Iowa City,
IA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Russian in Iowa City United States | University of Iowa
University of Iowa
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Iowa City United States
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
30,754
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
The BA program in Russian trains students in both written and spoken Russian and in Russian literature, culture, and civilization. Russian is the 10th most widely spoken language (of 322 overall) in the United States. One in every 372 Americans over age 5 uses Russian in the home. Russian is currently the fifth most widely used language in the world, reportedly spoken by 278 million people. With 164 million native speakers, it is the largest native language in Europe. Russian is one of six official languages of the United Nations, (along with Arabic, Chinese, English, French, and Spanish), and the Cyrillic alphabet is now one of three official alphabets of the United Nations. One-fourth of the scientific literature published worldwide is published in Russian.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.0
Qualification Requirements
Students must meet the following requirements for admission: completion of academic upper secondary school (generally a total of 12-13 years of primary and secondary education); a corresponding secondary school diploma or leaving certificate; completion of minimum high school course requirements of the following: 4 years of English/language arts; 2 years in a single language of world languages; 3 years including courses in physical science, biology, chemistry, environmental science and physics of natural science; 3 years of social studies; 2 years of algebra; and 1 year of geometry.
English Language Requirements:
- An IELTS (International English Language Testing System) total score of 6.5, with no sub score lower than 6.0
- Internet-based test (iBT): 80 with no sub score lower than 17
- Revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test: no sub score lower than 17
- Paper-based test (PBT): 530
- An ACT English sub score of 21
- An SAT Reading score of 29
- A Pearson Test of English (PTE) score of 53 with no sub-scores lower than 47
Tuition
USD
30,754