Language Courses
(4 credits unless otherwise noted)
BCS 1101: BEGINNING BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I
MTWR 1:50PM-2:45PM, Derby Hall 0062, Instructor: Vedrana Mihalicek
BCS 1103: INTERMEDIATE BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I
MTWR 3:00PM-3:55PM, Derby Hall 0062, Instructor: Vedrana Mihalicek
BCS 3101: ADVANCED BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I
TBD, TBD, Instructor: Vedrana Mihalicek
CZECH 1101: ELEMENTARY CZECH I
MTWR 1:25PM-2:15PM, Instructor: Distance Learning Course
CZECH 1103: INTERMEDIATE CZECH I
MWR 2:30PM-3:20PM, Instructor: Distance Learning Course
POLISH 1101: ELEMENTARY POLISH I
TWRF 12:40PM-1:35PM, TBD, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
POLISH 1103: INTERMEDIATE POLISH I
TWRF 9:10AM-10:05AM, Derby 0038, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
POLISH 3101: ADVANCED POLISH I
TR 11:10AM-12:30PM, Instructor: Distance Learning Course
ROMANIAN 1101: ELEMENTARY ROMANIAN I
TWRF 3:00PM-3:55PM, Enarson Classroom Bldg 238, Instructor: Staff
RUSSIAN 1101.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN I
Section 0010, TWRF 5:20PM-6:15PM, Enarson Classroom Bldg 0330, Instructor: Staff
Section 0020, TWRF 8:00AM-8:55AM, Baker Systems 0260, Instructor: Staff
Section 0030, TWRF 3:00PM-3:55PM, University Hall 0051, Instructor: Staff
Section 0040, MWF 2:20PM-3:40PM, Enarson Classroom Bldg 0246, Instructor: Staff
Section 0050, TWRF 9:10AM-10:05AM, Caldwell Lab 0119, Instructor: Staff
RUSSIAN 1101.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Staff
RUSSIAN 1102.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II
Session 0010, TWR 5:30PM-6:50PM, Hagerty Hall 0351, Instructor: Staff
Session 0020, TWRF 9:10AM-10:05AM, Koffolt Lab 0205, Instructor: Staff
RUSSIAN 1102.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED)
RUSSIAN 1103.01: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I
Section 0010, TWRF 8:00AM-8:55AM, Smith Lab 1076, Instructor: Staff
Section 0020, TWRF 11:30AM-12:25PM, Caldwell Lab 0119, Instructor: Staff
Section 0030, TWRF 12:40PM-1:35PM, Journalism Bldg 0304, Instructor: Staff
RUSSIAN 1103.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED)
RUSSIAN 2104.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED)
RUSSIAN 3101: THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN I: CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN IN CULTURAL AND LITERARY CONTEXTS
TWRF 4:10PM-5:05PM, Enarson Classroom Bldg 0238, Instructor: Staff
Further develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills and grammar competence while discussing topics of contemporary Russian life and literature. Prereq: 2104.01 or 4 cr hrs of 2104.51, or 402.01 or 407.01, or 5 cr hrs of 402.51 or 407.51, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 501 or 560.
RUSSIAN 3121: ADVANCED READING RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED)
Developing reading skills and strategies from a variety of authentic Russian sources, with special emphasis on contemporary materials Prereq: 2104.01 (407.01) or 2104.51 (407.51), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 580.51 or 581.51. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 3122: ADVANCED READING RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED)
Further development of reading skills & strategies from authentic Russian sources, with emphasis on contemporary materials. Students register for 1-4 cr hrs during sem. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to next; 80% is required to advance. Prereq: 3121 (581.51), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 582.51. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 4101: ADVANCED RUSSIAN I
MWF 1:50PM-2:45PM, Hagerty Hall 0062, Instructor: Staff
Speaking, listening, reading and writing practice in Russian at the advanced level, with focus on Russian films from the 1930s to the present. Prereq: 3102 or 503, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 601.
RUSSIAN 4140: ADVANCED RUSSIAN CONVERSATION
M 12:10PM-2:00PM, Caldwell Lab 0183, Instructor: Staff
Maintaining and further developing conversational skills in Russian at the advanced level. Taught in Russian; classes will be conducted as a round-table discussion. Prereq: 3102, or 30 cr hrs of Russian, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 2 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
RUSSIAN 5101: ADVANCED RUSSIAN III
TR 3:55PM-5:15PM, Dulles Hall 0020, Instructor: Dzhamilya Nazyrova
Continuation of Russian 4102. Development of speaking, listening, reading, & writing skills at the advanced level, with a focus on a specific theme of interest for area specialists (e.g., history, literature, culture, linguistics, health issues). Prereq: 4102, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 711. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 6171: BASIC READING RUSSIAN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (SELF-PACED)
Russian alphabet, basic vocabulary, and basic elements of grammar for graduate students who need to develop reading skills for professional research. Taught in self-paced format. Continued by Russian 6172.
