 | | Course ID: | RUSS 1000. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Russian-Speaking World: Kazakh Culture and Language for Learners of Russian | Course
Description: | An introduction to Kazakh language and culture, emphasizing oral and cultural proficiency and reading comprehension. Taught through the use of vocabulary in simulated settings, repetition drills, and frequent use of vocabulary, acting, and reading aloud. Augmented by reading and grammatical analysis of texts. | | Athena Title: | Kazakh Tutorial | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 1001. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Russian I | Course
Description: | Fundamentals of Russian grammar, conversation, pronunciation, and reading, with an emphasis on oral proficiency and comprehension. | | Athena Title: | Elementary Russian I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 1011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 1002. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Russian II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Elementary Russian I. | | Athena Title: | Elementary Russian II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 1012 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 1001 or RUSS 1011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 1011. 5 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Elementary Russian I | Course
Description: | Accelerated course covering the fundamentals of Russian grammar,
conversation, pronunciation, and reading, with an emphasis on
oral proficiency and comprehension. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Elementary Russian I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 1001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 1012. 5 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Elementary Russian II | Course
Description: | Part two of a two-part intensive introductory course in modern
Russian and culture. This course continues to further develop
students’ competence in speaking, listening, reading, and
writing, with a persistent focus on proficiency-oriented
instruction and assessment. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Elementary Russ II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 1002 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 1001 or RUSS 1011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2001. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Russian I | Course
Description: | Review of basic grammar and study of more advanced grammatical topics. Oral proficiency, comprehension, and vocabulary building are emphasized. Includes reading and discussion of various Russian texts. | | Athena Title: | Intermediate Russian I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 2011 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 1002 or RUSS 1012 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2001L. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Russian Conversation I | Course
Description: | Designed to improve students’ proficiency in spoken Russian.
This course will reinforce topics, grammatical structures, and
vocabulary covered in Intermediate Russian I. | | Athena Title: | INT RUSS CONV I | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 1002 | | Corequisite: | RUSS 2001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2002L. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Russian Conversation II | Course
Description: | Designed to improve students' proficiency in spoken Russian.
This course will reinforce topics, grammatical structures, and
vocabulary covered in Intermediate Russian II. | | Athena Title: | INT RUSS CONV II | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 2001 | | Corequisite: | RUSS 2002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2002. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Russian II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Intermediate Russian I. | | Athena Title: | Intermediate Russian II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 2012 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 2001 or RUSS 2011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Russian for Heritage Speakers | Course
Description: | Instruction in grammar, development of reading comprehension,
and practice in composition for speakers of Russian who have
had little or no formal instruction in reading or writing the
language. | | Athena Title: | RUSS HERITAGE SPEAK | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 1001, RUSS 1002 or RUSS 2001 or RUSS 2002 or RUSS 3001 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2011. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Intermediate Russian I | Course
Description: | Part one of a two-part intensive intermediate course in modern
Russian, Russian culture, and introduction to the subfields of
professional Russian. This course continues to further develop
students’ competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing
Russian, with a persistent focus on proficiency-oriented
instruction and assessment. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Intermediate Russ I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 2001 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 1002 OR RUSS 1012 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2012. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Intermediate Russian II | Course
Description: | Part two of a two-part intensive intermediate course in modern
Russian and Russian culture, with an introduction to the
subfields of professional Russian. This course continues to
further develop students’ competence in speaking, listening,
reading, and writing Russian, with a persistent focus on
proficiency-oriented instruction and assessment. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Intermediate Russ II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 2002 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 2011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 2050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | 20th-Century Russian Culture: The Soviet Experiment and its Aftermath | Course
Description: | Russian culture in the twentieth century. Examines both high culture (literature, art, architecture, classical music) and low or popular culture (film, popular music, various aspects of daily life) within the framework of the historical and political development of the period. No knowledge of Russian required. | | Athena Title: | 20th-Century Russian Culture | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Russian Conversation and Composition I | Course
