RUSSIAN 2850: Other Russias

Russia is a country that spans eleven time zones and has undergone immense social change over the course of its long history. However, most observers in the West receive only partial information about this vast and diverse country. This class is an introduction to lesser known or marginalized people and identities inhabiting Russia. Students learn about gender, sexual, racial, ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity as lived experiences, as categories and experiences embedded in historical and cultural contexts, and as categories of social difference that are intersectional, shifting, and shaped by hierarchies of power.  3 credit hours.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

RUSSIAN 3355.99: Vodka in Russian Society and Culture: Deconstructing Myths (Online)

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.

RUSSIAN 3480.99: The Russian Spy: Cultures of Surveillance, Secret Agents, & Hacking from the Cold War through Today (Online)

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.  

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

SLAVIC 2230.99: Vampires, Monstrosity, and Evil: From Slavic Myth to Twilight (Online)

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. 

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

SLAVIC 2365.99: Sports, Socialists, and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe (Online)

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. Not open to students with credit for SLAVIC 2365.01.

GE Theme: Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations

SLAVIC 3320: Queer Comrades: Sexual Citizenship and LGBTQ Lives in Eastern Europe (Online)

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.

GE Theme: Citizenship for a Just & Diverse World

BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 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

BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 1103: Intermediate Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I

• Section 0010, TWRF 9:10-10:05AM
• 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

BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 3101: Advanced Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I

• TR 11:10-12:25PM
• BTAA 

Further develop speaking, reading, writing skills, and grammar competence. Prereq: 2104. Not open to studnet with credit for Slavic 

CZECH 1101: Elementary Czech I

• Instructor: BTAA CourseShare 
• MTWR 1:55-2:55PM

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

• Instructor: BTAA CourseShare 
• MTWR 4:30-5:20pm

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 10:20-11:15AM
• 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, TWRF 11:30AM-12:25PM
• 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

POLISH 3101: Advanced Polish I

Offered: Autumn | 3 credit units

• BTAA
• 11:10AM-12:25PM

Further develop speaking, listening, reading, writing skills, and grammar competence. Prereq: Polish 2104.

ROMANIAN 1101: Elementary Romanian I

• Section 0010, TWRF 12:40-1:35PM
• 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

Ukrainian 1101: Elementary Ukrainian I

• Section 0010, TWRF, 4:10-5:05PM
• Instructor: Michelle Verbitskaya
  • TWRF 9:10-10:05AM
  • Instructor: Lilia Caserta
  • TWRF 10:20-11:15AM
  • Instructor: Bachman
  • TWRF 3:00-3:55PM
  • Instructor: Lilia Caserta

In this course you will learn the basic skills necessary for communication in Ukrainian (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). By the end of this course, you will be able to carry on basic conversations in Ukrainian on many topics from your daily life, write notes and simple letters, keep a journal, and read basic texts.

GE Foreign Language

RUSSIAN 1101.01: Elementary Russian I

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, On-Campus)

• 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 

RUSSIAN 1101.61: Elementary Russian I (Self-Paced, Off-Campus Online)

• Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Introduction to Russian: development of skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing contemporary Russian in a 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. For non-Columbus campus students only.

GE Foreign Language

RUSSIAN 1102.01: Elementary Russian II

• TWRF 9:10AM-10:05AM
• Instructor: Kelly Gallagher

• TWRF 10:20AM-11:15AM

   

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 

RUSSIAN 1102.51: Elementary Russian II (Self-Paced, On-Campus)

• Section 0010
• 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 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 

RUSSIAN 1102.61: Elementary Russian II (Self-Paced, Off-Campus Online)

• Section 0010
• 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 next. A grade of 80% is required to advance. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit. For non-Columbus campus students only.

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 

RUSSIAN 1103.01: Intermediate Russian I

•  TWRF 9:10AM-10:05AM
• Instructor: Siobhán Seigne
• TWRF 10:20AM-11:15AM
• Instructor: Lejla Vesković

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, On-Campus)

• Section 0010
• 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 

RUSSIAN 1103.61: Intermediate Russian I (Self-Paced, Off-Campus Online)

• Section 0010
• 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

RUSSIAN 1133: Intermediate Russian For Heritage Speakers

Offered: Autumn | 4 credit units

• TWR 9:35AM-10:55AM
• 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.

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Russian 1103.01. GE Foreign Language course.

RUSSIAN 1202:  Basic Reading in Russian Culture (1-credit)

• W 1:00-1:55PM, Instructor: Larysa Stepanova

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 R 1101. 1 credit course graded as S/U.
 

