement with Villanova), or at another approved Russian university. Contact the Russian Area Studies Office or the International Studies Office for further details on available programs and transfer of credits.

See the website address above for more information.