Description: | Development of students' abilities to express themselves accurately in spoken and written Russian and to comprehend normal Russian speech. | | Athena Title: | Russian Conver and Comp I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 3011 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 2002 or RUSS 2012 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Russian Conversation and Composition II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Russian Conversation and Composition I. | | Athena Title: | Russian Conver and Comp II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 3012 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3011. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Russian Conversation and Composition I | Course
Description: | Part one of an intensive course further developing students’
competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Focus on
proficiency-oriented instruction and assessment. Engagement with
texts from a variety of genres designed to enhance command of
vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, including contemporary news and
topics in professional Russian. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Russ Conv and Comp I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 3001 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 2001 or RUSS 2011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3012. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intensive Russian Conversation and Composition II | Course
Description: | Part two of an intensive course further developing students’
competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Focus
on proficiency-oriented instruction and assessment. Engagement
with texts from a variety of genres designed to enhance command of
vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, including contemporary news
and topics in professional Russian. | | Athena Title: | Intensive Russ Conv and Comp | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 3002 | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Approaches to Russian/English Translation: Cultural, Sociolinguistic, and Grammatical Issues | Course
Description: | Analysis of different genres of Russian texts and cultural,
sociolinguistic, grammatical, and stylistic issues involved in
translation. Practice in translation as a means of acquiring a
deeper understanding of contrasts between Russian and English,
combined with study of difficult aspects of Russian grammar and
syntax. | | Athena Title: | Russian English Translation | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Russian Fairy Tales | Course
Description: | Interpretations of Russian fairy tales within the frameworks of
four different approaches: structuralism, psychoanalysis, socio-
politics, and feminism. Analyses of Russian fairy tales’
structure and images. Their significance for Russian literature,
art, music, and cinema. | | Athena Title: | The Russian Fairy Tales | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3160. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Madness, Desire, and Death in 19th-Century Russian Culture and Literature | Course
Description: | Explores themes of madness, desire, and death in Russian
literature and the arts, focusing on the 19th century. Study of
masterpieces by Russian writers (Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky,
Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov), as well as non-fictional documents,
such as Russian medical, judicial, and philosophical treatises
and essays. All readings in English. | | Athena Title: | Madness and Desire | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Russian Culture to the Time of the 1917 Revolution | Course
Description: | Russian culture from the period of Kievan Rus' to the 1917 Revolution. Designed to increase the student's proficiency in all language skills and to build vocabulary. Conducted in Russian. | | Athena Title: | Pre 1917 Russian Culture | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 2002 or RUSS 2012 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Russian Cinema | Course
Description: | A survey of the major periods, genres, and directors of the extensive Russian and Soviet cinematographic heritage, with particular attention to the immediate influence of historical, political, and cultural developments. The class is conducted in English and all films will be shown with English subtitles. | | Athena Title: | INTRO RUSS CINEMA | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Stuff of the Soul: Dostoevsky’s Prose and its Aesthetic and Ethical Influence | Course
Description: | Dostoevsky’s main novels, their aesthetics, and ethics. The
philosophy of Dostoevsky’s works. Dostoevsky’s philosophical
and aesthetic influence. All readings and discussions in
English. | | Athena Title: | DOSTOEVSKY | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The Russian Novel: Masterpieces of Russian Literature in the Age of Realism | Course
Description: | Explores development of Russian history and culture focusing
on 19th-century Russian novel. Study of masterpieces by Pushkin,
Gogol, Lermontov, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Leskov, Tolstoy, as well
as their cultural, historical, and philosophic context.
Exploration of Russian literature as central cultural and social
institution. | | Athena Title: | The Russian Novel | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Issues in Russian Society and Culture | Course
Description: | An introduction to important aspects of modern Russian society
and culture, including popular culture and everyday life.
Students will read a variety of texts, including scholarly
works, newspaper articles, fiction, and historical accounts. The
class is conducted in English and requires no prior knowledge of
Russian language or culture. | | Athena Title: | Russian Society and Culture | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Russian Cinema | Course
Description: | Major changes have affected Russian cinema since the collapse of the Soviet Union in such areas as production, distribution, ideology, and taste. Examination of the development of post-Soviet cinema, considering key movies made between 2001 and the present. Conducted in English with subtitled films. | | Athena Title: | Contemporary Russian Cinema | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 3990. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Russian | Course
Description: | Independent study, research, and substantial final project under
the direction of individual faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Directed Study in Russian | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4000L. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Russian Conversation Practicum | Course
Description: | Designed to improve students' proficiency in spoken Russian.