RUSSIAN 1203: Russian Culture Through Children’s Literature (1-credit)

• R 1:00-1:55PM, Instructor: TBD

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 taught in R 1102 course. 1 credit course graded as S/U.

RUSSIAN 2104.01: Intermediate Russian II

• Section 0010, TWRF 8:00AM or 9:10AM
• Instructor: Jay Hadfield

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, On-Campus)

• Section 0010
• 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 (Self-Paced, Off-Campus Online)

• Section 0010
• 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: Essential Russian Language and Culture Skills  (Online)

• Section 0010
• 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 1 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. Learn more about the Essential Russian Language and Culture Skills Certificate at Slavic.osu.edu/undergraduate-studies/essential-russian-language-and-culture-skills-certificate

RUSSIAN 3101: Third-Year Russian I

• Section 0010, TWR 11:10-12:30PM
• Instructor: Elena Myers

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 2104.61.

RUSSIAN 3121: Advanced Russian Reading I (Self-Paced)

• Section 0010
• 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 credit hours.

RUSSIAN 3122: Advanced Russian Reading II (Self-Paced)

• Section 0010
• Instructor: Andrei Cretu

Further development of reading skills & strategies from authentic Russian sources, with emphasis on contemporary materials. Students register for 1-3 credit hours during the semester. Progress is sequential from one credit hour to the 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 credit hours.

RUSSIAN 3140: Russian Conversation

• Section 0010, T 12:40-1:35PM
• 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 credit hours.

RUSSIAN 4101: Advanced Russian I (4^th-Year Russian)

• Section 0010, TR 
• 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 5101: Advanced Russian III (5^th-Year Russian)

• 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 (6^th-Year Russian)

• 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 6171: Basic Reading Russian for Graduate Students

• Instructor: Dr. 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. Not open to students with credit for 571.

Prerequisite: Grad standing. 

RUSSIAN 6172: Reading Russian for Research

• Instructor: Dr. 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. Not open to students with credit for 572 or 573.

Prerequisite: 6171 (571) and grad standing.

RUSSIAN 7150: Language Maintenance and Professionalization

• T 2:00-2:55 PM
• Instructor: Elena Myers
• 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.

RUSSIAN 2250.01: Masterpieces of Russian Literature 

•  T 5:30-8:00PM
• 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. 

GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

RUSSIAN 2335.99: Modern Russian Culture (Online)

• Section 0010, Online
• Instructor: TBD

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.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

RUSSIAN 2345: Russian Fairytales and Folklore

• Section 0010, TR 3:55-5:15PM
• Instructor: Dr. 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.GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

RUSSIAN 2850: Other "Russias"

• Instructor: VAP

This class is an introduction to lesser known or marginalized people and identities inhabiting Russia. Students learn about gender, sexual, racial, ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity as lived experiences, as categories and experiences embedded in historical and cultural contexts, and as categories of social difference that are intersectional, shifting, and shaped by hierarchies of power.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

RUSSIAN 3530: Russian Cuisine 

Offered: Autumn, Spring | 3 credit units

• Instructor: Lilia Caserta

Exploration of Russian cuisine: its history and its role in Russian literature and culture. Using classical Russian literature as well as cookbooks and cultural histories as textbooks, students will study the relationship between food and culture and the artistic representation of Russian cuisine. Taught in English.  GE Culture and Ideas.

RUSSIAN 3355.99: Vodka in Russian Society and Culture: Deconstructing Myths (Online)

• Instructor: Dr. 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.

RUSSIAN 3460.01: The Modern Russian Experience through Film

• WF 11:10-12:30 PM
• 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. Not open to students with credit for 360. 3 credit hours.

GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

RUSSIAN 3480: The Russian Spy: Cultures of Surveillance, Secret Agents, & Hacking From the Cold War Through Today (0.01 In-Person, .99 Online)

• Section 0010 (in person)
  • WF 9:35-10:55AM
  • Instructor: Bachman
• Section 0010 (online)
  • 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

RUSSIAN 3490.99: Russian Youth Culture (Online)

• Instructor: Dr. Matthew 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.

RUSSIAN 5194: Russian Colonialisms (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• Section 0010, W 1:00PM-4:00PM
• Instructor: Dima Arzyutov

Taking a transcontinental perspective, students will deepen their understanding of global cultural, political, and social developments while gaining new tools to interpret today’s world. Throughout the semester, we will explore key philosophical and theoretical questions related to colonialism and settler colonialism, orientalism and “othering,” modernity, and Indigenous resistance. 

