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RUS 101  Elementary Russian I  

The course is topically organized and designed to encourage communication and to offer insight into the culture of the speakers of Russian. Information is provided on the geo-political areas in which Russian is spoken and the cultural habits and orientation of its speakers.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Fall  
How Offered: Face to Face  
ILO Met: Inst. Learning Objective 11  
Restrictions: Little or no previous study or experience in Russian.  
RUS 102  Elementary Russian II  

The course is topically organized and designed to encourage communication and to offer insight into the culture of the speakers of Russian. Information is provided on the geo-political areas in which Russian is spoken and the cultural habits and orientation of its speakers.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Spring  
How Offered: Face to Face  
Prerequisites: RUS 101, equivalent, or by departmental placement.  
RUS 201  Intermediate Russian I  

This course promotes communication through a knowledge of Russian and Russian culture. It involves further study of the structural and lexical features of Russian, based upon topical subjects. It enhances understanding of the in-depth culture of Russia through presentations on its traditions of art, music, and literature.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Fall  
How Offered: Face to Face  
ILO Met: Inst. Learning Objective 11  
Prerequisites: RUS 102, equivalent, or by departmental placement.  
RUS 202  Intermediate Russian II  

This course promotes communication through a knowledge of Russian and Russian culture. It involves further study of the structural and lexical features of Russian, based upon topical subjects. It enhances understanding of the in-depth culture of Russia through presentations on its traditions of art, music, and literature.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Spring  
How Offered: Face to Face  
Prerequisites: RUS 201, equivalent, or by departmental placement  
RUS 241  Russian Literature of the 19th Century  

These courses focus on Romanticism and Realism in Russian literature. Readings from Pushkin, Griboedov, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Ostrovsky, Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Leskov, Chekhov, Kuprin, Bunin, and Andreev.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: RUS 202 or permission of the instructor  
RUS 242  Russian Literature of the 19th Century  

These courses focus on Romanticism and Realism in Russian literature. Readings from Pushkin, Griboedov, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Ostrovsky, Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Leskov, Chekhov, Kuprin, Bunin, and Andreev.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: RUS 202 or permission of the instructor  
RUS 245  Soviet Literature  

These courses examine socialist realism as a doctrine of art and literature in the Soviet Union. Readings from Gorky, Mayakovsky, Babel, Olesha, Leonov, Zamyatin, Zoshchenko, Sholokhov, Ilf and Petrov, Simonov, Pasternak, Yevtushenko, Solzhenitsyn, and others.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: RUS 202 or permission of the instructor  
RUS 246  Soviet Literature  

These courses examine socialist realism as a doctrine of art and literature in the Soviet Union. Readings from Gorky, Mayakovsky, Babel, Olesha, Leonov, Zamyatin, Zoshchenko, Sholokhov, Ilf and Petrov, Simonov, Pasternak, Yevtushenko, Solzhenitsyn, and others.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: RUS 202 or permission of the instructor  
RUS 270  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 271  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 301  Adv Gram & Convers  

This course involves conversations on topical subjects and in-depth
analyses of structural, lexical, and grammatical features of Russian. The
conversations are drawn on the cultural activities and perspectives of
the speakers of Russian (holidays, work habits, plight of ethnic minorities,
church, and family).

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 302  Scientific Russian  

This course addresses theory and practice in translating scientific and
technical texts. Selected readings in economics, chemistry, physics,
mathematics, geology, anatomy, and astronomy are provided.

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 303  Adv Rdgs & Comp I  

These courses examine selected readings of 19th- and 20th- century
Russian prose and verse. Translation of selected scientific articles are
offered. Intensive exercises in translating standard English prose into
Russian will be expected.

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 304  Adv Rdgs & Comp II  

These courses examine selected readings of 19th- and 20th- century
Russian prose and verse. Translation of selected scientific articles are
offered. Intensive exercises in translating standard English prose into
Russian will be expected.

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 370  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 401  Hist Rus Language  

This course provides an historical background for an understanding of
the phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of modern Russian.

Number of Credits: 3  
RUS 402  Literature of Old Russia  

This course examines selected readings from the epic, annalistic, and
hagiographic literature from the 11th to the 17th centuries with special
emphasis on Igor Tale and the Primary, Kievan, and Galician-Volynian
chronicles. The beginnings of fiction are explored.

Number of Credits: 3