World Language: Russian Major World Language: Russian Major Russian language majors follow a track of courses designed to develop their Russian language proficiency and cultural understanding. These courses will focus on language, culture, and Russian life.Offered by the Department of English & World Languages. Breadcrumb academics majors and minors foreign language russian major academics-sidebarnav MENU Academic Program Majors & Minors Annual Theme Enrichment Opportunities Internships Study Abroad Scholars Program Service Academy Exchange Program Departments Overview Program Enrichment What can I expect as a Russian major? Cadets can choose to be a Russian language major or can combine Russian and another language for a dual language major. Each of these options can be taken as an honors program. Language majors also work well as part of a double major with another department. Majors: Russian, Russian with Honors, Eurasian Foreign Area Studies, Dual Language (Russian and a second language of your choice).Minors: Eurasian Regional StudiesTo learn more about this area of study, visit the Department of English & World Languages. Required CoursesLN380 NATURE OF MODERN LANGUAGESSample ElectivesLN440R RUSSIAN IN CULTURAL CONTEXTLN451 ADV LANG & CULTURE IN CONTEXTLN487 ADV IND STUDY-FOREIGN LANGSLN491 SEM ABROAD: ADV LANG & CULT ILR371 INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE RUSSIANLR372 RUSSIAN FOR ORAL & WRIT COMMLR470 SPECIAL TOPIC IN RUSSIANLR475 RUSSIAN RDG/WRTG THRU MEDIALR476 MILITARY SPKG/RDG - RUSSIANLR483 RUSSIAN CIV ILR485 SURVEY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE ILR492 RUSSIAN LIFE IN FICTIONTo learn more, view the full Russian major curriculum. Interact with Russian at West Point! Majors have the opportunity for academic travel to Russian-speaking places such as Kazakhstan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, and Latvia. Majors also have the chance to take part in the NATO-accredited Georgian Mountain Training School in the Caucasus Mountains.Immersion OpportunitiesMilitary Immersion & Exchange: Spend a semester studying Russian in Latvia, Georgia, Moldova, or Kazakhstan.Academic Individual Advanced Development (AIAD): Travel to Latvia or Georgia to study Russian in an intensive summer language immersion program.Military Individual Advanced Development (MIAD): Take part in the NATO-accredited Georgian Mountain Training School in the Caucasus mountains.Honor Societies:Phi Sigma Iota - International Foreign Language Honor SocietyGolden Key - International Honour SocietyPhi Kappa Phi - Oldest and Largest Collegiate Honor SocietyTo learn more about enrichment for this area of study, visit the Department of English & World Languages or the Center for Languages, Cultures, and Regional Studies.