In the Center or in classrooms and faculty offices throughout campus, students can watch Russian television live from Moscow via satellite. Students also will find an impressive collection of books and periodicals, in Russian and English, in the duPont-Ball Library. Most important, Stetson has a distinguished faculty devoted to undergraduate instruction in its broadest sense. They construct their curriculums from designated Russian Studies courses in a variety of departments of the university. A major in Russian Studies requires 28 hours of coursework beyond the foundation language classes, RSN101,102,201,202, Beginning and Intermediate Russian.
Students elect a minimum of eight Russian-related courses from the social sciences and humanities.
They conclude the major with a carefully defined senior research project. There is no better way to learn the language and culture of Russia than to live there for several months. In order to help students achieve a high level of proficiency in the Russian language, Stetson gives them the opportunity to study with the faculty of the premier Russian university, Moscow State University. Each semester Stetson sends to Moscow up to ten students who study the language intensively at the Center for Internation Education of Moscow State. Every year Moscow sends a language instructor to Stetson so that our students can prepare for Moscow with the help of a native Russian speaker and Muscow resident.