• Majors
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Russian Studies
  • Central and East European Languages and Cultures
• Minors
  • Russian Language
  • Russian Literature
  • Russian Studies
  • Central and East European Studies
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Russian Language and Literature, B.A.

Required Preparation for the Major:

1. Two years of language study (Russian 1-6) or equivalent proficiency (ACTFL Level 1), to be tested by the department
2. Choice of:

• Russian 90A: Introduction to Russian Civilization
• Russian 90B: Russian Civilization in the Twentieth Century
• Russian 90BW: Russian Civilization in the Twentieth Century. with satisfaction of Letters and Science Writing II requirement

The Major
Required

1. Choice of:

• Russian 101A-101B-101C
• Russian 100A-100B-100C (Literacy in Russian)
• equivalent proficiency (ACTFL Level 1+), to be tested by the department

2. Russian 118: Literature of the Middle Ages and Englightenment
3. Russian 119: The Golden Age and the Great Realists
4. Russian 120: Literature and Revolution
5. Russian 123: Historical Commentary on Modern Russian
6. Russian 130A: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Poetry (in Russian)
7. Russian 140A: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Narrative Prose (in Russian)

Plus five (for students not enrolled in 100/101 series) or four (for students enrolling in Russian 100 ABC) upper division courses in Russian language, literature and culture from the following courses:

• 102 A, 102 B, 102C: Fourth-year Russian (can be taken out of sequence)
• 103 A: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Russian National Identity)
• 103B: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Literature and Film)
• 103C: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Special Topics)
• 121 Russian Literature Now
• 122 Russian Siberia
• 124C: Chekhov
• 124D: Dostoevsky
• 124G: Gogol
• 124P: Pushkin
• 124N: Nabokov
• 124T: Tolstoy
• 125: The Russian Novel in its European Setting
• 126: Survey of Russian Drama
• M127: Women in Russian Literature
• 128: Russian Science Fiction
• 130B: Russian Poetry: Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism (in Russian)
• 130C: Russian Poetry in the Twentieth Century (in Russian)
• 131: History of Russian Cinema
• 140B: Russian Prose Fiction: The Great Realists (in Russian)
• 140V: Russian Prose Fiction: Twentieth-Century Modernism (in Russian)
• M150: Russian Folk Literature (in Russian)
• CM170: Russian Folklore
• 191: Seminar in Russian Literature

For advice, contact:
Dr. Olga Kagan,
Coordinator of the Russian Language Program, Undergrad Advisor
326B Humanities Building
(310) 825-2947
okagan@humnet.ucla.edu