Spring Quarter 2025
- For day, time, room, and TA information, see our PDF Schedule or the class search tool https://registrar-apps.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm.
- For all courses not described here, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/rus
Lower Division
RUS 003 — Elementary Russian
Liliana Avramenko
RUS 006 — Intermediate Russian
Jekaterina Galmant
Russian 6 is designed as a continuation of Russian 5 and promotes pronunciation and grammar, as well as the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students will be exposed to aspects of Russian culture and literature via written texts, interviews, and short stories by the greatest Russian writers.
Prerequisite: RUSS 005 or Language Placement Test Textbooks: OER, no required materials for purchase
Upper Division
RUS 101C — Advanced Russian
Liliana Avramenko
RUS 105 — Advanced Russian Conversation
Liliana Avramenko
This course focuses on the acquisition of advanced oral skills in Russian, using recent Russian film (approximately 1980-2020) as a focal point for discussion and analysis. A new film will be viewed approximately every 1/1.5 weeks. Students will watch the films outside of class, preferably more than once. After watching the films, we will be having discussions in class. Most films (with English subtitles) will be available for viewing by following a link posted to the course plan. The course will be conducted entirely in Russian, and all assignments will also be completed in the target language. Class time will consist almost entirely of pair and small group work."
RUS 130 — Contemporary Russian Culture
Jenny Kaminer
In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, and Russia appeared poised to embark on a hopeful path of democratization and closer ties with the West. In 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, leaving its population isolated from much of the world and oppressed under an increasingly brutal and totalitarian state. What happened? This course probes the answers to this question by analyzing Russian culture, with a particular focus on film, made since 1991.
