Russian and Eurasian Studies
Russian and Eurasian Studies Website
Advisors; Professors KOLARIK, SCHEINER, GOULD; Associate Professor PAVLENKO
Russian and Eurasian Studies (RES) is an interdisciplinary program affiliated with the 部门 of History, 政治科学, Comparative Literature, 艺术, and the Department of Chinese, 德国, 意大利, Japanese and Russian Studies. The focus of this program is the region that stretches from Central and Eastern Europe through the b读th of Russia and Central Asia into northeastern Eurasia. We study the histories, 语言, 政治, 经济体, 和文化s of a significant part of the world long obscured by the intellectual and methodological tensions of the Cold War. The program provides a background for careers in law, 教学, public and foreign service, international business, and the domestic and international nonprofit sector. It also prepares students for graduate training in area studies and language instruction. RES sponsors a variety of activities such as a speaker series, 电影, and other cultural events associated with the Russian language house. For more complete descriptions of the courses noted below, please refer to the catalog entries for the appropriate departments.
主要的需求
To fulfill the program major, students must complete a total of 12个单元:
- 四个 units in a relevant language and 两个 文学单位;
- 三个 units in related courses in the Social Sciences division (at least one of these courses must be in the area 历史);
- 两个 units in related courses in any division;
- All majors are strongly encouraged to take relevant courses in other disciplines beyond the immediate requirements of the program;
- Capstone requirement: Advanced Seminar in Russian and Eurasian Studies (RS400 or PS tutorial: PS410; PS412; PS470). This course is required for all majors, and will result in the completion of an extended essay or independent re搜索 project, based on a significant body of original re搜索 and/or the student's internship experience in the region. 学生 will present this essay at an annual faculty-student seminar.
论文的指导方针
长篇论文, 30 - 50页, can focus on any topic pertaining to the Russian language, 文学, 和文化, as well as to Russian and Eurasian 历史, 政治, 和经济学. The essay must demonstrate:
- Student's command of primary sources in the original language (Russian and/or other 语言 of the region);
- Knowledge of the current state of re搜索 in the chosen subject,
- Competence in crafting an argument supporting one's own view of the chosen subject.
It is strongly encouraged that at least one section of the essay (approximately 10 pages) be written in the target language.
Essay should be printed double-spaced throughout, 包括脚注, 尾注, and list of references.
All citations or paraphrase based citations must be documented.
In matters of style, follow the latest MLA standards (e.g., http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml)
Essays are due by 3 p.m. on the first Monday of Block 8.
小的需求
To fulfill the program minor, students must complete a total of 6单元 如下:
- 两个 units of relevant language;
- 一个 地区历史单位
- 三个 units in related courses in any division;
课程
Russian and Eurasian Studies
This half-block course is aimed for those students who want to improve their Russian communication skills and are planning to study, 工作, 或者去Russian旅行. Using the Communicative Approach, the class will aim at Intermediate or higher level of fluency (ACTFL scale) in 说话, 听, and 阅读 comprehension. Through viewings and discussions of popular Russian 电影 and texts on cultural studies (The Russian Context; The Russian’s World), the class will explore the salient differences between Russians’ and Americans’ cultural and historical background knowledge and assumptions. The students will learn and practice the Russian norms of conduct, such as proper ways of greeting, negotiating levels of formality, and the etiquette of telephone and written communications, as well as appropriate language and protocol for expressing gratitude and lodging a complaint. By the end of the course, students will have broadened their understanding of Russian grammar, 词汇表, and norms of conduct; they will have learned more ways of accurately expressing and conducting themselves in a broad range of situations. (Not offered 2024-25).
This half-block course is aimed for those students who want to improve their Russian communication skills and are planning to study, 工作, 或者去Russian旅行. Using the Communicative Approach, the class will aim at Intermediate or higher level of fluency (ACTFL scale) in 说话, 听, and 阅读 comprehension. Through viewings and discussions of popular Russian 电影 and texts on cultural studies (The Russian Context; The Russian’s World), the class will explore the salient differences between Russians’ and Americans’ cultural and historical background knowledge and assumptions. The students will learn and practice the Russian norms of conduct, such as proper ways of greeting, negotiating levels of formality, and the etiquette of telephone and written communications, as well as appropriate language and protocol for expressing gratitude and lodging a complaint. By the end of the course, students will have broadened their understanding of Russian grammar, 词汇表, and norms of conduct; they will have learned more ways of accurately expressing and conducting themselves in a broad range of situations. (Not offered 2024-25).
