Course Schedule
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
A variable topics course taught in English or Russian (depending on subject material). Graduate-level requirements include graduate students being held to higher standards of proficiency in all exams and coursework. Graduate students will be given more challenging assignments and may have additional, separate meetings with the instructor.
A variable topics course taught in English or Russian (depending on subject material). Graduate-level requirements include graduate students being held to higher standards of proficiency in all exams and coursework. Graduate students will be given more challenging assignments and may have additional, separate meetings with the instructor.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Thompson, Suzanne
- Days: MoWeFr
- Time: 03:00 PM - 03:50 PM
- Dates: Aug 25 - Dec 10
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 10 / 12
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- Section: 002
- Instructor: Williams, Veronika A
- Days: TuTh
- Time: 01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
- Dates: Aug 25 - Dec 10
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 2 / 12
RSSS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
This class is intended to prepare students to teach a second/foreign language. It will provide students with the essential foundations in language teaching methodology and theory, pedagogical grammar, curriculum and materials development, classroom management, and formal and informal assessment techniques. In addition, students will gain practical knowledge through video practicum components, which allow them to watch and reflect on actual classroom teaching. Students will complete this program with the pedagogical knowledge and practical understanding necessary to be confident and effective language teachers.
This class is intended to prepare students to teach a second/foreign language. It will provide students with the essential foundations in language teaching methodology and theory, pedagogical grammar, curriculum and materials development, classroom management, and formal and informal assessment techniques. In addition, students will gain practical knowledge through video practicum components, which allow them to watch and reflect on actual classroom teaching. Students will complete this program with the pedagogical knowledge and practical understanding necessary to be confident and effective language teachers.
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- Section: 002
- Instructor: Ecke, Peter M
- Days: We
- Time: 04:00 PM - 06:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 25 - Dec 10
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 8 / 15
RSSS 593C – Internship
Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
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- Section: 011
- Instructor: unassigned
- Days:
- Time:
- Dates: Aug 25 - Dec 10
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 0 / 12
RSSS 597 – Language & Digital Media
This course examines, through a range of topics and research frameworks, a relationship between language and digital media and the many ways language communication dynamics operates across changing mediascapes. The course provides a solid foundation in relevant theoretical concepts balanced with practical exercises and creative projects. The course adopts a broad interpretation of the term "media" focusing on existing online media platforms as well as on the issues that arise from various uses of digital media for social, political, and cultural purposes, including virtual community building, digital semiotics, memes, viral spreads, surveillance, political opposition and oppression, and propaganda, marginalization and liberation, participatory cultures, production dimensions, etc. The course is designed for graduate and undergraduate students in Russian sociolinguistics, and (second) language studies interested in learning how to research digital media discourse. The course is taught in English; no knowledge of Russian language is required.
This course examines, through a range of topics and research frameworks, a relationship between language and digital media and the many ways language communication dynamics operates across changing mediascapes. The course provides a solid foundation in relevant theoretical concepts balanced with practical exercises and creative projects. The course adopts a broad interpretation of the term "media" focusing on existing online media platforms as well as on the issues that arise from various uses of digital media for social, political, and cultural purposes, including virtual community building, digital semiotics, memes, viral spreads, surveillance, political opposition and oppression, and propaganda, marginalization and liberation, participatory cultures, production dimensions, etc. The course is designed for graduate and undergraduate students in Russian sociolinguistics, and (second) language studies interested in learning how to research digital media discourse. The course is taught in English; no knowledge of Russian language is required.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Klimanova, Liudmila
- Days: Th
- Time: 04:00 PM - 06:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 25 - Dec 10
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 4 / 25
RSSS 696D – Russian Literature: 20th Century
The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Gordienko, Anastasia
- Days: Tu
- Time: 04:00 PM - 06:30 PM
- Dates: Aug 25 - Dec 10
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 6 / 12