College Schools, Departments & Programs

Russian and East European Institute

Courses Satisfying the Distribution Requirement for the REEI Minors

The following is a list of courses that were offered in the recent past and are expected to be offered again. This list is subject to change. A current list of courses for each semester may be obtained from the Institute located in the Global and International Studies Building (4016–4028). Students should check the Bulletin to make sure a course will count toward the REEI minor. Courses must have at least 25 per cent Russian and East European area related content to count towards the REEI minor. Please consult with Jennifer Ashcraft, the REEI Academic Advisor, prior to registering for courses to count toward the minor. (REE=Russian and/or East European.)

Group I (Historical/Geographical)
Central Eurasian Studies
  • CEUS-R 191 Introduction to Central Eurasia (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic–Finnish Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States (3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies (1–4 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600 (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia: Sixteenth–Nineteenth Centuries (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
College of Arts and Sciences
  • COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Collins Living-Learning Center
  • CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
European Studies, Institute for
  • EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Geography
  • GEOG-G 120 Regions of the World (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • GEOG-G 378 The Geography of North Central Asia (3 cr.)
  • GEOG-G 427 Russia and Its Neighbors (3 cr.)
  • GEOG-G 428 Geography of Europe (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Global and International Studies, School of
  • SGIS-S 300 Topics in Global Issues (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
History
  • HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust (3 cr.)
  • HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust (3 cr.)
  • HIST-C 393 Ottoman History (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 100 Issues in Russian and European History (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 102 Icon and Axe: Russia from Earliest Times to 1861 (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 103 The Making of Modern Russia (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 200 Issues in Russian and East European History (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 201 Democratic Revolutions since 1980 (3 cr.) (REE area topics)
  • HIST-D 300 Issues in Russian/East European History (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 302 The Gorbachev Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 303 Heroes and Villains in Russian History (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 308 Empire of the Tsars (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 309 Russia in World War II: Battles and People (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 310 Russian Revolution and the Soviet Regime (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 320 Modern Ukraine (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 321 Hungarian History and Civilization to 1711 (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 322 Hungarian History and Civilization, 1711–1918 (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 325 Nationalism in the Balkans, 1804–1923 (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 327 The Habsburg Empire, 1780-1918: Nation-Making and Imperial Decline (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 329 Eastern Europe in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (3 cr.)
  • HIST-D 330 Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (3 cr.)
  • HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History (3 cr.) (REE area topics)
  • HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion (3 cr.) 
  • HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present (3 cr.) 
  • HIST-J 300 Seminar in History (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • HIST-J 400 Seminar in History  (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Jewish Studies
  • JSTU-J 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion (3 cr.) 
  • JSTU-J 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present (3 cr.)
  • JSTU-J 323 History of the Holocaust (3 cr.)
Russian and East European Institute
  • Russian and East European Issues (1-4 cr.) Historical and Geographical topics
Group II (Social Science)
Anthropology
  • ANTH-E 382 Memory and Culture (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 387 The Ethnography of Europe (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 398 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • ANTH-E 412 Anthropology of Russia and Eastern Europe (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 415 Topics in Communication and Culture in Comparative Perspective (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • ANTH-E 445 Seminar in Medical Anthropology (3 cr.) 
  • ANTH-L 400 Topical Seminar in the Ethnography of Communication (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Central Eurasian Studies
  • CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic–Finnish Studies (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia (3 cr.) 
  • CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies (1–4 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies (3 cr.)  (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies (1–4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia ( 3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1–4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia (3 cr.) 
College of Arts and Sciences
  • COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Collins Living-Learning Center
  • CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium  (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium (3 cr.)  (REE Social Science Topics)
Criminal Justice
  • CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 cr.)
  • CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia (3 cr.)
  • CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Economics
  • ECON-E 386 Soviet-Type Economies in Transition (3 cr.)
  • ECON-E 390 Undergraduate Seminar in Economics (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • ECON-S 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics: Honors  (3 cr.) 
European Studies, Institute for
  • EURO-W 304 Model European Union (1–3 cr.)
  • EURO-W 405 Special Topics in West European Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Gender Studies
  • GNDR-G 402 Problems in Gender Studies (1–3 cr.) (REE Area Topics).
Global and International Studies, School of
  • SGIS-S 300 Topics in Global Issues (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Global Living-Learning Community
  • GLLC-G 210 Global Village Colloquium (3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
  • GLLC-G 220 Global Village Colloquium (3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
  • GLLC-G 320 Global Village Symposium (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • GLLC-G 321 Intelligence and National Security (3 cr.)
Hutton Honors College
  • HON-H 304 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved topic: Intelligence and National Security and Comparative Foreign Policy) (REE Area topics)
International Studies
  • INTL-I 100 Introduction to International Studies (3 cr.)
  • INTL-I 203 Global Development (3 cr.)  (REE Area Topics)
  • INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies (1–3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance (3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
  • INTL-I 325 International Issues through Foreign Languages (1 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar (3 cr.)
  • INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies (3 cr.)(REE Area Topics)
Political Science
  • POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 200 Contemporary Political Topics (3 cr.)  (REE Area Topics)
