Spring 2027 Courses

Spring 2027 Courses

Please see the drop down buttons below for our Spring 2027 course offerings in foreign languages and literatures, culture, film, and second language acquisition.

Language Courses

BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 1198.99: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian "On the Ground" (Online, Asynchronous) 

  • Instructor: Matthew Boyd

Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian is a mutually intelligible family of languages and dialects spoken by the over fourteen million people across the world. This course will familiarize you with some basic BCS language to help you start reading and communicating on the ground, while also familiarizing you with some basic cultural aspects of the region.


BCS 1102: Elementary Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian II

  • Section 0010, TWRF 12:40-1:35 PM
  • Instructor: Dr. 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. 

Prerequisite: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian 1101

GE Foreign Language


BCS 2104: Intermediate Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian II

  • Section 0010, MWF 10:00-10:55 AM

Increasing functional ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice, vocabulary-building; new grammar structures; start developing higher-level language skills in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

Prerequisite: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian 1103

GE Foreign Language


BCS 3102: Advanced Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian II

  • TR 11:10-12:25 PM To be finalized!**
  • BTAA CourseShare (In-person hybrid) - email ernst.150@osu.edu for info!)

Further develop speaking, reading, writing skills, and grammar competence. Prereq: 3101. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit.

Prerequisite: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian 3101

GE Foreign Language


CZECH 1102: Elementary Czech II

  • MTWR 1:55-2:55 PM To be finalized!**
  • BTAA CourseShare (In-person hybrid) - email ernst.150@osu.edu for info!)

Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in cultural context. Closed to native speakers. This course is available for EM credit.

Prerequisite: Czech 1101

GE Foreign Language


CZECH 2104: Intermediate Czech II

  • MTWR 4:30-5:20 PM To be finalized!**
  • BTAA CourseShare (In-person hybrid) - email ernst.150@osu.edu for info!)

Increasing functional ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice, vocabulary-building; new grammar structures; start developing higher-level language skills in Czech. Closed to native speakers. This course is available for EM credit.

Prerequisite: Czech 1103, or 5 credit hours for 104.51 or 111

GE Foreign Language


POLISH 1102: Elementary Polish II

  • TWRF 11:30-12:25 PM
  • Instructor: Dr. Diana Sacilowski

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. This course is available for EM credit.

Prerequisite: Polish 1101

GE Foreign Language


POLISH 2104: Intermediate Polish II

  • TWR 9:35-10:55 AM
  • Instructor: Dr. Diana Sacilowski

Increasing functional ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice, vocabulary-building; new grammar structures; start developing higher-level language skills in Polish. Closed to native speakers of this language. Not open to students with credit for 407.

Prerequisite: Polish 1103

GE Foreign Language


POLISH 3102: Advanced Polish II

  • TR 11:10-12:25 PM To be finalized!**
  • BTAA CourseShare (In-person hybrid) - email ernst.150@osu.edu for info!)

Further develop speaking, listening, reading, writing skills, and grammar competence. Prereq: Polish 3101. Not open to students with credit for 407.

Prerequisite: Polish 3101

GE Foreign Language


ROMANIAN 2104: Intermediate Romanian II

  • TWR 12:45-2:05 PM
  • Instructor: Dr. Adela Lechintan-Siefer

Increasing functional ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice; vocabulary-building; new grammar structures; start developing higher-level language skills in Romanian. Closed to native speakers of this language. Not open to students with credit for 407.

Prerequisite: Romanian 1103


RUSSIAN 1101.01: Elementary Russian I

  • TWRF 8:00-8:55 AM , Instructor:TBD
  • TWRF 10:20-11:15 AM , Instructor:TBD

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: Dr. 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) (Online)

  • Instructor: Dr. 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


RUSSIAN 1102.01: Elementary Russian II

  • TWRF 9:10-10:05 AM, Instructor: TBD
  • TWRF 3:00-3:55 PM, 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. Not open to students with 4 credit hours of 1102.51 or 1102.61. This course is available for EM credit.

