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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Global Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Russia
Sample Plan: Russia
Total Credits: 118.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
GLOS 3144 - Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies : 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
HIST 3637 - Modern Russia: From Peter the Great to the Present : 3.0 cr
Thematic Breadth Course 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Experiential Learning (study abroad, internship, or service learning)
Many students who study abroad for 1 semester also fulfill Regional and Thematic requirements abroad
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
HIST 3265 - 20th-Century Russia: The Collapse of Imperial Russia, the Revolutions, and the Soviet Regime : 3.0 cr
POL 4887 - Thinking Strategically in International Politics : 3.0 cr : MATH
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
RUSS 3512 - Russian Art and Culture : 3.0 cr : AH, GP
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
Thematic Elective Course 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
RUSS 5404 - Tolstoy in Translation : 3.0 cr : LITR, GP
GLOS 3981W - Capstone Seminar : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr