If you have studied Russian before coming to RIT or have other experience with the language, you must take the Russian Placement Test to be placed in the appropriate level class. Contact the MLC Russian Faculty by filling out the Russian Placement Test Request Form, [1] and they will sign you up to take the placement test.
Links:
[1] http://www.rit.edu/cla/modernlanguages/russian-placement-test-request-form
[2] http://www.rit.edu/cla/modernlanguages/russian-placement-test