30 courses in the 1975–76 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
10 Reading and Translation
This course is designed to assist graduate students in acquiring a reading knowledge of Russian. Usage and structure of Russian scientific writings. Translation in fields of specialization.
Two terms. Lectures arranged
Open to graduate students of all departments
(Arts Oriented) For students with little or no knowledge of Russian. The elements of Russian grammar and composition; with emphasis on oral practice and pronunciation. Language Laboratory and Visual aids. Selected readings of major Russian authors.
Open to all university students, except those who have credit for Russian 111*{112*
One term, 4 hours
(Arts Oriented) Course description as in Russian 101* One term, 4 hours
Prerequisite: Russian 101* or equivalent
(Science Oriented) For students with little or no knowledge of Russian. Essential grammar, sentence structure. Reading and translation of scientific literature according to the students’ fields of interest. Open to all university students, except those who have credit for Russian 101*{102*
One term, 3 hours
(Science Oriented) Course description as in Russian 111*.
One term, 3 hours
Prerequisite: Russian 111, Russian 101, or equivalent
A review of the fundamentals of grammar is followed by a more advanced study of the language structure and idiom. Readings and translation from contemporary scientific writing in the Physical Sciences with the aim of helping the student to acquire a greater vocabulary and to master the stylistic difficulties peculiar to technical writing. The reading material will be selected in accordance with the field of study of the individual student.
Prerequisite: Russian 102*, 112* or equivalent
One term, 3 lectures
Course description as in 201*. Prerequisite: Russian 201* or equivalent One term, 3 lectures
and Phonetics
This course is conducted largely in Russian and provides intensive practice in spoken Russian. Vocabu-
lary building, comprehension, pronunciation and intonation are stressed.
Prerequisite: Russian 102*, 112* or equivalent
One term, 3 hours (lectures and language lab.)
As 251*.
Prerequisite: Russian 251* or equivalent
One term, 3 hours (lectures and language lab.)
Reading of representative works from Russian Classicism, Romanticism, 19th Century Realism, and various periods of 20th century Russian literature. Prerequisite: Russian 102* or permission of instructor One term, 3 lectures
As 261*.
Prerequisite: Russian 261*
One term, 3 lectures
A survey of cultural history from 862 to 1861. Lectures will focus on major developments in literature, religion, philosophy, art, architecture, and music as seen against the background of Russia's historical past. : This course is taught in English
Note .
Arts students can take this course in their second or subsequent years; students of other faculties, in any year (Chapter 8 for course requirements in the Faculty of Arts).
A survey of cultural history from 1861 to the present. Lectures will focus on major developments in literature, philosophy, art, and music as seen against the background of Russia’s historical past. Discussion will be devoted primarily to works of Russian literature..
This course is taught in English
One term, 2 lectures, I discussion
A study of the form and a detailed examination of Russian short stories by major representative writers. Prerequisite: Russian 102* or permission of instructor One term, 3 lectures
Course Descriptions 325 Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature
As 281*.
Prerequisite: Russian 281* One term, 3 lectures
A study of the origins and development of Russian drama up to 1905, Reading and critical analysis of major works in various genres with emphasis on authors of the nineteenth century.
Prerequisite: Russian 102* or permission of instructor One term, 3 lectures
As 341.
Prerequisite: Russian 341* One term, 3 lectures .
Written reports on prescribed themes and topics. Oral drill and translation.
Prerequisite: Russian 252* or equivalent
One term, 3 lectures
As 351*..
Prerequisite: Russian 351*
One term, 3 lectures
Especially emphasized will be the study of non-Slav peoples of the Caucasus and Centra) Asia, European Russia and Siberia. Czarist and Soviet policy towards national minorities, assimilation and integration problems in the light of linguistic divisions; development of literary languages. Some achievements of Soviet anthropology.
One term, 3 lectures
As 381*.
Prerequisite: Russian 381*
One term, 3 lectures
‘Sons, Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment, and
others).
Themes especially emphasized will be: the complex society, its merits, responsibility or guilt in relation to the individual; East-West confrontation; reform ideas; Nihilism; the superfluous man; tears behind laughter, etc.
This course is taught in English One term, 3 lectures Open to all students
Soizhenitsyn: Cancer Ward, and others). Themes as in Russian 391*. This course is taught in English One term, 3 lectures Open to all student
A study of the origins and development of the epic tradition in East Slavic literature as reflected in the byliny, military tales, and verse-tales from the earliest period to the end of the eighteenth century. Prerequisite: Russian 102* or permission of instructor One term, 3 lectures
Reading and critical interpretation of selected epic works from Pushkin to the present.
Prerequisite: Russian 441*
One term, 3 lectures
and Composition
This course is conducted in Russian and provides intensive practice in spoken and written Russian on the advanced level.
Prerequisite: Russian 352* or equivalent
One term, 3 lectures
As 451.
One term, 3 lectures
Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of ~ selected fiction and drama (Andreev, Bunin, Gorky, Kataev, Sholokhov, A.N. Tolstoy).
Prerequisite: Russian 102*
One term, 3 lectures
Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of selected fiction and drama (Arbusov, Bulgakov, Erenburg, Nabokov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn). Prerequisite: Russian 461*
One term, 3 lectures
A study of themes and forms of representative authors of Classicism, Romanticism (Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Fet, Tiutchev, etc.).
Prerequisite: Russian 102*
One term, 3 lectures
Course Descriptions Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature
A study of themes and forms of representative authors from Symbolism to the present (Blok, Esenin, Mayakovsky, Akhmatova, etc.).
Prerequisite: Russian 102*
One term, 3 lectures
495*.498* Reading Courses in Approved Topics Open to fourth year students only. One term each, 3 lectures