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Fall 2008
RUSSIAN COURSES
For your convenience we list and briefly outline all of the Russian courses we expect to offer in the Fall 2007 Semester.
It has been shown that all things being equal, the acquisition of Russian, is more successfully achieved by students who take two classes per semester. Thus, if possible, students should consider taking RUSS 101 and RUSS 111, at the same time, RUSS 201 and RUSS 211, or RUSS 301 and RUSS 341, etc.
RUSSIAN 101 Russian Level I
This is the beginning course in Russian. The goals in this course are to learn the basics of Russian: speaking, writing, comprehension, and reading in a number of situations, from making someone’s acquaintance and getting information to making friends, and talking about your preferences in personalities, life style and cultural tastes. In conjunction with this course students are strongly encouraged to take RUSS 111 to provide the necessary amount of spoken practice needed to develop their level of oral proficiency in Russian.
MTWF 9:30, 12:30
RUSSIAN 111 Russian Conversation Supplement to RUSS 101
One-credit, conversation course focusing on task-oriented activities and practice in conversational Russian. This course offers you the chance to talk Russian, to play games and sing in Russian, to get to know your classmates and to hone your speaking and listening skills at your level. Communicative activities will be based on the vocabulary and grammar learned in RUSS 101 course.
Th 9:30, 12:30
RUSSIAN 201 Russian Level III.
This course is designed to build on the base acquired in the first-year language sequence. This course will continue to develop students' command of speaking, reading, listening, and writing as they are exposed to the rich and multifaceted culture of Russia. In conjunction with this course students are strongly encouraged to take RUSS 212 to provide the necessary amount of spoken practice needed to develop their level of oral proficiency in Russian.
MTWF 10::30
RUSSIAN 211 Russian Conversation Supplement to RUSS 202
One credit conversation course designed to give students a chance to converse in Russian. The course will focus on speaking and understanding authentic Russian through dialogues, everyday situations, role-play, and other activities. Expect to hear and speak only Russian in class.
Th 10:30
RUSSIAN 281(H) Post-Soviet Experience
This course will examine the impact of market culture on post-communist society. The contemporary situation will be presented against relevant historical background, using diverse cultural texts. Course format includes informal lectures, student presentations, discussions, films, and a class debate. This course is taught in ENGLISH and fulfills the CLA Global Perspective Core requirement.
MWF 11:30
RUSSIAN 301(H) Russian Level V
Designed to further develop students' speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in Russian. Students will begin to learn points of aspect usage, verbs of motion, impersonal constructions, time expressions, etc. They will also begin to familiarize themselves with more advanced vocabulary and syntactical constructions.
MWF 8:30
RUSSIAN 341(H) Russian Literature I: From the Beginnings to 1900
This course will explore Russian literary developments from the Kievan period to the end of the 19th century in a historical and cultural context. Emphasis will be placed on close reading of the text and revealing its meaning in the context of Russian society. Authors to be read will include, Avvakum, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol and Dostoevsky. The format of the course will be informal lectures and class discussions with active student participation.
MWF 9:30
RUSSIAN 401 Level VII
This course provides students with further practice in speaking, reading, listening, and writing of Russian. The purpose of this course is to continue increasing the students' vocabulary and to review those grammatical points that are most useful to students at this level. Conducted primarily in Russian.
MWF 11:30
RUSS 561H Structure of Russian I: Word Forms and Word Formation
TTh 1:30-2:45
RUSS 590 Independent Study
This course offers advanced independent research under the supervision of a professor. The topic of study will be selected by the student in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisite: permission of the professor.
For more information visit our website: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/FLL/Russian
