The major in Russian Language and Literature will provide you with a solid foundation in the Russian language and a broad introduction to modern Russian culture, from the nineteenth century to today. The program grounds the study of literature in specific historical, social, and cultural contexts. The major fosters a broad interdisciplinary perspective and can be combined with majors or minors in history, political science, art history, economics, business, sociology, and European studies to give you a deep expertise in the region. You will be expected to achieve a degree of fluency in Russian that will enable you to enter into dialogue with Russia?past and present?as a reader and writer, and as a speaker of a language native to over 170 million people.