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Graduate Russian

• SLAV-R 401 Advanced Russian I (3 cr.) P: Grade of B or higher in R302. Refinement of active and passive language skills, with emphasis on vocabulary building and word usage. Extensive reading, discussion, composition writing. Individualized remedial drill in grammar and pronunciation aimed at preparing students to meet departmental language proficiency standards.

• SLAV-R 402 Advanced Russian II (3 cr.) P: Grade of B or higher in R401. Refinement of active and passive language skills, with emphasis on vocabulary building and word usage. Extensive reading, discussion, composition writing. Individualized remedial drill in grammar and pronunciation aimed at preparing students to meet departmental language proficiency standards.

• SLAV-R 403 Russian Phonetics (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 405 Readings in Russian Literature I (3 cr.) May not be used for credit toward graduate degree in the department. 

• SLAV-R 406 Readings in Russian Literature II (3 cr.) May not be used for credit toward graduate degree in the department. 

• SLAV-R 407 Readings in Russian Culture, History, Society I (3 cr.) P: R302 or equivalent. C: R401 or consent of department. Extensive translation from the original of selected works on Russian history, government, music, folklore, geography, culture. Discussion of both linguistic problems and content. 

• SLAV-R 408 Readings in Russian Culture, History, Society II (3 cr.) P: R302 or equivalent. C: R402. Extensive translation from the original of selected works on Russian history, government, music, folklore, geography, culture. Discussion of both linguistic problems and content. 

• SLAV-R 491 Russian for Graduate Students I (3 cr.) Graduate credit not given. 

• SLAV-R 492 Russian for Graduate Students II (3 cr.) Graduate credit not given. 

• SLAV-R 501 Advanced Russian Syntax and Stylistics I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 502 Advanced Russian Syntax and Stylistics II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 570 Political Russian (3 cr.) The course is planned for advanced Russian students who are oriented toward and involved in research of economics and politics of the former Soviet Union. In particular, this course would target graduate students in the REEI.

• SLAV-R 592 Methods of Russian Language Instruction (3 cr.) Methods of teaching Russian. The course will deal with all methods currently in use in foreign language pedagogy, with emphasis on proficiency-oriented teaching as applied to Russian. Review of Russian textbooks and video materials. Design and preparation of syllabi and development of lesson plans. Required for Slavics AIs. 

Russian Literature

• SLAV-R 503 Old Russian Literature (3 cr.) Lectures and readings in the original of Old Russian literary works from the eleventh to the seventeenth centuries. 

• SLAV-R 504 Eighteenth-Century Russian Literature (3 cr.) Russian intellectual life during the century of Russia’s Europeanization; philosophical, religious, aesthetic, and social problems revealed in the writings of leading Russian authors of the century.

• SLAV-R 505 Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature I (3 cr.) Development of Russian prose from Sentimentalism and Romanticism through Realism, with a focus on analysis of primary sources and original texts, to discover narrative and aesthetic principles and practices of major writers of the century. 

• SLAV-R 506 Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature II (3 cr.) Development of Russian prose from Sentimentalism and Romanticism through Realism, with a focus on analysis of primary sources and original texts, to discover narrative and aesthetic principles and practices of major writers of the century. 

• SLAV-R 507 Twentieth-Century Russian Literature I (3 cr.) Principal literary movements, major literary works from Symbolism through the Revolution and the Soviet period, culminating in the writing of the Perestroika period. 

• SLAV-R 508 Twentieth-Century Russian Literature II (3 cr.) Principal literary movements, major literary works from Symbolism through the Revolution and the Soviet period, culminating in the writing of the Perestroika period. 

• SLAV-R 520 Twentieth-Century Russian Author: (name variable) (3 cr.) Thorough investigation of the oeuvre of one or several twentieth-century Russian author(s). 

• SLAV-R 530 Pushkin (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 531 Gogol (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 532 Dostoevsky (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 533 Tolstoy (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 534 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (3 cr.) Introduction to the masterworks of Leo Tolstoy and Feodor Dostoevsky. Discussions focus on four major novels; in addition, students read several important short stories and novellas by each author. Lectures in English; readings may be done in English or Russian. 