This course is intended to be taken concurrently with another
upper-division Russian course, allowing students the
opportunity to read and discuss texts in the original language
(for courses taught in English) or to provide additional
conversational practice (for courses taught in Russian). | | Athena Title: | ADV RUSS PRAC | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition | Course
Description: | Advanced language study, combining instruction in grammar, composition, and stylistics with practice in spoken Russian. | | Athena Title: | Adv Russ Convers and Compos | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3002 or RUSS 3012 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4002. 3-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Proficiency in Professional Russian | Course
Description: | Advanced study of Russian on professional topics, including reading, composition, extended monologic and dialogic speech, and cultural competence pertaining to the use of Russian and communicating with Russian speakers globally on a range of professional topics. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Proficiency Russian | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 4001 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Tolstoy on Page and Screen | Course
Description: | Close reading of Leo Tolstoy's greatest novels, "War and Peace"
and "Anna Karenina." Screening and discussion of film
adaptations. All readings and discussions in English. All films
in English or with English subtitles. | | Athena Title: | Tolstoy on Page and Screen | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nabokov | Course
Description: | A discussion-oriented survey of Vladimir Nabokov's life and works, with particular attention to questions of cross-cultural literary identity. In-depth consideration of the author's creative responses to the nineteenth-century Russian literary tradition. All readings and discussion in English. | | Athena Title: | NABOKOV | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4090. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Russia through the Eyes of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky | Course
Description: | The cultural context, lives, and works of nineteenth-century
Russia's greatest novelists. Close reading of two panoramic
masterpieces, "War and Peace" and "The Idiot," interspersed with
selected autobiographical writings and short stories. All
readings and discussion in English. Film adaptations with
English subtitles. | | Athena Title: | TOLSTOY AND DOSTOEV | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in RUSS 4090 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pushkin | Course
Description: | Alexander Pushkin's major works in poetry and prose, and his role in the development of the Russian literary language. Conducted in Russian. | | Athena Title: | Pushkin | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 or RUSS 3200 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4260. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature | Course
Description: | Representative works in the original language. Conducted in Russian. | | Athena Title: | 19th Century Russian Lit | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 or RUSS 3200 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4270. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Masterpieces of Twentieth-Century Russian Literature | Course
Description: | Representative works in the original language. Conducted in Russian. | | Athena Title: | 20th Century Russian Lit | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 or RUSS 3200 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4280. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Chekhov | Course
Description: | Representative works from all periods of Chekhov's career. Chekhov's influence on modern literature and drama. Taught in English. | | Athena Title: | Chekhov | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4290. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politically Incorrect: Contemporary Russian Literature, Art, and Cinema | Course
Description: | Survey of representative works in contemporary Russian
literature, art, and cinema. Discussion of key literary and
artistic movements. The political significance of contemporary
Russian literature, art, and cinema and the relationship
between art and political institutions. Taught in Russian. | | Athena Title: | Politically Incorrect | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 or RUSS 2010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Special Topics | Course
Description: | Advanced language study, combining instruction in grammar, composition, and stylistics with practice in spoken Russian. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3001 or RUSS 3011 or RUSS 3200 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Russian Culture | Course
Description: | Survey of major trends in modern Russian society and culture.
Discussion of key notions and beliefs that shape these trends.
Comparison and analysis of Russians’ worldviews and self-
perceptions. The course provides an overview of the political
and social dynamics of modern Russia, combined with advanced
language study. Taught in Russian. | | Athena Title: | Contemporary Russian Culture | | Prerequisite: | RUSS 3002 or RUSS 3012 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 6980. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Russian Literature | Course
Description: | Individual study, reading, or projects in Russian literature under the supervision of a project director. | | Athena Title: | DIRECTED STUDY LIT | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | RUSS 6990. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Russian and Slavic Linguistics | Course
Description: | Individual study, reading, or projects in Russian and Slavic linguistics under the supervision of a project director. | | Athena Title: | DIRECTED STUDY LING | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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