Spring Quarter 2026
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Catalog Descriptions
Language Courses
- RUS 003 Elementary Russian
Liliana Avramenko Continuation of grammar and language skills developed in RUS 002.
Prerequisite(s): RUS 002.
- RUS 006 Intermediate Russian
Jekaterina Galmant RUS 006 builds on RUS 005 and strengthens students’ pronunciation, grammar, and overall communicative skills. The course develops listening, speaking, reading, and writing through engaging discussions, creative presentations, and meaningful conversation practice. Students expand their vocabulary and syntax while exploring social and cultural practices in contemporary Russia and completing guided literature reading.
Prerequisite(s): RUS 005 or Language Placement Test
RUS 101C Advanced Russian
Liliana Avramenko
Continuation of RUS 101B. Topics in Russian grammar for the advanced student. Reading and discussion of journalistic texts and classic and contemporary literature. Conversational exercises utilizing literary and colloquial variants of current Russian speech.
Prerequisite(s): RUS 101B.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
- RUS 142 Women in Russian Culture [Taught in English]
Jenny Kaminer This course focuses on the representation of (and by) women in Russian fiction and film, with special attention devoted to the late-Soviet and post-Soviet period. Beginning with Anna Akhmatova’s classic narrative poem Requiem, set during the darkest years of the Stalinist terror of the 1930s, the readings will span over eight decades and take place against the backdrop of profound social, cultural and political shifts, including the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The texts and films covered in the course will explore such issues as family dynamics/motherhood, sexuality, work, and women’s relationship to the state. Fictional texts will be supplemented by historical and sociological readings that illuminate the conditions of women's lives during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Taught in English. GE: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE
