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Under a cooperative program with UCLA, students can enroll directly in some of its regular Russian courses via videoconferencing, attend every class and participate just as though physically present in the classroom. Let us know if you are interested in studying these courses, so that we can ensure all the arrangements by Fall Quarter.

Courses available in Fall 08:

Russian 130A
Day / Time: T + Th 11.00 - 12.15
Catalog description:
130A-130B-130C. Russian Poetry. (4-4-4) Lecture, three hours. Preparation:
third-year Russian recommended. Lectures and readings in Russian. May be
repeated for credit with topic and/or instructor change. 130A. Introduction
to Analysis of Russian Poetry. Role of biography, cultural subtexts,
rhetoric, and form in interpreting poetic texts. 130B. Poetry of Russian
Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism. Major works of late 18th and 19th
centuries in their historical and cultural contexts. 130C. Russian Poetry in
the 20th Century. Major poetic schools from early modernism (symbolism,
futurism, acmeism) to contemporary avant-garde.

Russian 140A
Day / Time T + Th 2.00 - 3.15
Catalog description:
140A-140D. Russian Prose Fiction. (4 each) Lecture, three hours. Preparation:
third-year Russian recommended. Lectures and readings in Russian. May be
repeated for credit with topic and/or instructor change. P/NP or letter
grading. 140A. Introduction to Analysis of Russian Narrative Prose. Close
analysis of genre, narrative, and rhetorical strategies and interplay of
literature, history, and culture. 140B. Russian Romantic Prose. Karamzin,
Pushkin, Gogol, and others. 140C. Great Realists. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and
others. 140D. 20th-Century Modernism. To enroll, please contact UCSB registrar's office, Gina Funderburg in person, by phone (893-8905), or by email

funderburgh-g@sa.ucsb.edu, to submit a Simultaneous UC Enrollment Application.

Please see UCLA Schedule of Classes fo rmore information