Prerequisite: 1101.01, or 4 credit hours of 1101.51 or 1101.61.

GE Foreign Language


RUSSIAN 1102.51: Elementary Russian II (Self-Paced)

  • Instructor: Dr. 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. 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.

Prerequisite: 1101.01, or 4 credit hours of 1101.51 or 1101.61. 

GE Foreign Language


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

  • Instructor: Dr. 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. 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.

Prerequisite: 1101.01, or 4 credit hours of 1101.51 or 1101.61.

GE Foreign Language


RUSSIAN 1103.01: Intermediate Russian I

  • TWRF 10:20-11:15 AM, 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. Not open to students with 4 credit hours of 1103.51 or 1103.61. This course is available for EM credit.

Prerequisite: 1102.01, or 4 credit hours of 1102.51 or 1102.61.

GE Foreign Language


RUSSIAN 1103.51: Intermediate Russian I (Self-Paced)

  • Instructor: Dr. 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. 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.

Prerequisite: 1102.01, or 4 credit hours of 1102.51 or 1102.61.

GE Foreign Language


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

  • Instructor: Dr. 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. 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.

Prerequisite: 1102.01, or 4 credit hours of 1102.51 or 1102.61.

GE Foreign Language


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

  • T 1:00-1:55 PM, Instructor: Dr. Angela Brintlinger

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

  • TWRF 9:35-10:55 AM, Instructor: TBD

Increasing functional ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice, vocabulary-building; new grammar structures; start developing higher-level language skills in Russian. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit. Not open to students with 4 credit hours of 2104.51 or 2104.61.

Prerequisite: 1103.01, or 4 credit hrs of 1103.51 or 1103.61.


RUSSIAN 2104.51: Intermediate Russian II (Self-Paced)

  • Instructor: Dr. 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. 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.

Prerequisite: 1103.01, or 4 credit hours of 1103.51 or 1103.61.


RUSSIAN 2104.61: Intermediate Russian II (Self-Paced) (Online)

  • Instructor: Dr. 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. Not open to students with credit for 2104.01, or 4 credit hours of 2104.51. Repeatable to a maximum of 4 credit hours or 4 completions.

Prerequisite: 1103.01, or 4 credit hours of 1103.51 or 1103.61.


RUSSIAN 2144: Intermediate Russian for Heritage Speakers II

  • Section 0010, TWR 2:20-3:40 PM, Instructor: Lilia Caserta

This is the second course 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. 

Prerequisite: 1133.


RUSSIAN 3102: Third-Year Russian II

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

Introduction to the Russian mass media with an emphasis on current events; further development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills and grammar competence. Not open to students with credit for 503 or 562.

Prerequisite: 3101 (501 and 502), or permission of instructor.


RUSSIAN 3121: Advanced Reading Russian I Self-Paced

  • Instructor: Dr. Andrei Cretu

Developing reading skills and strategies from a variety of authentic Russian sources, with special emphasis on contemporary materials. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 credit hours.

Prerequisite: 2104.01, or 4 cr hrs of 2104.51 or 2104.61.


RUSSIAN 3122: Advanced Reading Russian II Self-Paced

  • Instructor: Dr. Andrei Cretu

Further development of reading skills & strategies from authentic Russian sources, with emphasis on contemporary materials. Students register for 1-4 credit hours during the semester. Progress is sequential from one credit hour to the next; 80% is required to advance. Not open to students with credit for 582.51. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 credit hours.

Prerequisite: 3121 (581.51), or permission of instructor.


RUSSIAN 3140: Russian Conversation

  • T 12:40-1:35 PM, Instructor: Dr. Larysa Stepanova

Maintaining and further developing conversational skills in Russian at the intermediate level. Taught in Russian as round-table discussion. Repeatable to a maximum of 2 credit hours.

Prerequisite: 2104.01 (402.01) or 2104.51 (402.51), or permission of instructor. 