RUSSIAN 5260: Russian Open Source Intelligence Research and Analysis (Advanced Language Institute)

• Section 0010, TR 12:45PM-2:05PM
• Instructor: Andrei Cretu

This course is designed to introduce students to the open-source intelligence (OSINT) process and develop the specialized Russian language skills required for successful work in the OSINT field. This course includes an information technology component and a Russian language component. This course is part of the Advanced Language Institute.

SLAVIC 2230.01: Vampires, Monstrosity, and Evil: From Slavic Myth to Twilight

• TR 12:45-2:05 PM
• Instructor: Enes Tastan

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. Not open to students with credit for 2230 or 2230.99.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

SLAVIC 2230.99: Vampires, Monstrosity, and Evil: From Slavic Myth to Twilight

• Online
• Instructor: VAP

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. 100% Online. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2230 or 2230.01. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

SLAVIC 2345.30: Introduction to Balkan Literature and Culture

• WF, 12:45-2:05PM
• Instructor: Matt Boyd

This course is an introduction to the majority Slavic countries and cultures of the Balkans (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Slovenia) from the 14th century up to their contemporary context. You will study Balkan literature and film (classic and popular), and you will learn about Balkan history, politics, and culture.

GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

SLAVIC 2365.99: Sports, Socialists, and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe (Online)

• Online
• 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. Not open to students with credit for SLAVIC 2365.01.

GE Theme: Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations

SLAVIC 3310: Science Fiction: East vs. West

• WF 2:20-3:40 PM
• Instructor: Alexander Burry

In this course, we will study the development of science fiction from its nineteenth-century beginnings through the present day. To a significant extent, science fiction as a genre emerged as a response to the development of scientific knowledge about nature, engineering, and computation in the last two centuries. GE VPA and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.

GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

SLAVIC 3320: Queer Comrades: Sexual Citizenship and LGBTQ Lives in Eastern Europe

• Section 0010, WF 2:20-3:40 PM, Instructor: Andrey Ridling

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.

GE Theme: Citizenship for a Just & Diverse World

SLAVIC 3320.02: Queer Comrades (And Zines): Research Focused Sexual Citizenship and LGBTQ Lives in Eastern Europe (4-credit High-Impact Practices course) 

• Section 10, Lecture: TR 2:20PM-3:40 PM, Lab: ?
• Instructor: Jennifer Suchland

[4-credit research-focused course] 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.

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

SLAVIC 3333.99: The Soviet Space Age (Online)

• Section 010
• 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 Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

SLAVIC 3711: Theatre, Identity, and Citizenship in Eastern Europe                                                           (4-credit High-Impact Practices course) 

• Section 0010, WF 2:20PM-3:40 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.

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

SLAVIC 3800: BILINGUALISM: LIFE IN TWO WORLDS

• Section 010, TR 11:10-12:30PM
• Instructor: Ludmila 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.
 

GE Theme: Migration, Mobility, and Immobility

SLAVIC 4595: The Politics of Difference in Southeast Europe

• Section 10, WF 11:10-12:30PM
• 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.
 

GE Theme: Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations

SLAVIC 6000: Slavic Literature, Film, and Cultural Studies Professionalization Forum

• Section 0010, M 12:00-1:00PM
• Instructor: Dr. Alisa Ballard Lin

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. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 credit hours. This course is graded S/U.

Prerequisite: Grad standing.

SLAVIC 6501: Introduction to Slavic and East European Studies

• Section 0010, M 2:15-5:00PM
• Instructor: Emma Pratt

Proseminar on central topics, current research, and research methodology in the Slavic and East European area studies. Taught in English. Required for the M.A. program in the Center for Slavic and East European Studies. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. 

SLAVIC 7801: Teaching of Slavic and East European Languages 

• Section 0010, M 9:00-11:45AM 
• Instructor: Larysa Stepanova

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.

SLAVIC 8802: Language and Memory: Psycholinguistic Approaches to Bilingualism

• Section 0010, TR 2:20-3:40PM 
• 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: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. 

POLISH 5230: Polish Literature

• Section 0010, WF 12:45-2:05PM
• Instructor: Diana Sacilowski

Polish cultural and intellectual history as represented in the major works of Polish literature and in contemporary media. Taught in English. Readings in English, but students of Polish will do portions of the readings in the original. Prereq: 6 credit hours of Literature courses at the 2000 level or above, or permission of instructor.