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REES CERTIFICATE COURSE SCHEDULE 4400 POSVAR HALL Spring Term 2174 (January 4, 2017 – April 29, 2017) (412) 648-7407
Courses marked with asterisks (***) require students to focus elective coursework on a REES-related subject to
count toward the certificate. This work should be arranged in consultation with the instructor and the REES
advisor. 30134 ANTH ANTH 1737 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTRL ANTH Begim,Ainur
Session: AT TTh 1:00:00 PM to 2:15:00 PM WWPH 3300 3 Credits
Frequently conceived as a politically and economically isolated region, Central Asia, past and present, is in fact defined by movement of
people, financial flows, and trade networks that embed Central Asia within the global economy. In the past Central Asian cities, located on
the path of the Silk Road, were key nodes of trade, communication, and innovation, connecting the East and West. Today vast natural
resources of Central Asia power the Chinese economy, and with its proximity to the Middle East, Central Asia is central to geopolitical
games played by Russia, China, the United States, and the European Union. In this course, we will examine these contemporary global
linkages anthropologically by reading ethnographic accounts of contemporary Central Asia as a ways to understand how people from the
region experience and navigate profound economic and political transformations that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. We will
read anthropological studies of the region alongside journalistic accounts and political science analyses of Central Asia as well as classic
and contemporary social theory. The goals of the course are the following: (1) to complicate the grand narratives of nationalist revival,
Islamic radicalization, and postsocialist transition; (2) to think afresh about issues of modernity, statehood, and development in the region;
and (3) to place Central Asia within the broader global context. In this course, Central Asia is broadly defined as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang (China), Turkic Siberia (Russia), and Western Mongolia.
26042 ANTH ANTH 1737 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTRL ANTH Brown,Laura C
Session: AT M 9:00:00 AM to 11:55:00 AM WWPH 3300 3 Credits
Semiotic anthropology examines the social life of meaning. It extends questions of representation and interpretation beyond the study of
language to examine how culture orders and is ordered by the objects that surround us. Drawing on recent work in anthropology,
philosophy, and industrial design this course investigates four interrelated questions: How are value and meaning assigned to objects?
How does culture shape sensory perception? How are styles defined, interpreted and changed over time? How do landscapes,
infrastructure, and architecture shape possibilities for thought and action? As well as reading a range of classic and contemporary
scholarly works, students in the course will have the opportunity to experiment with methods through which ethnographers and designers
seek to document and interpret the social life of material things. Assignments for the course include a photo essay and two short papers.
No prior knowledge of anthropology or semiotics is expected. This course is open to graduate and undergraduate students from any field.
25936 CGS RUSS 90 RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES Robinson,Sabrina
Spiher
Session: SE3 Sa 1:00:00 PM to 3:55:00 PM CL 236 3 Credits
This course introduces students to Russian fairy tales, a fascinating and productive genre of folklore that reveals a great deal about
Russian traditions and modes of thought. Taking a psychological approach to the materials, the course examines not only the tales, but
also the beliefs informing the magic world of these narratives. Since the humans, spirits, and beasts populating this world are richly
portrayed in Russian art, a significant component of the course will consist of visual and audio representations of figures and scenes from
fairy tales. We shall examine slides of posters, paintings, book illustrations, postcards, etc., and shall listen to music based on characters,
situations, and narratives drawn from the tales (e.g., extracts from Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chaikovsky, and Mussorgsky. This is a
Hybrid course requiring students to attend scheduled workshops and participate in online discussions and activities. Workshops dates: 1/7,
2/4, 3/18/2017.
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25936 CGS RUSS 90 RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES Robinson,Sabrina
Spiher
Session: SE3 Sa 1:00:00 PM to 3:55:00 PM CL 302 3 Credits
This course introduces students to Russian fairy tales, a fascinating and productive genre of folklore that reveals a great deal about
Russian traditions and modes of thought. Taking a psychological approach to the materials, the course examines not only the tales, but
also the beliefs informing the magic world of these narratives. Since the humans, spirits, and beasts populating this world are richly
portrayed in Russian art, a significant component of the course will consist of visual and audio representations of figures and scenes from
fairy tales. We shall examine slides of posters, paintings, book illustrations, postcards, etc., and shall listen to music based on characters,
situations, and narratives drawn from the tales (e.g., extracts from Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chaikovsky, and Mussorgsky. This is a
Hybrid course requiring students to attend scheduled workshops and participate in online discussions and activities. Workshops dates: 1/7,
2/4, 3/18/2017.
25212 CGS SLAV 660 SCI-FI: EAST AND WEST Alpert,Erin
Rebecca
Session: SE3 Sa 1:00:00 PM to 3:55:00 PM CL 302 3 Credits
This course examines Slavic and anglophone science fiction comparatively. It assesses how a given culture's dominant values are
articulated in a popular genre that enjoys different status in the East (i.e., Eastern Europe) and the West (i.e., England and America). Those
values emerge in works that imaginatively posit "fantastic" situations rooted in biological, spatial, and temporal explorations beyond those
currently verified by science. On the basis of films (e.g., "The Terminator", "The Fly"), film clips, TV shows, novels (e.g., "Solaris", "The
Futurological Congress"), novellas, and stories, we shall discuss such topics as progress, utopia, human perfectibility, the limits of science,
and the nature of knowledge. This is a Hybrid course requiring students to attend scheduled workshops and participate in online
discussions and activities. Workshops dates: 1/21, 2/18, 3/25/2017.