  • POLS-Y 210 Honors Seminar (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • POLS-Y 332 Russian Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 340 East European Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 351 Political Simulations (1–3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy (3 cr.) 
  • POLS-Y 368 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 375 War and International Conflict (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 381 Classical Political Thought (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 382 Modern Political Thought (3 cr.)
  • POLS-Y 399 Politics of the United Nations (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • POLS-Y 401 Topics in Political Science (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Sociology
  • SOC-S 399 The Sociology of Media (3 cr.)
Business, Kelley School of
  • BUS-D 301 International Business Environment (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • BUS-D 302 International Business: Operating International Enterprises (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • BUS-D 496 Foreign Study in Business (2–6 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • BUS-F 494 International Finance (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • BUS-G 494 Public Policy and the International Economy (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • BUS-L 411 International Business Law (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • BUS-M 401 International Marketing (3 cr.)
  • BUS-X 330 International Communication Strategies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Public and Environmental Affairs, School of
  • SPEA-E 466 International and Comparative Environmental Policy (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SPEA-V 160 National and International Policy (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Group III (Literature and Culture)
Art History
  • ARTH-A 101 Ancient and Medieval Art (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • ARTH-A 226 Envisioning the Sacred: Survey of Medieval Art (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • ARTH-A 341 Nineteenth-Century European Art (3 cr.)
  • ARTH-A 421 Pagans and Christians: Christian Art of the Roman Empire (3 cr.)
  • ARTH-A 425 Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium (3 cr.)  (REE Area Topics)
  • ARTH-A 442 Twentieth-Century Art, 1900-1945 (3 cr.)
  • ARTH-A 480 Russian Art (3 cr.)
Central Eurasian Studies
  • CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1-4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 304 Modern Finnish Literature (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic–Finnish Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 313 Islam in the Soviet Union and Successor States (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies (1–4 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 352 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies (1–4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures (3 cr.)
  • CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (1–4 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
College of Arts and Sciences
  • COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Collins Living-Learning Center
  • CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium (3 cr.) (REE Literature/Culture Topics)
  • CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium (3 cr.) (REE Literature/Culture Topics)
Comparative Literature
  • CMLT-C 335 Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism (3 cr.)
  • CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CMLT-C 347 Literature and Ideas (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture   (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • CMLT-C 400 Studies in Comparative Literature (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
English
  • ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature (3 cr.) 
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
  • FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Germanic Studies
  • GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
  • GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture (3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
  • GER-X 493 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture (1–3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
Global and International Studies, School of
  • SGIS-S 300 Topics in Global Issues (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies (1-3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Global Living-Learning Community
  • GLLC-G 210 Global Village Colloquium (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Hutton Honors College
  • HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place (3 cr.) (Approved topic: Literature of the Holocaust, additional REE topics)
  • HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Jewish Studies
  • JSTU-J 203 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) (Approved topic: Literature of the Holocaust) 
  • JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) (Approved topic: Russian Jewish Writers)
Media School, The
  • MSCH-F 420 Topics in Media History (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research (3 cr.)
  • MSCH-J 450 History of Journalism (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
  • NELC-N 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature (3 cr.) (REEI Area Topics)
Religious Studies
  • REL-A 355 The Right Belief: History of Orthodox Christianity (3 cr.)
  • REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism (REE Area Topics) (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism  (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • REL-R 300 Studies in Religion (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
  • SLAV-C 223 Introduction to Czech Culture (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-C 363 History of Czech Literature and Culture (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-C 364 Modern Czech Literature and Culture (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures (3 cr.) (REE Area Topics)
  • SLAV-P 223 Introduction to Polish Culture (3 cr.) 
  • SLAV-P 363-P364 Survey of Polish Literature and Culture I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • SLAV-P 365 Topics in Polish Literature and Culture (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-P 366 The Bold and the Restless: Polish Film from the 1950s to the Present (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 123 Masterworks of Russian Short Fiction (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 223 Introduction to Russian Culture (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 224 Contemporary Russian Culture (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 229 Russian Folk Tales (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 263 Pushkin to Dostoevsky (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 264 Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 334 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 352 Russian and Soviet Film (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 353 Central European Cinema (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 405-R 406 Readings in Russian Literature I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 407-R 408 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • SLAV-S 223 Introduction to Balkan and South Slavic Cultures (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-S 320 Special Topics in Slavic Studies (1–3 cr.)
  • SLAV-S 363 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs I: Literature and Nationalism in the Balkans (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-S 364 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs II (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S. (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-T 252 Introduction to Slavic Languages (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-U 223 Introduction to Ukrainian Culture (3 cr.)
Jacobs School of Music
  • MUS-Z 280 Music of the Silk Road (3 cr.)
  • MUS-Z 282 Music of Russia (3 cr.)
Language Classes

