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Russian (RUS) 1 Russian (RUS) 1 RUSSIAN (RUS) RUS 53: Intermediate Intensive Russian for Graduate Students 3 Credits RUS 1: Elementary Russian I Continued intensive study of Russian at the intermediate level: reading, 4 Credits writing, speaking, listening, cultural contexts. RUS 053 Intermediate Intensive Russian for Graduate Students (3)This is the third in a series Audio-lingual approach to basic Russian; writing. Students who have of three courses designed to give students an intermediate intensive received high school credit for two or more years of Russian may not knowledge of Russian. Continued intensive study of Russian at the schedule this course for credit, without the permission of the department. intermediate level: reading, writing, speaking, listening, and cultural contexts. Lessons are taught in an authentic cultural context. Bachelor of Arts: 2nd Foreign/World Language (All) Prerequisite: RUS 052 or equivalent, and graduate standing RUS 2: Elementary Russian II 4 Credits RUS 83: First-Year Seminar in Russian Audio-lingual approach to basic Russian continued; writing. Students 3 Credits who have received high school credit for four years of Russian may not schedule this course for credit, without the permission of the department. Russia's cultural past and present. RUS 083S First-Year Seminar in Russian (3) (GH;FYS;US;IL)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts Prerequisite: RUS 001 degree requirements.Russia, the world's largest country stretching Bachelor of Arts: 2nd Foreign/World Language (All) over eleven time zones in Europe and Asia, is currently undergoing a dramatic transformation. For the past hundred years, Russia has RUS 3: Intermediate Russian served as a laboratory of gigantic dimensions as various social ideals 4 Credits were implemented with unprecedented radicalism. At the same time, Russia's great writers raised 'ultimate questions' about social justice, the Emphasis on reading unsimplified texts; composition; grammatical existence of God, and the meaning of human life with an unparalleled analysis. acuity and intensity. This course surveys Russia's cultural past and present. Although it touches on aspects of Soviet culture, the main Prerequisite: RUS 002 emphasis lies on what some people would call the 'real Russian culture,' Bachelor of Arts: 2nd Foreign/World Language (All) eclipsed for seventy years under the Communist regime and now about Bachelor of Arts: Foreign/World Lang (12th Unit) to be resurrected. At this crucial juncture in the history of Russia, the notion of a 'real' culture remains highly problematic and controversial. RUS 51: Elementary Intensive Russian for Graduate Students I The course surveys the various attitudes of Russian thinkers and authors 3 Credits toward the question of national identity and national destiny. Examples of Russian high culture (philosophy, literature, art, music) and the Russian Intensive introduction to Russian: first half of graduate intensive religious faith (Orthodoxy) are discussed alongside with daily life in post- sequence in elementary reading, writing, speaking, listening, cultural communist Russia. Special emphasis will be placed on the in-depth contexts. RUS 051 Elementary Intensive Russian for Graduate Students study of a few seminal works of Russian literature. The course also I (3)This is the first in a series of three courses designed to give students includes some Russian films. A knowledge of Russian is not required. an intensive introduction to Russian. This is the first half of elementary Each section of this course will be limited to twenty students who will sequence in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and cultural contexts. be instructed by an experienced professor. Questions and discussion Students will learn the Russian vocabulary and will learn to create simple are strongly encouraged. This course can be used to fulfill the General sentences. Lessons are taught in an authentic cultural context. Education or Bachelor of Arts Humanities requirement, the United States and International Cultures requirement, and the first-year seminar Prerequisite: graduate standing requirement. A series of short papers will train students in the skills of information gathering and written expression. The course grade will RUS 52: Elementary Intensive Russian for Graduate Students II be based on oral participation and on the grade for the papers, which 3 Credits will be evaluated both for content and writing. This course will help to prepare students for a variety of additional courses in the fields of Intensive introduction to Russian: second half of graduate intensive literature and Russian/East European area studies. In addition to the sequence in elementary reading, writing, speaking, listening, cultural academic topic and issues of this course, students can expect to gain contexts. RUS 052 Elementary Intensive Russian for Graduate Students a general introduction to the University as an academic community and II (3)This is the second in a series of three courses designed to give have the opportunity to explore their responsibilities as members of that students an intensive introduction to Russian. This is the second community. Students will develop an understanding of the learning tools half of graduate intensive sequence in elementary reading, writing, and resources available to them, including the opportunity to develop speaking, listening, and cultural contexts. Students will learn the Russian relationships with faculty and other students who share their academic vocabulary. Lessons are taught in an authentic cultural context. interests. Prerequisite: RUS 051 and graduate standing Bachelor of Arts: Humanities International Cultures (IL) United States Cultures (US) First-Year Seminar 2 Russian (RUS) General Education: Humanities (GH) and terminology for film analysis. The course is taught exclusively in English; neither prior knowledge of Russian history and culture nor of film RUS 99: Foreign Studies history and terminology is required. To preserve as much authenticity as possible, all movies will be viewed in Russian with English subtitles. 1-12 Credits/Maximum of 12 Films will cover different genres, such as melodrama, historical film, Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction. screen adaptation of literary comedy, propaganda film, and documentary. Readings will provide a historical perspective and acquaint students Bachelor of Arts: Humanities with classical writings by filmmakers and theorists. Short papers and/ International Cultures (IL) or presentations will provide students with opportunities for personal research and active use of writing. The course is designed to satisfy RUS 100: Russian Culture and Civilization General Education Inter-Domain course requirements as a GH (General Humanities), as a GA (General Arts), and as an IL (International Cultures) 3 Credits course. RUS 100 Russian Culture and Civilization (3) (GH; IL) (BA). This course Bachelor of Arts: Arts meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements and is a prescribed Bachelor of Arts: Humanities course for the Russian major and minor. The course acquaints students International Cultures (IL) with the general contours of Russian culture and civilization from the General Education: Arts (GA) origins to the recent past. Students will read the story of the Russian General Education: Humanities (GH) people, which includes their ongoing quest for national identity between General Education - Integrative: Interdomain east and west, their triumphs and tragedies, and their important GenEd Learning Objective: Crit and Analytical Think contributions to world culture. The course surveys history, politics, GenEd Learning Objective: Key Literacies language, literature, folklore, religion, music, and art. Students will be acquainted with various attitudes of Russian thinkers and authors RUS 110: Russian Folklore towards the question of national identity and national destiny. Examples of Russian high culture (philosophy, literature, art, music) and the Russian 3 Credits religious faith (Orthodoxy) are discussed alongside views of daily life. Although the course's focus is on Russian culture and civilization rather Study of byliny, lyrical and historical songs, folktales, drama, ceremonial than on history, some historical background is necessary to properly poetry, chants, charms, proverbs, and mythology of Russia. In English. understand and interpret the culture. That is why a historical frame is RUS 110 Russian Folklore (3) (GH;IL)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor systematically provided. As a General Education course, Russian 100 of Arts degree requirements. Russian 110 is a general survey of Russian incorporates the following four elements of active learning: international folklore for English-speaking students. It concerns itself not with the competence (which is inherent to the subject matter), information aristocratic and intelligentsia culture of Russia, but with the rites of gathering and analysis, active use of writing, and dialogue pertaining passage, agricultural ceremonies, beliefs, legends, folktales, and epics to social behavior, community, and scholarly conduct, which will be of the Russian peasants, most of whom were illiterate. Students are provoked by the reading material. A knowledge of Russian is not required, evaluated on the basis of three examinations (half short-answer and as class lectures and discussions, as well as all additional readings, are half essay), a legend collecting project, and a final. The legend project in English. The course
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