Autumn 2025 Courses

Please see the drop down buttons below for our Autumn 2025 course offerings in foreign languages and literature, culture, film, and second language acquisition.

BCS 1101: ELEMENTARY BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I

  • Section 0010, TWRF 12:40-1:35PM, 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 3:00-3:55PM, 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

  •  Instructor: BTAA CourseShare (Meets in Hagerty 120 to connect digitally with instructor, taught by Indiana University)

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

  • BTAA Course Share (Meets in Hagerty 120 to connect digitally with instructor, taught by Indiana University)

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 9:10AM-10:05AM, 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 11:10PM-12:30PM, 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

ROMANIA 1103: INTERMEDIATE ROMANIAN I

  • Section 0010, TWRF 9:35AM-10:55AM, 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, TWRF, 9:10AM-10:05AM, Instructor: TBA
  • Section 0020, TWRF, 10:20-11:15AM, Instructor: TBA
  • Section 0030, TWRF, 3:00PM-3:55PM, 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

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 (4 credit hours)

RUSSIAN 1102.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II

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

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

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 1103.01: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I

  • Section 0010, TWR,F, 9:10AM-10:05AM, Instructor: TBD
  • Section 0020, TWRF, 11:30-12:25PM, Instructor:TBD

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.

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 1133: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS

  • Section 0010: TWR, 2:20-3:40PM, Instructor: Viktoriia Kim

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 1202: Basic Reading in Russian Culture

  • Section 10, T 2:00-2:55PM, Instructor: Andrei Cretu

This class focuses on the development of communicative skill areas: listening, speaking, and writing/grammar with a greater emphasis on reading through the lens of cultural material. The course provides an additional opportunity for students to work on basic grammatical structures and essential vocabulary covered in Russian 1101. This course is graded S/U.

RUSSIAN 1203: Russian Culture through Children's Literature

  • Section 10, W 1:00-1:55 PM, Instructor: Viktoriia Kim

In this course students will engage with domain-based content material and will continue working on their basic reading and translation skills characteristic for elementary level. They will work towards moving beyond it within the limits of material covered in Russian 1102. This course is graded S/U.

Prerequisite: 1101.01, 1101.51, or 1101.61.

RUSSIAN 1205: Russia through Posters, Propaganda, and Poetry

  • Section 10, R 1:00-1:55 PM, Instructor: Andrei Cretu

In this class, students further develop their Russian reading comprehension, conversation skills, and vocabulary on a foundational level by exploring visual arts as well as futurist and conceptualist poetry. Through posters and poetry, students expand their knowledge about the history and culture of primarily the capital of Russia and the Soviet Union, Moscow. This course is graded S/U.

Prerequisite: 1101.01, 1101.51, 1101.61, or 1133.



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

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.

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

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.

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 2200: Russian Language and Culture for Travel and Business (Online()

Instructor: Andrei Cretu

During this course students will gain a general knowledge of Russian every-day cultural etiquette, as well as Russian business culture. This course is conducted in English for one-credit hour. Students who take it for two credit hours will learn the alphabet and a limited number of important survival and business-centered phrases in Russian.

RUSSIAN 3101: THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN I

  • Section 0010, TWR, 8:00-9:20AM, Instructor: Michelle Verbitskaya

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 12:40AM-1:35PM, 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: Viktoriia Kim

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 4135: PRACTICAL RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION

  • Section 0010, TR, 11:10AM-12:30AM, 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 credit hours in Russian, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 635.

RUSSIAN 5101: ADVANCED RUSSIAN III-- 3 credits

  • Section 0010: WF 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: Helen Myers

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 8:00AM-9:20AM, Instructor: Viktoriia Kim

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 5150: RUSSIAN FOR BUSINESS

  • Section 0010: WF 11:10AM-12:30AM, Instructor: Helen Myers

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 5011: RUSSIAN GRAMMAR CRASH-COURSE - 7 weeks

Contact Stepanova.1@osu.edu  for more info

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 7150: LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE AND PROFESSIONALIZATION

  • Section 0010, T, 5:20-6:15 PM, Instructor: Larysa Stepanova

Opportunity for graduate students to maintain/enhance their Russian language abilities and improve their lesson planning and teaching skills in Russian language classes. Repeatable to a maximum of 16 credit hours or 8 completions. This course is graded S/U.

