Master's requirements – 36 cr.
- Russian 410. Methods of Russian Language Instruction (2 cr.)
- Russian 415. Structure of Contemporary Russian (3)
- Russian 477. Russian ideology (3)
- Russian 485. Poetics and Rhetoric (3)
- Russian 551. Old Russian Literature (3)
- Russian 552. 18th-century Russian Lit. (3)
- Slavic 573. Old Church Slavic (3)
- Two courses in 19th-century Russian lit. (400-level or above) (6)
- Two courses in 20th-century Russian lit., (400-level or above) (6)
- One seminar in the Department (3)
- Russian 510. Russian Pedagogy Workshop (1)
Candidacy Requirements
- Qualifying exams
- One course in the second Slavic literature related to the period of the student's dissertation
- One seminar in the Department
- Two cognate courses numbered 400 or above
- Four semesters' knowledge of another Slavic language, and reading knowledge of French, German, Italian, Greek or Latin
- Work on research (registered under Russian 990) culminating in a successful prospectus defense
Ph.D. Requirements
- Successful dissertation defense
- If necessary, completion of post-defense dissertation corrections
In addition, we require that our students produce at least three research papers during the course of their Master's and Ph.D. study.
