The request to revise Minor in Russian and create and revise RUSS courses

Date: October 31, 2014
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: October 22, 2014
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Spring 2015

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

Summary

***Note: RUSS 3050 is not being deleted, it is being renumbered RUSS 3204. RUSS 3051 is being deleted.

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Minor in Russian

A Minor in Russian consists of seven six courses (20 hours) above the RUSS 1202 level.

Required Courses

RUSS 2201 Intermediate Russian I (4)

RUSS 2202 Intermediate Russian II (4)

RUSS 3050 Masterpieces of Russian Literature (3) (W)

RUSS 3201 Advanced Russian Grammar, Composition, and Conversation I (3)

RUSS 3202 Advanced Russian Grammar, Composition, and Conversation II (3)

RUSS 3204 Masterpieces of Russian Literature (3) (W)

RUSS 32039 Russian Civilization and Culture (3) (W)

RUSS 3800 Directed Individual Study (1-4)

(RUSS 3060 and/or RUSS 3061 when taken for 3 hours, may count toward the minor in place of RUSS 3204 and/or RUSS 3209)

RUSS 1201. Elementary Russian I. (4) Fundamentals of the Russian language, including speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. (Fall, Spring)

RUSS 1202. Elementary Russian II. (4) Prerequisite: RUSS 1201. Fundamentals of the Russian language, including speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. (Fall, Spring)

RUSS 2201. Intermediate Russian I. (4) Prerequisite: RUSS 1202 or permission of the department. Review of grammar, with conversation and composition based upon readings in Russian culture and civilization. (Fall)

RUSS 2202. Intermediate Russian II. (4) Prerequisite: RUSS 2201 or permission of the department. Continuation of grammar, conversation, and composition skills, based on readings in Russian literature. (Spring)

RUSS 3050. Masterpieces of Russian Literature. (3) (W) Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Conducted in English. No knowledge of Russian required. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (On demand)

RUSS 3051. Masterpieces of Russian Literature. (3) Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Conducted in English. No knowledge of Russian required. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (On demand)

RUSS 3060. Topics in Russian. (3) (W). Conducted in English. No knowledge of Russian required. Prerequisite: one 2000-level course or permission of instructor. Course may be repeated with a change of topic. (On demand)

RUSS 3061. Topics in Russian. (1-3). Conducted in English. No knowledge of Russian required. Prerequisite: one 2000-level course or permission of instructor. Course may be repeated with a change of topic. (On demand)

RUSS 3201. Advanced Russian Grammar, Composition, and Conversation I. (3) Prerequisite: RUSS 2202 or permission of the department. Intensive review of Russian grammar, plus mastery of new grammatical structures, while performing written and oral task-oriented activities. Acquisition of new vocabulary in a cultural context. (Fall)

RUSS 3202. Advanced Russian Grammar, Composition, and Conversation II. (3) Prerequisite: RUSS 3201 or permission of the department. Intensive practice of Russian grammar, speaking, and writing. Additional Russian civilization and culture as students improve their language skills. (Spring)

RUSS 3204. Masterpieces of Russian Literature. (3) (W) Conducted in English. No knowledge of Russian required. Examines the greatest authors and masterpieces of Russian literature, including Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. All readings, discussions, and assignments are in English. (On demand)

RUSS 32039. Russian Civilization and Culture. (3) (W) Conducted in English. No knowledge of Russian required. Geographical, historical, and artistic features of Russian culture, as well as aspects of life, thought, behavior, attitudes, and customs of the Russian-speaking people. Lectures, discussions, and viewing of films. (On demand)

RUSS 3800. Directed Individual Study. (1-4) Prerequisite: RUSS 3202 or permission of the department. To be arranged with the instructor. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)