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

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

RUSS 1298: Independent Study
Cr. 2 per semester. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

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

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

RUSS 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.

RUSS 1502: Beginning Russian II
Cr. 5. (5-0). Prerequisites: 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.

RUSS 1901: Accelerated First Year Russian
Cr. 9. (9-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in RUSS 2602. Credit for RUSS 1901 may not be applied toward any degree by students who have credit for RUSS 1301, 1302, 1501 or 1502. Accelerated and concentrated instruction in written and oral communication in Russian through intensive study.

RUSS 2198: Independent Study
Cr. 1 per semester. Prerequisites: RUSS 1301; 1302 or equivalent and approval of department chair.

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

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

RUSS 2303: 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.

RUSS 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.

RUSS 2398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisites: RUSS 1301; 1302 or equivalent and approval of department chair.

RUSS 2602: Accelerated Second Year Russian
Cr. 6. (6-0). Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in RUSS 1901. Credit for RUSS 2602 may not be applied toward any degree by students who have credit for RUSS 2301 or 2302. Continuation of accelerated and concentrated instruction in written and oral communication in Russian through intensive study.

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

RUSS 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. Taught in Russian.

RUSS 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.

RUSS 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.

RUSS 3307: Soviet and Post-Soviet Cinema: Collapse of the Soviet Realm and Revival of National Identity
Cr. 3. (3-0). Analysis of Soviet and post-Soviet films within their historical, cultural, and aesthetic context with emphasis on the collapse of the Soviet realm and revival of national identity. Taught in English.

 

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Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
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