Slavic
226 Milbank Hall  
(212) 854-5417 
www.barnard.edu/slavic

Professor: Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Ann Whitney Olin Professor, Chair)
Professor Emeritus & Senior Scholar: Richard F. Gustafson
Assistant Professor: Rebecca Stanton
Senior Associate: Mara Kashper

Other officers of the University offering courses in Slavic:
Professors: Boris Gasparov, Frank Miller, Cathy Popkin (Chair), Irina Reyfman
Professor Emeritus & Senior Scholar: Robert L. Belknap
Associate Professor: Liza Knapp
Assistant Professors: Valentina Izmirlieva, Tatiana Smolyarova
Adjunct Professor: Alan Timberlake
Lecturers: Anna Frajlich-Zajac, Radmila Gorup, Christopher Harwood, Yuri Shevchuk, Alla Smyslova, Elena Boudovskaia

For a complete list of faculty on leave see:
 http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html

The Slavic Department at Barnard offers instruction in five Slavic languages and literatures, with special emphasis on Russian. The department insists upon a strong foundation in language study, because this best prepares students for future graduate study in the literature, anthropology, sociology, history, economics, or political science of the region, as well as for careers in government, business, journalism, or international law.

The department offers a major and minor program in Russian Language and Literature, Slavic and East European Literature and Culture, Russian Regional Studies, and Slavic and East European Regional Studies, and for this purpose provides an extensive array of courses designed to help the student obtain reasonable fluency in the spoken and written language and a reading ability adequate for interpreting texts of some difficulty in a variety of disciplines. While offering a range of courses designed to give the student a strong general background in Russian and Slavic literature, film, culture, and intellectual history, the department encourages students to supplement their knowledge by taking courses devoted to Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe offered in other disciplines as well. The department co-sponsors and facilitates student participation in region related extra curricular activities held at the Harriman Institute and the Columbia Slavic Department and also encourages students to take advantage of the rich cultural resources available in New York City.

Entering students should see Professor Frank Miller (708 Hamilton, 854-3941) for a placement examination: a sufficiently high grade will automatically fulfill the language requirement; other students will be placed accordingly. Native speakers of Russian or any Slavic language should consult with the department chair. The Department is a member of "Dobro Slovo" (The National Slavic Honor Society) and is pleased to induct its qualifying students into the society.

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Slavic
226 Milbank Hall  
(212) 854-5417 
www.barnard.edu/slavic

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR

There are four majors available to students in the department. Prospective students are encouraged to consult with a member of the faculty as early as possible in order to determine the major track and selection of courses that will best serve her background and interests.

I. Russian Language and Literature:

• Completion of four years of Russian (V 1101-1102, V 1201-1202, V 3331-3332, and V 3443-3444 or the equivalent). Native speakers of Russian who place out of these courses must substitute at least two of the following courses: V 3430 Russian for Heritage Speakers, W 3010 Masterpieces of 19th- Century Russian Literature, or W 3340 Masterpieces of 20th-Century Russian Literature.
• Six courses in Russian literature to include V 3333-3334 Introduction to Russian Literature I and II, V 3220 Literature and Empire: The Reign of the Russian Novel, V 3221 Literary Avant-garde and Revolution: The Century of Russian Modernism, and at least one further course with required reading in Russian. Other Russian Literature courses may be substituted upon consultation with adviser. With permission of adviser one course on Russia offered in a department other than Slavic may be substituted.
• V 3595 Senior Seminar.

II. Slavic and East European Literature and Culture:

• Completion of the third-year course (or the equivalent) in Czech, Polish, Serbo- Croatian, or Ukrainian language.
• Six courses in literature, theatre or film of the region, potentially including independent study courses.
• Two courses in related fields (history, art history, music, etc.) to include at least one course in the history of the region.
• Two semesters of senior seminar or the equivalent leading to the completion of a senior thesis.

Note: A student in this major must design her program in close consultation with her advisor in order to insure intellectual, disciplinary, and regional coherence.

III. Russian Regional Studies:

• Completion of the four years of Russian (see Russian Language and Literature Major above)
• Two courses in Russian or Soviet literature (in translation or in Russian)
• Two courses in Russian history
• One course on Russia or the Soviet Union in any discipline (history, art history, geography, sociology, economics, literature, political science, etc.)
• One course in Soviet/post-Soviet politics
• Two semesters of a senior research seminar or the equivalent in independent study with research to be conducted predominantly in Russian language sources.

Note: In consultation with her advisor, a student may elect to take one or more courses devoted to a region other than Russia that is located on the territory of the former Soviet Union.

IV. Slavic and East European Regional Studies Major-Czech, Polish,

Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian

Identical to the above, but requires the completion of three years of language study and courses taken in the relevant region.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR IN RUSSIAN

A total of five courses beyond the second year of Russian are required for the minor in Russian Language and Literature.

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