• SLAV-R 535 Chekhov (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 545 Jewish Characters in Russian Literature (3 cr.) Approaches the “Jewish Question,” the identity and self-identity of Jewish characters from the standpoints of literary analyses, cultural ethnography, folklore and religious studies, and social and political history. Literary works of major nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian writers provide the primary sources for the discussions. 

• SLAV-R 563 Pushkin to Dostoevsky (3 cr.)

• SLAV-R 564 Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn (3 cr.)

Genre Courses

• SLAV-R 550 Russian Drama (3 cr.) Development of Russian drama from the end of the eighteenth century to the present. Knowledge of Russian not required, but students knowing Russian will be expected to read varying amounts in the original. 

• SLAV-R 551 Russian Poetry (3 cr.) Metrical and thematic developments in Russian poetry against aesthetic and philosophical background. Major works read in the original. 

• SLAV-R 552 Russian and Soviet Film (3 cr.) Development of Russian cinematography from 1915 to the present. The characteristic features of Soviet films; the theory and practice of filmmaking in the Soviet Union; the Soviet cinema in its relationship to Russian literature, in the larger context of European Cinema Art. 

• SLAV-R 553 Central European Cinema (3 cr.) Emphasizes broad cultural approach to the subject of Central European cinema. Highlights the major developments of cinema in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and the former Republics of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in the post-Stalin era. The course will be divided into four segments, each dealing with a separate theme. 

Theory

• SLAV-R 500 Proseminar in Russian Literature (3 cr.) Designed as an introduction to graduate study in Russian literature, research methods, sources. History of Slavic scholarship. Required of all graduate literature majors, in first or second semester of study. 

• SLAV-R 598 Literary Theory in its Russian and East European Context (3 cr.) Advanced survey of literary theories originating in the Slavic world (Formalism, Bakhtin, Tartu School, etc.) and their interaction with western literary theories. 

• SLAV-L 599 Prague School Linguistics and Poetics (3 cr.) P: Interest in theory. An interdisciplinary introduction into linguistics, semiotics, and literary theory based on the methodology of the Prague School. Gives students tools with which to approach analysis in any of these areas. Also included are theories of theater, folklore, and visual arts. 

Seminar

• SLAV-R 601 Seminar in Russian Literature (1-6 cr.) Subject to vary. Intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary movement. Research papers required. May be repeated for credit.

Synchronic

• SLAV-L 501 Structure of Russian I: Phonology and Morphology (3 cr.) Introduction to graduate study in Slavic linguistics. Survey of the field. Research sources. Basic concepts of diachronic linguistics. Introduction to synchronic linguistic theory: Bloomfield, Chomsky, Jakobson. 

• SLAV-L 502 Structure of Russian II: Syntax and Semantics (3 cr.) P: L501 or consent of instructor. Introduction to the syntactic and semantic structure of contemporary standard Russian.

• SLAV-L 503 Russian Word Formation (3 cr.) P: L501. Survey of principles of word formation in Russian. Discussion of formal (morphophonemic) rules governing prefixation, suffixation, and compounding; productive vs. non-productive processes; and the semantics of derived words. 

• SLAV-L 504 Comparative Slavic Morphosyntax (3 cr.) Selected topics in the morphosyntax of Slavic languages will be examined from a comparative perspective. Introduces students both to modern generative grammar and to a range of relevant problems posed by Slavic. 

• SLAV-L 505 Structure and History of a Slavic Language (3 cr.) Synchronic and diachronic analysis of a single Slavic language (usually of language not regularly taught in department), including developmental trends and dialects. Will attempt to provide rapid facility for reading texts (especially linguistic), by building on student’s knowledge of Russian. 

• SLAV-L 599 Prague School Linguistics and Poetics (3 cr.) P: Interest in theory. An interdisciplinary introduction into linguistics, semiotics, and literary theory based on the methodology of the Prague School. Gives students tools with which to approach analysis in any of these areas. Also included are theory of theater, folklore, and visual arts. 

Diachronic

• SLAV-L 571 Old Church Slavonic (3 cr.) History and grammar of Old Church Slavonic; alphabet, sound system, morphology, and elements of syntax. Reading of Old Church Slavonic texts. 

