Russian and East European Studies May be elected as an area concentration program The undergraduate curriculum in Russian and East European Studies offers broad, interdisciplinary training for students who wish to acquire extensive knowledge of a country or countries of the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe. Proficiency in a language of the region is an important component of the REES concentration. Prerequisites. Russian 231, Introduction to Russian Culture, or Slavic Survey 225, Arts and Cultures of Central Europe. Concentration Program. A minimum of 30 credits, including: REES 395, 396, or 397. REES 401 or its equivalent. Russian 301 and 302, or 303; or completion of four terms of Armenian, Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, or Ukrainian, with a grade of at least "B"; or satisfactory performance on a proficiency test in one of these languages. Cognates: A minimum of 20 credits of CREES-approved upper-level (300-400) courses distributed over four or more of the following fields: anthropology, economics, film and video studies, history, history of art, literature, music, political science, and sociology, chosen in consultation with and approved by the concentration advisor. A list of these courses is available on the CREES website at http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/crees/. Honors Concentration. Undergraduate concentrators who have maintained a 3.5 grade point average in the REES concentration and a 3.2 overall GPA may apply for admission to the Honors program. Applications for the program, which are available at the CREES office, are accepted annually in November of the applicant's junior year. In addition to the application, students must submit a current transcript and a sample paper in the discipline in which they intend to write their Honors thesis. A maximum of 15 persons will be accepted each year into the program. Those accepted are expected to meet occasionally in an informal workshop at CREES and to work individually with their thesis advisor to prepare a prospectus. Credit for this preliminary work may be obtained by enrolling in REES 402 for two credits. During their senior year, students may elect REES 403 for each term (receiving a Y grade in December), for a two term total of six credits. Completed theses, which must be submitted by a due-date in late March, will be read by at least two faculty members including the student's advisor. Grades for theses will be based on the quality of the research, analysis, and writing they display. The letter grade for Honors 403 and the levels of Honors with which the student will be graduated are: A+ Highest Honors, A High Honors, A- Honors, B+ or below No Honors. Students with questions about the program are encouraged to schedule a meeting with the CREES undergraduate advisor by calling 764-0351. Advising. Appointments are scheduled at the CREES office. Arrangements for continuing contacts are made in the first meeting with the undergraduate academic advisor. This meeting should be scheduled during the second term of the sophomore year. Courses in Russian and East European Studies Courses in Armenian Courses in Czech Courses in Polish Courses in Russian Courses in Serbo-Croatian Courses in Ukrainian University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.