Autumn 2023 Courses | Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Please see the drop down buttons below for our Autumn 2023 course offerings in foreign languages and literature, culture, film, and second language acquisition.

(4 credits unless otherwise noted)

BCS 1101: ELEMENTARY BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I

Section 0010, TWRF 3:00PM-3:55PM, Instructor: Matthew Boyd

Introduction to Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian; development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Not open to native speakers of these languages through regular course enrollment or EM credit, or to students with 2 or more years of study in these languages in high school, except by permission of department.

GE Foreign Language

BCS 1103: INTERMEDIATE BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I

Section 0010, TWRF 4:10-5:05PM, Instructor: Matthew Boyd

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Not open to native speakers of these languages through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

Prereq: BCS 1102

GE Foreign Language

CZECH 1101: ELEMENTARY CZECH I

Section 0010, MTWR 1:50PM-2:40PM, Instructor: BTAA CourseShare

Introduction to Czech; development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Closed to native speakers.

Prereq: Not open to students with 2 or more years of study in this language in high school, except by permission of department. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language

CZECH 1103: INTERMEDIATE CZECH I

Section 0010, MWF 12:40-1:30, Instructor: BTAA CoruseShare

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context.

Prereq: Czech 1102. Not open to students with credit for 104, or to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language

POLISH 1101: ELEMENTARY POLISH I

Section 0010, TWRF 10:20AM-11:15AM, Instructor: Diana Sacilowski

Introduction to Polish; development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context.

Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit, or to students with 2 or more years of study in this language in high school.

GE Foreign Language

POLISH 1103: INTERMEDIATE POLISH I

Section 0010, TWR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Instructor: Diana Sacilowski

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Closed to native speakers of this language.

Prereq: Polish 1102. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language

ROMANIA 1101: ELEMENTARY ROMANIAN I

Section 0010, TWRF 3:00PM-3:55PM, Instructor: Adela Lechintan-Siefer

Introduction to Romanian; development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Closed to native speakers of this language.

Prereq: Not open to students with 2 or more years of study in this language in high school, except by permission of department. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language

RUSSIAN 1101.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN I

Section 0010, TWR, 8:00AM-9:20AM, Instructor: TBA
Section 0020, TWR, 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: TBA
Section 0030, TWR, 3:55PM-5:15PM, Instructor: TBA

Introduction to Russian: development of skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing contemporary Russian in a cultural context. Not open to native speakers or to students with 2 or more years of high school study.

GE Foreign Language

RUSSIAN 1101.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Introduction to Russian: development of skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing in cultural context. Students register for 1-4 credit hours. Progress is sequential from one credit to the next. A grade of 80% is required to advance. Not open to native speakers or to students with 2 or more years of high school study.

GE Foreign Language (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1101.61: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN I (100% ONLINE SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

GE Foreign Language (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1102.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II

Section 0010, TWRF, 9:10AM-10:05AM, Instructor: TBA

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

Prereq: 1101.01, or 4 credit hours of 1101.51 or 1101.61. Not open to students with 4 credit hours of 1102.51 or 1102.61. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1102.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Students register for 1-4 cr hrs. Progress is sequential from one credit hour to next. A grade of 80% is required to advance. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

Prereq: 1101.01, or 4 credit hours of 1101.51 or 1101.61. Not open to students with credit for 1102.01, or 4 credit hours of 1102.61. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 credit hours or 4 completions. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1102.61: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II (100% ONLINE SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

GE Foreign Language (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1103.01: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I

Section 0010, TWRF, 9:10AM-10:05AM, Instructor: TBA
Section 0020, TWRF, 10:20AM-11:15AM, Instructor: TBA

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

Prereq: 1102.01, or 4 credit hours of 1102.51 or 1102.61. Not open to students with 4 credit hours of 1103.51 or 1103.61. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language

RUSSIAN 1103.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Students register for 1-4 cr hrs during sem. Progress is sequential from one credit hour to the next. A grade of 80% is required to advance. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

Prereq: 1102.01, or 4 credit hours of 1102.51 or 1102.61. Not open to students with credit for 1103.01, or 4 credit hours of 1103.61. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 credit hours or 4 completions. This course is available for EM credit.

GE Foreign Language (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1103.61: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I (100% ONLINE SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Students register for 1-4 credit hours. Progress is sequential from one credit hour to the next. A grade of 80% is required to advance. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

GE Foreign Language (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1133: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS

Section 0010: TWR, 3:55PM-5:15PM, Instructor: TBA

This course is designed for students who have a Russian background, hear and/or speak (to a different degree) Russian at home and want to learn to read and write in Russian, or to develop their speaking and literacy skills through formal Russian language study. Students must take a Russian placement exam, and test out of Russian 1101 and 1102.

