Graduate School requirements for the M.A.: 30 hrs (24 in residence), with at least 18 hrs in the major field. At least half the courses should be at the 700 level or substitutes the Department approves.
General department requirements for the M.A.: 30 hrs, 27 in coursework, 3 in thesis. One academic year of residence credit. Reading knowledge of a modern foreign language. Year-end student progress reviews. Thesis. Final oral exam which will include thesis defense; students concentrating on Russian literature will also be tested on their mastery of MA-level material on the Department's Reading List of Russian Literature.
LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Course requirements
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MA, Russian Literature
(For Students Entering before Fall '02) |
MA, Russian Literature and Culture
(For Students Entering Fall '02 and Later) |
MA, Comparative Slavic and East European
Literature & Culture
(For Students Entering Fall '02 and Later) |
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1.
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SLAV 700 (former 200, proseminar in Slavic literatures
(3 hours) |
SLAV 700 (former 200, 1-credit proseminar (1 hour) |
SLAV 700 (former 200, 1-credit proseminar (1 hour) |
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2.
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SLAV 500 (former 100), Old Church Slavonic, and one other
course in Slavic linguistics (6 hours) |
RUSS 400(former 100), Evolution of Russian (new course),
and RUSS 405 (former 101), Structure of Russian (6 hours) |
RUSS 400 (former 100) or RUSS405 (former 101) and one other track-relevant
linguistics course (6 hours) |
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3.
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RUSS 412 (former 112 (4th Yr Conv & Rdg), unless
there is obviously no need (3 hours |
RUSS 412 (former 112 (4th Yr Conv & Rdg), unless
there is obviously no need (3 hours) |
One year of a 2nd Slavic or East European
language |
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4.
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Four distribution courses:
1 course in either medieval Russian literature or 18th-cent. Russian lit.;
3 courses to be distributed over the 19th & 20th centuries (12 hours) |
Five distribution courses: 1 course
in premodern Russian lit; 4 courses to be distributed over 19th- and 20th/21st-century
Russian lit. and culture (15 hours) |
Fivecourses: 3 courses in
Russian literature/culture and two comparative (Russ & Polish, Russ
& S. Slavic, Russ and Hungarian) or exclusively non-Russian courses
(Polish, South Slavic, Hungarian) (15 hours) |
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5.
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Thesis hours, 993 (former 393) (3 hours) |
Thesis hours, 993 (former 393) (3 hours) |
Thesis hours, 993 (former 393) (3 hours) |
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Language requirement
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Reading knowledge of one modern foreign
language (other than a Slavic language), usu. French or German |
Reading knowledge of one modern foreign
language (other than a Slavic language), usu. French or German |
Reading knowledge of one modern foreign
language (other than a Slavic language), usu. French or German |
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Thesis
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MA students must submit a thesis, preferably
a development of a term or seminar paper written for a 100- or 200-level
class, after all coursework is complete. Department defines thesis as
an article of publishable quality. |
No change |
No change |
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Final Oral Examination
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Mastery of MA-level material on Department's Reading List and Defense of Thesis. |
Defense of thesis |
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