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Graduate Program: Russian (MA)

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Program/Degree
Russian (MA)  
Program Description

Major Description

The Department of Russian and Slavic Studies offers a diversified and balanced program of study that includes courses in literature, grammar, conversation, linguistics, and culture. Most literature courses are conducted in Russian. The emphasis is on the acquisition of practical skills as preparation for continued study, research, teaching, government service, and business careers. The program leads to a Master of Arts degree with a major in Russian.

The MA Program in Russian requires the completion of at least 33 units of graduate level study. The department offers two tracks in its degree program; one in Language, Literature, and Linguistics (LLL) and one in Russian and East European Studies (REES).

The prerequisite for the Language, Literature, and Linguistics track is a Bachelor's Degree including at least 16 acceptable units of upper-division work in Russian.

The prerequisite for the REES track is a Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of the equivalent of two years of study of the Russian language. If undergraduate language work beyond this minimum is deemed necessary, the graduate advisor and student may devise a program of study which will allow the student to attend graduate classes (taught in English) in such departments as History, Political Science, Geography, Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies, and possibly others, while working to advance his/her Russian language skills.

* Every MA student will be expected to be enrolled in at least one department program course bearing 3 graduate units per semester.

 

 
Department/Academic Unit(s)

Russian and Slavic Studies

MA in Russian

The Department of Russian and Slavic Studies offers a diversified and balanced program of study including courses in language, literature, linguistics, and culture. The program of study leads to a Master of Arts degree in Russian and Slavic Studies. The emphasis is on the acquisition of practical skills as preparation for continued study, research, teaching, government service, and business careers.

The Professional MA in Russian

The University of Arizona’s School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SILLC), Eller College of Management, School of Journalism, and School of Government and Public Policy share a strong commitment to educating future leaders of the new global economy in a world that increasingly requires the highest level of intercultural competence.

The Professional MA in Russian is a course of study that allows students to complete an emphasis in one of the following areas:

  1. Business Management
  2. Management Information Systems
  3. Marketing
  4. Journalism
  5. Collaborative Governance
 
College

College of Humanities

 
Campus where offered

University of Arizona - Main - Tucson

 
Contacts
Admissions Contact
Frank Whitehead
520-626-8123
Graduate Program Coordinator
Frank Whitehead
520-626-8123
Director of Graduate Studies
John R Leafgren
520-621-5825
Graduate College Degree Counselor
Kristi R Davenport
520-626-1930
 
Tuition and Fees
Please refer to the UA Bursar's Office Tuition and Fees Calculator for up-to-date information about tuition and fees. 
Please refer to the UA Registrar's's Office Special Course Fees for up-to-date information about special course fees. 

Admissions Information

Admissions Requirements
  • GPA 3.00
  • 3 letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • English proficiency exam for international students. See list of acceptable exams and scores here. 
  • Audio file(mp3,wav)on CD or flash drive in Russian and English (short biography and reading of literary text in each language) - International applicants only
  • GRE optional (used as an additional aid in decision making)
 
Standardized Tests

English proficiency exam for international students. See list of acceptable exams and scores here. 

 
Funding Opportunities

Teaching Assistantships,
Tuition & Registration Scholarships,
Weinel Scholarships,
 

 
Admissions Deadlines

Domestic Applicants:

  • Fall: April 1
  • Spring: October 1

International Applicants:

  • Fall: December 1
  • Spring: June 1
 
International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information
The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

ETS Major Field Code(s) for this program: 4832

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

33 

Core Coursework Requirements

Minumum credits: 33
Core coursework: Overall LLL Track Core Coursework Requirements:
RSSS 515 Structure of Russian (3 units)
RSSS 515 Advanced Reading (3 units)**
RSSS 515 Oral Communication (6 units)**
RSSS 583 History of the Russian Language (3 units)
One other RSSS Russian linguistics course (3 units)
RSSS 696a Proseminar (3 units)
RSSS 696c 19th Century Russian Literature (3 units)
RSSS 696d 20th Century Russian Literature (3 units)


Overall REES Track Core Coursework Requirements:
RSSS 515 Structure of Russian (3 units)
RSSS 515 Advanced Reading (3 units)**
RSSS 515 Oral Communication (3 units)**
RSSS 505a Great Authors of the 19th Century (or RSSS 696c) (3 units)
RSSS 505b Great Authors of the 20th Century (or RSSS 696d) (3 units)
RSSS 696a Proseminar (3 units)
RSSS 910 Thesis (3 or 6 units)

 
Elective Coursework

LLL Track Elective Coursework:

6 units of approved electives, 3 units of which are to be RSSS 579 for students who wish to serve as GATs in language classrooms.
If an optional thesis will be done, 3 or 6 units of RSSS 910 Thesis. In the LLL track these 3 or 6 units of RSSS 910 may count as elective units toward the MA degree.

