The Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (REEES) minor introduces students to the culture, history and politics of Russian, East European and Eurasian countries. Students fulfilling requirements for the REEES minor must complete or test out of Russian language courses through RUSS 2020 and take a number of courses on cultural topics.

Requirements

Declaration of a minor in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (REEES) is open to any student enrolled at CU Boulder, regardless of college or school.

A REEES minor requires the completion of 20 credit hours, 9 of which must be upper-division credit hours. All courses used to fulfill requirements for the minor must receive a grade of  C- or better. The GPA for all coursework taken in the minor department must be equal to 2.00 (C) or higher. No courses applied to the minor may be taken pass/fail. Students may not apply more than 9 hours of transfer credit (including 6 upper-division credit hours) toward the minor. Transfer courses must be approved by the department.

Required Courses and Credit Hours

RUSS 2010Second-Year Russian 1 14
RUSS 2020Second-Year Russian 2 14
Culture Courses in English and Optional Russian Courses12
Choose 12 hours from the following (include at least 3 hours from culture courses on the 19th century and earlier):
Culture Courses in English (19th Century and Earlier):
Topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian Culture 2
Russian Culture and Art Under Tsars Great and Terrible
Fairy Tales of Russia
Death and the Undead in Slavic and Nordic Cultures
Madness and Gambling: Russian Short Stories of Life on the Edge 3
Women in Russian Culture: From Folklore to the Nineteenth Century
Topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian Culture 2
Arctic Thrillers: Environment, Landscape and Literature of the Far North
Russian Culture Past and Present 3
Crimes of Passion: Gender and Sexual Politics in Tolstoy's Russia
Topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian Culture 2
Russian and Soviet Queer Culture 3
American-Russian Cultural Relations 3
Dostoevsky
Tolstoy
Chekhov
Rogues to Revolutionaries: Russian Rebels, Past and Present
Seeds of Revolt: 19th-Century Russian Literature
Absurd and Supernatural in Russian Literature 3
Culture Courses in English (20th and 21st Centuries):
Astronauts and Astropolitics: Space Exploration from the Cold War to the Future of Innovation
Topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian Culture 2
Introduction to Modern Russian and Soviet Culture
Sports and the Cold War
Madness and Gambling: Russian Short Stories of Life on the Edge 3
Space, Invention, and Wonder in Fairy Tales, Literature and Film
Energy Cultures: Oil, Coal, and Atoms in Modern Literature and Film
Russia Beyond the Headlines: Media, Politics, Culture, and Environment
Space Race in Russian and American Culture
Laughter in Slavic Cultures
Red Star Trek: Russian Science Fiction Between Utopia and Dystopia
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia Today through Film and TV
Spies Like Us: Espionage in the Culture of the Cold War and Beyond
Slavic Folk Culture: Ideals and Values in the Contemporary World
Russia after Communism: Post-Soviet Politics and Culture
Topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian Culture 2
History of Russian and Soviet Cinema
Stalinism: Culture and Society
Russian and Soviet Queer Culture 3
American-Russian Cultural Relations 3
Mythological Russia and Ukraine
Women in 20th-21st Century Russian, East European and Eurasian Cultures
Rogues to Revolutionaries: Russian Rebels, Past and Present 3
20th-Century Russian Literature and Art
Contemporary Russian Literature
Critical Thinking: Russian Film and Society (taught in English)
Absurd and Supernatural in Russian Literature 3
Total Credit Hours20