Courses in Russian
Courses in Russian Language
A RUS 101 Elementary Russian I (4)
A communicative introduction to Russian for beginners, designed to develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing while mastering the grammatical structures and concepts on which those skills depend. Content focuses on practical survival and social functioning in today’s Russian-speaking world as well as aspects of Russian culture, society, and history. Native speakers of Russian and “heritage” speakers who have already achieved intermediate oral proficiency or higher may not take this course. Transfer students who have had one year of Russian-language study are advised to enroll in ARUS 201. Students who have been granted UHS (University in the High School) credit for second-year Russian may not enroll in ARUS 201 or 202 for credit. Students who have had two or more years of Russian-language study are advised to consider SUNY study-abroad options for more advanced Russian study. Language courses must be taken in sequence. A student may not earn graduation credit for a lower-level course taken concurrently with a higher-level course or after receiving credit for a higher-level course in the sequence.
A RUS 102 Elementary Russian II (4)
Continuation of A RUS 101. Native speakers of Russian and “heritage” speakers who have already achieved intermediate oral proficiency or higher may not take this course. Transfer students who have had one year of Russian-language study are advised to enroll in ARUS 201. Students who have been granted UHS (University in the High School) credit for second-year Russian may not enroll in ARUS 201 or 202 for credit. Students who have had two or more years of Russian-language study are advised to consider SUNY study-abroad options for more advanced Russian study. Language courses must be taken in sequence. A student may not earn graduation credit for a lower-level course taken concurrently with a higher-level course or after receiving credit for a higher-level course in the sequence.
A RUS 201 Intermediate Russian I (5)
Continuation of A RUS 102.Also offered in the University in High School (UHS) Program. Students solidify their mastery of the Russian case system and begin mastering verbal aspect. Native speakers of Russian and “heritage” speakers who have already achieved intermediate oral proficiency or higher may not take this course. Transfer students who have had one year of Russian-language study are advised to enroll in ARUS 201. Students who have been granted UHS credit for second-year Russian may not enroll in ARUS 201 or 202 for credit. Students who have had two or more years of Russian-language study are advised to consider SUNY study-abroad options for more advanced Russian study. Language courses must be taken in sequence. A student may not earn graduation credit for a lower-level course taken concurrently with a higher-level course or after receiving credit for a higher-level course in the sequence.
A RUS 202 Intermediate Russian II (5)
Continuation of A RUS 201. Also offered in the University in High School (UHS) Program. Students solidify their mastery of the Russian case system and begin mastering verbal aspect. Native speakers of Russian and “heritage” speakers who have already achieved intermediate oral proficiency or higher may not take this course. Transfer students who have had one year of Russian-language study are advised to enroll in ARUS 201. Students who have been granted UHS credit for second-year Russian may not enroll in ARUS 201 or 202 for credit. Students who have had two or more years of Russian-language study are advised to consider SUNY study-abroad options for more advanced Russian study. Language courses must be taken in sequence. A student may not earn graduation credit for a lower-level course taken concurrently with a higher-level course or after receiving credit for a higher-level course in the sequence.
A RUS 301 Advanced Russian I (3)
Essential fine points of morphology and syntax; reading, translation, composition. Taught predominantly in Russian. Prerequisite(s): A RUS 202 or equivalent. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 302 Advanced Russian II (3)
Continuation of A RUS 301. Taught predominantly in Russian. Prerequisite(s): A RUS 301 or equivalent. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 311Y Russian Conversation (3)
Advanced conversation in idiomatic, colloquial Russian; oral reports, free discussion; systematic practical phonetics; content reflecting everyday activities and current events. Taught in Russian. Three classes, two laboratories or drills each week. May be repeated for credit when content varies, with permission of instructor. Prerequisite(s): A RUS 202 or equivalent. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 397 Independent Study (1–6)
Directed reading and conferences on selected topics. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): junior or senior standing, and permission of instructor and program director.
A RUS 401 Advanced Russian Grammar (3)
Careful review of problematic grammar topics, development of reading and analysis with particular attention to morphology and syntax, improvement of writing skills. Prerequisite(s): A RUS 302 or permission of instructor and program director. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
Literature and Culture Courses in English Translation
A RUS 161/161Z Russian Civilization (3)
The cultural and ideological development of Russia from the inheritance of the Byzantine Empire through the 1917 Russian Revolution. Includes various aspects of history, political systems, economy and culture and the arts. Conducted in English. Only one version of A RUS 161 may be taken for credit. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 162/162Z Russia Today (3)
Introduction to the society and culture of contemporary Russia, focusing in part on the continuities and differences between Soviet and post-Soviet period. Topics to be studied include: the linguistic and cultural revolution of the 1990s, individual adaptation to a new economic environment, official and unofficial attempts to “construct” a new Russia. Conducted in English. Only one version of A RUS 162 may be taken for credit. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 251 Masterpieces of 19th Century Russian Literature (3)
Survey of the development of Russian literature, particularly prose fiction, from the age of Pushkin to 1900. Readings will be chosen from short stories and novels by the following writers: Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Turgenev, Goncharov, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. Conducted in English. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 252 Masterpieces of 20th Century Russian Literature (3)
Survey of the development of Russian literature, particularly prose fiction, from the turn of the century to the death of Stalin (1953). Readings will be chosen from short stories and novels by the following writers: Chekhov, Gorky, Olesha, Bulgakov, Babel, Pasternak, Zamyatin, and Sholokhov. Conducted in English. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 253 Contemporary Russian Literature (3)
Survey of Soviet literature from the death of Stalin (1953) to the present. Readings taken primarily from prose fiction by such writers as Solzhenitsyn, Trifonov, Aksyonov, Shukshin, Bitov, and Erofeyev. Discussion of how the changing political situation has affected writers and literature. Conducted in English. May not be offered in 2013-2014.
A RUS 280 Soviet and Russian Cinema (3)
Main trends in the development of Russian and Soviet cinema, from the silents of the early 20th century to the period of glasnost and the post-Soviet era. Introduction to the theories of Eisenstein, Vertov, Kuleshov, and others. Social and political issues explored through famous classic and contemporary films. Conducted in English.
