Professor Dianina is amazing. I am not an English or Russian major, and I still felt incredibly invested in this class. The assignments are two weekly responses, one longer than the other, a short midterm, and a short final. She expects a lot from you as far as writing, but is a fair grader. Note: not an EASY grader, so have your shit together. Although some readings were dense, she encouraged class engagement with them and made them easy to breakdown. I would take this class again and again.