Slavic Linguistics Required Coursework

In accordance with Graduate School rules, students holding an M.A. must complete a minimum of 90 graduate credit hours in order to qualify for the Ph.D. degree. Of these, 45 must be completed while in residence at the university prior to candidacy, while 20 must be completed after admission to candidacy. In addition, doctoral students must be in residence for at least three out of four consecutive quarters and enrolled during that time in at least ten graduate credit hours per quarter.

Courses required for candidacy in Slavic Linguistics

2 courses in advanced history of Russian/East Slavic, to be selected from the following:

• Russian 823 (History of the Russian Literary Language)
• Russian 827 (Topics in the History of Russian)

Russian 826 (Topics in the Structure of Russian). With permission of the advisor, a departmental seminar with an appropriate theme may be substituted.

Slavic 821 (Structure of a Selected Slavic Language). With permission of the advisor, a departmental seminar with an appropriate theme may be substituted.

Slavic 861 (History of the South Slavic Languages)

Slavic 862 (History of the West Slavic Languages)

Slavic 864 (Comparative Slavic Grammar). With permission of the advisor, a departmental seminar with an appropriate theme may be substituted.

2 5-credit seminars in the department

1 graduate course in general linguistics. Students are advised to take more than this minimum. Linguistics 611 (Introduction to Historical Linguistics) is recommended for students specializing in historical linguistics.

2 courses in Slavic Literature or Culture, to be selected from departmental courses at the 600-level or above.

COURSES REQUIRED AFTER CANDIDACY

Research in Slavic (Slavic 999). The Graduate School minimum for 999 after candidacy is 20 hours; with the above departmental minima and no other courses, 25 hours of Slavic 999 are needed to meet the 90 hours required for graduation.