RUSSA at Cornell University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate RUSSA coursework.

• RUSSA 1122Elementary Russian through Filmopens 14 courses (4.5 directly)
• RUSSA 1104Conversation Practiceopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• RUSSA 2203Intermediate Composition and Conversationopens 9 courses (1 directly)
• RUSSA 2204Intermediate Composition and Conversationopens 8 courses (3 directly)
• RUSSA 3303Advanced Composition and Conversationopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• RUSSA 3304Advanced Composition and Conversationopens 3 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate RUSSA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 21 RUSSA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more RUSSA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in RUSSA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at RUSSA 4414

  1. RUSSA 1121Elementary Russian through Film
  2. RUSSA 1122Elementary Russian through Film
  3. RUSSA 1104Conversation Practice
  4. RUSSA 2203Intermediate Composition and Conversation
  5. RUSSA 2204Intermediate Composition and Conversation
  6. RUSSA 3303Advanced Composition and Conversation
  7. RUSSA 3304Advanced Composition and Conversation
  8. RUSSA 4413Advanced Conversation and Stylistics
  9. RUSSA 4414Advanced Conversation and Stylistics

• 2 courses deep, ending at RUSSA 3306

  1. RUSSA 3305Reading and Writing for Heritage Speakers of Russian
  2. RUSSA 3306Creative Writing for Heritage Speakers

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on RUSSA sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Raissa Krivitsky
• Slava Paperno
• Viktoria Tsimberov

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under RUSSA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

RUSSA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.