Winter Session 2024/2025
RUSS 101: Basic Russian I | Sample syllabus
Term 1 | 3 credits
Introduction to contemporary Russian. Oral practice, grammar, reading, and writing. Various times and course deliveries
RUSS 102: Basic Russian II | Sample Syllabus
Term 2 | 3 credits
Continuation of RUSS 101. Various times and course deliveries
RUSS 201: Second-Year Russian I | Sample Syllabus
Term 1 | in-person | M/W/F 11:00 – 12:00 | 3 credits
Intermediate oral practice, grammar, reading, composition. A special section may be provided for science students. Credit will be granted for only one of RUSS 201 or RUSS 200.
Prerequisite: One of RUSS 100, RUSS 102.
RUSS 202: Second-Year Russian II | Sample Syllabus
Term 2 | online | Tues/Thur 17:00 – 18:30 | 3 credits
A continuation of RUSS 201. Intermediate oral practice, grammar, reading, composition. A special section may be provided for science students. Credit will be granted for only one of RUSS 202 or RUSS 200.
Prerequisite: RUSS 201.
RUSS 206: Nineteenth-Century Russian Writers in Translation | Sample Syllabus
Term 2 | in-person | M/W/F 11:00 – 12:00 | 3 credits
The writings, lives, and thought of selected authors.
RUSS 301: Third-Year Russian I | Sample Syllabus
Advanced intermediate oral practice, syntax and composition.
Term 2 | in-person | M/W 14:00 – 15:30 | 3 credits
RUSS 306A: Russian Literature in Translation | Sample Syllabus
Term 1 | in-person | Tues/Thur 11:00 – 12:30 | 3 credits
A comprehensive historical and critical presentation with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
RUSS 315: Advanced Russian Practice
Term 1 | multi-access | M/W 14:00 – 15:30 | 3 credits
Continuation of RUSS 215. May be taken concurrently with RUSS 300. Emphasis on oral practice and reading. It is recommended that this course be taken concurrently with one of the following: RUSS 200, RUSS 201, RUSS 202.
Prerequisite: One of RUSS 100, RUSS 102.
RUSS 323A: Fantastic Worlds in Russian (in English) | Sample Syllabus
Term 2 | online | 3 credits
Russian and Soviet Science Fiction. We will explore the greatest science fiction of the twentieth century through a mixture of texts and films and delve into some emerging as the most important of the twenty-first century.
