Graduate Courses

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Winter 2026

  • RUSSN 211A - Literature of Medieval Rus'

    Instructor(s): Gail Lenhoff

    Lecture, three hours. Required for MA (literature). Survey of the literature from its beginning through the Kievan and Muscovite periods up to end of the 17th century.

  • RUSSN C224T - Studies in Russian Literature: Tolstoy

    Instructor(s): Vadim Shneyder

    Lecture, three hours. Lectures and readings in English. Early and late stories and novellas, excerpts from the diaries and one major novel such as "War and Peace" or "Anna Karenina." Concurrently scheduled with course C124T. S/U or letter grading.

  • RUSSN 294 - Seminar: Russian Literary Criticism

    Instructor(s): Igor Pilshchikov

    Seminar, three hours. Requisites: courses 211B, 212A, 212B, 213A. Detailed study of specific school of literary criticism, single literary critic, or period in Russian literary history as reflected in literary criticism. Simultaneous or similar phenomena in literary criticism in West. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor and graduate adviser. S/U or letter grading.

  • SLAVC 201 - Introduction to Church Slavic

    Instructor(s): Susan Kresin

    Lecture, three hours. Required for MA (linguistics, literature). Introduction to alphabet, phonology, and grammar; readings from Bible and other church Slavic texts (East Slavic recension). 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.