2001-2003

Courses: Russian (RUSS)
College: Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

1301: First-Year Russian I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Introduction to modern spoken and written Russian.

1302: First-Year Russian II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 1301 or equivalent. Further development of skills in writing and speaking modern Russian.

1501: Beginning Russian I
Cr. 5. (5-0). Credit for both RUSS 1301 and 1501 may not be applied toward a degree. Instruction in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Russian, including practice sessions and laboratory drills.

1502: Beginning Russian II
Cr. 5. (5-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 1301 and 1501 or equivalent. Credit for both RUSS 1302 and 1502 may not be applied toward a degree. Instruction in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Russian, including practice sessions and laboratory drills.

2198: 2398 Special Problems
Cr. 1 or 3 per semester. Prerequisites: RUSS 1301; 1302 or equivalent and approval of chair.

2301: Second-Year Russian I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 1302 or 1502 or equivalent. Grammar review, selected readings, conversation, and composition.

2302: Second-Year Russian II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 2301 or equivalent. Further grammar review, selected readings, conversation, and composition.

2303:2304: A Survey of Russian Literature in English
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1303 or equivalent. May not serve to fulfill foreign language requirement. No knowledge of Russian is required. First semester: beginnings to 1881; second semester: 1881 to the present.

3303: Third-Year Conversation and Composition
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 2302 or equivalent. Practice in speaking and writing Russian.

3304: Post-Soviet Russia
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 2302 or equivalent. Study of contemporary Russian culture and society through film, television, and the popular press. Conducted in Russian.

3305: Translating Russian Texts
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 2302 or equivalent. Practical application of the techniques for translating stylistically varied Russian printed texts into English.

3306: Third-Year Literary Readings
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: RUSS 2302 or equivalent. Selected readings from Russian literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readings in Russian; lectures in English and Russian.

4398: Special Problems
Cr. 3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

Files Archived: February 5, 2003

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