Students completing the undergraduate minor in Russian and East European studies with language certification are required to complete at least 6 credit hours of language study above the first-year level in a related language (Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian and Croatian, Ukrainian, or Yiddish). The following courses count toward this requirement:

Central Eurasian Studies
  • CEUS-T 203-T 204 Intermediate Estonian I-II (4-4 cr.)
  • CEUS-T 241-T 242 Intermediate Hungarian I-II (4-4 cr.)
Germanic Studies
  • GER-Y 200-Y 250 Intermediate Yiddish I-II (3-3 cr.)
Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
  • SLAV-C 201-C 202 Intermediate Czech I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-C 301-C 302 Advanced Intermediate Czech I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-M 201-M 202 Intermediate Romanian I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-N 221/N 231-N 232 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian I-II (4-4 cr.)
  • SLAV-N 242-N 341 Summer Intensive Intermediate Russian II-Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I (4-4 cr.)
  • SLAV-N 341/N 351 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I (4 cr.)
  • SLAV-N 352/N 362-N 461 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II-Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I (4-4-4 cr.)
  • SLAV-N 461/N 471-N 472 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I-II (4-4 cr.)
  • SLAV-P 201-P 202 Intermediate Polish I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-P 301-P 302 Advanced Intermediate Polish I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-P 473-P 474 Fourth-Year Polish I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 201-R 202 Intermediate Russian I-II (4-4 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 301-R 302 Advanced Intermediate Russian I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 325-R 326 Advanced Intermediate Oral Russian I-II (1-1 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 401-R 402 Advanced Russian I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 425-R 426 Advanced Oral Russian I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-R 470 Political Russian (3 cr.)
  • SLAV-S 201-S 202 Intermediate Serbian and Croatian I-II (3-3 cr.)
  • SLAV-S 301-S 302 Advanced Intermediate Serbian and Croatian I-II (3-3 cr.)