Overview

The curriculum of the Slavic Languages and Literatures program at University of Wisconsin Madison offers breadth and depth in a variety of areas of Slavic philology, literature, and culture, and is known for offering a balanced approach to training in teaching, writing, and research.

The program is fortunate to count among its faculty, specialists in Czech, Polish, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian languages, literature, and culture, award-winning authors and teachers, and members of editorial boards of leading journals and publication series. Information regarding faculty biographical sketches are available on the program website. In addition to their excellence in teaching and research, professors are unparalleled mentors to graduate students. Students work closely with faculty members on writing, teaching, and publishing. Graduate students are expected to produce publishable articles during their graduate careers, and are provided the guidance and feedback to do so.

Key Facts

Demonstrate: analytic, interpretive, and critical thinking skills; knowledge of research protocols; and understanding of the specificity of the literary object as well as its historical and cultural context.

Develop broad knowledge of Russian literary history, the major writers and movements, from the origins to the present day. Demonstrate this knowledge in relation to periods and movements, courses in which are offered during their time in the program. These include: Old Russian Literature; 18th-Century Russian Literature; Romanticism (ca. 1790s to 1840s); Realism (ca. 1840s to 1890s); Modernism (ca. 1890s to 1920s); Soviet, Emigre, and Post-Soviet Periods (ca. 1930s to the present).

Demonstrate Advanced Russian language proficiency on the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) scale across three modalities (speaking, listening, reading, or writing). Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the structure of contemporary Russian.

Recognize and apply principles of ethical and professional conduct in the context of Slavic studies.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Slavic Literature and Culture
Slavic Critical Theory and Practice
The Structure of Russian
Old Church Slavonic and the History of Russian Literary Language
Eighteenth-Century Russian Literature
Russian Romanticism
Russian Realism (~1840-1890s)
Russian Modernism (~1890s-1930s)
Soviet, Emigre, and Post-Soviet Literature (~1930-present)

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Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
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Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-02 00:00:00

Language

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Madison, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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General requirements

For admission to the graduate program, the Slavic department requires the equivalent of a B.A. degree in Russian and a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Students who have carried out graduate work at another institution must have a graduate GPA of 3.25. Official GRE and TOEFL (where applicable) scores are required.

Tuition Fees

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25732 USD / year

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25732 USD / year

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12404 USD / year

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Minnesota Resident: $20,714

Living costs

Madison

United States

1015 - 1752 USD / month

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