Subject	Course Number	Long Course Title	Description
RUSS	101	Beginning Russian I	The first course of a three-term sequence. Once students learn the alphabet and pronunciation, they acquire a basis for speaking, understanding, reading, and writing spoken Russian. Cultural information is incorporated throughout the course.
RUSS	102	Beginning Russian II	Continued practice in speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. Cultural information is incorporated throughout the course.
RUSS	190	Tutorial Studies in Russian	Advanced work, in Russian, arranged and carried out in consultation with the faculty. Topics depend on the student’s interest, the instructor, and the subject. Tutorials are not substitutes for courses offered elsewhere in the curriculum.
RUSS	195	Internship in Russian	An opportunity for students to apply their Russian language skills in business, government, and the non-profit sector on the regional, national, and international levels. Arranged in collaboration with and supervised by a member of the department. Includes discussion, report, and/or portfolio. Advance consultation and application required. Credit may be given for internships completed during a period of study abroad.
RUSS	199	Independent Study in Russian	Individualized advanced research carried out in consultation with a faculty member. Students considering an honors project in their senior year should register for an upper-level independent study for one or more terms.
RUSS	201	Intermediate Beginning Russian	Students acquire a wider range of linguistic structures, which enables them to start speaking, reading, and writing on a higher level.
RUSS	211	Intermediate Russian I	Grammar review and introduction of more complex grammatical concepts. Students read some authentic literary texts. Cultural information is presented through texts and audio-visual/computer materials.
RUSS	212	Intermediate Russian II	A continuation of Russian 211. More exposure to literary texts, along with newspaper articles. Video clips continue to improve students’ listening comprehension skills and cultural knowledge.
RUSS	250	Advanced Intermediate Russian	A continuation of Russian 212. More intensive reading, writing, and conversational practice to provide a transition to study abroad.
RUSS	300	Russia's Golden Age: 19th-Century Literature in Translation	The texts studied in this course are thematically unified by their examination of romantic and sexual relationships, many of which are limited by social restrictions. Some works will be studied in conjunction with film versions. No knowledge of Russian required. Offered every other year.
RUSS	305	Repression and Resistance in Soviet and Post-Soviet Literature in Translation	Survey of Soviet and post-Soviet literature from 1920 to the present. Course will explore ways in which writers responded to, helped shape, and reacted against the Soviet system. Works will be set in historical and cultural context. No knowledge of Russian required. Offered every other year.
RUSS	307	Men in the Storm of History	Narratives of WW I and the Russian Revolution. Comparisons, where applicable, with American writers influential in Russian letters. Works of Blok, Babel, Sholoxov, Pasternak, Hemingway, and Faulkner.
RUSS	309	Brothers Karamozov and War and Peace in Translation	Two novels that lie at the heart of Russian literature, Tolstoy’s War and Peace and Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, will be read in translation. No knowledge of Russian required. Offered every other year.
RUSS	310	Russia’s Erotic Utopia	This course examines Russia’s complex debate over the nature of sexuality, decadence, morality and mortality. Themes include the moral nature of procreation, lust, murder, and resurrection. Readings include Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Platonov, and Nabokov, as well as film, opera, paintings, and a television mini series. In English.
RUSS	312	The Russian Nabokov	This course examines Nabokov’s Russian works in the context of the Russian literary tradition. We will read poems, stories, a play, and three novels by Nabokov, as well as a sampling of the pre-revolutionary, Soviet, and émigré works upon which he drew. In English.
RUSS	323	Topics in Russian History and Culture (in English)	An interdisciplinary course examining the relationship between politics and culture in Russia since the 18th century through the close analysis of a specific historical theme. Emphasis is placed on reading and discussing literary texts, historical primary sources, and, where applicable, watching films. Possible themes include: Power and Culture in the Russian Revolution, 1900-1936; The Soviet 1960s; and The Agony of Populism: Terrorism and Literature in Russia's Nineteenth Century. Not open to students who have previously received, or need to receive credit for HIST 423. Topic for Spring 2009: Power and Culture in the Russian Revolution, 1900-1934 This course is a study of the relationship between politics, art, and everyday life in Russia¿s revolutionary era. Among the topics studied are: prominent artistic movements such as symbolism, futurism, and constructivism; ideological debates about the role of culture in revolutionary times; efforts to transform the everyday lives of ordinary people by means of propaganda, popular entertainment, and design; and the development of socialist realism. Emphasis is placed on analyzing and discussing historical primary sources and literary texts, works of fine and applied art, and films in a seminar-style format.
RUSS	350	Kurgan Exchange Term	Courses in Russian phonetics, grammar, conversation, translation, literature, and folklore taken at Kurgan State University in Russia. Offered every year.
RUSS	361	Survey of 19th- and 20th-Century Russian Prose	Primary goals are to read, discuss, and analyze selected short stories and novel excerpts by some of Russia’s major writers.
RUSS	390	Tutorial Studies in Russian	Advanced work, in Russian, arranged and carried out in consultation with the faculty. Topics depend on the student’s interest, the instructor, and the subject. Tutorials are not substitutes for courses offered elsewhere in the curriculum.
RUSS	395	Internship in Russian	An opportunity for students to apply their Russian language skills in business, government, and the non-profit sector on the regional, national, and international levels. Arranged in collaboration with and supervised by a member of the department. Includes discussion, report, and/or portfolio. Advance consultation and application required. Credit may be given for internships completed during a period of study abroad.
RUSS	399	Independent Study in Russian	Individualized advanced research carried out in consultation with a faculty member. Students considering an honors project in their senior year should register for an upper-level independent study for one or more terms.
RUSS	590	Tutorial Studies in Russian	Advanced work, in Russian, arranged and carried out in consultation with the faculty. Topics depend on the student’s interest, the instructor, and the subject. Tutorials are not substitutes for courses offered elsewhere in the curriculum.
RUSS	595	Internship in Russian	An opportunity for students to apply their Russian language skills in business, government, and the non-profit sector on the regional, national, and international levels. Arranged in collaboration with and supervised by a member of the department. Includes discussion, report, and/or portfolio. Advance consultation and application required. Credit may be given for internships completed during a period of study abroad.
RUSS	599	Independent Study in Russian	Individualized advanced research carried out in consultation with a faculty member. Students considering an honors project in their senior year should register for an upper-level independent study for one or more terms.
RUSS	690	Tutorial Studies in Russian	Advanced work, in Russian, arranged and carried out in consultation with the faculty. Topics depend on the student’s interest, the instructor, and the subject. Tutorials are not substitutes for courses offered elsewhere in the curriculum.
RUSS	695	Internship in Russian	An opportunity for students to apply their Russian language skills in business, government, and the non-profit sector on the regional, national, and international levels. Arranged in collaboration with and supervised by a member of the department. Includes discussion, report, and/or portfolio. Advance consultation and application required. Credit may be given for internships completed during a period of study abroad.
RUSS	699	Independent Study in Russian	Individualized advanced research carried out in consultation with a faculty member. Students considering an honors project in their senior year should register for an upper-level independent study for one or more terms.