Russian Course Descriptions

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Semester(s) Offered Credits Core Curriculum Counts for Russian major requirement Counts for minor Language taught in

01:090:295 Honors Seminar: Refuge from Empire: Global Russophone Émigré Culture

Fall, Spring 3 WCd

01:090:295 Honors Seminar: What is Happiness? Fictional Explorations

Fall, Spring 3 WCd

01:860:101 Elementary Russian I

Fall, Summer 4 SEES Russian

01:860:102 Elementary Russian II

Spring, Summer 4 Lang RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:111 Russian Conversation I: Novice

Fall 1 Russian

01:860:112 Russian Conversation II: Novice

Spring 1 Russian

01:860:160 How to Read a Russian Novel

Occasional 1.5 English

01:860:201 Intermediate Russian I

Fall 4 Lang RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:202 Intermediate Russian II

Spring 4 AHq Lang RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:207 Elementary Russian for Russian Speakers

Fall 4 Lang SEES Russian

01:860:208 Intermediate Russian for Russian Speakers

Spring 4 AHq Lang RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:211 Russian Conversation I: Intermediate

Fall 1 Russian

01:860:212 Russian Conversation II: Intermediate

Spring 1 Russian

01:860:259 Introduction to 19th Century Russian Literature

Fall of even-numbered years 3 AHp 860:259, Also required for RussLit Minor! RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:260 Introduction to 20th Century Russian Literature

Fall of odd-numbered years 3 AHp 860:260, Also required for RussLit Minor! RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:268 Art and Power

Fall or Spring of even-numbered years 3 AHo, AHp Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit, SEES English

01:860:270 Language and Power Behind the Iron Curtain

Fall or Spring of odd-numbered years 3 CCD Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit, SEES English

01:860:272 Russia: Between Empire and Nation

Fall or Spring of even-numbered years 3 AHp, CCO Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit, SEES English

01:860:289 Tolstoy's War and Peace

Fall or Spring of even-numbered years 3 WCd Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:301 Advanced Russian I

Fall 3 Lang RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:302 Advanced Russian II

Spring 3 Lang RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:311 Advanced Russian Grammar Review I

Fall 1 Russian

01:860:312 Advanced Russian Grammar Review II

Spring 1 Russian

01:860:315 Reading Russian Literature in Russian

Fall of even-numbered years 3 860:315, Also fulfills "Reading in Russian" req for RussLang minor RussLang&Lit, RussLang English, Russian

01:860:319 Special Topics in Russian Studies

Occasional 3 Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:320 Special Topics in Russian and East European Studies

Fall or Spring of even-numbered years 3 WCr Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit, SEES English

01:860:322 Love and Death in the Russian Short Story

Fall or Spring of odd-numbered years 3 AHo, AHp, WCd Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit Russian

01:860:326 Russian and East European Science Fiction

Fall or Spring of odd-numbered years 3 AHo Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit, SEES English

01:860:330 Dostoevsky

Fall or Spring of odd-numbered years 3 AHo, AHp Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:331 Tolstoy

Fall or Spring of even-numbered years 3 AHo, AHp, WCd Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:337 East European Cinema

Fall or Spring of odd-numbered years 3 Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:340 Nabokov

Occasional 3 Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:345 Serial Storytelling Across Media

Occasional 3 Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:348 Stories of Russian Life

Fall or Spring of odd-numbered years 3 AHo, AHp, WCd Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:349 Russia's Wars on Page and Screen

Fall or Spring of even-numbered years 3 WCd, WCr Elective RussLang&Lit, RussLit English

01:860:351 Structure of Russian

Occasional 3 Lang RussLang&Lit, RussLang English, Russian

01:860:401 America Through Russian Eyes

Fall of even-numbered years 3 Lang, Readings in Russian RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:402 Russian Media and Film

Spring of odd-numbered years 3 Lang, Readings in Russian RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:403 Contemporary Russian Culture: From Perestroika to the Present

Fall of odd-numbered years 3 Lang, Readings in Russian RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:404 Russian Through History

Spring of even-numbered years 3 Lang, Readings in Russian RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES

01:860:407 Contemporary Russian Culture: The Thaw

Occasional 3 Lang, Readings in Russian RussLang&Lit, RussLang, SEES Russian

01:860:411 Advanced Russian Grammar Review I

Fall 1 Russian

01:860:412 Advanced Russian Grammar Review II

Spring 1 Russian

01:860:435 Gender and Sexuality in Russian Literature

Spring, every 3 years 3 400-level seminar RussLang&Lit, RussLang English

01:860:484 Russia After Stalin

Spring, every 3 years 3 400-level seminar RussLang&Lit, RussLang English

01:860:488 Dostoevsky and The Brothers Karamazov

Spring, every 3 years 3 400-level seminar RussLang&Lit, RussLang English

16:195:510 Graduate Seminar: Self Writing

Occasional 3 English

Faculty leaves and other circumstances may cause variation in offerings.

Students majoring in Russian can count up to two courses approved for SEES (861) toward the major.

Students minoring in Russian Language & Literature or in Russian Literature can count up to one course approved for SEES (861) toward their minor.

For additional electives that count toward SEES (861), click here

For additional information on taking a regional language not offered at Rutgers via BTAA, click here