Spring 2026

  • HNGAR 101C - Elementary Hungarian

    Instructor(s): Melinda Borbely

    Lecture, three to four hours. Recommended preparation: courses 101A, 101B (may be waived with consent of instructor). Introduction to grammar; instruction in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. P/NP or letter grading.

  • POLSH 102C - Advanced Polish

    Instructor(s): Daniela Zarakowski

    Lecture, three hours. Recommended preparation: courses 102A, 102B (may be waived with consent of instructor). P/NP or letter grading.

  • ROMANIA 101C - Elementary Romanian

    Instructor(s): Anca Cuptor

    Lecture, five hours. Recommended preparation: courses 101A, 101B (may be waived with consent of instructor). Basic course in Romanian language. P/NP or letter grading.

  • RUSSN 3 - Elementary Russian

    Instructor(s): Anna Kudyma, Galiia Sadykova

    Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: course 2 or Russian placement test. P/NP or letter grading.

  • RUSSN 6 - Intermediate Russian

    Instructor(s): Anna Kudyma

    Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: course 5 or Russian placement test. P/NP or letter grading.

  • RUSSN 90A - Introduction to Russian Culture

    Instructor(s): Polina Varfolomeeva, Igor Pilshchikov

    Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to Russian culture and society from earliest times to 1917. P/NP or letter grading.

  • RUSSN 100C - Literacy in Russian

    Instructor(s): Anna Kudyma, Ekaterina Andriushechkina

    Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 100B or Russian placement test. For students who speak Russian but have difficulty reading and writing. Focus on improving reading and writing skills, increasing vocabulary, and developing speaking skills required for academic discourse. P/NP or letter grading.

  • RUSSN 101C - Third-Year Russian

    Instructor(s): Susan Kresin

    Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 101B or Russian placement test. Advanced grammar, reading, and conversation, with strong multimedia component. P/NP or letter grading.

  • RUSSN 108 - Russian for Business: Language and Culture

    Instructor(s): Anna Kudyma

    Lecture, three hours. Discussion of economics and business in Russia, language of advertising, business and official correspondence. P/NP or letter grading.

  • SLAVC 87 - Languages of Los Angeles

    Instructor(s): Assem Shamarova, Tanya Ivanova-sullivan, Cooper Lynn

    Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Comprehensive interdisciplinary investigation of Los Angeles as multilingual and multicultural metropolis Review and analysis of features of major linguistic communities in Los Angeles area (Armenian, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and others), with particular attention to social and cultural factors that play role in maintenance of language used in any given ethnic group. Familiarization with discipline and methodology of urban linguistics as part of urban geographical studies and as tool for investigating growing linguistic and cultural diversity of America's large cities. P/NP or letter grading.

  • SLAVC 90 - Introduction to Slavic Cultures

    Instructor(s): Roman Koropeckyj, Sylvie Gallagher

    Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introductory survey of social and cultural institutions of Slavic peoples and their historical background. P/NP or letter grading.

  • SLAVC 191TC - Senior Capstone Thesis in Slavic Languages and Literatures

    Instructor(s): Yelena Furman

    Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 191TB. Limited to senior departmental majors. Editing and completion of senior capstone thesis. Use of student target language for research required. Letter grading.

  • SRB CRO 101C - Elementary Serbian/Croatian

    Instructor(s): Viktorija Lejko-lacan

    Lecture, five hours. Recommended preparation: courses 101A, 101B (may be waived with consent of instructor). Basic course in Serbian/Croatian. P/NP or letter grading.

  • SRB CRO 187K - Advanced Tutorial Instruction in Serbian/Croatian

    Instructor(s): Viktorija Lejko-lacan

    Tutorial, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Preparation: prior course in sequence or Serbian/Croatian placement test. Tutorial and guided independent study of advanced Serbian/Croatian: advanced conversation, composition, vocabulary development, and review of selected grammar topics. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

  • UKRN 101C - Elementary Ukrainian

    Instructor(s): Roman Koropeckyj

    Lecture, five hours. Enforced requisites: courses 101A, 101B (may be waived with consent of instructor). Basic course in Ukrainian language. P/NP or letter grading.