2018-2019 University Catalog archived
Russian Area Studies (RAS, RUSS)
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HONORS: An Honors Program is offered for qualified students; see program director for details.
Head of the Program: Anna Brodsky
Core Faculty
First date is the year in which the faculty member began service as regular faculty at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.
Richard H. Bidlack, Ph.D.—(1987)-2011
Professor of History
Ph.D., Indiana University
Anna Brodsky, Ph.D.—(1994)-2016
Professor of Russian
Ph.D., Yale University
Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Ph.D.—(1991)-1994
William P. Ames Jr. Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences
Russian Area Studies Courses
Russian Area Studies courses are as follows:
The following courses may also meet major requirements when the topic is appropriate:
Interdisciplinary Major
Interdisciplinary Minor
LIT 215 - 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. Selected Russian literary masterpieces (short stories, plays and novels). Authors include Olesha, Babel, Nabokov, and Solzhenitsyn. Brodsky.
LIT 263 - 19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A study of major works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Brodsky.
RAS 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Permission of the Russian Area Studies Committee. Directed Individual Study. Staff.
RAS 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Permission of the Russian Area Studies Committee. Directed Individual Study. Staff.
RAS 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the Russian Area Studies Committee. Directed Individual Study. Staff.
RAS 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Senior standing, Russian Area Studies major, and permission of the program head. Students explore specialized issues in Russian Area Studies through writing a thesis on a topic chosen in consultation with two members of the Russian Area Studies faculty committee. Staff.
RAS 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Prerequisites: Senior standing and honors candidacy. Honors Thesis. Staff.
RUSS 111 - Elementary Russian I
Credits: 4
A basic course in Russian which includes the spoken language, fundamental grammar and reading. Bunina.
RUSS 112 - Elementary Russian II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: RUSS 111 or its equivalent. A basic course in Russian which includes the spoken language, fundamental grammar and reading. Bunina.
RUSS 261 - Intermediate Russian I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: RUSS 112 or its equivalent. Continuation of RUSS 112 with some attention to Russian literature and culture. Staff.
RUSS 262 - Intermediate Russian II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: RUSS 261 or its equivalent. Continuation of RUSS 261 with some attention to Russian literature and culture. Staff.
RUSS 301 - Advanced Russian I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. Speaking, reading and writing of Russian with increased attention to Russian literature and advanced grammar. Brodsky.
RUSS 302 - Advanced Russian II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: RUSS 301. A continuation of RUSS 301. Brodsky.
RUSS 313 - Advanced Conversation
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: RUSS 262 with a grade of B+ or better, or RUSS 302, or instructor consent. A course designed for the advanced language student with emphasis on conversation. Staff.
RUSS 315 - 19th-Century Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. The novels, plays, poetry, and literary movements of the 19th century. Authors examined include Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov. Conducted in Russian. Brodsky.
RUSS 316 - 20th-Century Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. The novels, plays, poetry, and literary movements of the 20th century. Solzhenitsyn, Babel, Platonov, Mandelshtam, and Tsvetaeva are examples of authors examined. Conducted in Russian. Brodsky.
RUSS 395 - Topics in Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. A seminar on a particular author, period, or genre. Recent topics have included Russian War Stories, Russian Childhood, The Art and Craft of Propaganda, and The Caucasus. The subject changes annually. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Conducted in Russian.
Winter 2019, RUSS 395-01: History of Russian Journalism (3). Students read works in Russian by a number of Soviet journalists such as Mikhail Koltsov, Ilf, and Petrov. Students also study works of the outstanding journalists of the post-Soviet era–Anna Politkovskaya, Fatima Tlisova, Elena Racheva, Vitaly Portnikov, and Svetlana Alexievich. (HL) Brodsky.
Fall 2018, RUSS 395-01: Russian Literature of the Fantastic (3). Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. Students choose works of fantastic literature by 19th- and 20th-century authors such as Nikoloi Gogol, Fyodor Sologub, Zinaida Gippius, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Liudmila Petrushevskaya, read in Russian. (HL) Brodsky.
RUSS 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
RUSS 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
RUSS 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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