Graduate
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UCLA offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Admission
In addition to the University minimum requirements, the department requires an undergraduate major in the field or three years of Russian language and a sufficient number of Russian history, literature, and linguistics courses to document a foundation for graduate study. For application to the Ph.D. program, the department requires a UCLA M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures or its equivalent. If you do not hold a UCLA M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures, you are required to make up deficiencies as stipulated by the graduate adviser and take the M.A. examination as a screening examination within your first year.
All applicants must provide three letters of recommendation from persons capable of judging their academic potential and submit a writing sample in the field they wish to pursue. No departmental admission tests are necessary, but the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for those who have received, or are about to receive, their Bachelor’s Degree at a college or University where the principal language of instruction is English.
Major Fields or Subdisciplines
Candidates for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees select a specialization in either literature or linguistics, with Russian as the principal language and literature. On the Ph.D. level, students may specialize in a language or literature other than Russian by special arrangement.