RUSSIAN 4102: Advanced Russian II

  • Section 0020, TR 9:35-10:55 PM, Instructor: Viktoriia Kim

Continuation of Russian 4101: speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice in Russian at the advanced level, with a focus on Russian culture and national identity. Not open to students with credit for 610.

Prerequisite: 4101 (601) or 609, or permission of instructor. 


RUSSIAN 5011: Russian Grammar Crash Course

  • M 9:00-10:55 AM, Instructor: Dr. Larysa Stepanova

This class supplements the core Russian curriculum for majors by focusing on the further development of skills-based grammar knowledge within communicative Russian language contexts. Prereq: 3102 or 3122; permission of department. This course is graded S/U.

1 credit hour, first session course.


RUSSIAN 5102: Advanced Russian IV

  • Section 0010, WF 8:00-9:20 AM, Instructor: Elena Myers

Continuation of Russian 5101. 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). Repeatable to a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Prerequisite: 5101, 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: Dr. 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.


UKRAINIAN 2104: Intermediate Ukrainian II

  • Section 0010, TWRF, 4:10-5:05 PM, Instructor: Michelle Verbitskaya

Un this course you will have the opportunity to take control of your language learning and develop greater language proficiency. Classroom activities will help you become acquainted with more sophisticated grammar and vocabulary. However, dedicated study outside class will be what most helps you master language concepts and increase your ease of speaking, listening, writing, and comprehending.

Prerequisite: 1103.01 or permission of instructor. Not open to native speakers of this language through regular course enrollment or EM credit. 

Content Courses

POLISH 5196: Polish Politics, Culture, and Society

  • TR 2:20-3:40 PM

Topics in Polish and European culture. Offers an interdisciplinary view into the political, economic, and cultural contexts of Poland, often in comparison with other EU countries and/or neighboring states. Not open to students with credit for INTSTDS 5196. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credit hours. Cross-listed in INTSTDS.


RUSSIAN 2200: Essential Russian Language and Culture Skills

  • Instructor: Dr. Andrei Cretu

During this course students will gain a general knowledge of Russian every-day cultural etiquette, as well as Russian business culture. Students who do not have previous knowledge of the language are encouraged to register for two credit hours, which will cover both essential phrases and vocabulary to travel in Russia and day-to-day cultural and business matters.


RUSSIAN 2250.01: Honors Masterpieces of Russian Literature

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

Reading great works of Russian literature (including Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, Akhmatova, Solzhenitsyn, Ulitskaya); developing analytical writing & discussion skills. Taught in English. Not open to students with credit for 2250 (250 and 251), 250H, or 251H.

Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of instructor.

GE Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts, Honors Course


RUSSIAN 2335.99: Russian Culture (Online)

Russian culture from its foundations to the 21st century through analysis of literature, film, music, visual arts, beliefs, and customs. Taught in English. Offered 100% online. Not open to students with credit for 2335, 2335.01, 135, or 235.

GE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies


RUSSIAN 2345: RUSSIAN FAIRYTALES AND FOLKLORE

  • WF 11:10-12:30 PM, Instructor: Dr. Daniel Collens 

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"

  • TR 12:45-2:05 PM, Instructor: Andrey Ridling

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

  • Section 10 Online, Instructor: Dr. Laura Siragusa
  • Section 20 Online 7-week Second Session, Instructor: TBD

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 3360: Russian Landscapes: Nature and the Environment in Russian-Language Literature, Film, and Art

  • TR 3:55-5:15 PM, Instructor: Dr. Alexander Burry

We will explore how writers, poets, film directors, painters, and thinkers of the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation have depicted the diverse natural surroundings, including grasslands, steppe, desert, tundra, mountains, and their relation to the people who inhabit them. GE theme lived environments course.

GE Theme: Lived Environments


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

  • Online, Instructor: Dr. Matt Boyd

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. Not open to students with credit for 3480 or 3480.99.

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 3539: History of Russian Cuisine

  • WF 12:45-2:05 PM, Instructor: Viktoriia Kim 
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. 

