RUSSIAN

CRN

12343

Distribution

D

Course No.

RUS 106

Title

Russian Intensive

Professor

Lindsay Watton / Marina Kostalevsky

Schedule

Mon Tu Wed Th 9:00 am - 10:50 am LC 210

8 credits This course is designed for students who have completed Beginning Russian 101 in the previous fall or January and for those who have had the equivalent of one semester's beginning Russian here or at another institution. The Russian Intensive culminates in a June program in St. Petersburg that includes twenty-four hours a week of Russian language classes and an extensive cultural program of museum visits, theater performances, and concerts, as well as tours of the St. Petersburg environs. Students will live with Russian families. Successful completion of this program qualifies the student to pursue a semester or year long study in St. Petersburg at Smolny College of the Liberal Arts, a joint educational venture of Bard and St. Petersburg University.

CRN

12024

Distribution

D

Course No.

RUS 202

Title

Intermediate Russian II

Professor

Lindsay Watton

Schedule

Mon Tu Th 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm LC 210

In addition to reviewing the basic principles of Russian morphology and syntax, this second-year Russian course pursues major topics in the pragmatics of Russian, such as verbal aspect, prefixation, and speech etiquette. Videos and a variety of original texts will be incorporated to further the goals of comprehension and practical proficiency.

CRN

12371

Distribution

B/D

Course No.

RUS / LIT 2133

Title

T. S. Eliot and Russian Poetry

Professor

Andrei Astvatsaturov

Schedule

Mon Th 11:30 am - 12:50 pm LC 120

See Literature section for description.