• RUSS 4010

    Fourth-Year Russian
     Rating

    4.87

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes oral practice, extensive reading, and work in Russian stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 3010, 3020 with a grade of C or better.

  • RUSS 5050

    Advanced Conversation
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Two hours of conversation practice per week. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 3020.

  • RUSS 1010

    First-Year Russian
     Rating

    4.15

     Difficulty

    3.07

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Introduces Russian grammar with emphasis on reading and speaking. Class meets five days per week plus work in the language laboratory. To be followed by RUSS 2010, 2020.

  • RUSS 2010

    Second-Year Russian
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.20

     GPA

    3.44

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes practice in speaking and writing Russian and introduction to Russian prose and poetry. Class meets four days per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020 (with grade of C- or better) or equivalent.

  • RUTR 3350

    Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature
     Rating

    4.78

     Difficulty

    3.33

     GPA

    3.62

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Goncharov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and others. Emphasizes prose fiction. This course is a prerequisite for 5000-level literature courses. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html.

  • RUSS 3000

    Russian House Conversation
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Russian House Conversation

  • RUSS 3030

    Intermediate Conversation
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Two hours of conversation practice per week. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020, or equivalent. RUSS 2020 is strongly recommended.

  • SLAV 8998

    Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.

  • RUSS 8999

    Master's Thesis
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Research for and final preparation of M.A. thesis.

  • SLAV 8999

    Non-Topical Research
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.