Not open to students with credit for Russian 1103.01.

GE Foreign Language

RUSSIAN 2104.01: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II

Section 0010, TWR, 8:00AM-9:20AM, Instructor: TBA

Increasing ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing; vocabulary-building; new grammar; developing higher skills. Students register for 1-4 credit hours. Progress is sequential from one credit hour to next. 80% is required to advance. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

GE Foreign Language

RUSSIAN 2104.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Prereq: 1103.01, or 4 credit hours of 1103.51 or 1103.61. Not open to students with credit for 2104.01, or 4 credit hours of 2104.61. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 credit hours or 4 completions.

RUSSIAN 2104.61: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II (100% ONLINE SELF-PACED)

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Prereq: 1103.01, or 4 credit hours of 1103.51 or 1103.61. Not open to students with credit for 2104.01, or 4 credit hours of 2104.61. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 credit hours or 4 completions.

RUSSIAN 3101: THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN I

Section 0010, TWR 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: TBA

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 credit hours of 2104.51 or 2104.6

RUSSIAN 3121: ADVANCED READING RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Developing reading skills and strategies from a variety of authentic Russian sources, with special emphasis on contemporary materials Prereq: 2104.01 (407.01 or 402.01) or 2104.51 (407.51 or 402.51), 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) -- 3 credits

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Further development of reading skills & strategies from authentic Russian sources, with emphasis on contemporary materials. Students register for 1-3 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 3140: RUSSIAN CONVERSATION -- 1 credit

Section 0010: T 11:30AM-12:25PM, Instructor: Larysa Stepanova

Maintaining and further developing conversational skills in Russian at the intermediate level. Taught in Russian as round-table discussion. Prereq: 2104.01 (402.01) or 2104.51 (402.51), or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 2 cr hrs.

RUSSIAN 4101: ADVANCED RUSSIAN I-- 3 credits

Section 0010: TR 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: TBA

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 permission of instructor.

RUSSIAN 5101: ADVANCED RUSSIAN III-- 3 credits

Section 0010: WF 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: TBA

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.

RUSSIAN 5103: ADVANCED RUSSIAN V-- 3 credits

Section 0010: TR 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: TBA

Students will continue to develop comprehensive knowledge of Russian in the following skills: speaking, reading, writing, listening, and grammar. Taught in Russian.

Prereq: 5102, or permission of instructor.

RUSSIAN 6171: BASIC READING RUSSIAN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

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) -- 3 credits

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

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.

RUSSIAN 2250/H: MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE (.01 IN PERSON, .99 ONLINE)

Section 0010, TR 12:45PM-2:05PM, Instructor: TBA
Online Section 0010, Instructor: TBA
Honors Section, TR 11:10AM-12:30PM, Instructor: TBA

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.

Legacy GE Literature and GE Diversity Global Studies course

New GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

RUSSIAN 2335.99: MAGNIFICENCE, MAYHEM, AND MAFIA: RUSSIAN CULTURE (100% ONLINE)

Online Section, Instructor: TBA

Russia has always been a fascinating place, with its mixture of globe-shaking politics and world-class culture. The future -- whatever it holds -- promises nothing less. Through an analysis of literature, films, and the visual arts, we will learn about Russia and the USSR in the twentieth century and its impact on the world; try to understand the present of post-Soviet Russia; and imagine Russia in the future. In an attempt to comprehend the Western puzzlement in dealing with unique Russian contradictions, we will discuss the magnificence of Russian culture as well as look into the dark side of the Russian tradition, the destructive impulses of Stalinism and most recently of the return of Soviet Style politics with Vladimir Putin and the Russian Mafia. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 135 or 235.

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and GE Diversity Global Studies course

New GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

RUSSIAN 2345: RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES AND FOLKLORE

Section 0010: TR 3:55PM-5:15PM, Instructor: Daniel Collins

Examines four categories of texts, both verbal and visual: (1) a survey of Russian demonology; (2) a large selection of the best-known Russian fairy tales,; (3) scholarly articles analyzing the differences between folklore and literature; and (4) visual materials (film, paintings, graphics, and handicrafts) and music inspired by Russian fairy tales. Taught in English.

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and Diversity Global Studies course

New GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

RUSSIAN 3355.99: VODKA IN RUSSIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE: DECONSTRUCTING MYTHS (100% ONLINE)

Online, Instructor: TBA

Vodka in Russia is important to virtually all social functions, is used as a home remedy for ailments, and is a frequent theme of jokes, folk songs, films, and literature. It also has an important political history, having long been used by the Russian (and Soviet) state as a form of social control. This course explores Russian culture and history through its most famous drink.