RUSSIAN 5460: Russian Media

  • TR 12:45-2:05 PM, Instructor: Dr. Ana Cohle
This course will examine Russian media and communication within the context of media analysis and communication studies. The course will briefly review the history of Soviet and post-Soviet media in the late 20th-21st centuries, but will focus primarily on contemporary Russian media.

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

  • WF 9:35-10:55 AM, Instructor: Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang

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: Laura Siragusa
  • Online 7-week second sesson, 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. 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.

NGE Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies


SLAVIC 2345.20

  • WF 2:20-3:40 PM, Instructor: Dr. Ana Cohle
This course will introduce students to the culture, film, literature, and history of Ukraine. Special emphasis will be placed on analyzing contemporary Ukrainian movies, poetry, novels, and social media that reflect on the war with Russia (which began with military intervention in 2014) and on the nationhood, politics, and identity of the Ukrainian people. All materials are in English.
 

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 2995.99: Race and Gender in Eastern Europe and the US: A Transatlantic Comparison (Online)

  • Online, 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. Not open to students with credit for COMPSTD 2995. Cross-listed in COMPSTD 2995.

GE Foundation: Race, Ethnicity & Gender Diversity


SLAVIC 3310: Science Fiction: East vs. West

  • Section 10 TR 12:45-2:05 PM, Instructor: TBD
  • Section 20 Online, Instructor: TBD

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

  • WF 9:35-10:55 AM, Instructor: TBD

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 3340: The Eastern European Immigrant Experience in America

  • TR 12:45-2:05 PM, Instructor: Dr. Diana Sacilowski

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.

GE Theme: Migration, Mobility, and Immobility


SLAVIC 3370: Cultures of Manufacturing: Environments of Industrial Production in the Czech Lands (4cr, Includes Spring Study Abroad)

  • WF 11:10-12:30 PM, Instructor: Dr. Ana Cohle
This course focuses on the impact of industrial modernity on human culture through an environmental lens. How does manufacturing labor create changing environments that determine the interaction between humans—from the workplace to society at large? We study these questions through the lens of culture, in workshops, and during a week-long study abroad in Czechia.
 
GE Lived Environments; HIP Course: Intercultural and Global Awareness

 

SLAVIC 3390: Tuning in to Red Soundscapes: Politics and Culture of Soviet and Russian Radio

  • WF 12:45-2:05 PM, Instructor: Dr. Laura Sireagusa
The course aims to deepen understanding of the role of radio and sound in shaping the cultural, social, and political environments of the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia. Lenin’s sentiment, “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country,” highlights the importance he placed on technological advancements, including communications technology, in building the USSR.
 
GE Lived Environments

 

SLAVIC 3456: Global Changemakers (4 cr.)

  • T 9:35-10:55, F Lab 9:35-10:05, Instrcutors: Dr. Dima Arzyutov, Dr. Ila Nagar, Dr. Matt Birkhold 
This course explores what it means to be a global changemaker, emphasizing critical thinking, truth- telling, and advocacy for change. Students will study the qualities of changemakers through and examine global citizenship, cultural diversity, and social equity. Team-taught with faculty members in German and South Asian Studies.
 
GE Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World; HIP: Interdisciplinary Seminar

SLAVIC 5030: Mapping Migration, Bordering, and Racial (Im)Mobility in (Eastern) Europe

  • WF 2:20-3:40 PM, Instructor: Dr. Sunnie Rucker-Chang

This course centers Cultural Studies, History, Legal Studies, Sociology, critical theories of migration, race and racialization to illustrate how perceptions of migrants and prejudice against them affects internal perceptions and hierarchies, transnational interactions, and even precipitates and perpetuates conflict in Europe, particularly in Eastern Europe.


SLAVIC 6625: Old Church Slavonic

  • WF 3:55-5:15 PM, Instructor: Dr. Dan Collens
Introduction to the grammar of Old Church Slavonic, with readings in authentic medieval Slavic texts. Taught in English. Prior knowledge of a Slavic language not required.
 

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

  • Section 0010, Day and Time TBD, 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.