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 571.
RUSSIAN 6172: READING RUSSIAN FOR RESEARCH (SELF-PACED)
Continuation of Russian 6171: further development of reading skills, vocabulary, and grammar for graduate students who need to read Russian for professional research. Taught in self-paced format.
Prereq: 6171 (571), and Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 572 or 573.
Linguistics, Literature, Culture, and film Courses
(3 credits unless otherwise noted)
SLAVIC 2230: VAMPIRES, MONSTROSITY, AND EVIL: FROM SLAVIC MYTH TO TWILIGHT
MWF 1:50PM-2:45PM, Orton Hall 0110, Instructor: Daniel Collins
Changing approaches to evil as embodied in vampires in East European folk belief & European & American pop culture; function of vampire & monster tales in cultural context, including peasant world & West from Enlightenment to now. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 130. GE cultures and ideas course, GE diversity global studies course.
RUSSIAN 2250: MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
TR 9:35AM-10:55AM, Evans Lab 2004, Instructor: Alexander Burry
Reading and analysis of great works of Russian literature from the 19th century to the present by authors such as Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Akhmatova, Bulgakov, Solzhenitsyn, and Ulitskaya. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2250H (250H and 251H), 250, or 251. GE lit and diversity global studies course.
RUSSIAN 2250H: HONORS MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Dulles Hall 0020, Instructor: Angela Brintlinger
Russian literature is highly intertextual, with poets and novelists referring to their predecessors, playwrights engaging other playwrights, and playwrights and composers rewriting an originally non-theatrical text. In addition, much of Russian literature has been brought to the stage—either by the authors themselves or by later interpreters, in Russia and throughout the world. This course will focus on Russian texts that have staged or operatic versions as well as texts which have “moved beyond” the borders of the Russian/Soviet empires.The international resonance these texts have had, including Russians re-appropriating Western texts and Westerners interacting with Russian texts, is a measure of the impact and importance of Russian culture. Prereq: Honors standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2250 (250 and 251), 250H, or 251H. GE lit and diversity global studies course.
RUSSIAN 2335: RUSSIAN CULTURE
Section 0010, WF 12:45PM-2:05PM, Mendenhall Lab 0175, Instructor: Staff
Section 0020, TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Derby Hall 0048, Instructor: Staff
Section 0030, WF 3:55PM-5:15PM, Hagerty Hall 0062, Instructor: Staff
Russian culture from its foundations to the 21st century through analysis of literature, film, music, visual arts, beliefs, and customs. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 135 or 235. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course.
SLAVIC 2345: INTRODUCTION TO SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
WF 2:20PM-3:40PM, Baker Systems 0198, Instructor: Staff
Changing approaches to evil as embodied in vampires in East European folk belief & European & American pop culture; function of vampire & monster tales in cultural context, including peasant world & West from Enlightenment to now. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 130. GE cultures and ideas course, GE diversity global studies course.
SLAVIC 2367: EAST EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
Section 0010, WF 2:20PM-3:40PM, Mendenhall Lab 0129, Instructor: Andrea Sims
Section 0020, TR 3:55PM-5:15PM, Mendenhall Lab 0174, Instructor: Daniel Pratt
Experiences of East European immigrants; assimilation vs. multiculturalism, American Dream, stereotypes, identity formation; development of written & oral communication skills. Taught in English. Prereq: Level 1 writing course (1110), or English 110 or 111 with permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 367. GE writing and comm course: level 2, and diversity soc div in the US course.
SLAVIC 3320: SCIENCE FICTION: EAST VS. WESTTR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Arps Hall 0383, Instructor: Helena Goscilo
Slavic, American, and British sci-fi on page and screen as reflection of major cultural concerns: progress, utopia, human perfectibility, limits of science and knowledge, gender, identity. Taught in English. GE VPA and diversity global studies course.
SLAVIC 3360: SCREENING MINORITIES: REPRESENTATIONS OF THE OTHER IN SLAVIC FILM
TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Caldwell Lab 0220, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
Film representations of ethnic and religious others in East European cinema. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 360. GE VPA course.
RUSSIAN 3460: MODERN RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH FILM
TR 12:45PM-2:05PM, Scott Lab E0040, Instructor: Yana Hashamova
Exploration of some of the most revealing hopes and disappointments of Russian people presented in internationally acclaimed Russian films. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 360. GE VPA and diversity global studies course.
