Senior Honors in Slavic

Requirements
Students may request nomination for the senior honors program by filing an application form, or they may be nominated by faculty. Qualifying requirements include an overall grade-point average of at least 3.0, with 3.5 in the Slavic languages and literatures major, and at least 105 units completed, including at least two upper-division courses in Slavic.

Description
To earn departmental senior honors, students will work with a professor of choice for two quarters to complete a senior thesis, while receiving course credit for Slavic 197. No more than 4 units of 197 credit may be applied to the major requirements. Students who complete departmental honors will receive the notation of "Distinction in the Major" on both official transcripts and their diploma. Students interested in departmental honors should consult with their advisor in Slavic.

Department Awards

Randell Magee Memorial Award
Given annually to an outstanding senior in Slavic Studies in memory of Randell Magee, lecturer of Russian language and literature (1984-95).
Criteria: Outstanding graduating Slavic major
Selection: Selected by the Slavic instructors

Past recipients include:

1995 Jody Demers
1996 Frank Harton
1997 Tori Grannemann
1998 no recipient
1999 Julie Kravets, Anahit Simonyan, Alexei Klestoff
2000 Stacy Gordon
2001 Alla Vorobets
2002 Natasha Zaharova
2003 Alina Barton
2004 Joey Tartakovsky
2004 Julie Thomasson
2005 Brandon Rice
2006 Dominic Johnson
2007 Gabriela Mirejovsky
2008 Michael Nielsen and Edward Manoukyan
2009 Justine Miller

Certificate of Excellence
Awarded annually to students who have been recognized by the Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies faculty for their outstanding scholastic achievement in Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies.

Criteria: Awarded to UCSB student(s), regardless of standing or major, who have worked exceptionally hard or who have produced outstanding work in German, Russian or Hebrew

Selection: Selected from faculty nominations

American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest
Annual essay-writing contest
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For additional information about these awards, please contact or visit the Department office.