Russian Studies, 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. Russian 99A: Introduction to Russian Civilization

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. Three upper division courses in Russian Literature

3. Choice of two:

  • History 127A
  • History 127B
  • History 127C
  • History 127D

4. Choice of two from the following:

  • Economics 182: Centralized Economics Systems
  • Geography 184: Russia
  • Political Science 128A: U.S./Soviet Relations
  • Political Science 128B: International Relations of Post-Communist Russia
  • Political Science 156A: Government and Politics of Post-Communist States
  • Russian CM170: Russian Folklore

5. Plus five (for students not enrolled in 100/101 series) or four (for students enrolling in Russian 100 ABC) upper division courses from the following Russian 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)
  • 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
  • 193: Seminar in Russian Literature

Or appropriate courses (to be approved by the Undergraduate Advisor) offered by the departments of Art, Art History, Design, Film and Television, History, Music, Political Sicence, Slavic Languages and Literatures or Theater.

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