• SLAV-L 572 Comparative Slavic (3 cr.) A comparative survey of the Slavic languages and their historical development. 

• SLAV-L 573 History of East Slavic (3 cr.) Survey of East Slavic phonology from Common Slavic to the present. Dialectal divergence in Old Russian and formation of Great Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian as literary languages. 

• SLAV-L 574 History of South Slavic (3 cr.) Since Common Slavic period. Phonemic and morphological divergences within Southern Slavic language group. Formation of Southern Slavic literary languages, with emphasis on history of Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian. 

• SLAV-L 575 History of West Slavic (3 cr.) Since Common Slavic period. Formation of Western Slavic literary languages, with emphasis on the history of Polish and Czech. Development of Polish and Czech phonemic systems and their dialectal differentiation. 

• SLAV-L 576 History of the Russian Literary Language (3 cr.) Since Common Slavic period. Formation of Western Slavic literary languages, with emphasis on the history of Polish and Czech. Development of Polish and Czech phonemic systems and their dialectal differentiation. 

Seminar

• SLAV-L 600 Proseminar in Slavic Linguistics (3 cr.) Introduction to the profession of Slavic linguistics. Emphasis on linguistic argumentation, research methods, sources, and critical reasoning. Exposure to a range approaches to Slavic linguistics and practical training in research methodology and scholarly argumentation. Preparation for doctoral program admissions examination. 

• SLAV-L 601 Seminar in Synchronic Slavic Linguistics (1-6 cr.) Detailed investigation of one or more specialized areas of synchronic Slavic linguistics. Topic varies; may be repeated for credit.

• SLAV-L 602 Seminar in Diachronic Slavic Linguistics (1-6 cr.) Detailed investigation of one or more aspects of Slavic historical linguistics (e.g., historical phonology, morphophonology, morphology, syntax). Examination of general theories and specific issues, complex problems, and controversial or innovative solutions. Topic varies; may be repeated for credit.

• SLAV-L 603 Topics in Slavic Linguistics (1-6 cr.)

Albanian

• SLAV-A 511 Intensive Elementary Albanian I (5 cr.) No previous knowledge of Albanian required. Introduction of basic structure of contemporary Albanian language and culture, reading and discussion of basic texts

• SLAV-A 512 Intensive Elementary Albanian II (5 cr.) No previous knowledge of Albanian required. Introduction of basic structure of contemporary Albanian language and culture, reading and discussion of basic texts.

Czech Sovak

• SLAV-C 501 Elementary Czech I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-C 502 Elementary Czech II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-C 503 Intermediate Czech I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-C 504 Intermediate Czech II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-C 505 Advanced Intermediate Czech I (3-3 cr.) Development of oral and written fluency and comprehension in Czech language.

• SLAV-C 506 Advanced Intermediate Czech II (3 cr.) Development of oral and written fluency and comprehension in Czech language based on morphological, lexical, and syntactical analysis of contemporary textual materials. 

• SLAV-C 511 Intensive Elementary Czech I (5 cr.) A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Instruction on Slovak history; literature and language included.

• SLAV-C 512 Intensive Elementary Czech II (5 cr.) A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Instruction on Slovak history; literature and language included.

• SLAV-C 513 Intensive Intermediate Czech I (5 cr.) A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Instruction on Slovak history; literature and language included.

• SLAV-C 514 Intensive Intermediate Czech II (5 cr.) A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Instruction on Slovak history; literature and language included.

• SLAV-C 563 History of Czech Literature and Culture (3 cr.) A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Instruction on Slovak history; literature and language included.

• SLAV-C 564 Modern Czech Literature and Culture (5 cr.) Survey of literary, cultural, historical, and political developments from the late nineteenth century through the present. Slovak culture and émigré literature is also covered.

• SLAV-C 565 Seminar in Czech Literature and Culture (3 cr.) Intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Research papers required. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

• SLAV-V 501 Elementary Slovak I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-V 502 Elementary Slovak II (3 cr.)

