Russian (RUSS)
RUSS 1713 Elementary Russian I
Description: Understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Method of instruction is audio-lingual. Not for native speakers per University Academic Regulation 4.9. Previously offered as RUSS 1115.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 1813 Elementary Russian II
Prerequisites: RUSS 1713 or equivalent proficiency.
Description: Continuation of RUSS 1713. Not for native speakers per University Academic Regulation 4.9. Previously offered as RUSS 1225.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 2713 Intermediate Russian I
Prerequisites: RUSS 1813 or equivalent proficiency.
Description: Russian grammar, composition and conversation. Not for native speakers per University Academic Regulation 4.9. Previously offered as RUSS 2115.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 2813 Intermediate Russian II
Prerequisites: RUSS 2713 or equivalent proficiency.
Description: Continuation of RUSS 2713. Not for native speakers per University Academic Regulation 4.9. Previously offered as RUSS 2225.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 3113 Russian Conversation
Prerequisites: RUSS 2813 or equivalent proficiency.
Description: Development of conversational skills in formal and informal Russian language; study of oral communication and idioms; vocabulary enhancement.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 3223 Russian Composition
Prerequisites: RUSS 2813 or equivalent proficiency.
Description: The development of all forms of written communication in Russian through practice in writing compositions, letters, reports, and other documents in Russian.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 4013 Survey of Russian Literature I
Prerequisites: 20 hours of Russian or equivalent proficiency.
Description: Survey of Russian literature from its beginning to late nineteenth century with readings in Russian of representative texts. Course conducted in Russian.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 4023 Survey of Russian Literature II
Prerequisites: 20 hours of Russian or equivalent proficiency.
Description: Survey of Russian literature from late nineteenth century to post-Soviet era with readings in Russian of representative texts. Course conducted in Russian.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 4123 Russian Literature in Translation II
Description: Russian and Soviet literature from mid-19th century to present: Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, Zamiatin, Sholokhov, Pasternak, Bunin, Solzhenitsyn, Arzhak (Daniel), Tertz (Sinyavsky), Voznesensky, and Evtushenko. Readings in English. Classes conducted in English.
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures
RUSS 4223 Russian Reading Skills
Prerequisites: 20 hours of Russian or equivalent proficiency.
Description: Acquisition of skills in vocabulary enrichment, stylistic analysis and advanced proficiency in reading various styles of contemporary written Russian (newspaper, political, business).
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Contact: 3
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Languages and Literatures