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4.00 Credits
Exercises in spoken and written Russian designed to increase freedom and facility of expression. General review of grammar readings from contemporary literature and periodicals will be selected for presentation and discussion. Prerequisite: RUS 204 Intermediate Russian II Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 302.
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4.00 Credits
Advanced exercises in spoken and written Russian. Indepth studies of idiomatic expressions, increased acquisition of vocabulary, correct usage of grammar, comprehension, and stylistic analysis of contemporary literature. Prerequisite: RUS 301 or 302 Russian Conversation & Composition Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 304.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to Russian literature from Pushkin to the present with emphasis on developing the students' command of language skills. Selected readings in Russian will include poetry, prose, and drama. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: RUS 204 Intermediate Russian II Meets general academic requirement L (and W which applies to 306 only).
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4.00 Credits
An examination of distinguished works of painting, architecture, sculpture, music, theatre, and film from the early eighteenth to the late twentieth century. An analysis of elements of style and intellectual thought underlying the development of the work of art in its cultural and historical contexts. Through a study of the works of Russia's great creative minds, students will develop familiarity with various styles of artistic expression, including neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, avantgarde, and socialist realism. There will be field trips to art exhibits and guest speakers in class. Offered in alternate years. Taught in English. Meets general academic requirement A (and W which applies to 321 only).
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4.00 Credits
A study of the development of nineteenth century Russian literature through the works of Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Goncharov, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Short stories, novels, poems, plays, and literary criticism will be viewed from the historical, social, political, and philosophical aspects. Meets general academic requirement L.
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4.00 Credits
Short stories, novels, poems, plays, and literary criticism from the prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary periods, including various literary movements such as symbolism, futurism, acmeism, Socialist Realism, and psychological realism. Works from Gorky to Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, and other contemporary authors. Meets general academic requirement L.
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4.00 Credits
What is sociology How do sociologists go about their work How is society structured Is inequality an inherent part of human life How and why do societies change This course introduces the central concepts and principles of major sociological perspectives. It provides an overview of the study of social institutions, social stratification, and social change. Meets general academic requirement B.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the family as a social institution, including its development in the United States and other urban industrial societies and the changes it is currently experiencing. Meets general academic requirement B.
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of the classical foundations of social thought in sociology. The course concentrates on the original works of theorists such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and other important authors from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as contemporary theorists. Analyses of central theoretical paradigms and questions are explored. Taught every spring semester. Prerequisite: SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology Meets general academic requirement W.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a general overview of the field of the sociology of race and ethnic relations with a particular emphasis on the historical situations and experiences of various immigrant and minority groups in American society. We will first examine the sociopolitical and economic history of a variety of minority and immigrant groups. A substantial amount of course material will then focus on analyzing the varying structural conditions and institutional barriers that affect the different strategies by which various minority and immigrant groups have sought entry and success in dominant society. Finally, throughout the course material discussions will be devoted to examining specific institutions and the various ways in which constructions of racial and ethnic categories and hierarchies are produced and reproduced in the United States. Prerequisite: SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology Meets general academic requirement D.
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