Courses and Syllabi
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Spring 2024
Undergraduate
Introduces elements of grammar, vocabulary, oral skills, listening comprehension, and reading. Notes: Students may not receive credit for RUSS 110 and RUSS 101, 102. Equivalent to RUSS 101, RUSS 102.
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Further development of skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Notes: RUSS 201 and 202 must be taken in sequence. Limited to three attempts.
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Application of language skills to reading, composition, and discussion. Limited to three attempts.
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Examines problems and achievements of formerly communist and socialist countries including China, Eastern European countries, and Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union as they transition to more market-oriented economies. Includes market economics and central planning. Limited to three attempts.
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A regional study of Eastern Europe and European Russia in terms of population patterns, economic activities, urbanization, planning and politics, migration, religion, landscape, and physical geographic features. Limited to three attempts.
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Examines continuity and change in Russia's Soviet era and post-Soviet era politics and international relations.Limited to three attempts.
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Covers politics of religion in Muslim societies; history, ideology, and practices of key individuals, movements, and institutions; case studies of political Islam in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the West; plurality and diversity of political expression in Muslim world; nature of democracy in Islam; and Islamic state.Limited to three attempts.
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Russia and the Soviet Union from the early 20th century to the present. Focuses on the Russian Revolution and the political, social, cultural, and economic developments of the Soviet and post-Soviet eras. Limited to three attempts.
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Reading and discussion of recent short stories by best-known Russian writers of today. Notes: Readings in original language. Limited to three attempts.
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Surveys Russian literature of late 19th and 20th centuries. Limited to three attempts.
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Civilization and culture of Russia and former Soviet Union. Includes films, slides, and music in addition to readings and lectures. Limited to three attempts.
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Comprehensive study of the more difficult characteristics of contemporary standard Russian in areas of grammar, style, and vocabulary usage. Emphasizes developing fluency in oral and written expression. Limited to three attempts.
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