Russian Language

RUSS 1001 (Elementary Russian I)  and  RUSS 1002 (Elementary Russian II)
Fundamentals of grammar. Pronunciation and syntax. Reading-oral-aural-writing competence is stressed.
3 credits each.

RUSS 1011 (Elementary Interactive Russian I)  and  RUSS 1012 (Elementary Interactive Russian II)
Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. 
Reinforcement of the material covered in Russian 1001-1002. 
To be taken simultaneously with RUSS 1001-1002.   1 credit each.

RUSS 1101 (Intermediate Russian I)  and   RUSS 1102 (Intermediate Russian II)
Review of the essentials of grammar, vocabulary building, conversation and composition. 
Reading of modern prose.   Prerequisite: RUSS 1002 or equivalent. 3 credits each.

RUSS 1111 (Intermediate Interactive Russian I)  and  RUSS 1112 (Intermediate Interactive Russian II)
Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. Reinforcement of the
material covered in Russian 1101-1102. To be taken simultaneously with RUSS 1101-1102. 1 credit each.

RUSS 2111 (Advanced Russian I)  and  Russ 2112 (Advanced Russian II)
Rapid review of grammar. Practice in conversation and writing with emphasis on idiomatic constructions.
Prerequisite: RUSS 1102 or equivalent.  3 credits each.

RUSS 2101 (Russian Conversation) based on topics of everyday life, cultural interests and occupational situations.
Conducted in Russian.   Prerequisite: RUSS 1102.  3 credits.

RUSS 2113-2114 (Scientific Russian I-II) Technical material in recent publications in the physical sciences. 
Prerequisite: RUSS 1102 or permission of department.  3 credits each.

RUSS 2117 (Russian Civilization)
Evolution of Russian pattern of civilization from the 8th century to the present.  Artistic, geographic, historic,
literary and social background of Russia.  Prerequisite: RUSS 1102 or permission of department.  3 credits.
 

Russian Literature  

RUSS 2115 (Intro to Russian Lit. I)   and   RUSS 2116 (Intro to Russian Lit. II)
Major writers from the 18th to the 20th centuries: Turgenev, Goncharov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Gogol,
Dostoevsky and others. Conducted in Russian.
Prerequisite: RUSS 2111-2112 or permission of department. 3 credits each.

RUSS 2316 (Russian Culture Through Film) 
Russian cinema as a window into Soviet life.   How Russian film entertained, inspired and indoctrinated the masses
from the Socialist Revolution to Perestroika.  3 credits.

RUSS 2317 (Russian Drama)
Development of the Russian drama from its beginning to the present. Reading analysis of representative works.
Conducted in Russian.
Prerequisite: RUSS 1102 or permission of department.  3 credits.

RUSS 2313-2314 (Modern Russian Literature I-II)
Representative Russian writers from Pushkin through the modern period. Conducted in Russian.
Prerequisite: RUSS 2111-2112 or permission of department. 3 credits each.

RUSS 3391-3392 (Studies in Russian Literature I-II)    3 credits each.    

For details please contact Prof. Anna Kuchta at:

kuchtaan@shu.edu
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