Fall Quarter 2024
- For day, time, room, and TA information, see our PDF Schedule or the class search tool https://registrar-apps.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm.
- For all courses not described here, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/rus/
Lower Division
RUS 001 Elementary Russian
Liliana Avramenko
RUS 004 Intermediate Russian
Lecturer: Jekaterina Galmant
Russian 4 is designed as a continuation of Russian 3 and promotes pronunciation and grammar, as well as the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, with an emphasis on communicative skills, through compelling conversation topics, creative presentations and engaging discussions. The course integrates new vocabulary and syntax into previously acquired language. The purpose of the course is facilitate a maximum exposure to the language and culture and to give the student the opportunity to use Russian as much as possible.
Prerequisites: RUS 003 or Language Placement Test
Textbooks: OER, no required materials for purchase
Upper Division
RUS 101A Advanced Russian
Liliana Avramenko
RUS 141 Tolstoy
Valeriia Mutc
This course will explore the literary works of Russia's renowned writer, Leo Tolstoy. Through a study of Tolstoy's novellas, short stories, and his novelistic masterpiece, Anna Karenina, we will follow the writer's quest to understand what it means to be human in the modern world. We will closely examine Tolstoy's reflections on various aspects of modernity: shifting perspectives on family, gender, and class; new labor practices and the rise of capitalism; rapid scientific and technological development; redefined relationships with nature; and changing political ideologies. By combining close textual analysis, socioeconomic context, and intellectual history, we will aim to unravel Tolstoy's perspectives on humanity, art, and ethics. Ultimately, this course will grapple with Tolstoy's fundamental and ever-persistent inquiry: how can one lead a meaningful life amidst the turbulent tides of history? Taught in English.
