MA in Russian - Russian and East European Studies in Tucson United States | University of Arizona

The Department of Russian and Slavic Studies provides a comprehensive academic program covering literature, grammar, conversational skills, linguistics, and cultural studies. This curriculum focuses on developing practical abilities to prepare students for advanced studies, research positions, teaching roles, government work, and business opportunities. Students can earn a Master of Arts degree in Russian by completing 33 graduate-level credit units. The department features two specialization paths: Language, Literature, and Linguistics (LLL) and Russian and East European Studies (REES).
For the LLL track, applicants must hold a Bachelor's Degree with at least 16 upper-division credits in Russian.
The REES track requires a Bachelor's Degree plus two years of Russian language study. If additional language preparation is needed, the Graduate Advisor/Director of Graduate Studies can create a customized plan allowing students to take graduate-level courses (conducted in English) in disciplines like History, Political Science, Geography, Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies, while simultaneously improving their Russian language proficiency.