REES Track Elective Coursework:

15 units of approved electives, 3 units of which are to be RSSS 579 for students who wish to serve as GATs in language classrooms. 3 of these units, not counting RSSS 579, must be taken from among departmental offerings.

All elective courses are to be selected in consultation with and approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.

Possible/recommended elective courses include, but are not restricted to the following.

LLL Track:

RSSS 515  Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics (3 units)

RSSS 573  Semiotics and Language (3 units)

RSSS 579  Second/Foreign Language Teachng and Learning (3 units)

RSSS 581  Russian Phonology and Morphology (3 units)

RSSS 582  Russian Syntax and Semantics (3 units)

RSSS 587  Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning (3 units)

RSSS 588  European Literary-Political Cabaret (3 units)

RSSS 593C  Internship (variable units)

RSSS 593J  Second Language Acquisition Research (3 units)

RSSS 599  Independent Study (variable units)

RSSS 910  Thesis (3-6 units)

SLAT 518  Intercultural Communication and Second Language Acquisition (3 units)

SLAT 583  Sociolinguistics (3 units)

SLAT 620  Cultural Dimensions: Second Language Acquisitions (3 units)

Other electives may be selected in consultation with and approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.

REES Track:

RSSS 515  Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics (3 units)

RSSS 573  Semiotics and Language (3 units)

RSSS 579  Second/Foreign Language Teachng and Learning (3 units)

RSSS 581  Russian Phonology and Morphology (3 units)

RSSS 582  Russian Syntax and Semantics (3 units)

RSSS 583  History of the Russian Language (3 units)

RSSS 587  Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning (3 units)

RSSS 588  European Literary-Political Cabaret (3 units)

RSSS 593C  Internship (variable units)

RSSS 593J  Second Language Acquisition Research (3 units)

RSSS 599  Independent Study (variable units)

HIST 522  History of Russia to 1917 (3 units)

HIST 525  History of the Soviet Union (3 units)

POL 551  Russian Foreign Policy (3 units)

SLAT 518  Intercultural Communication and Second Language Acquisition (3 units)

SLAT 583  Sociolinguistics (3 units)

Other electives may be selected in consultation with and approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.

 
Additional Requirements

Comprehensive Examination (Language, Literature and Linguistics Track)

MA Thesis (Russian and East European Studies Track)

Language requirements: * If the computerized language placement exam and oral interview warrant, the student may be required to take during the first year other appropriate language coursework. In this of these case, RSSS 515 Structure of Russian would be taken during the second year.
** Students judged to have native-level Russian language proficiency will replace RSSS 515 Advanced Reading and RSSS 515 Oral Communication with other coursework approved by the Graduate Advisor/Director of Graduate Studies.

Other requirements: All coursework requirements must be completed with a mininum 3.0 GPA.
No more than 6 units of Independent Study coursework will be counted toward the MA degree requirements.

 
Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 

Program StatisticsInformation about these numbers

Program-level Information
Application Acceptance Rate 71.43%
Med. Time-to-degree (years) 2.00
 
Department-level Information
Enrollment Percent Male 54.55%
Enrollment Percent Female 45.45%
Enrollment Percent International 9.09%
Enrollment Percent URM 9.09%

Back to statistics
  • All application, admit, and enrollment data are from Fall 2020.
  • Median Time to Degree calculates how long graduates in the last 5 years (2015-2019) took to complete their degrees, counting back to the first semester entering their program. This measure uses the methodology established in the 2011 Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs by the National Research Council.
  • Underrepresented Minorities (URM) includes domestic students of ethnic groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education: African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.

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Last revised 12 Aug 2020
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