Spring 2018

Russian Language

RUSS 101 Prof. Miltcheva, MWF 11-11:50am

RUSS 102 Prof. Miltcheva, MWF 10-10:50am

RUSS 102 Prof. Miltcheva, MWF 1-1:50pm

RUSS 101C

RUSS 102C

RUSS 102C

RUSS 201 Prof. Miltcheva, MWF 2-2:50pm

RUSS 201C

RUSS 202 Prof. Erman, MWF 11-11:50am

RUSS 202 Prof. Erman, MWF 12-12:50pm

RUSS 202C

RUSS 390 Russian Cinema in the Original Prof. Gomer, MW 2:00-3:15pm

This course introduces students to the art and language of Post-Soviet Russian Cinema. It introduces and discusses some of the most important films produced in the last two decades. As the course is taught in Russian, it is open to upper-level Russian students who have a good working knowledge of the Russian grammar and vocabulary.


Literature & Culture in Translation

LTRS 210 19th Century Russian Literature

Prof. Erman, MWF 1:00pm-1:50pm

This class offers a survey of key 19th Century Russian literary movements and authors, including Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, and Anton Chekhov. We will consider their place in the history of European literature and their interaction with their literary forbears and less known contemporaries. While our class will remain rooted in the 19th century, the novels we will read – such as Crime and Punishment – have transcended their specific historical context to become timeless international classics. They achieved their status by their brilliant explorations of universal themes, such as the conflict between generations, and the role of the individual in society.

This course is taught entirely in English. No previous knowledge of Russian literature is required. Satisfies the General Education Requirements in Humanities. Satisfies Russian Minor “Core Course” Requirement. Satisfies elective requirements for International Studies and Comparative Literature.

RUST 360: The Soviet Economy

Prof. Keaton, TR 4:00-5:15pm

The Soviet Union pursued one of the most ambitious and notorious economic experiments of the 20th century. This course examines the specifics of the Soviet Union’s economic creation, management, and dissolution of its economy in order to uncover what it can tell us about post-Soviet Russia and, more generally, what it reveals about economic structures and policies today.

This course is taught entirely in English. Satisfies the Russian Studies Minor elective requirement. Counts toward Major and Minor elective requirements in International Studies and Economics.