Russian as a Foreign Language

Courses in Russian as a foreign language are intended for true beginners, students who began study of Russian with no previous background in the language. If you grew up in a Russian-speaking home or community, please check our Heritage track descriptions.

The visualized program structure with information about language requirements is available at: Program Structure.pdf.

First-year courses:

• Russian 0100 (1 c.u.): Elementary Russian I (offered in Fall)
• Russian 0200 (1 c.u.): Elementary Russian II (offered in Spring)

Russian 0105 (2 c.u.): Accelerated Elementary Russian (offered in Spring)

Second-year courses:

• Russian 0300 (1 c.u.): Intermediate Russian I (offered in Fall)
• Russian 0400 (1 c.u.): Intermediate Russian II (offered in Spring) *Course fulfills Penn Language Requirement

Third-year courses:

• Russian 1100 (1 c.u.): High Intermediate Russian I (offered in Fall)
• Russian 1200 (1 c.u.): High Intermediate Russian II (offered in Spring) 

Fourth-year courses:

A variety of fourth-year level (high intermediate to advanced) courses taught in Russian on topics including Media Russian, Russian for Business and Intrnational Relations, Literature and Cultural History, Soviet and Russian Film, Global Problems, and Folklore and Song are offered in both fall and spring semesters.