Course Descriptions
RUSN 1000X/Y Elementary Russian
CREDIT HOURS: 6
For students who have little or no previous knowledge of the Russian language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing oral, listening, and reading skills with a sound grammatical basis. May be offered in a traditional classroom setting or online.
NOTES: Credit can only be given for this course if X and Y are completed in consecutive terms and partial credit cannot be given for a single term.
FORMAT COMMENTS: Instruction
EXCLUSIONS:
RUSN 1002.03,
RUSN 1003.03
RUSN 1002 Elementary Russian I
CREDIT HOURS: 3
For students who have little or no previous knowledge of the Russian language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing oral, listening, and reading skills with a sound grammatical basis. May be offered in a traditional classroom setting or online.
EXCLUSIONS:
RUSN 1000X/Y.06
RUSN 1003 Elementary Russian II
CREDIT HOURS: 3
For students who have little or no previous knowledge of the Russian language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing oral, listening, and reading skills with a sound grammatical basis. may be offered in a traditional classroom setting or online.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES:
RUSN 1002.03
EXCLUSIONS:
RUSN 1000X/Y.06
RUSN 1020 Russian Culture and Civilization under the Tsars
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Conducted in English. The course traces developments in the Russian arts: painting, sculpture, theatre, and music.
NOTES: This course along with
RUSN 1070.03 fulfills the BA/BSc writing requirement
FORMAT COMMENTS: Meets Writing Requirement (when taken in combination with
RUSN 1070.03)
RUSN 1070 Modern Russian Culture and Civilization
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Conducted in English. The cultural history of 20th-century Russia.
NOTES: This course, when taken along with
RUSN 1020.03, fulfills the BA/BSc writing requirement.
FORMAT COMMENTS: Meets Writing Requirement when taken with
RUSN 1020.03.
CROSS-LISTING: GWST1070.03
RUSN 2001X/Y Intensive Second Year Russian
CREDIT HOURS: 6
The material covered in
RUSN 2002 and
RUSN 2003, presented in a single semester.
FORMAT COMMENTS: Instruction/drill 6 hours
PREREQUISITES:
RUSN 1000.06 or
RUSN 1003.03 or permission of instructor
EXCLUSIONS:
RUSN 2002.03, 2003.03
RUSN 2002 Intermediate Russian I
CREDIT HOURS: 3
In Intermediate Russian I students will build on their oral and reading skills and develop a further knowledge of grammar through the study and discussion of Russian texts.
FORMAT COMMENTS: Instruction/drill 4 hours
PREREQUISITES:
RUSN 1000.06 or
RUSN 1003.03 or permission of instructor
EXCLUSIONS:
RUSN 2001.06
RUSN 2003 Intermediate Russian II
CREDIT HOURS: 3
As a continuation of
RUSN 2002.03, students will continue to build on their oral and reading skills and develop a further knowledge of grammar through the study and discussion of Russian texts.
FORMAT COMMENTS: Instruction/drill 4 hours
PREREQUISITES:
RUSN 2002.03 or permission of instructor
EXCLUSIONS:
RUSN 2001.06
RUSN 2022 Imperial Russia
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Chronologically covers the imperial period of Russian history, from Peter the Great to the Revolution of 1917.
FORMAT:
CROSS-LISTING:
HIST 2022.03
EXCLUSIONS: HIST 2020.06, RUSN 2021.06
RUSN 2023 Soviet Russia
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Survey of Soviet Russia from 1917 to the present. Topics discussed will include the Revolution of 1917, the Civil War and War Communism, NEP, Collectivization, the Great Purges, WWII, and the Post-Stalin era.
FORMAT:
CROSS-LISTING:
HIST 2021.03
EXCLUSIONS: HIST 2020.06 or RUSN 2021.06
RUSN 2029 Conversation
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Development of conversation skills and vocabulary building
FORMAT COMMENTS: Conversation practice
COREQUISITES:
RUSN 2002.03 or 2003.03 or instructor permission
RUSN 2034 Soviet Science and Techno Utopia
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Conducted in English. An overview of the history of Russian naturalscience from the foundation of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the reign of Peter the Great to modern times.
