Undergraduate programs

The Department of World Languages and Literatures offers undergraduate major programs in French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish (please note, applications are not currently being accepted for the undergraduate major programs in Arabic or Chinese); minor programs in the above languages and in American Sign Language, Arabic, Italian, Modern Hebrew, Persian, and Classical Studies; and instruction in the above languages, as well as in Chinese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Vietnamese. Other languages may be offered from time to time.

Degree Maps and Learning Outcomes

Admission requirements

World Language B.A.

World Language Minor

Classical Studies Minor

Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies

Intercultural Competence for the Workplace

World Language Pedagogy Certificate

Certificate of Advanced Proficiency in Russian (CAPR)

Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (TJFL) Certificate

Foreign Language Secondary Education Program

Advanced Proficiency in Russian Certificate (CAPR)

The Certificate of Advanced Proficiency in Russian (CAPR) is designed to permit students majoring in any subject to achieve Superior (professional) proficiency in Russian. Candidates may enroll in the program as undergraduate or as post-baccalaureate students.

Admission requirements

Students who wish to complete the Certificate program must first be admitted to the Russian Flagship Program (RFP). Sponsored by The Language Flagship, RFP offers both Introductory and Advanced tracks. See www.pdx.edu/russian-flagship/ for details.

Course requirements

Students in the program take five advanced Russian classes, three content classes conducted in Russian, and six Russian across the curriculum classes attached to the students’ general education requirements and individual majors. Students complete their Senior Capstone in Russian.

Courses

Advanced Russian Language Classes (5 classes):

Rus 325Russian Phonetics and Phonology

4

Rus 411Advanced Russian

4

Rus 412Advanced Russian

4

Rus 413Advanced Russian

4

Rus 414Advanced Russian Grammar

4

Total Credit Hours:20

Content Classes (3 classes) chosen from:

Rus 420Topics in Russian History

4

Rus 421Topics in Contemporary Russian Culture

4

Rus 427Topics in Russian Literature of the 19th Century

4

Rus 433Topics in Russian Literature of the 20th Century

4

Total Credit Hours:12

Russian Across the Curriculum:

Rus 444Flagship Studies: Globalization Term 1

2

Rus 445Flagship Studies: Globalization Term 2

2

Rus 446Flagship Studies: Globalization Term 3

2

Rus 457Flagship Studies: Russian in the Major Term 1

2

Rus 458Flagship Studies: Russian in the Major Term 2

2

Rus 459Flagship Studies: Russian in the Major Term 3

2

UnSt 421Capstone

6

Total Credit Hours:18

Total Credit Hours: 50

  • All courses used to satisfy CAPR certificate requirements must be graded C or higher.