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SLAV 2181

Masterworks of Russian Art · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2026

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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

41stMore challenging than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”1 record · 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.

This course will examine the development of Russian art from the Medieval period to the post-Soviet era, with a special focus on how art reflected and promoted the tumultuous changes in Russian society. We will survey a wide range of movements and styles, including Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Critical Realism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Socialist Realism, Nonconformist Art, and artistic groups such as the Wanderers, the World of Art, and Moscow Conceptualists. The course will offer a deep dive into the works of celebrated artists such as Bryullov, Repin, Vrubel, Goncharova, Malevich, Pirosmani, Kandinsky, Popova, Chagall, Petrov-Vodkin, Deineka, Komar and Melamid, analyzing their contributions within broader historical contexts.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Leon KoganAdjunct Professor, Russian · Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies Provisional	971 record	25th	41st

There is no ranking to read here: Leon Kogan is the only instructor with evaluation records for SLAV 2181, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

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 2121Intermediate Russian I	15 records	85
SLAV 2162Classics of Russian Literature (in Translation)	25 records	90

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 2121Intermediate Russian I	15 records	85
SLAV 2162Classics of Russian Literature (in Translation)	25 records	90

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

100100th pctl

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

100100th pctl

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

9885th pctl

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

9882nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9575th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9785th pctl

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

9458th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9149th pctl

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

9782nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8941st pctl

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

9888th 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Leon Kogan	Spring 2026	01	97	89	40

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.