Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences · major
Slavic Studies requirements
Explore the reviewed Slavic Studies major at Boston College, organized by requirement and course.
A Slavic language at or above the intermediate level (two courses, 6 credits; placement determines entry point, 2000-level language courses and above)
Choose from these approved options.
Same Slavic language at a higher level, or two courses in a second Slavic language (two courses, 6 credits)
Choose from these approved options.
- SLAV1418 Introduction to Polish II
- SLAV3122 Third-Year Russian II
- SLAV1417 Introduction to Polish I
- SLAV1881 Introduction to Bulgarian I
- SLAV1882 Introduction to Bulgarian II
- SLAV2417 Continuing Polish I
- SLAV2418 Continuing Polish II
- SLAV2811 Continuing Bulgarian I
- SLAV2812 Continuing Bulgarian II
- SLAV3121 Third-Year Russian I
- SLAV3490 Advanced Tutorial: Polish
- SLAV4121 Advanced Russian I
- SLAV4122 Advanced Russian II
Introduction to Slavic Peoples and Cultures (one course, 3 credits)
Required for the program.
Russian literature survey: Classics of Russian Literature or Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (one course, 3 credits)
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Slavic or East European literature, second course of the 6-credit literature block (one course, 3 credits)
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- SLAV2173 Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (in Translation)
- SLAV6060 Holocaust Literature: History, Memory, Legacy
- SLAV1161 Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov: What is the Good Life?
- SLAV2069 Literature of the Other Europe
- SLAV2162 Classics of Russian Literature (in Translation)
- SLAV2179 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (in translation)
- SLAV5163 Nabokov: Seminar
Slavic or East European history, politics, culture, or linguistics (three courses, 9 credits)
Choose from these approved options.
Source and limitations
Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — Slavic Studies.
Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.
27 courses across 6 requirement groups.
Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.