Polish

• SLAV-P 501 Elementary Polish I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-P 502 Elementary Polish II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-P 503 Intermediate Polish I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-P 504 Intermediate Polish II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-P 505 Advanced Intermediate Polish I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-P 506 Advanced Intermediate Polish II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-P 511 Intensive Elementary Polish I (5 cr.)

• SLAV-P 512 Intensive Elementary Polish II (5 cr.)

• SLAV-P 513 Intensive Intermediate Polish I (5 cr.)

• SLAV-P 514 Intensive Intermediate Polish II (5 cr.)

• SLAV-P 563 Survey of Polish Literature and Culture I (3 cr.) Polish literature from its origins to the end of the eighteenth century.  

• SLAV-P 564 Survey of Polish Literature and Culture II (3 cr.) Polish literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 

• SLAV-P 565 Seminar in Polish Literature and Culture: (variable title) (3 cr.) Intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Research papers required. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. 

• SLAV-P 566 Seminar in Polish Literature and Culture: (variable title) (3 cr.) Explores the post-war history of Polish cinema, made famous worldwide by directors such as Wajda, Kieslowski, and Polanski. Topics of interest: “the cinema of moral anxiety” (1970), absurd comedies that depicted life under communism, adaptations of literary classics, new topics and genres in Polish film after 1989.

Romanian

• SLAV-M 501 Elementary Romanian I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-M 502 Elementary Romanian II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-M 503 Intermediate Romanian I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-M 504 Intermediate Romanian II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-M 511 Intensive Elementary Romanian I (5 cr.)

• SLAV-M 512 Intensive Elementary Romanian II (5 cr.)

• SLAV-M 513 Intensive Intermediate Romanian I (5 cr.)

• SLAV-M 514 Intensive Intermediate Romanian II (5 cr.)

• SLAV-M 565 Individual Readings in Romanian Language and Literature (arr. cr.)

South Slavic

• SLAV-B 501 Elementary Bulgarian I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-B 502 Elementary Bulgarian II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-B 601 Introduction to Bulgarian (3 cr.) P: Knowledge of another Slavic language or consent of instructor. Introduction to basic morphology and syntax of Bulgarian. 

• SLAV-G 501 Elementary Georgian I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-G 502 Elementary Georgian II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-G 511 Intensive Elementary Georgian I (5 cr.)

• SLAV-G 512 Intensive Elementary Georgian II (5 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Slovene language. For reading knowledge.

• SLAV-K 501 Elementary Slovene I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-K 502 Elementary Slovene II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-K 601 Introduction to Slovene (3 cr.) P: Consent of instructor. Phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Slovene language. For reading knowledge.

• SLAV-Q 501 Elementary Macedonian I (3 cr.) No previous knowledge of Macedonian language required. Introduction to basic structure of contemporary Macedonian and the culture of Macedonia. Reading and discussion of basic texts. Credit given for only one of the following: Q101, Q311, Q511, Q501.

• SLAV-Q 502 Elementary Macedonian II (3 cr.) No previous knowledge of Macedonian required. Introduction to basic structure of contemporary Macedonian and the culture of Macedonia. Reading and discussion of basic texts. Credit given for only one of the following: Q102, Q312, Q502, Q512.

• SLAV-Q 503 Intermediate Macedonian I (3 cr.) P: Q502 or permission of instructor. Intermediate Macedonian is a continuation of Elementary Macedonian and will further develop the students’ proficiency in Macedonian by focusing equally on reading, listening, writing, speaking as well as grammar and culture.

• SLAV-Q 504 Intermediate Macedonian II (3 cr.) P: Q503 or permission of instructor. Intermediate Macedonian is a continuation of Elementary Macedonian and will further develop the students’ proficiency in Macedonian by focusing equally on reading, listening, writing, speaking as well as grammar and culture.

• SLAV-S 501 Elementary Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-S 502 Elementary Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-S 503 Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I (3 cr.)

• SLAV-S 504 Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II (3 cr.)

• SLAV-S 505 Advanced Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I (3 cr.) P: S504 or equivalent proficiency. Reading of literary texts from a variety of periods and locations in the Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian speech area.  Sequence of readings in original parallels syllabus of S563-S564 in translation. Review of grammar, syntax, and expansion of lexicon as needed.

