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Slavic (Slavic Languages) (SLAVIC) 1 Slavic (Slavic Languages) (SLAVIC) 1 SLAVIC 115 — FIRST SEMESTER CZECH SLAVIC (SLAVIC 4 credits. Designed to help students acquire proficiency in Czech through LANGUAGES) (SLAVIC) understanding, speaking, reading and writing. For students who have not previously studied Czech. Enroll Info: None Requisites: None SLAVIC 101 — FIRST SEMESTER RUSSIAN Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 1st semester language course 4 credits. Level - Elementary Five hours a week focusing on speaking, listening, reading and writing L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Russian, with an introduction to Russian culture. No previous knowledge Repeatable for Credit: No of Russian expected. Enroll Info: None Last Taught: Fall 2020 Requisites: None SLAVIC 116 — SECOND SEMESTER CZECH Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 1st semester language course 4 credits. Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Designed to help students acquire proficiency in Czech through Repeatable for Credit: No understanding, speaking, reading and writing. For students who have Last Taught: Summer 2021 not previously studied Czech. Continuation of SLAVIC 115. Enroll Info: SLAVIC 115 or equiv SLAVIC 102 — SECOND SEMESTER RUSSIAN Requisites: None 4 credits. Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language course Continuation of SLAVIC 101. Enroll Info: SLAVIC 101 or equiv. Open to Fr Level - Elementary Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language course Repeatable for Credit: No Level - Elementary Last Taught: Spring 2021 L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S SLAVIC 117 — INTENSIVE SECOND YEAR RUSSIAN Repeatable for Credit: No 4 credits. Last Taught: Summer 2021 Enroll Info: None SLAVIC 111 — FIRST SEMESTER POLISH Requisites: None 4 credits. Course Designation: Level - Intermediate For students who have not studied Polish. Enroll Info: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 1st semester language course Last Taught: Summer 2021 Level - Elementary SLAVIC 118 — INTENSIVE SECOND YEAR RUSSIAN L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S 4 credits. Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 Enroll Info: None Requisites: None SLAVIC 112 — SECOND SEMESTER POLISH Course Designation: Level - Intermediate 4 credits. L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Enroll Info: SLAVIC 111. Open to Fr Repeatable for Credit: No Requisites: None Last Taught: Summer 2021 Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language course SLAVIC 141 — FIRST SEMESTER SERBO-CROATIAN Level - Elementary 3 credits. L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Designed to develop the primary language skills in Serbo-Croation Last Taught: Spring 2021 (speaking, listening/understanding, reading, and writing). For students who have not previously studied Serbo-Croatian. Enroll Info: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 1st semester language course Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2018 2 Slavic (Slavic Languages) (SLAVIC) SLAVIC 142 — SECOND SEMESTER SERBO-CROATIAN SLAVIC 207 — THIRD SEMESTER POLISH 3 credits. 4 credits. Designed as a follow-up course to 141 as students continue to develop Reading, conversation exercises, and grammar review. Enroll Info: skills in Serbo-Croatian (speaking, listening/understanding, reading, and SLAVIC 112 or cons inst. Open to Fr writing). Enroll Info: SLAVIC 141 or equiv. Open to Fr Requisites: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language course Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 2nd semester language course Level - Intermediate Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2019 Last Taught: Spring 2019 SLAVIC 208 — FOURTH SEMESTER POLISH SLAVIC 181 — RUSSIAN HONORS TUTORIAL FOR SLAVIC 101 4 credits. 1 credit. Reading, conversation exercises, and grammar review. Enroll Info: None Enroll Info: Con reg for hon cr in SLAVIC 101. Open to Fr Requisites: None Requisites: Declared in honors program Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 4th semester language course Course Designation: Level - Elementary Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020 Last Taught: Fall 2018 SLAVIC 217 — THIRD SEMESTER CZECH SLAVIC 182 — RUSSIAN HONORS TUTORIAL FOR SLAVIC 102 4 credits. 1 credit. Continuation of SLAVIC 116. Focus on developing proficiency in Enroll Info: Con reg for hon cr in SLAVIC 102. Open to Fr understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Czech. Enroll Info: Requisites: Declared in honors program SLAVIC 116 or cons inst. Open to Fr Course Designation: Level - Elementary Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language course Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Spring 2019 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2018 SLAVIC 203 — THIRD SEMESTER RUSSIAN 4 credits. SLAVIC 218 — FOURTH SEMESTER CZECH 4 credits. Five hours a week focusing on speaking, listening, reading and writing Russian, with continued study of Russian culture. Enroll Info: SLAVIC 102 Continuation of SLAVIC 217. Designed to develop proficiency in or equiv. Open to Fr understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Czech. Enroll Info: Requisites: None SLAVIC 217 or cons inst Open to Fr Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language course Requisites: None Level - Intermediate Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 4th semester language course L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Fall 2020 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2019 SLAVIC 204 — FOURTH SEMESTER RUSSIAN 4 credits. Continuation of SLAVIC 203. Enroll Info: SLAVIC 203 or equiv. Open to Fr Requisites: None Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 4th semester language course Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Slavic (Slavic Languages) (SLAVIC) 3 SLAVIC 231 — HISTORY AND ETHICS ON FILM: POLISH CINEMA SLAVIC 252 — FOURTH SEMESTER SERBO-CROATIAN 3 credits. 3 credits. What constitutes heroism in the absence of universally shared moral Continuation of 251. Focus on developing proficiencey in speaking, frameworks? Who are we as individuals? What responsibility do we understanding, reading and writing Serbo-Croatian. Enroll Info: have for the way we represent reality to ourselves and to others? What SLAVIC 251 or cons inst. Open to Fr constitutes "good life"? Engage with these questions and examine Polish Requisites: None cinematic tradition from the so-called Polish Film School to the present. Course Designation: Frgn Lang - 4th semester language course Explore key works, themes, and creators of Polish cinema, and probe Level - Intermediate the ethical and existential dimensions these films open up. Consider L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S various challenges faced by individuals when they lose connection to Repeatable for Credit: No social, national, political, religious, and existential frameworks that used Last Taught: Spring 2020 to define their identity, along with the strategies -- successful or not -- for maintaining one's selfhood and moral integrity in such crises Enroll Info: SLAVIC/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI 253 — RUSSIA: AN None INTERDISCIPLINARY SURVEY Requisites: None 4 credits. Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities Comprehensive interdisciplinary survey of Russian civilization from its Level - Elementary beginnings through the present day. Enroll Info: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science SLAVIC 242 — LITERATURES AND CULTURES OF EASTERN EUROPE Level - Elementary 3 credits. L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Introduction to the literature, culture and art of Eastern Europe. Enroll Last Taught: Spring 2021 Info: None Requisites: None SLAVIC/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI 254 — EASTERN EUROPE: AN Course Designation: Breadth - Humanities INTERDISCIPLINARY SURVEY Level - Elementary 4 credits. L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Comprehensive interdisciplinary survey of East European culture, society, Repeatable for Credit: No politics, and literature from its beginnings to the present day. Enroll Info: Last Taught: Spring 2019 None SLAVIC 245 — TOPICS IN SLAVIC LITERATURES Requisites: None 3 credits. Course Designation: Breadth - Either Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary Exploration of various topics - periods, genres, individual writers, themes, L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S problems, etc. in Russian
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