Courses

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Provides an academically supervised opportunity for upper-division students to earn credit while working for public or private organizations. Students apply skills and knowledge earned in the major, and supplement their work experience through directed readings and assignments. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) German Studies (GRMN) majors only.

Provides an academically supervised opportunity for upper-division students to earn credit while working for public or private organizations. Students apply skills and knowledge earned in the major, and supplement their work experience through directed readings and assignments. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Russian (RUSS) majors only.

Offers a complete final review of German grammar and syntax and its more complex aspects. Prepares students for the Goethe-Zertifikat C1. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or instructor consent.

Prereq., RUSS 3020. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 3060.

Prereq., RUSS 4010. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 4060.

Serves as an introduction to the "Frankfurt School" and Critical Theory with particular emphasis upon rationality, social psychology, cultural criticism, and aesthetics. Through close readings of key texts by members of the school (Horkheimer, Benjamin, Adorno, Habermas) we will work toward a critical understanding of the analytical tools they developed and consider their validity. Taught in English. GRMN 4051, 5051 and COML 5051 are the same course.

Enhances heritage student competence and performance in Russian language. The course offers intensive review of Russian grammar and focuses on developing advanced reading, writing and translation skills. Readings are selected from a wide range of contemporary writings that reflect current issues in Russia. Recommended prereq., RUSS 3060, 4010 or equivalent. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 4020.

Explores topics in Hebrew and Jewish literature and cultures. These may include topics such as diasporic literatures, Jewish artists and thinkers, courses on specific authors, figures or communities. Topics change each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Taught in English. HEBR 4101 and JWST 4101 are the same course.

Examines the creation and development of Israeli literature from its pre-State beginnings to the present day, from the writings of immigrants for whom Hebrew was not their mother tongue to a literature written by native Hebrew speakers. Considers texts written by Israeli Jewish and Arab writers and explores how ideas of exile, nation, and home play into the Israeli experience. Recommended prereqs., ENGL/JWST 3677, GRMN/JWST 2502; GRMN/JWST 3503; HEBR/JWST 2551; WRTG/JWST 3020. Same as JWST 4203. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Selected topics in Russian literature, film, art, and music. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours when topic varies. Taught in English.

Investigates how cultural and ideological myths such as those of the great leader, utopian future, new man, hero, "enemies of the people", and some others were produced in Soviet Russia from the 1920's to the 1950's; what general mechanisms of cultural production in the age of modernity do they reveal. Taught in English. Recommended prereqs., RUSS 4821, 2221, 2211. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Focuses on the critical analysis of the Russian cultural discourse through Russian idioms. Taught in Russian. Prereq., RUSS 2020 or instructor consent. Same as GSLL 5230.

Historical and systematic study of principal themes of Marxist thought, from its Hegelian origins to its contemporary varieties, emphasizing the works of Marx and Engels. Taught in English. Prereq., 12 hours of GRMN or PHIL course work or instructor consent. Same as PHIL 4250. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Surveys seminal essays from Frege to the present on the philosophy of language. Taught in English.

Introduces students to debates surrounding migration and race in contemporary Germany. Emphasis on reading texts in context using tools of cultural studies, integrating analyses of gender, race, nation, and sexuality. Texts may include film, literature, television, magazine images, etc. Topics include: questioning "multiculturalism," self-representation, integration, Islam, citizenship, violence, public space, youth culture, racism and nationalism. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 5301 and WMST 4301. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Explores the development of European Jewish culture from the late Middle Ages to the present by focusing on Jewish life in the city of Venice, Italy. Emphasis is on the development of Venetian print culture and emergence of Italy as a center of Jewish publishing in both the religious and secular world. The course examines a variety of cultural and historical material including early printings of the Talmud, the creation of Yiddish popular literature, Hebrew rabbinic literature, responses to political turmoil, and the aftermath of the Nazi genocide. Taught in English. Prereq., HEBR/JWST 2350. HEBR 4301 and JWST 4301 are the same course. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Surveys the development of American-Russian cultural relations from the second half of the 18th century to the present. Examines the character and significance of Russian-American relations in social, intellectual, artistic, and other spheres from a comparative perspective. Taught in English. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context or U.S. context. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

German literature from 1770 to 1830. Close examination of representative texts from the periods of Sturm und Drang, classicism, and romanticism. Emphasizes philosophical and social background. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or instructor consent.

Intensive study of a particular literary period, author, or genre. Secondary sources are used. Course content differs each time. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or instructor consent.

Explores major fictional and dramatic texts of the great Russian writer Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol (1809-52) -- "The strangest prose-poet Russia ever produced" (Nabokov). Works will be analyzed in the context of Western and Russian Romanticism. Relevant nonfiction texts will also be introduced when appropriate. Class will be run largely as group discussion, with necessary historical and critical background provided. Taught in English. Same as GSLL 5421.