FORMAT:
RUSN 2036 Russian Film I
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course surveys Russian film from the Silent Era to "Thaw" (19000-1960s). Its goal is to develop students' knowledge of cinema in its historical and cultural context through critical watching, reading, thinking, and writing. The course will concentrate on the development of main genres and styles in Russian and official Soviet cinema, major directors and styles. Full versions of films will be screened each Monday night. later in the week they will be followed by a lecture, discussion, and viewing additional short clips.
FORMAT:
CROSS-LISTING: THEA 2336.03,
FILM 2336.03
RUSN 2037 Russian Film II
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course will provide an overview of the most significant trends and periods in the development of Russian cinema since the 1960s until the latest blockbusters. The course will concentrate on the development of main genres and styles, major directors and productions, issues of race, gender, war and violence in Soviet, post-Soviet and new Russian cinema.
FORMAT:
CROSS-LISTING: THEA 2337.03,
FILM 2337.03
RUSN 2043 How iRead the Eye-Books: Film and Multimedia Adaptations of World Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
In this course, we will be reading and watching the world adaptations of international literary classics and popular contemporary works. From analyzing the art of comic strips and Supermen sagas to e-books designed for iPads and Android mobile devices, during the semester students will learn to appreciate both the text and its visual renderings using theoretical frameworks of adaptation and textual fidelity, as well as will have an opportunity to practice their skills in the art of film-making and constructing an iBook.
FORMAT: Lecture
FORMAT COMMENTS: discussion, film screenings
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
CROSS-LISTING: THEA 2043.03,
FILM 2043.03,
ENGL 2043.03
EXCLUSIONS: RUSN 2045.06, ENGL 2045.06, THEA 2347.06
RUSN 2044 How iRead the Eye-Books: Film Adaptations of World Literature II
CREDIT HOURS: 3
In this course, we will be reading and watching the world adaptations of international literary classics and popular contemporary works. From analyzing the art of comic strips and Supermen sagas to e-books designed for iPads and Android mobile devices, during the semester students will learn to appreciate both the text and its visual renderings using theoretical frameworks of adaptation and textual fidelity, as well as will have an opportunity to practice their skills in the art of film-making and constructing an iBook.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: and film screenings
CROSS-LISTING: THEA 2044.03,
ENGL 2044.03
EXCLUSIONS: RUSN 2045.06, THEA 2347.06, ENGL 2045.06
RUSN 2046 East European Cinema: War, Love, and Revolutions
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course brings post-Berlin Wall European film into the fray of current debates on cultural identity, transnational cinema, and postcolonialism. Despite the state control, the filmmakers of communist Europe were often more bold, honest and provocative than their profit-driven Hollywood counterparts. By drawing on political, cultural, and philosophical discourses, the course will offer pointed analyses of most significant East European films that touch upon issues of ethnicity, gender, and overcoming censorship.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: Lecture/discussion 3 hours
CROSS-LISTING: THEA 2346.03,
FILM 2346.03
RUSN 2051 Survey of Russian Literature I
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Conducted in English with section in Russian for majors. Required for majors and honours candidates. An overview of Russian literature from its beginnings through Tolstoy.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: Meets Writing Requirement (when taken in combination with
RUSN 2052, lecture and discussion 3 hours
EXCLUSIONS: RUSN 2050.06
RUSN 2052 Masterpieces of Twentieth-Century Russian Literature
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Conducted in English with section in Russian for majors. Required for majors and honours candidates. An overview of Russian literature from Chekhov to the present.
FORMAT:
FORMAT COMMENTS: Meets Writing Requirement (when taken in combination with
RUSN 2051.03), lecture and discussion 3 hours
EXCLUSIONS: RUSN 2050.06
RUSN 2061 Russian Modernism
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Conducted in English. A study of trends in literature and the arts at the turn of the century. Known as “The Silver Age”, this is one of the most innovative and dynamic periods in Russian culture.
FORMAT:
EXCLUSIONS: RUSN 2340.03