Central and East European Languages and Cultures, B.A.

Required Preparation for the Major:

1. Anyone of the following
          Slavic 90: Introduction to Slavic Civilization
          Slavic 91: Culture and Society in Central and Eastern Europe

The Major
Required

1. A three-quarter sequence from one of the following:

  • Czech 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Hungarian 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Polish 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Romanian 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Serbian/Croatian 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Ukrainian 101A-C (Elementary)

2. A three-quarter sequence from one of the following

  • Czech 102A-C (Advanced)

  • Hungarian 102 A-C (Advanced)

  • Polish 102A-C (Advanced)

  • Romanian 102A-C (Advanced)

  • Serbian/Croatian lO2-C (Advanced)

  • Ukrainian 102A-C (Advanced)

or any three of the following:

Russian 100A-C (Literacy in Russian)
Russian 101A-C (Third. Year Russian)
Russian 102A, 102B, lO2C: Topics in Advanced/Superior Russian (can be taken out of sequence)
Russian IO3A: Russian for Native and Near.Native Speakers (Russian National Identity)
Russian lO3B: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Literature and Film)
Russian 103C: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Special Topics)
Russian 123: Historical Commentary on Modem Russian
Russian 130A: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Poetry (in Russian)
Russian 140A: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Narrative Prose (in Russian)


 3. One three-course sequence of a second Slavic or Central European language (fifteen units), or equivalent proficiency to be tested by the department:

  • Czech 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Hungarian 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Polish 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Romanian 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Serbian/Croatian 101A-C (Elementary)

  • Ukrainian 101A-C (Elementary)

4. Five courses (twenty credits) from the following list. Tutorial courses numbered "187" count as two units. No more than 12 units may be from the 187 Series:

  •  Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 187 A-M: Advanced Tutorial in Serbian/Croatian

  • Czech 155: Survey of Czech Literature from Middle Ages to the Present

  • Czech 187 A-M: Advanced Tutorial in Czech

  • Hungarian 121: Survey of Hungarian Literature in Translation

  • Hungarian 187 A-M: Advanced Tutorial in Hungarian

  • Polish 152A: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism

  • Polish 152B: Reimagining a Nation. Readings in 19th-century Polish Literature and Culture (in English)

  • Polish 152C: Dreaming, Mocking and Writing "As If': Readings in Modem Polish Literature and Culture

  • Polish 187 A-M: Advanced Tutorial in Polish

  • Romanian 152: Survey of Romanian Literature

  • Romanian 187 A-M: Advanced Tutorial in Romanian

  • Russian MIlS: History of Russia from Origins to Rise of Muscovy

  • Russian 119: The Golden Age and the Great Realists

  • Russian 120: Literature and Revolution

  • Russian 124C: Studies in Russian Literature: Chekhov

  • Russian 124D: Studies in Russian Literature: Dostoevsky

  • Russian 124G: Studies in Russian Literature: Gogol

  • Russian 124N: Studies in Russian Literature: Nabokov

  • Russian 124T: Studies in Russian Literature: Tolstoy

  • Serbian/Croatian 154: Survey of South Slavic Literature from Middle Ages to the Present

  • Slavic 125: Interwar Central European Prose

  • Slavic 126: Postwar Central European Prose

  • Slavic 179: Baltic and Slavic Folklore and Mythology

  • Ukrainian 152: Ukrainian Literature

  • Ukrainian 187 A-M: Advanced Tutorial in Ukrainian

  • Women's Studies 185: Special Topics in Women's Studies: Women and Literature in Eastern Europe

With Approval of the undergraduate adviser, other related upper division course may be applied toward the major. For advice, contact: Dr. Olga Kagan, Coordinator of the Russian Program. 326B Humanities Building, phone (310) 825-2947 or email okagan@ucla.edu