The course is topically organized and designed to encourage communication and to offer insight into the culture of the speakers of Russian. Information is provided on the geo-political areas in which Russian is spoken and the cultural habits and orientation of its speakers.

The course is topically organized and designed to encourage communication and to offer insight into the culture of the speakers of Russian. Information is provided on the geo-political areas in which Russian is spoken and the cultural habits and orientation of its speakers.

This course promotes communication through a knowledge of Russian and Russian culture. It involves further study of the structural and lexical features of Russian, based upon topical subjects. It enhances understanding of the in-depth culture of Russia through presentations on its traditions of art, music, and literature.

This course promotes communication through a knowledge of Russian and Russian culture. It involves further study of the structural and lexical features of Russian, based upon topical subjects. It enhances understanding of the in-depth culture of Russia through presentations on its traditions of art, music, and literature.

These courses focus on Romanticism and Realism in Russian literature. Readings from Pushkin, Griboedov, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Ostrovsky, Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Leskov, Chekhov, Kuprin, Bunin, and Andreev.

These courses focus on Romanticism and Realism in Russian literature. Readings from Pushkin, Griboedov, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Ostrovsky, Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Leskov, Chekhov, Kuprin, Bunin, and Andreev.

These courses examine socialist realism as a doctrine of art and literature in the Soviet Union. Readings from Gorky, Mayakovsky, Babel, Olesha, Leonov, Zamyatin, Zoshchenko, Sholokhov, Ilf and Petrov, Simonov, Pasternak, Yevtushenko, Solzhenitsyn, and others.

These courses examine socialist realism as a doctrine of art and literature in the Soviet Union. Readings from Gorky, Mayakovsky, Babel, Olesha, Leonov, Zamyatin, Zoshchenko, Sholokhov, Ilf and Petrov, Simonov, Pasternak, Yevtushenko, Solzhenitsyn, and others.

This course involves conversations on topical subjects and in-depth
analyses of structural, lexical, and grammatical features of Russian. The
conversations are drawn on the cultural activities and perspectives of
the speakers of Russian (holidays, work habits, plight of ethnic minorities,
church, and family).

This course addresses theory and practice in translating scientific and
technical texts. Selected readings in economics, chemistry, physics,
mathematics, geology, anatomy, and astronomy are provided.

These courses examine selected readings of 19th- and 20th- century
Russian prose and verse. Translation of selected scientific articles are
offered. Intensive exercises in translating standard English prose into
Russian will be expected.

These courses examine selected readings of 19th- and 20th- century
Russian prose and verse. Translation of selected scientific articles are
offered. Intensive exercises in translating standard English prose into
Russian will be expected.

This course provides an historical background for an understanding of
the phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of modern Russian.

This course examines selected readings from the epic, annalistic, and
hagiographic literature from the 11th to the 17th centuries with special
emphasis on Igor Tale and the Primary, Kievan, and Galician-Volynian
chronicles. The beginnings of fiction are explored.