Russian (RU)

RU 101  - Elementary Russian

RU 102 - Elementary Russian II 

RU 103 - Elementary Russian Skill Maintenance

RU 104 -  Elementary Russian Skill Maintenance

RU 201  - Intermediate Russian I: Language through Film I

RU 202 - Intermediate Russian II: Language through Film

RU 205 - Intermediate Russian Skill Maintenance

RU 206 - Intermediate Russian Skill Maintenance

RU 255 - Russian Literature in Russian History I

RU 256 - Russian Literature in Russian History II

RU 305 - Advanced Russian Language I

RU 306 - Advanced Russian Language II

RU 307 - Advanced Russian Skill Maintenance

RU 308 - Advanced Russian Skill Maintenance

RU 311 - Independent Study

RU 312 -  Independent Study

RU 345 - Dostoevsky or Tolstoy

 

Political Science

PS 308 - Comparative Politics: Russia

PS 310 - Conduct of Chinese Foreign Policy

PS 312 - Balkan Politics

Art

AH 208 - Byzantine Art

Russian and Eurasian Studies

RS200 - Topics in Russian and Eurasian Studies

RS200 Topics in Russian and Eurasian Studies: Chekhov to Joyce: Invention of the Modern Short Story. We will focus on works by two authors who are credited with inventing the modernist short story: Anton Chekhov, the prolific Russian short-story writer and dramatist, and the Irish novelist, short-story writer, and critic, James Joyce. Through close readings of a selection of Chekhov’s short stories and Joyce’s sole collection of stories, Dubliners (1914), we will gain an understanding of these influential writers’ ground-breaking craft, their contributions to foundational questions and themes of literary modernisms, as well as a glimpse into a historical era marked by radical change. This course carries the following General Education designations: 1. Equity and Power-Global 2. Analysis and Interpretation of Meaning. 

RS200 Topics in Russian and Eurasian Studies: The Other Russia: The Indigenous Peoples of the North. This course introduces students to Russia's astounding ethnic diversity. We will study the histories of the Sami, the Khanty, the Evenks, the Nenets, the Yakuts, the Chukchi, and others, from Ivan the Terrible's conquests in the 16th century to Vladimir Putin's policies today. The students will explore the impacts of colonialism and capitalism on the lives of the indigenous peoples; the issues of environment and sustainability; the struggle for preservation of the peoples' languages and traditions; the creative expression of culture through the traditional music, costumes, ceremonial dances, and literature. This course carries the following General Education designations: 1. Equity and Power-Global 2. Societies and Human Behavior.

RS200 Topics in Russian and Eurasian Studies: Soviet Science Fiction (1920s to 1990s): Visions of Utopia. What is “Red” science fiction? In an attempt to depict the universal future, it revealed the Soviet present: the vision of world revolution; the creation of a new, better humankind; the unstoppable interplanetary march of communist utopia – and the bitter failure to realize these lofty goals. The course will focus on the formal and philosophical aspects of the best-known Soviet science fiction and films created between 1922 and 1991. The objective of the course is to explore the history and peculiar features of Soviet sci-fi as a genre, to learn how to deconstruct and analyze science fiction narratives as social and cultural phenomena. The course is taught in English, but anyone who knows Russian is welcome to read at least some of the works in the original language. No prerequisites. 1 unit.

RS210 - Russian Woman: The Search for Identity in Russian Film, 1920s to Present. Survey of the Soviet and Russian Cinema by (or about) Russian women, starting with the early Soviet propaganda films and ending with the present Russian version of hyper-realistic films. The course traces the evolution of Russian women, their changing self-awareness; it explores the conflict between the externally imposed role, and the women's own conception of her self and her destiny. The movies are analyzed through the prism of semiotic and discursive approach. (Those students who wish to advance their Russian proficiency and have the competency to watch, read, write, and talk about these films in Russian my sign up for this course under RU311 after consultation with the instructor.) Prerequisite: None. 1 unit. Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: HP requirement. Cross listed with FM205 and FG206.

RS400 - Tutorial Advanced Seminar in Russian and Eurasian Studies