Department of Russian and Slavic Studies

Prefix	Class Number	Term	Year	Title	Description	PDF
RSSS	301A	Fall	2011	Advanced Grammar and Composition	In this course you will perfect your knowledge of Russian grammar, improve your ability to write in Russian, and broaden your knowledge of everyday life in Russia today (русский быт)! If you do not...	Phillips301Fall2011.pdf
RSSS		Fall	2011	East European Cinema in a Social Context	East European Cinema in a Social Context offers students the opportunity to become familiar with a variety of excellent films that have come out of Eastern Europe in the last one hundred years....	Gutsche105BFall2011.pdf
RSSS		Summer I	2011	Elementary Russian I
RSSS		Fall	2011	Elementary Russian I	Introduction to the Russian Language	WilliamsMattix101AFall2011.pdf
RSSS		Summer II	2011	Elementary Russian II
RSSS		Fall	2011	Intermediate Russian	In Russian 201A you will continue to develop your Russian language proficiency in the four major communicative modes: speaking, listening, writing and reading. Our goal as instructors is to assist...	Leafgren201AFall2011.pdf
RSSS		Summer I	2011	Intermediate Russian I
RSSS		Summer II	2011	Intermediate Russian II
RSSS		Fall	2011	Russia: From Empire to Federation	This course takes you through 1,000 years of Russian history and culture from the earliest times up through the present. We will be looking at the country, its people, its traditions and its history...	Barker160C1Fall2011.pdf
TRAD		Summer I	2011	Russian Empire to Federation
RSSS		Spring	2011	Russian Writers and Society	This course is an introduction to Russia’s nineteenth century literature (Russian's Golden Age) and to the philosophical questions that distinguished this particular generation of writers.	Barker 340 Syllabi 11.pdf
RSSS		Summer II	2011	Russian Writers and Society
RSSS		Fall	2011	Russian Writers and Society/ The Accursed Questions	This course is an introduction to Russia’s nineteenth century literature and to the philosophical questions that distinguished this particular generation of writers.	Barker340Fall2011.pdf
RSSS		Spring	2011	Slavic Folklore: Vampires and Werewolves	This course will examine two supernatural figures with clear connections to Slavic and East European folklore - the werewolf and the vampire.	Gutsche 315 Syllabi 11.pdf
RSSS		Summer	2011	Slavic Folklore: Vampires and Werewolves
RSSS		Summer II	2011	Slavic Folklore: Vampires and Werewolves
RSSS		Fall	2011	The Balkans: Constructing Identity in Contact and Conflict	In this course we will examine the Balkans from a variety of perspectives: the cultural-historical background of the Balkans as a geopolitical construct, as well as the development and expression of...	275SyllabusS2011.pdf
RSSS		Fall	2011	The Other Kazakhstan	he other Kazakhstan is a one-unit colloquium on Modern Kazakhstan. In the first half of the course, we will explore traditional Kazakh culture – their most famous poet Abai, music, oral traditions,...	Dotton195AFall2011.pdf
RSSS		Summer	2011	The Soviet Experiment
RSSS		Fall	2011	The Soviet Experiment	In this course, we will explore texts of key twentieth-century Soviet authors, focusing on themes of the individual and his/her relationship to society, the government, or the collective. How did...	Eanes350Fall2011.pdf
RSSS		Fall	2009	Global Simulation: Communicating in a Cultural Context	Russian 307A is an oral communication course designed to give you the opportunity to further develop your ability to effectively communicate in Russian.	Shishkin 307a Syllabus 09.pdf
RSSS		Fall	2009	History of Soviet and Post-Soviet Film	Throughout Soviet history cinema has always fulfilled a special function, sometimes serving as the ideological watch dog, at other times serving as the vehicle for change. This course is an...	Barker 304 Syllabi 09.pdf
TRAD		Fall	2009	Russia: From Empire to Federation	In this course, we will explore 1,000 years of Russian and Soviet history: from the acceptance of Orthodox Christianity by Prince Vladimir of Kiev to the post-Soviet period of Vladimir Putin and...	Eanes Trad103 Syllabi 09.pdf
RSSS		Spring	2009	Women in Russian Literature and Culture	In this course, we will explore women in Russian literature and culture by reading autobiographical texts written from the time of Catherine the Great and through the Soviet period.	Eanes 328 Syllabus 09.pdf