SLAVIC 4597: POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN SOUTHEAST EUROPETR 12:45-2:05, Dulles Hall 0024, Instructor: Jeff Parker
Social and political import of language in the Balkans and neighboring countries; role of language in ethnic identities; manipulation of language to shape political and social structures. Taught in English. GE Diversity: Global Studies and Cross-disciplinary Seminar Course.
POLISH 5230: ON THE POLISH QUESTION
TR 12:45PM-2:05PM, Derby Hall 0048, Instructor: Daniel Pratt
The title of this course is a provocation. The Polish Question was a major topic of political science during the nineteenth century, when Poland no longer existed as an independent state, but the existence of Polish nationalists remained a thorn in the side of the three empires of Central Europe. This course will explore the birth and continued development of the Polish nation, under several definitions, from the Renaissance to the Present day, as Poland went from a kingdom to a republic of nobles, from Communism to a member of the European Union, from a cosmopolitan country with Poles, Jews, Ruthenians, Ukrainians, Germans, and others to the most homogenous society in Europe. Throughout the course, we will be reading great works of literature which reflect on the nature of Poland, accompanied by historical, philosophical, and sociological texts which examine nationalism in all its forms. The course will be of value to those interested in Polish literary history, nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe, and the history of the region more generally. No knowledge of Polish is required, although materials will be made available for those that do read the language. Prereq: 6 cr hrs of Literature courses at the 2000 level or above, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 630 and 631.
RUSSIAN 5250: THE RUSSIAN WRITER (TOLSTOY)
TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, McPherson Lab 1045, Instructor: Alexander Burry
Close analysis of the major works of an individual Russian writer such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov, or Vladimir Nabokov. Taught in English. Prereq: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 5530: MADNESS AND POWER IN RUSSIA
TR 11:10AM-12:30PM, Dulles Hall 0027, Instructor: Angela Brintlinger
This English-language version of Russian 5530 facilitates study of the important trope of madness in Russian culture for advanced undergraduates and graduate students at the M.A. level. Primary readings, discussion and coursework will be offered in English, although parallel and additional readings in Russian will be available for students with advanced language skills. The goal of the course is to examine issues of madness and power in Russia from medieval times to today in a literary, philosophical and cultural context. Texts will include literary works (poems, plays, prose fiction, essays) and films as well as scholarly articles. Prereq: 4102 or equivalent.
RUSSIAN 5701: HISTORY OF RUSSIAN I
WR 11:10AM-12:30PM, Caldwell Lab 0183, Instructor: Daniel Collins
Survey of the most important developments in the Russian writing system, phonology, morphology, and syntax from Old East Slavic to modern times; Russian among the Slavic languages; main methodologies in historical linguistics. Prereq: 3102 or 503, or Grad standing, or permission of instructor.
SLAVIC 6000: SLAVIC LITERATURE, FILM, AND CULTURAL STUDIES PROFESSIONALIZATION FORUM
F 2:20PM-3:40PM, Hagerty Hall 0071, Instructor: Yana Hashamova
Biweekly colloquium for presentations and discussion of research by graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars. Required for M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Slavic Literatures and Cultures. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
RUSSIAN 6253: ISSUES IN 2Oth AND 21st CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE (SOCIALIST REALISM)
M 2:15-5:00PM, Denney Hall 0262, Instructor: Helena Goscilo
Silver Age, Soviet, emigre, or post-Soviet literature in cultural and political context. Good reading ability in Russian recommended. Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 752 or 754. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
SLAVIC 6600: SLAVIC LINGUISTICS PROFESSIONALIZATION FORUMW 3:55PM-5:15PM, Hagerty Hall 406, Instructor: Andrea Sims
Biweekly colloquium for presentations and discussion of research by graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars. Required for M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Slavic Linguistics. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
EEURLL 7628: BALKAN LINGUISTICS
WF 12:45PM-2:05PM, Hagerty Hall 0071, Instructor: Andrea Sims
Linguistic discussion of issues in a non-Slavic language or languages of the Balkan Sprachbund, with some reading in the original language(s). Repeatable with change of topic by permission of instructor. Prereq: Grad standing.
SLAVIC 7801: COLLEGE TEACHING OF SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
M 10:05AM-11:55AM, Caldwell Lab 0183, Instructor: Staff
Methods & techniques for teaching Slavic/E Eur languages at college level; selection & preparation of teaching & testing materials & other aids. Requires participation in intensive workshop prior to Au sem. Required of all teaching assistants. Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for Russian 801.
