Course	RUS 106 Russian Intensive
Professor	Jennifer Day
CRN	18442
Schedule	M Tu W Fr 10:00 - 12:00 pm Preston128
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

8 credits This intensive course is designed as a continuation for students who have completed Beginning Russian 101. Our focus on speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills continues through cultural context, video materials, songs, and literary analysis. This course culminates in a 4-week June program in St. Petersburg, where students will attend classes (earning an additional 4 credits) and participate in a cultural program while living in Russian families. Successful completion of the intensive sequence qualifies the student to pursue semester or yearlong study in St. Petersburg at Smolny College of the Liberal Arts, a joint educational venture of Bard and St. Petersburg University. On-line registration

Course	RUS 207 Continuing Russian II
Professor	Elena Protsenko
CRN	18441
Schedule	Mon Tu Th 3:00 -4:20 pm Olin 304
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

This course is designed to continue refining and engaging students’ practice of speaking, reading and writing Russian. Advanced grammar topics are addressed through a wide variety of texts and contexts, with emphasis on literary analysis and the modern press. Students expand their vocabulary and range of stylistic nuance by writing response papers and presenting oral reports. Study includes a semester-long project that provides an opportunity to build our own Web design dictionary; to research aspects of modern Russian culture; and to present findings in a collaborative creative effort, such as a play, “news broadcast”, or a concert.

Course	LIT / RUS 2314 Rise of the Russian Novel
Professor	Jennifer Day
CRN	18100
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 -2:50 pm Olin 307
Distribution	Literature in English

See Literature section for description.

Course	LIT / RUS 2701 Generation "P" The Invention of the 21st Century
Professor	Marina Kostalevsky
CRN	18110
Schedule	Tu Th 1:00 -2:20 pm Olin 306
Distribution	Literature in English

See Literature section for description.

Course	RUS 331 Kino
Professor	Marina Kostalevsky
CRN	18080
Schedule	Tu Th 2:30 -3:50 pm Olin L.C. 206
Distribution	Foreign Language, Literature, and Culture

This is the advanced Russian language class for students who wish to increase their language proficiency by watching, discussing, and analyzing in writing Russian/Soviet films of various periods and genres. Discussions will be based on the narrative, historical, and aesthetic elements of the films. The focus of weekly writing assignments will be on formal clarity, syntactic structures, and development of personal style. Films will be placed on the Web and available for individual viewing and study. Conducted in Russian.