The University of South Florida (USF) offers a bachelor degree in Russian Foreign Language. USF was first established in 1960 with an initial student body of 2,000. Today, student enrollment is up to 47,000. The university is recognized as the top 63 university in the United States amongst public research universities. Students majoring in Russian Foreign Language must complete at least 14 credit hours in Russian language and literature courses and 18 credit hours in approved upper-level coursework. In 2010, the Department of World Languages had 37 faculty members, two of which specialized in teaching Russian. At the current time, there is no graduate degree program for Russian language.
For more than 50 years, Stetson University has offered a bachelor degree in Russian Studies. Stetson was first founded in 1883 as a private university, but is now public and enrolls 2,200 undergraduate students. The Russian Studies Department has its own facility and library, featuring Russian books, periodicals and videotapes. Students may watch live Russian television via satellite at the library's television viewing areas. The curriculum allows students to become proficient in Russian by studying 28 credit hours in language coursework and eight credit hours in Russian social sciences and humanities. One semester or summer in Moscow or St. Petersburg is also required. In 2010, the department had five full-time faculty members.
The University of Florida offers a bachelor degree in Russian Studies that allows students to become proficient in spoken and written Russian. The University of Florida consists of more than 900 buildings on a 2,000-acre campus. Students majoring in Russian Studies are required to complete 35 credit hours in Russian-related coursework; 15 credits may be transferred from another university. Examples of courses include Russian grammar, oral practice, film and focus on literary masterpieces such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Pushkin. The department sponsors a Russian Club for Russian majors and minors. In 2010, there were eight members of the faculty, including two lecturers.
The New College of Florida is based in Sarasota, and is rated as one of the top five public liberal arts colleges by "U.S. News and World Report." The college offers a Russian Language and Literature degree that allows students to study Russian history, political science and history. Students majoring in the field are required to participate in coursework at another university or a program in Russia to fulfill their degree plan. Past offered courses have included Russian Literature in the Twentieth Century, Dostoevsky: The Major Fiction, Russian Short Fiction and Survey of Nineteenth-Century Russian Prose. In 2010, the Department of Russian Language and Literature consisted of two full-time faculty members.