Fall 2023

Course Code Title/Instructor Meets
RUSS 101-01 Elementary Russian
Instructor: Elena Duzs, Ekaterina Ausheva
Course Description:
An intensive study of the fundamentals of Russian grammar, with an emphasis on the development of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding skills. Short stories and songs will supplement the text.
08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 222
RUSS 101-02 Elementary Russian
Instructor: Ekaterina Ausheva, Elena Duzs
Course Description:
An intensive study of the fundamentals of Russian grammar, with an emphasis on the development of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding skills. Short stories and songs will supplement the text.
09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 222
RUSS 201-01 Intermediate Russian
Instructor: Alyssa DeBlasio, Ekaterina Ausheva
Course Description:
Advanced grammar review incorporating controlled reading and composition. Emphasis on speaking competence continued through oral reports and conversational topics. Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 211
RUSS 231-01 Russian for Discussion
Instructor: Ekaterina Ausheva
Course Description:
Practice in the techniques and patterns of everyday conversation, especially as these reflect different cultural orientations. Reading and discussion of short works by well-known authors. Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent.
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
BOSLER 222
RUSS 243-01 The Most Important Art: Russian & Soviet Film
Instructor: Elena Duzs
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 210-03.Course taught in English. The course will examine contributions by Russian and Soviet directors to the development of film as an art form. Students will view classic films of the Russian canon, while also gaining a familiarity with current trends in filmmaking. We will also investigate the development of the Soviet-Russian film industry and the close links between film and politics in the history of Russo-Soviet cinema. No knowledge of Russian is required. Conducted in English. Offered every other year.
03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
BOSLER 314
RUSS 254-01 Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
Instructor: Karl Qualls
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 254-01.Course taught in English. This course explores Russia's attempts to forge modernity since the late 19th century. Students will explore the rise of socialism and communism, centralization of nearly all aspects of life (arts, politics, economics, and even sexual relations), and opposition to the terror regime's attempts to remake life and the post-Soviet state's attempts to overcome Russia's past.This course is cross-listed as HIST 254.
11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 203
RUSS 335-01 Popular Culture and New Media
Instructor: Alyssa DeBlasio
Course Description:
This course will examine one or several elements and/or genres in Russian popular culture, including folk tales, detective novels, anecdotes, film, television, music, the Internet, and new media. Students will practice close reading and analysis of authentic texts through the study of analytic genres specific to these fields in Russia and the US. Prerequisite: 231, 232 or equivalent.
09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
BOSLER 211