Russian (RUSS)
Courses
RUSS 1010 (4) Beginning Russian 1
For students with no previous training in Russian.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 1050
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 1020 (4) Beginning Russian 2
A continuation of RUSS 1010. Provides a basic introduction to Russian language and life. Covers the basics of Russian grammar; classroom activities develop speaking, reading and comprehension skills. Course will have midterm and final.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 1050
Recommended: Prerequisite RUSS 1010 (minimum grade C-).
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 1050 (5) Intensive Beginning Russian
Covers same material as RUSS 1010 and RUSS 1020 combined in one course. Focuses on acquiring basic grammar (all cases for nouns, adjectives and possessives, verb conjugations, in all three tenses), and ability to understand and speak basic everyday Russian. Develops basic reading and writing skills and provides exposure to the fundamentals of the Russian culture.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 1010 or RUSS 1020
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 2010 (4) Second-Year Russian 1
Review and continuation of basic skills learned in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 1020 or RUSS 1050 (minimum grade C-).
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 2020 (4) Second-Year Russian 2
Continuation of RUSS 2010. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 2010 (minimum grade C-).
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 3000 (3) Advanced Conversation
Enables students to speak and understand contemporary Russian. Discussion topics and source materials vary. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 2010 (minimum grade C-).
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 3010 (4) Third-Year Russian 1
Review of Russian grammar coordinated with reading, speaking, writing and understanding modern Russian. Uses some texts from modern Russian literature. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 2020 (minimum grade C-).
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 3020 (4) Third-Year Russian 2
Continuation of RUSS 3010. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 3010 (minimum grade C-).
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 3060 (4) Advanced Russian for Heritage Speakers (Part 1)
Enhances heritage student competence and performance in Russian language. Offers intensive review of Russian grammar and focuses on developing advanced reading, writing and translation skills. Readings are selected from a wide range of contemporary writings that reflect current issues in Russia.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4010 or RUSS 5010
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 4010 (4) Advanced Conversation and Composition 1
Review of all aspects of Russian grammar, with a focus on difficulties, vocabulary for communication at an advanced level and contextual usage. Includes intensive writing and editing of compositions on a variety of topics, reading of authentic Russian texts, interactive work with Russian media and fluent conversation in Russian that moves beyond functional proficiency. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 3020 (minimum grade C-).
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 3060 RUSS 5010
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 4020 (4) Advanced Conversation and Composition 2
Review of all aspects of Russian grammar, with a focus on difficulties, vocabulary for communication at an advanced level and contextual usage. Includes intensive writing and editing of compositions on a variety of topics, reading of authentic Russian texts, interactive work with Russian media and fluent conversation in Russian that moves beyond functional proficiency. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 4010 (minimum grade C-).
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4060 RUSS 5020
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 4050 (4) Professional Russian
Introduces stylistic and idiomatic forms of Russian used in business, politics, media and the Internet. Develops new vocabulary with a special focus on fluency of speech and written communication skills. Offers immersion into the world of contemporary Russian media, politics and culture. Formerly RUSS 3050.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 5050
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
Recommended: Prerequisite RUSS 3020.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 4060 (4) Advanced Russian for Heritage Speakers (Part 2)
Enhances heritage student competence and performance in Russian language. Offers intensive review of Russian grammar and focuses on developing advanced reading, writing and translation skills. Readings are selected from a wide range of contemporary writings that reflect current issues in Russia. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 3060 or RUSS 4010 (minimum grade C-).
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4020 or RUSS 5020
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 4220 (3) Topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian Culture (in Russian)
Selected topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian culture and society. Taught all or partly in Russian. Formerly RUSS 4220.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: REES 5220
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
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RUSS 4230 (3) Russian Cultural Idioms
Focuses on the critical analysis of the Russian cultural discourse through Russian idioms. Taught in Russian. Department enforced prerequisite: RUSS 2020 (minimum grade C-).
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 5230
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 4850 (4) Russian Film and Society
Examines topics in Russian film and TV series from sociohistorial and cultural perspectives, while simultaneously developing students' auditing, comprehension, and speaking skills in Russian language. Critical thinking and analytical approaches will be key to working through the course's material. Screenings, discussions, and written assignments are in Russian.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 5850
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Recommended: Prerequisite RUSS 2020.
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Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 5010 (4) Advanced Russian Seminar
Review of all aspects of Russian grammar, with a focus on difficulties, vocabulary for communication at an advanced level and contextual usage. Includes intensive writing and editing of compositions on a variety of topics, reading of authentic Russian texts, interactive work with Russian media and fluent conversation in Russian that moves beyond functional proficiency.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4010
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 5020 (4) Advanced Russian Seminar 2
Review of all aspects of Russian grammar, with a focus on difficulties, vocabulary for communication at an advanced level and contextual usage. Includes intensive writing and editing of compositions on a variety of topics, reading of authentic Russian texts, interactive work with Russian media and fluent conversation in Russian that moves beyond functional proficiency.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4020
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 5050 (4) Professional Russian
Introduces graduate and advanced undergraduate students to various stylistic registers of Russian (business, politics, the Internet, TV, etc.). Develops new vocabulary and idiomatics, with a special focus on fluency of speech and written communication skills. Along with language training, the course offers an immersion into the world of contemporary Russian media, politics and culture. Taught in Russian.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4050
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 5220 (3) Topics in Russian, East European and Eurasian Culture (in Russian)
Selected topics in Russian culture and society. Taught all or partly in Russian. Formerly RUSS 5220.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: REES 4220
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
RUSS 5230 (3) Russian Cultural Idioms
Analyzes Russian cultural discourse through Russian idioms. Taught in Russian. Formerly GSLL 5230.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4230
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian
RUSS 5841 (3) History of Modern Russian Drama
Examines Russian plays of the 20th and 21st centuries (from Chekhov to contemporary authors) in the context of the Western dramatic theory. Surveys most influential directorial styles from Stanislavsky's "method" to contemporary verbatim theatre. All readings are in English. Taught in English. Formerly GSLL 5841.
Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: RUSS 4841
Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Russian Courses Taught in English