

- USC offers exceptional
opportunities for language study, with cutting edge technology in the newly-refurbished
Language Center, and effective, enthusiastic, personalized instruction.
- We provide unique programs
oriented towards teaching conversational Russian. Groups are small so that
students receive maximum individual attention.
- We offer special Russian
programs (business Russian, political Russian, religious Russian) that do
not require prerequisites, unlike many other schools.
- The Department of Slavic
Languages is an internationally known and respected center for Russian studies
with an internationally renowned faculty. Together with colleagues from
other disciplines (Theater, Cinema, Linguistics, Journalism, International
Relations, and Russian cultural and area studies) the department offers
a wide variety of course in language, literature, and culture at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels.