俄语专业使学生能够理解俄罗斯的社会，文化和历史并获得俄语能力。学生逐渐熟悉了从中世纪到现在的俄国文化轮廓，包括19世纪和20世纪主要的俄罗斯艺术/文学运动及其与政治，经济和社会发展的关系。除了基本的沟通技巧外，毕业生还具备阅读非小说和俄语小说的能力，能够欣赏语言如何表达文化以及将文学作品作为艺术品来回应。该计划导致获得俄罗斯研究文学学士学位。
The Russian major equips students to understand Russian society, culture and history and gain competence in the Russian language. Students become familiar with the outlines of Russian culture from the middle ages to the present, including the major Russian artistic/literary movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their relationship with political, economic and social developments. Beyond basic communication skills, graduates develop the ability to read nonfiction and fiction in Russian, to appreciate how culture is expressed through language and to respond to literary texts as works of art. The program leads to a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Russian Studies.