Graduate Courses

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For a complete listing of department courses visit the UCLA General Catalog.

Winter 2025

  • RUSSN 212B - 19th-Century Russian Literature: Age of Realism

    Instructor(s): Vadim Shneyder

    Lecture, three hours. Survey devoted to emergence of critical and psychological realism, beginning with early works of Turgenev, Goncharov, and Dostoevsky, moving to major novels of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Saltykov-Shchedrin, and concluding with works of the presymbolist period, especially short stories of Chekhov. Course 212B or 292B is required for MA (literature). S/U or letter grading.

  • RUSSN C224D - Studies in Russian Literature: Dostoevsky

    Instructor(s): Ronald Vroon

    Lecture, three hours. Lectures and readings in English. In-depth reading of major fictional works such as "Crime and Punishment," "Notes from the Underground," and "The Brothers Karamazov." Concurrently scheduled with course C124D. S/U or letter grading.

  • RUSSN C277 - Studies in Russian Literature: Nabokov

    Instructor(s): Yelena Furman

    Lecture, three hours. Lectures and readings in English. Russian novelist ("The Gift"), American novelist ("Lolita"), autobiographer ("Speak Memory"), and critic. Concurrently scheduled with course C124N. S/U or letter grading.

  • SLAVC 230B - Topics in Comparative Slavic Literature: Classicism through Romanticism

    Instructor(s): Roman Koropeckyj

    Lecture, three hours. One course course of 230A, 230B, or 230C required for MA (literature). Recommended preparation: upper-division courses in Czech, Polish, Russian, and Yugoslav literatures. Two terms required for PhD (literature). May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor and graduate adviser. S/U or letter grading.

  • SLAVC 495B - Effective Strategies for Teaching Russian

    Instructor(s): Anna Kudyma

    Seminar, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 495A. Required for all Russian language teaching assistants each term they teach. Offers continuous guidance and supervision for teaching assistants, emphasizing learner-centered teaching through the use of multimodal resources and technology. Students design lessons that integrate language skills, adapt authentic texts, and create inclusive activities for diverse learners, including neurodiverse and heritage students. S/U grading.

  • SLAVC 596 - Directed Individual Study or Research

    Instructor(s): Tanya Ivanova-sullivan, Lilya Kaganovsky, Roman Koropeckyj, Susan Kresin, Gail Lenhoff, Igor Pilshchikov, Vadim Shneyder, Ronald Vroon

    S/U grading.

  • SLAVC 597 - Preparation for MA Comprehensive Examination or PhD Qualifying Examinations

    Instructor(s): Tanya Ivanova-sullivan, Lilya Kaganovsky, Roman Koropeckyj, Gail Lenhoff, Igor Pilshchikov, Vadim Shneyder, Ronald Vroon

    S/U grading.

  • SLAVC 599 - Research for PhD Dissertation

    Instructor(s): Tanya Ivanova-sullivan, Lilya Kaganovsky, Roman Koropeckyj, Gail Lenhoff, Igor Pilshchikov, Vadim Shneyder, Ronald Vroon

    S/U grading.