• SLAV-S 506 Advanced Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II (3 cr.) P: S504 or equivalent proficiency.  Reading of literary texts from a variety of periods and locations in the Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian speech area.  Sequence of readings in original parallels syllabus of S563-S564 in translation. Review of grammar, syntax, and expansion of lexicon as needed.

• SLAV-S 511 Intensive Elementary Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I (5 cr.) Survey of the cultures of the Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Macedonians, and Bulgarians from earliest times to the present. Reading and discussion of their major literary works in translation.

• SLAV-S 512 Intensive Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II (5 cr.) Survey of the cultures of the Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Macedonians, and Bulgarians from earliest times to the present. Reading and discussion of their major literary works in translation.

• SLAV-S 513 Intensive Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I (5 cr.)Survey of the cultures of the Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Macedonians, and Bulgarians from earliest times to the present. Reading and discussion of their major literary works in translation.

• SLAV-S 514 Intensive Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II (5 cr.)Survey of the cultures of the Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Macedonians, and Bulgarians from earliest times to the present. Reading and discussion of their major literary works in translation.

• SLAV-S 563 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs I (3 cr.) Survey of the cultures of the Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Macedonians, and Bulgarians from earliest times to the present. Reading and discussion of their major literary works in translation.

• SLAV-S 564 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs II (3 cr.) Survey of the cultures of the Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Bosnians, Macedonians, and Bulgarians from earliest times to the present. Reading and discussion of their major literary works in translation.

• SLAV-S 565 Seminar in South Slavic Literatures (3 cr.) P: S563-S564 or consent of instructor. Intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary development. Research papers required. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

• SLAV-U 501 Elementary Ukrainian I (3 cr.) Introduction to basic structure of contemporary Ukrainian language and culture. No previous knowledge of Ukrainian is required. 

• SLAV-U 502 Elementary Ukrainian II (3 cr.) Introduction to basic structure of contemporary Ukrainian language and culture. No previous knowledge of Ukrainian is required. 

• SLAV-U 582 Ukrainian through Russian (3 cr.) An accelerated Ukrainian language course for those who have previous experience with another Slavic language. The course cover at least one year's worth of basic Ukrainian

• SLAV-U 601 Introduction to Ukrainian (3 cr.) P: Knowledge of another Slavic language or consent of instructor. Introduction to basic morphology and syntax of Ukrainian. 

General Slavic

• SLAV-S 540 Graduate Readings in Slavic Studies (arr. cr.) This course is eligible for a deferred grade. Readings may be selected in any of the Slavic languages. 

• SLAV-S 560 Special Studies in Slavic Literature (3 cr.)

• SLAV-S 562 Topics in Slavic Studies (1-3 cr.) Topics vary as needed and may be selected from any area of Slavic language, literature, or culture studies. 

• SLAV-S 801 Ph.D. Dissertation (arr. cr.) This course is eligible for a deferred grade.

Summer Language Workshop

• SLAV-R 431 Intensive Russian Oral (2 cr.)

• SLAV-R 434 Intensive Russian Phonetics (1 cr.)

• SLAV-N 581 Fifth Year Russian I (5 cr.)

• SLAV-N 582 Fifth Year Russian II (5 cr.)

• SLAV-N 691 Sixth Year Russian I (5 cr.)

• SLAV-N 692 Sixth Year Russian II (5 cr.)

Other

• SLAV-U 511 Intensive Elementary Ukrainian I (5 cr.) No previous knowledge of Ukrainian required. First semester designed to provide active command of phonology and basic grammatical patterns of Ukrainian.

• SLAV-U 512 Intensive Elementary Ukrainian II (5 cr.) P: U511 or U501 or equivalent proficiency. Continuation of U511, designed to provide active command of phonology and basic grammatical patterns.

• SLAV-U 513 Intensive Intermediate Ukrainian I (5 cr.) P: U512 or permission of instructor. Continuation of work in structure and vocabulary acquisition through grammar study, drills, readings; oral practice and written exercises.

• SLAV-U 514 Intensive Intermediate Ukrainian II (5 cr.) P: U513 or permission of instructor. Continuation of work in structure and vocabulary acquisition through grammar study, drills, readings; oral practice and written exercises.