About the Program

The UCDavis Russian Program is student-focused and provides small classes for a strong program that introduces students (heritage speakers and beginning Russian language learners) to the language, literature and culture. Russian is one of the major world languages and is spoken by over 250 million people. While Russia, also called the Russian Federation, is the world's largest country, Russian is also spoken in other nearby countries, and there is a large Russian-American population (approximately 3 million people). As a result, learning Russian can be a valuable asset for a variety of careers.

We offer both a Major and a Minor in Russian as well as opportunities for internships and study abroad through related programs.

Courses

Our program is distinguished by a variety of language and literature courses, such as:

Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Russian
Russian Literary and Scientific Translation
19th and 20th Century Russian Prose and Poetry
Russian Film
Courses on Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Solzhenitsyn
Russian Culture
Women's Autobiography

Study Abroad

Students who have completed one or two years of Russian language study can participate in the Education Abroad Program (EAP) in Moscow. Many of our students also participate in summer, semester, and year-long programs sponsored by CIEE and ACTR in St. Petersburg and Moscow.