Prerequisite: Grad standing.

UKRAINE 1103: INTERMEDIATE Ukrainian I

  • Section 0010 TWRF 4:10-5:05PM, Instructor: Mykyta Tyshchenko

Ukrainian is the state language of the country of Ukraine, and its use has been increasing both in Ukraine and in the growing Ukrainian diaspora over the past decade or so. This course will function as “Ukrainian 1101” in its first offering as we move to bring back an 1101/1102 sequence at Ohio State. Students of Ukrainian descent and those with an interest in Eastern Europe, including students who know some Russian and/or Polish, will have an interest in learning the language of Taras Shevchenko and Oksana Lutsyshyna, (19th and 21st century poets respectively) as well as delving more deeply into contemporary and historical Ukrainian culture. 4 credit hours




 

RUSSIAN 2250.01: MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE 

  • Section 0010, TR, 2:20-3:40PM, 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. 3 credit hours.

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2250H (250H and 251H), 250, or 251. 

New GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

Legacy GE Literature and GE Diversity Global Studies course

RUSSIAN 2345: RUSSIAN FAIRYTALES AND FOLKLORE

  • Section 0010, TR 3:55PM-5:15PM, Instructor: Lilia Caserta

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.GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and Diversity Global Studies course

RUSSIAN 2335.99: MODERN RUSSIAN CULTURE (100% ONLINE)

  • Online Section, Instructor: Ludmila Isurin

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 repressive Russian government led by Vladimir Putin. 3 credit hours.

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and GE Diversity Global Studies course

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

  • Online, Instructor: Laura Siragusa

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. 3 credit hours. 

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and GE Diversity Global Studies course

RUSSIAN 3460.01: THE MODERN RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH FILM 

  • Section 0010: TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Instructor: Alisa Lin

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.  3 credit hours.

New GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

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

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 12:45-2:05AM, Instructor: Helen Myers
  • Online Section, Instructor: Alisa Lin

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. 3 credit hours.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

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

RUSSIAN 3490.99: RUSSIAN YOUTH CULTURE (ONLINE)

  • Online Section, Instructor: Mathew Boyd
 
In this class, students will learn about different decades, from 1950s till present, in the life of Russian youth. Ideology, political activism and political inertia, Western influence and national patriotism, fashion and popular bands.GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. 3 credit hours.

GE Historical and Cultural Studies

Legacy GE Culture and Ideas and GE Diversity Global Studies course

RUSSIAN 3750: [ALTER]NATIVE RUSSIA: INDIGENOUS HISTORIES, CULTURES, AND POLITICS IN SIBERIA AND THE NORTH

  • Section 0010, WF 2:20-3:40 PM, Instructor: Dima Arzyutov

An intersectional study of race, ethnicity, and gender diversity, this course focuses on the histories, cultures, and politics of often neglected Indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Arctic, and to puts them in a comparative perspective with North America and the global context. 3 credit hours.

GEN Foundation: Race, Ethnicity & Gender Diversity

RUSSIAN 5701: HISTORY OF RUSSIAN I

  • Section 0010, WF 2:20PM-3:40PM, 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 graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Russian 720 or Russian 6701. 3 credit hours

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

  • Section 0010: WF 12:45PM-2:05PM, Instructor: Daniel Collins
  • 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. 3 credit hours.

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 130.

New GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

Legacy GE Cultures and Ideas and Diversity Global Studies course

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

  • Online Section, Instructor: Yana Hashamova

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. 3 credit hours.

New GE Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations

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) 

  • Online Section, Instructor: Yana Hashamova

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. 3 credit hours.

GEN Foundation: Race, Ethnicity & Gender Diversity

SLAVIC 3310: SCIENCE FICTION: EAST vs. WEST

  • Section 0010, TR 11:10AM-12:30PM, Instructor: Alexander Burry

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. Not open to students with credit for 3320 or WGSST 3310. Cross-listed in WGSST.

New GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

Legacy GEVisual and Performing Arts, GEL Diversity: Global Studies

SLAVIC 3320.01: QUEER COMRADES: SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP AND LGBTQ LIVES IN EASTERN EUROPE  (3 CREDITS HYBRID)

  • Section 0010, F 2:20-3:40 PM, Instructor: Philip Tuxbury-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.

GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World

SLAVIC 3320.02: QUEER COMRADES: SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP AND LGBTQ LIVES IN EASTERN EUROPE. (4 CREDITS High Impact Course) 

  • Lecture, F 2:20PM-3:40 PM, Instructor: Philip Tuxbury-Gleissner
  • Lab
    • Section 0010, W, 3:00PM-3:55PM
    • Section 0020, W, 4:10PM-5:05PM

*4 Credit Researched-focused section* Through the lens of film, literature, and art, this course explores what it means to be a queer citizen of Eastern Europe. Countering ideas of inherent backwardness of the region, we will get to know works of art that bear witness to the wealth of queer experiences in 20th century Eastern Europe. Includes a semester-long research project involving zine making.

GEN HIP: Research and Creative Inquiry, GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World

SLAVIC 3333.99: THE SOVIET SPACE AGE (ONLINE)

  • Online section, Instructor: Andrei Cretu
Exploration of Space Age as a technological/cultural phenomenon, focusing on the Soviet period and the Space Race, in historical context and in a comparative perspective. Taught in English.GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. 3 credit hours.
 
GE Cultures and Ideas GE Diversity: Global Studies

SLAVIC 3340: THE EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA

  • Section 0010, TR 3:55PM-5:05PM, Instructor: TBA

This course looks at international migration with a special focus of the experience of Eastern European immigrants in the United States. We will explore the role of immigration for American culture and society and discuss the historical background and theoretical concepts related to migrant experiences between the early 1900s and today.

GEN Theme: Migration, Mobility, and Immobility

SLAVIC 3711: THEATRE, IDENTITY, AND CITIZENSHIP IN EASTERN EUROPE

  • Section 0010, WF 2:30PM-4:30 PM, Instructor: Alisa Ballard Lin

How have theatre and performance reflected on issues of citizenship in Eastern Europe? How have they wrestled with the national, ethnic, gender, religious, and cultural identities of their authors, performers, and audiences? This course approaches these questions from multiple angles - through readings and discussions as well as theatrical practice of staging scenes from our plays. Not open to students with credit for THEATRE 3711. Cross-listed in THEATRE.

GEN HIP: Research and Creative Inquiry, GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World

SLAVIC 3800: Bilingualism: Life in Two Worlds

  • Section 0010 TR 2:20PM-3:40PM, Instructor: Ljudmila Isurin
 
The majority of the world population is becoming increasingly bilingual and bilingualism is viewed as the rule rather than the exception in the 21st century. This course explores the multifaceted aspects of a bilingual individual that more often than not happens to be an immigrant. Navigating multiple languages is examined as an aspect of migration, mobility, and immobility. 3 credit hours.
 
GEN Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations

SLAVIC 4595: THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE

  • Section 0010 TR 9:35AM-10:55AM, Instructor: Sunnie Rucker-Chang
 
Given the long, and deeply entrenched, otherization of Southeast Europe, this upper-level course examines the politics and cultural nuances of difference by situating it within Southeast Europe and focusing on the history, cultures, and cultural products of ethnic and national “minority” groups and migrant populations. 3 credit hours.
 
GEN Migration, Mobility, and Immobility 

SLAVIC 5580: THE CINEMA OF REAL EXISTING SOCIALISM: CZECHOSLOVAK AND POLISH FILM, 1953-1989

  • Section 0010 WF 12:45PM-2:05PM, Instructor: Philip Tuxbury-Gleissner
 
This course focuses on cinema under so-called real existing socialism in Poland and Czechoslovakia (1950s-1980s). It addresses how directors navigated the field between censorship and state-mandated cinematic aesthetics, and how the vision of a utopian communist society found expression in the form of film. 3 credit hours.