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and GE Diversity Global Studies course

RUSSIAN 3460: THE MODERN RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH FILM (.01 IN PERSON, .99 ONLINE)

Section 0010: TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Instructor: TBA
Online Section, Instructor: TBA

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.

Legacy GE Visual and Performing Arts and GE Diversity Global Studies course

New GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

RUSSIAN 3480: THE RUSSIAN SPY: CULTURES OF SURVEILLANCE, SECRET AGENTS, & HACKING FROM THE COLD WAR THROUGH TODAY (.01 IN-PERSON, .99 ONLINE)

Section 0010: TR 12:45PM-2:05PM, Instructor: TBA
Online Section, Instructor: TBA

This course explores the concept of the spy in the cultural imaginations of both Russia and the West from the early-20th century through the present. Topics will include stereotyping in popular culture, the relationship between fiction and the political imagination, Western (especially American) and Russian views of each other, the Cold War, privacy, security, fear, and war.

Legacy GE Visual and Performing Arts and GE Diversity Global Studies course

RUSSIAN 4135: PRACTICAL RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION

Section 0010, TR 12:45PM-2:05PM, Instructor: Ludmila Isurin

Russian phonetics, including terminology, transcription, practical exercises designed to improve pronunciation, and problems of teaching pronunciation. Taught in Russian. Not open to native speakers of Russian.

Prereq: 2104, or 30 cr hrs in Russian, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 635.

RUSSIAN 5150: RUSSIAN FOR BUSINESS

Section 0010, TR 8:00AM-9:20AM, Instructor: TBA

This course will provide specific vocabulary and skills to deal with various areas of business and industry in Russia, including oil and natural gas, agriculture, and commerce.

Prereq: 4102, or permission of instructor

SLAVIC 2230: VAMPIRES, MONSTROSITY, AND EVIL: FROM SLAVIC MYTH TO TWILIGHT (.01 IN PERSON, .99 ONLINE)

Section 0010: TR 12:45PM-2:05PM, Instructor: Daniel Collins
Section 0020: TR 11:10AM-12:30AM, Instructor:TBA
Online Section, Instructor: Diana Sacilowski

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.

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and Diversity Global Studies course

New GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

SLAVIC 2365: SPORTS, SOCIALISTS, AND SOCIETY IN RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE (.01 IN PERSON, .99 ONLINE)

Online Section, Instructor: Andrei Cretu

This course looks at the development of sports as a substitute and arena for battle between countries, as well as the rise of sports culture more generally in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of nationhood, politics, and corporeality. In this course, students will learn about the history and culture of sports, spectatorship, fandom, the Cold War, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and Diversity Global Studies course

SLAVIC 2995.99 - RACE AND GENDER IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE US: A TRANSATLANTIC COMPARISON

Online Section, Instructor: Yana Hashamova

By studying how identities (racial, ethnic, gender, and religious) exist as cultural constructs, this course will examine and compare the experiences of Russian and East European ethnic and racial minorities in their respective countries and African Americans in the US regarding racialization and marginalization through cultural and social constructs. Taught in English.

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for CompStd 2995. GE foundation race, ethnicity and gender div course.

New GE Foundation: Race, Ethnicity and Gender Diversity course

SLAVIC 3310: SCI-FI: EAST VS WEST

TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Instructor: TBA

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.

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 3320 or WGSSt 3310.

Legacy GE Visual and Performing Arts and GE Diversity Global Studies course

SLAVIC 3320: QUEER COMRADES: SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP & LGBTQ LIVES IN EASTERN EUROPE

TR 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: Philip Gleissner

Through the lens of film, literature, theater, and art, this course explores what it means to be a queer citizen of Eastern Europe. Countering ideas of inherent backwardness, which tend to erase the existence of a diverse group of people, we will get to know works of art that bear witness to the wealth of queer experiences in 20th century Eastern Europe.

New GE Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World

SLAVIC 6000: SLAVIC LITERATURE, FILM, AND CULTURAL STUDIES PROFESSIONALIZATION FORUM (1 CREDIT)

Section 0010: Day and Time TBA, 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 Linguistics.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

SLAVIC 8802: LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND COGNITION

Section 0010: TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Instructor: Ludmila Isurin

Discussion of psycholinguistic works related to memory and its role in language processing, second language learning, and forgetting. Taught in English. Elective for the GIS in Second Language Studies.

Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor