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RUSSN 31

Introduction to Russian Film

Lecture/screenings four hours; discussion, one hour. Focus on cinema and culture of 20th-century Russia and Soviet Union, from 1917 Russian Revolution and to 1997, shortly after collapse of USSR. Chronologically and thematically organized introduction to cinemas of USSR including films by Russian, Jewish, Ukrainian, Armenian, and Georgian directors, and by women as well as men. Study centers on representative films of the Soviet era, showing how images can be manipulated to serve an ideological agenda, and how the past (1917 Russian Revolution, World War II, Cold War, collapse of USSR) continues to shape our present. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.82
n = 223 · 4 terms · ± 0.036
A range
90%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
1%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.3%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 5421F
  • 4623W
  • 4824W
  • 7825W
Enrolment by term: 21F 54, 23W 46, 24W 48, 25W 78
Peak 78 Most recent 78 in 25W 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 79 · 34.8%
  • A 102 · 44.9%
  • A- 19 · 8.4%
  • B+ 7 · 3.1%
  • B 7 · 3.1%
  • B- 2 · 0.9%
  • C+ 2 · 0.9%
  • C 2 · 0.9%
  • F 3 · 1.3%
  • P 3 · 1.3%
  • I 1 · 0.4%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
KAGANOVSKY, LILYA 3.81 3.81 171 3 89%
SHNEYDER, VADIM 3.86 3.88 52 1 92%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term