Summer Sessions

Please see the information below about courses that will be offered in Summer 2024. More information can be found on the UCLA Summer Sessions website.

Overview

The Russian language courses cover the equivalent of first- and second-year Russian in 8 weeks each.

  • Classes meet four hours a day five days a week
  • Interactive exercises and small group activities featured
  • A Russian tutor available every day after class
  • Russian culture emphasized
  • A variety of community-related activities are planned
Russian 10: Intensive Elementary Russian (12 units)

8 weeks: June 24 – August 16, 2024
MTWRF from 10am-2pm
One hour tutoring session available from 2-3pm or 3-4pm TR.
Special events on Fridays from 2pm to 3pm.

Intensive basic course in the Russian language equivalent to courses Russian 1, 2, and 3. Russian 10 focuses on communication with attention to grammatical accuracy. The class also works on reading, listening, and writing. Video is used throughout the course. Students work with an experienced instructor and meet for tutoring with a native speaker of Russian. Completion of Russian 10 fulfills the College of Letters and Science, School of the Arts and Architecture, and School of Theater, Film, and Television foreign language requirement.

Textbook: “Beginner’s Russian” (2nd Edition) by A. Kudyma, F. Miller, O. Kagan and M. Lavery

Russian 20: Intensive Intermediate Russian (12 units)

8 weeks: June 24 – August 16, 2024
MTWRF from 10am-2pm
One hour tutoring session available from 2-3pm or 3-4pm MW.
Special events on Fridays from 2pm to 3pm.

Intensive second year sequence in Russian (courses 4, 5, 6). Russian 20 focuses on furthering competency in standard contemporary Russian. Additional emphasis on reading and writing skills. Exposure to Russian culture through literature, films and other activities. Students work with an experienced instructor and meet for tutoring with a native speaker of Russian.

Textbook: “Russian: from Novice to Intermediate” by Anna Kudyma