Academics

Departments and Classes

Students who are interested in developing their knowledge of Russia, Europe, and Eurasia can major in different fields and take classes in a range of departments. We encourage students to explore the following classes, for example. This list is not exhaustive, so please contact your department for the most current information on course offerings:

SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY GLOBAL STUDIES

EUS 3022 - Russia

Credit(s): 3
Area study courses are multi-disciplinary in nature and deal with one or more countries of a region. Each course combines some measure of political, economic, historical, religious, geographic, anthropological, and sociological analysis in dealing with salient features and current problems.

Instructor: Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos

CPO 4930 - Russian Politics

Credit(s): 3
Studies political systems with common elements. Structure, process, domestic and foreign politics, and regional roles are considered.

Instructor: Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos

INR 4931 - Eastern Europe

Credit(s): 3
Interdisciplinary studies with course content dependent on student demand and instructor’s interest.

Instructor: Dr. Tatsiana Kulakevich

 HISTORY DEPARTMENT

EUH 3575 - History of Imperial Russia, 1689-1917

Credit(s): 3
A survey of social, political, economic, and cultural development in the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to Nicholas II. Topics include the expansion and modernization of the Empire, the culture of the Imperial court, peasant rebellions, social and legal reforms, the role of the West, and the collapse of the Romanov dynasty.

Instructor: Dr. Kees (Case) Boterbloem

EUH 3576 - History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991.

Credit(s): 3
A study of Soviet society under communism from the Revolution to the collapse of the USSR. Topics include the origins and development of revolutionary socialism, the Bolshevik seizure of power, Stalinism and the Great Terror, popular dissent and resistance, the treatment and experience of ethnic minorities, Gorbachev and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Instructor: Dr. Kees (Case) Boterbloem

HIS 3938 - Hitler and Stalin

Credit(s): 3
This course provides an exposure to the discipline of history by examining a specific historical issue and its relation to at least one of the following dimensions: race, gender, ethnicity and international or environmental perspectives. Classes may focus upon issues such as biography, labor, race relations or women's history.

Instructor: Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos

DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGES

RUS 3240 - Russian Language & Culture through Film I

Credit(s): 3
Development of basic conversational skills.

Prerequisite(s): RUS 2221

Instructor: Dr. Victor Peppard

RUS 3500 - Russian Civilization

Credit(s): 3
A survey of the cultural history of Russia.

Instructor: Dr. Victor Peppard

RUS 4241 - Russian Language & Culture through Film II

Credit(s): 3
Development of conversational skills.

Prerequisite(s): RUS 3240 or equivalent.

Instructor: Dr. Victor Peppard

RUT 3110 - Nineteenth Century Russian Literature in English

Credit(s): 3
Masterpieces of 19th Century Russian Literature in English. Works by Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov.

Restriction(s):
Junior Standing

Instructor: Dr. Victor Peppard

RUT 3111 - Twentieth-Century Russian Literature in English

Credit(s): 3
Survey of the major authors of 20th Century Russian literature in English. Major works of Babel, Bulgakov, Olesha, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, and Zamyatin.

Instructor: Dr. Victor Peppard