RUSS Courses for Fall 2026
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RUSS 101 01 - Elementary Russian I
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Course: |
RUSS 101 - 01 |
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Title: |
Elementary Russian I |
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Credit Hours: |
1 |
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Description: |
Introduction to Russian grammar through oral, written, and reading exercises; special emphasis on oral expression. Three periods. |
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Prerequisite(s): |
None. |
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Notes: |
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Instructors: |
Thomas Hodge |
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Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 423 Classroom - TF 9:55 AM - 11:10 AM
Founders 423 Classroom - W 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM |
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RUSS 201 01 - Intermediate Russian I
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Course: |
RUSS 201 - 01 |
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Title: |
Intermediate Russian I |
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Credit Hours: |
1 |
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Description: |
Conversation, composition, reading, music, comprehensive review of grammar; special emphasis on speaking and writing idiomatic Russian. Students learn and perform a play in Russian in the course of the semester. Three periods. |
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Prerequisite(s): |
RUSS 102 or equivalent. |
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Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Foreign Language
Language and Literature |
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Instructors: |
Alla Epsteyn |
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Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 319 Classroom - TF 11:20 AM - 12:35 PM
Founders 319 Classroom - W 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM |
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RUSS 251 01 - The Nineteenth-Century Russian Classics: Passion, Pain, Perfection (in English)
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Course: |
RUSS 251 - 01 |
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Title: |
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Classics: Passion, Pain, Perfection (in English) |
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Credit Hours: |
1 |
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Description: |
Survey of Russian fiction from the Age of Pushkin (1820s-1830s) to Tolstoy's mature work (1870s) focusing on the role of fiction in Russian history, contemporaneous critical reaction, literary movements in Russia, and echoes of Russian literary masterpieces in the other arts, especially film and music. Major works by Pushkin (Eugene Onegin, "The Queen of Spades"), Lermontov (A Hero of Our Time), Gogol (Dead Souls), Pavlova (A Double Life), Turgenev (Fathers and Children), Tolstoy (Anna Karenina), and Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment) will be read. |
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Prerequisite(s): |
None |
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Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
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Instructors: |
Thomas Hodge |
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Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 423 Classroom - TF 11:20 AM - 12:35 PM |
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RUSS 276 01 - Fedor Dostoevsky: The Seer of Spirit (in English)
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Course: |
RUSS 276 - 01 |
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Title: |
Fedor Dostoevsky: The Seer of Spirit (in English) |
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Credit Hours: |
1 |
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Description: |
Probably no writer has been so detested and adored, so demonized and deified, as Dostoevsky. This artist was such a visionary that he had to reinvent the novel in order to create a form suitable for his insights into the inner life and his prophecies about the outer. To this day readers are mystified, outraged, enchanted, but never unmoved, by Dostoevsky's fiction, which some have tried to brand as "novel-tragedies," "romantic realism," "polyphonic novels," and more. This course challenges students to enter the fray and explore the mysteries of Dostoevsky themselves through study of his major writings. |
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Prerequisite(s): |
None. |
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Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
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Instructors: |
Adam Weiner |
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Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 102 Classroom - MR 11:20 AM - 12:35 PM |
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RUSS 309 01 - Advanced Russian: Tbilisi
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Course: |
RUSS 309 - 01 |
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Title: |
Advanced Russian: Tbilisi |
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Credit Hours: |
1 |
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Description: |
Students will become experts in one of the overarching themes of Russian and Georgian culture: the city of Tbilisi, the capital of the Republic of Georgia. We will explore the cultural history of Tiflis/Tbilisi in the Russian Empire, in the Soviet Union, and as part of the Independent Republic of Georgia. We will use Diverse Russian: A Multicultural Exploration, a free, online, interactive textbook. Supplementary readings will be drawn from classical Russian literature (Griboedov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Mayakovsky) and from Georgian poetry (Rustaveli, Baratashvili, Tabidze) in Russian translation. We will examine the representation of Tbilisi and Georgia in film, music, songs and the visual arts. Students will present a final project on a topic of their choice in the context of the cultural history of Tbilisi from 1800 to the present. Taught in Russian. |
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Prerequisite(s): |
RUSS 202 or permission of the instructor.
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Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Foreign Language - Above Intermediate
Language and Literature |
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Instructors: |
Alla Epsteyn |
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Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 319 Classroom - TF 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
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RUSS 376H 01 - Fedor Dostoevsky's Short Stories (in Russian)
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Course: |
RUSS 376H - 01 |
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Title: |
Fedor Dostoevsky's Short Stories (in Russian) |
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Credit Hours: |
0.5 |
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Description: |
In this course students will enter the world of Dostoevsky's short fiction and learn his explosive literary style, obsessive themes, and artistic strategies. Students will increase their passive and active vocabulary and improve their speaking, writing and reading fluency in Russian. We will discuss one work of short fiction (about 20 pages) each week of the semester. Students will translate excerpts from each work discussed. Each student will write a short essay on a story of her choosing and present it to the class. Class meets twice weekly for 75 minutes. All work will be in Russian. |
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Prerequisite(s): |
Prerequisite or co-requisite - RUSS 301, RUSS 302, RUSS 305, RUSS 306, RUSS 307, or RUSS 309. |
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Notes: |
One meeting per week. |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
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Instructors: |
Adam Weiner |
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Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 126 Classroom - M 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM |
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