斯拉夫语系渴望在其专业中发展对俄罗斯和斯拉夫世界的文学和文化的批判性了解。专业学生应该对那些历史轨迹，艺术趋势和知识流有全面的了解，这些知识以独特的方式塑造了他们选择作为学习对象的文学传统。斯拉夫语专业的学生应具备批判性的装备，并能敏锐地阅读文本。除了与他们感兴趣的领域的主要知识来源熟识外，他们还将获得理论范式知识以及对文学和文化的生产性批判性方法的知识。由于语言能力是学习过程中必不可少的先决条件，该系希望学生达到一定的熟练程度，使他们能够使用目标语言的主要和次要资源。学生在所选择的斯拉夫语言中的能力应使
The Slavic Department aspires to develop in its majors a critically informed appreciation for the literature and culture of Russia and the Slavic world. Majors should develop comprehensive knowledge of those historical trajectories, artistic trends, and intellectual currents that have shaped in a unique way the literary tradition they have chosen as their object of study. Slavic majors should be critically equipped and discerning readers of texts. Apart from intimate acquaintance with primary sources in their area of interest, they are expected to acquire knowledge of theoretical paradigms and productive critical approaches to literature and culture. As linguistic competence is an indispensable prerequisite in the learning process, the Department expects students to attain a level of proficiency that will allow them to work with both primary and secondary sources in the target language. The student's competence in the chosen Slavic language should enable him/her to appreciate the subtleties of artistic expression in literary works, as well as navigate the intricacies of critical/theoretical texts.