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SLAV 2121

Intermediate Russian I · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

29thMore challenging than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

A review of major difficulties in Russian grammar with extensive practice in reading, translation, paraphrase, and analysis of selected Russian texts. This course continues in second semester as SLAV2122 (SL052).

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Leon KoganAdjunct Professor, Russian · Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies	895 records	78th	29th

There is no ranking to read here: Leon Kogan is the only instructor with evaluation records for SLAV 2121, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Leon Kogan

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
SLAV 1123Elementary Russian Practicum	227 records	90
SLAV 2122Intermediate Russian II	16 records	92
SLAV 2162Classics of Russian Literature (in Translation)	25 records	90
SLAV 2181Masterworks of Russian Art	11 record	89

Other SLAV classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
SLAV 1123Elementary Russian Practicum	227 records	90
SLAV 1121Elementary Russian I	26 records	89
SLAV 1122Elementary Russian II	26 records	86
SLAV 2122Intermediate Russian II	16 records	92
SLAV 2162Classics of Russian Literature (in Translation)	25 records	90
SLAV 2169Introduction to Slavic Peoples and Cultures	25 records	80

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9132nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9238th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9138th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9130th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8520th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8519th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8928th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8728th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9360th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9357th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8729th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9145th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Leon Kogan	Fall 2025	01	90	85	—
Leon Kogan	Fall 2024	01	92	80	40
Leon Kogan	Fall 2023	01	96	98	—
Leon Kogan	Fall 2022	01	88	80	60
Leon Kogan	Fall 2021	01	80	80	80

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.