Russian Literature

University of California, Berkeley

About the Program

Minor

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures offers a minor in Russian Literature. There is no major in Russian Literature. Students interested in finding out about our major track in Russian Language and Literature should view the requirements for the Slavic Languages and Literatures major.

Declaring the Minor

Students considering the Russian Literature minor must see the undergraduate student services advisor early on to have their minor study list plan reviewed and approved. Final approval for a minor rests with the major advisor. The paperwork for the minor, called an L&S Confirmation of Minor form, is completed with the undergraduate student services advisor no later than the semester before the student's Expected Graduation Term (EGT).

Other Minors offered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Armenian Studies (Minor only)
East European/Eurasian Languages and/or Cultures (Minor only)
Russian Language (Minor only)
Russian Culture (Minor only)
Slavic Languages and Literatures (Major only)

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Minor Requirements

Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs have set requirements.

General Guidelines

  1. All minors must be declared before the first day of classes in your Expected Graduation Term (EGT). For summer graduates, minors must be declared prior to the first day of Summer Session A. 

  2. All upper-division courses must be taken for a letter grade. 

  3. A minimum of three of the upper-division courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.

  4. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required in the upper-division courses to fulfill the minor requirements.

  5. Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied toward the Seven-Course Breadth requirement, for Letters & Science students.

  6. No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs.

  7. All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of finals during the semester in which the student plans to graduate. If students cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time, they should see a College of Letters & Science adviser.

  8. All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College Requirements tab.)

Requirements

Lower Division Prerequisites
SLAVIC 45Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature4
or SLAVIC 46 Twentieth-Century Russian Literature
Upper Division Requirements
Five upper-division courses on the literature or culture of Russia, selected from the Department offerings.
SLAVIC 130
The Culture of Medieval Rus' [4]
SLAVIC 131
Literature, Art, and Society in 20th-Century Russia [4]
SLAVIC 132
Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the English Novel [4]
SLAVIC 133
The Novel in Russia and the West [4]
SLAVIC 134A
Gogol [4]
SLAVIC 134C
Dostoevsky [4]
SLAVIC 134D
Tolstoy [4]
SLAVIC 134E
Chekhov [4]
SLAVIC 134F
Nabokov [4]
SLAVIC 134G
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky [4]
SLAVIC C134N
Russia and Asia [4]
SLAVIC 138
Topics in Russian and Soviet Film [4]
SLAVIC C137
Introduction to Slavic Linguistics [4]
SLAVIC 139
Post-Soviet Cultures [4]
SLAVIC 147A
East Slavic Folklore [3]
SLAVIC 147B
Balkan Folklore [3]
SLAVIC 148
Topics in Russian Cultural History [4]
SLAVIC 148AC
Cultures of Captivity: Prison Literature in the U.S. and Russia [3]
SLAVIC 150
Polish Literature and Intellectual Trends [3]
SLAVIC 170
Survey of Yugoslav Literatures [3]
SLAVIC 181
Readings in Russian Literature [4] (Taught in Russian; review prerequisites before enrolling.)
SLAVIC 182
Pushkin [4]
SLAVIC 188
Russian Prose [4] (Taught in Russian; review prerequisites before enrolling.)
SLAVIC 190
Russian Culture Taught in Russian: Country, Identity, and Language [4] (Taught in Russian; review prerequisites before enrolling.)
SLAVIC 191
Russian Culture and Language in the Contemporary World [4]

Advising

The department provide programmatic and individual advising services to prospective and current students who are pursuing major and minor tracks. Advisers assist with a range of issues including course selection, academic decision-making, achieving personal and academic goals, and maximizing the Berkeley experience.

Students who are looking to explore their options or are ready to declare a major, double major, or minor should contact the undergraduate student services adviser.

Advising Staff and Hours

Amanda Minafo
issaug@berkeley.edu
6303 Dwinelle Hall
510-642-4661
Book appointments here.

Courses

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Russian

Slavic Languages and Literatures 

Contact Information

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

6303 Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-642-2979

issa@berkeley.edu

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Department Chair

Anne Nesbet

nesbet@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Faculty Advisor

Darya Kavitskaya

6219 Dwinelle Hall

dkavitskaya@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Student Services Advisor

Amanda Minafo

6303 Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-642-4661

issaug@berkeley.edu

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