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BORIANA NIKOLOVA

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POLISCI659 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Absolutely delightful professor, tons of readings and books but no textbook. The homework did get hard to manage sometimes but the class was very interesting and Professor Nikolova is very knowledgeable and makes the students think.
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Classes with BORIANA NIKOLOVA

GEOG/HISTORY/POLISCI/SLAVIC 254

Eastern Europe: an Interdisciplinary Survey

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An interdisciplinary survey covering East European culture, society, politics, and literature from its origins to the present.

No offering record · Spring 2014

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Boriana Nikolova

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Spring 2010–Spring 2014

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Spring 2014GEOG/HISTORY/POLISCI/SLAVIC 254Eastern Europe: an Interdisciplinary Survey

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