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Courses - Spring 2025
RUSS
Russian Department Site
Open Seats as of
12/21/2024 at 10:30 PM
RUSS102
Intensive Elementary Russian II
Credits: 6
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: RUSS101 or RUSS102; and must have appropriate World Language Placement Test (WLPT) score.
Restriction: Must not be a native/fluent speaker of Russian.
Credit only granted for: RUSS102 or (RUSS113 and RUSS114).
A continuation of RUSS101 which will further develop the four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking with an emphasis on communicative competence.
RUSS202
Intermediate Russian II
Credits: 5
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: RUSS201; or must have appropriate World Language Placement Test (WLPT) score.
Restriction: Must not be a native/fluent speaker of Russian.
Continued activation and expansion of skills and knowledge acquired in RUSS201 with the goal of communicative competence.
RUSS302
Advanced Russian II
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: RUSS301.
Advanced training in written Russian communicative structures.
RUSS321
Survey of Russian Literature I
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: RUSS202; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
The first half of a survey of Russian literature.
RUSS336
Soviet Cinema and Empire
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Cross-listed with: CINE336.
Credit only granted for: RUSS336, CINE336, or FILM336.
Formerly: FILM336.
Examination of the concepts of "empire" and "nation" through their representation in Soviet cinema. Taught in English.
RUSS386
(Perm Req)
Experiential Learning
Credits: 3 - 6
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
Restriction: Junior standing or higher; and permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Contact the department to obtain section numbers.
Contact department for information to register for this course.
RUSS402
Practicum in Written Russian
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: RUSS401; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Designed to improve comprehension of functional varieties of written Russian and develop ability to present in written form concise syntheses of source texts.
RUSS409L
Selected Topics in Russian Language Study; Literature of the 1920s: Creating the New Soviet Person
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
RUSS202; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.

Introduces students to reading literary texts in Russian through a survey of literature from the 1920s, a key period that witnessed the creation of a post-revolutionary society. We will read and discuss worksby a diverse range of writers (Zoshchenko, Babel, Ilf & Petrov, Bulgakov, among others) and strive to understand the "New Soviet Person." This is both a language and literature course; we will work towards developing Advanced-level proficiency while meaningfully engaging with these fascinating literary texts. Taught in Russian.
RUSS499
(Perm Req)
Independent Study in Russian
Credits: 1 - 3
Grad Meth: Reg
Contact department for information to register for this course.
RUSS798
Credits: 1 - 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud, S-F
Contact department for information to register for this course.