Survey of the Soviet and Russian Cinema by (or about) Russian women, starting with the early Soviet propaganda 电影 and ending with the present Russian version of hyper-realistic 电影. The course traces the evolution of Russian women, their changing self-awareness; it explores the conflict between the externally imposed role, and the women's own conception of her self and her destiny. The movies are analyzed through the prism of semiotic and discursive approach. (Those students who wish to advance their Russian proficiency and have the competency to watch, 读, 写, and talk about these 电影 in Russian my sign up for this course under RU311 after consultation with the instructor.)前提条件:无. 一个单位. Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: HP requirement. (Not offered 2024-25).
(Not offered 2024-25).
This course is required of all majors, and will result in the completion of an extended essay or independent re搜索 project, based on a significant body of original re搜索 and/or the student's internship experience in the region. 学生 will present this essay at an annual faculty-student seminar.
Russian
Introduction to the Russian culture, 历史, and current affairs through the study of the Russian language. This course focuses on the development of functional socio-cultural competence in 听, 说话, 阅读和写作. Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
This course is designed to build on competencies and skills acquired in RU101 and to prepare the students to continue with the Intermediate Russian (RU201). Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Review and maintenance of existing skills through 阅读 and conversation until the student is able to progress to Russian 201.
Review and maintenance of existing skills through 阅读 and conversation until the student is able to progress to Russian 201.
Focus on development of four communicative skills (说话, 听力, 阅读 comprehension, writing) through interactive activities and integrated use of popular Russian 电影. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (This course is also offered during the CC program in Russia.) Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Emphasis on active control of basic grammatical structures, 阅读, 短文, and discussions based on popular Russian 电影. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (This course is also offered during the CC program in Russia.) Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement.
For students between 201 and 202 or 305.
For students between 201 and 202 or 305.
Survey of historically significant narratives representing Russian literary tradition preceding the Age of the Novel: from the ecclesiastic texts of the Kievan era, 通过巴洛克风格, 的分裂, 第一个传记, 世俗的故事, Russian Enlightenment (emergence of satire), to Russian Romanticism and the beginning of Realism (Pushkin, 莱蒙托夫, 和果戈理). (英语授课.) Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: HP requirement.
RU255续作, this course examines post-Emancipation Russia (1861) through the lens of Realism, as well as the Soviet and post-Soviet periods as represented in Russian Modernism, 社会主义现实主义, and Postmodernism (Dostoevsky, 托尔斯泰, 契诃夫, 高尔基, 普拉东诺夫, 布尔加科夫, 索尔仁尼琴, 托尔斯塔亚等). Meets the Critical Perspectives: Global Cultures requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: HP requirement. (Not offered 2024-25).
Intensive practice in oral self-expression and comprehension based on literary and audio-visual sources of modern standard Russian. (在Russian授课.) Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Continued 工作 toward proficiency in spoken and written modern standard Russian. (在Russian授课.) Meets the Language Requirement requirement.
Review and maintenance of the existing skills in conversation, 听 comprehension, 阅读, 和写作.
Review and maintenance of the existing skills in conversation, 听 comprehension, 阅读, 和写作.
For students wishing to 读 文学 not covered by courses they have taken or to bridge scheduling difficulties.
For students wishing to 读 文学 or to enhance their individual skills in Russian. (May be taken as one block or half-block or as an extended format course for one semester each, i. e., 311, 312.)
Readings, discussions, and comparative analyses of Russia’s 两个 greatest novelists. Cast as irreconcilable geniuses al读y by their contemporaries, Dostoevsky as “the seer of spirit,” and 托尔斯泰 as “the seer of flesh,” their texts continue to challenge us with their controversial artistic methods, 挑衅的问题, and divergent statements about Russian identity, Russia’s historical mission, 西方国家, and the nature of Christianity. (英语授课.) Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. (Not offered 2024-25).