Russian

At first I just took this course to fill my schedule but it ended up being my favorite class. It gave a great overview of Russia's history and I walked away knowing so much! There are a lot of readings and a brief discussion post due every class. We also had short pop quizzes everyday. You can definitely get away with skimming the readings and do perfectly fine. We had a midterm exam which was super easy and the option of a final project or paper which was very doable. Prof. Portice was extremely enthusiastic and super interesting. I definitely recommend this class.

At first I just took this course to fill my schedule but it ended up being my favorite class. It gave a great overview of Russia's history and I walked away knowing so much! There are a lot of readings and a brief discussion post due every class. We also had short pop quizzes everyday. You can definitely get away with skimming the re …Read more

This class was a super fun overview of Russian/Soviet history and culture. The reading was significant at times, but definitely manageable and valuable. Sasha is a wonderful instructor and makes all standards of evaluation very clear. I really enjoyed this class and the environment was fun and relaxed.

The class was definitely educational, but I fear that some of the media we were given to work with wasn't as helpful as the lectures. Sasha is good at giving interesting lectures, but many of the readings lacked interesting substance and were sometimes difficult to keep up with and understand, which is difficult in a class where discussion posts need to be submitted for every reading. As long as you attend and take notes, you will be mostly alright, but the readings do increase the difficulty of the class. I feel some were not allotted sufficient time or explanation, which also made it hard.

The class was definitely educational, but I fear that some of the media we were given to work with wasn't as helpful as the lectures. Sasha is good at giving interesting lectures, but many of the readings lacked interesting substance and were sometimes difficult to keep up with and understand, which is difficult in a class where disc …Read more