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Russian (RUS)
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature
All courses are conducted in Russian except 107 and
108.
RUS 101 Elementary Russian (4) Conversation,
lab drill, reading, writing, grammar. FL
RUS 102 Elementary Russian (4) Continuation of
101. Pre: 101. FL
RUS 107 Reading Scientific Russian (3) Intensive
course for reading scientific literature. Basic Russian grammar; reading
and translating. For science majors.
RUS 108 Reading Scientific Russian (3) Continuation
of 107. Pre: 107.
RUS 201 Intermediate Russian (4) Reading,
conversation, laboratory drill, grammar, composition. Pre: 102. FL
RUS 202 Intermediate Russian (4) Continuation
of 201. Pre: 201. FL
RUS 209 Russian Phonetics (3) Basic theory of
Russian sound system; practice in pronunciation, intonation, and
fluency. Pre: 102. May be concurrent with 201.
RUS 258 Intermediate Russian Abroad (3) Intensive
course of formal instruction on the second-year level in Russian
language and culture in Russia. Pre: 102 or consent
RUS 259 Intermediate Russian Abroad (3) Continuation
of 258.
RUS 303 Advanced Russian (3) Systematic
practice for control of spoken and written Russian, vocabulary building,
fluency in various subjects, accuracy in sentence structure, phrasing
stylistic appropriateness. Pre: 202
RUS 304 Advanced Russian (3) Continuation of 303.
RUS 306 Russian Structure (3) Advanced grammar;
complexities of standard contemporary Russian; word formation and verb
system. Pre: 202 or consent.
RUS 311 Readings in Russian Civilization and
Literature (3) Mid-level readings in Russian civilization and
literature of edited and adapted texts. Pre: 202.
RUS 312 Readings in Russian Civilization and
Literature (3) Continuation of 311. Pre: 311.
RUS 358 Third-Level Russian Abroad (3) Intensive
course of formal instruction on the third-year level in Russian language
and culture in Russia. Pre: 202, 259, or consent.
RUS 359 Third-Level Russian Abroad (3) Continuation
of 358.
RUS 403 Advanced Conversation and Composition (3) Systematic
practice on selected topics; vocabulary building and development of
fluency; writing short reports, narratives. Pre: 304 or consent.
RUS 404 Advanced Conversation and Composition (3) Continuation
of 403. Pre: 403.
RUS 418 Advanced Reading and Translation: Modern
Prose (3) Readings in various fields, emphasizing idiomatic usage.
Pre: 312 or consent.
RUS 419 Advanced Reading of Russian Press (3) Materials
from Soviet/Russian newspapers and magazines. Pre: 311 or consent.
RUS 431 Russian Folklore (3) Selected Russian
folk narratives, bylinas, songs, and proverbs. Influence of folklore on
major Russian authors. Pre: 312 or consent.
RUS 441 Russian Short Story (3) Origin and
development (19th and 20th century); the major writers. Pre: three years
of Russian or consent.
RUS 442 Russian Novel (3) Origin and
development from 18th century to present. Pre: three years of Russian
language or consent.
RUS 451 Topics in 19th- and 20th-Century Russian
Literature (3) Focus upon the selected writings of one major Russian
writer of the 19th century (e.g., Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Dostoevsky,
or Tolstoy) or 20th century (e.g., Bely, Blok, Bulgakov, Chekhov,
Pasternak, Sholokhov, or Solzhenitsyn). Repeatable. Pre: 312, EL 351, or
consent.
RUS 452 Topics in 19th- and 20th-Century Russian
Literature (3) Continuation of 451. Pre: 312, EL 352, or consent.
RUS 458 Fourth-Level Russian Abroad (3) Intensive
course of formal instruction on the fourth-year level in Russian
language and culture in Russia. Pre: 304, 359, or consent.
RUS 459 Fourth-Level Russian Abroad (3) Continuation
of 458.
RUS 495 Seminar (3) Literary or linguistic
topics, movements, genres, or their representatives. Repeatable. Pre:
consent of chair.
RUS 615 Russian Poetry (3) Classical and
contemporary Russian poets.
RUS 617 Russian Drama (3) Representative plays
of 18th, 19th, and 20th century.
RUS 618 Comparative Grammar: Russian and English
(3) Selected problems in modern Russian compared with English.
RUS 619 Advanced Russian Morphology and Syntax (3) In-depth
analysis of special topics of grammar and syntactical categories. Topics
may include complex sentences, lexical-syntactical categories, idiomatic
expressions, etc. Pre: 306.
RUS 621 Old Church Slavonic Grammar and Texts (3) Phonemics,
morphophonemics, declension, conjugation, and syntax; readings in
selected texts written before 1100; some consideration of common Slavic.
Pre: graduate standing.
RUS 622 Historical Grammar of Old Russian Language
(3) Old Russian phonology, morphemics, syntax, and lexicology in
contrast with modern Russian; some comparison with contemporary
Ukrainian and Byelorussian, etc. Readings and linguistic analysis of
medieval Russian literary texts. Pre: 621.
RUS 641 Old Russian Literature (3) Origins
and development of literary trends and genres--chronicles, historical
tales, lives--10th-17th century. Pre: graduate standing.
RUS 642 18th-Century Russian Literature (3) Authors
and their works; development of the main genres; West European trends
and cultural influences. Pre: 641.
RUS 650 Historical Development of Russian Literary
Style (3) Role of the oral tradition, old church Slavonic,
vernacular elements, and Western borrowings; influence of Lomonosov,
Pushkin, Tolstoy, etc. Pre: 622 or 641.
RUS 699 Directed Reading (V) Pre: consent of
department chair.
RUS 735 Seminar in Russian Language or Literature
(3) Literary or linguistic topics, movements, genres, or their
representatives. Repeatable. Pre: consent.
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