Russian (RUS)
For music students, supplemental language training to accompany regular 1301 language sections.
For music students, supplemental language training to accompany regular 1302 language sections.
Introduction to Russian language and culture: practice in three communicative modes: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listening, reading). Progress through novice proficiency
Introduction to Russian language and culture: practice in three communicative modes: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listening, reading). Progress from novice toward intermediate proficiency level.
Practice in three communicative modes at intermediate-level proficiency: interpersonal, presentational (speaking, writing), and interpretive (listening, reading)
An exploration of Russian cultural achievements through the ages with continued practice in speaking, writing, reading, and listening Russian at the intermediate level. Class conducted in Russian with emphasis on developing conversational skills. Specific topics vary, but may include science, literature, the visual arts, music, film, and sports.
Further development of communication skills. Required of all Russian majors.
Development of Russian reading skills through grammar review and reading of selections from various areas of the arts and sciences.
Analysis of Russian phonology and spelling; practice in Russian pronunciation and intonation.
An introduction to Russian culture through Russian film including cinematic traditions of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. The course will explore questions of identity—national, regional, and gender. Taught in English
Emphasis on Russian short prose fiction of the twentieth century.
Emphasis on the drama of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Does not count toward foreign language requirement. Survey of Russian poetry and prose from its beginning to the Revolution with emphasis on Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.
Does not count toward foreign language requirement. Survey of Russian poetry and prose from the Revolution to The present with emphasis on Mayakowsky, Pasternak, Bulgakov, and Solzhenitsyn.
With content changed, this course may be repeated once for credit. 1-0
Undergraduate research undertaken with the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.
Russian literature from its beginnings to the Revolution.
Survey of Russian literature from the Revolution to the present.
Independent study in Russian language and literature in consultation with a professor. Examination and term paper. With content changed, this course may be repeated once for credit.
Undergraduate research undertaken with the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.