Courses
Language courses
We administer language proficiency/placement tests in September and January each year. A student may skip the first or the first two years of Russian and place directly into the advanced-level courses. Students who have taken two, three or more years of Russian at the secondary school level are expected to place into Russian 210 (or the Russian 240 series, with departmental permission).
Russ 110 Beginning Russian I
Russ 111 Beginning Russian II
Russ 210 Intermediate Russian I
Russ 211 Intermediate Russian II
Advanced language courses
Please note that these four courses are not sequential. They can be taken in any order.
Russ 240 Advanced Russian I
Russ 241 Advanced Russian II
Russ 242 Advanced Conversation and Grammar Review I
Russ 243 Advanced Conversation and Grammar Review II
Literature and culture courses given in Russian
These courses are designed for Russian majors and are conducted in Russian, but are open to all qualified students with permission of the department.
Russ 351 Selected Prose Writers
Russ 352 Russian Poetry
Russ 370 Russian for the Arts, Business and Politics
Russ 402 Seminar
Russ 500 Individual Research
Courses given in English
Courses in culture, literature and civilization conducted in English are open to all students without regard to foreign language proficiency. Many of these courses have Connections pending.
Note on rotation of courses: We offer different courses to our majors during their four years of study. Russian literature and culture courses rotate on a three-year cycle, a few are on a four-year cycle.
Russ 101 Russian Folklore
Russ 200 Russian Literature: Icons to Revolution
Russ 201 Russian Literature: From Revolution to the Present
Russ 203 Russian Drama
Russ 279 Literary Translation
Russ 281 Russian Arts and Culture
Russ 282 Russian Film
Russ 284 Women in Russian Culture
Russ 285 Russian Jewish Culture
Russ 298 Experimental Course
Russ 300 Russian Literature: Icons to Revolution
Russ 301 Russian Literature: From Revolution to the Present
Russ 305 Topics in Russian Literature