25213 CGS SLAV 880 VAMPIRE: BLOOD AND EMPIRE Alpert,Erin
Rebecca
Session: SE3 Sa 9:30:00 AM to 12:30:00 PM CL 302 3 Credits
This course examines the phenomenon of vampirism in verbal and visual texts from different time periods in various cultures (Russia,
Poland, France, England, America). Why do vampires capture the imagination especially of Anglophone readers? What qualities does the
vampire incarnate? Which historical events and customs have triggered particular enthusiasm for depicting the undead? How have the
depictions of the vampire evolved over centuries? Our discussions will address these issues as we analyze stories, novels, and films
focusing on vampires from a variety of critical perspectives, contextualizing the works in the cultures that produced them. This is a Hybrid
course requiring students to attend scheduled workshops and participate in online discussions and activities. Workshops dates: 1/21, 2/18,
3/25/2017.
26898 CGS SLAV 1225 CROS CLTL REPRSTN PRISON 20THC Wright,Jarrell D
Session: SE3 T 6:00:00 PM to 8:30:00 PM TBATBA 3 Credits
THIS COURSE EXAMINES ARTISTIC WORKS PRODUCED IN PRISON AND ARTISTIC WORKS ABOUT PRISON,
ADDRESSING BOTH THE ALLURE OF THE CRIMINAL WORLD AS A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT AND THE FUNCTION
OF ART WITHIN PRISON AS ESCAPISM AND SURVIVAL TECHNIQUE. IN STRUCTURE THE COURSE IS BROKEN INTO
THREE PARTS: THE FIRST PART CONCENTRATES ON PRISON WRITINGS AND CRIMINAL CULTURE IN AMERICA; THE
SECOND PART FOCUSES ON THE FORCED-LABOR CAMP SYSTEM KNOWN AS THE GULAG IN THE SOVIET UNION; AND
THE THIRD PART EXAMINES EUROPE (GERMANY AND EASTERN EUROPE) DURING THE HOLOCAUST. This course is
offered on the Butler County Community College (BCCC or BC3) campus as part of the College of General Studies (CGS)
Administration of Justice degree completion program. The BC3 campus is located at 107 College Dr. Butler, PA 16002, approximately
34 miles/50 minutes' drive north of Pittsburgh. All CGS classes at this off campus Location meet in classroom 121 of the Humanities and
Education (HE) building. More information about the campus, directions, and a campus map can be found at www.bc3.edu. All seats are
reserved for CGS students and CGS permission is required for all other students to register for courses offered at this site.
29980 COMM COMMRC 1120 RHETORIC OF COLD WAR Johnson,Paul
Elliott
Session: AT TTh 1:00:00 PM to 2:15:00 PM CL 216 3 Credits
This course surveys cinematic artifacts, speeches, propaganda, and media surrounding key events and narratives of the Cold War. We will
focus on key political themes and salient events in American political history--the origins of the Cold War, what it meant to live in an
atomic age, the ideological clash between capitalism and socialism, McCarthyism, the presidential election of 1964, the Vietnam War and
its aftermath, and Ronald Reagan's rhetorical strategies for mobilizing the Soviet threat in his presidency--to chart the symbolic
dimensions of the politics of the Cold War in the interest of understanding how the Cold War helped to configure America's national
identity in the 20th century and its legacies today.
23064 ECON ECON 500 INTRO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS Maksymenko,Svitlana
Session: AT TTh 1:00:00 PM to 2:15:00 PM WWPH 1501 3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the field of international economics. The course divides roughly in half between topics from
international trade and from international finance. Topics to be covered include: comparative advantage; the effects of tariffs and other
forms of protectionism; U.S. commercial policy; the balance of payments; exchange rates; and the international monetary system.
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25883 ECON ECON 1680 ECON OF EUROPEAN UNION Maloy,James R
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM WWPH 4900 3 Credits
Introduction to economy of Europe, including theory and institutions of European community as they relate to economic systems, its
economic relations with other European states and the world, its economic problems and policies. Elementary economics will be
reviewed, but no specialist knowledge is required. European economic policies are examined in a critical manner. Some study of
breakdown of eastern bloc and the implications of eastern European crisis for European community and the United States.
11437 ENGLISH ENGLIT 590 FORMATIVE MASTERPIECES Padunov,Vladimir
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM CL 151 3 Credits
This course will acquaint students with a number of literary classics from ancient to early modern times that had a "formative" influence
on our cultural traditions. Course content varies according to instructor.
30712 ENGLISH ENGLIT 725 INT TO TRANSLATION STUDIES Bove,Carol
Mastrangelo
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:15:00 PM CL 221 3 Credits
A Knowledge of a foreign language is not required This course introduces students to translation studies, important for an understanding
of world literature. The focus is on English versions of literary and film texts in other languages. Students will consider the ways in
which talented translators render influential literature and film, especially those that have gender as a central component, including
Beauvoir's America Day by Day and The Second Sex, as well as Anzaldua's Borderlands and Franz Kafka's Amerika. We grapple with
the following questions: How do multiple English translations of the same text differ and what is the result? How does one evaluate a
translation? Does gender, for instance, in Beauvoir, pose special problems in rendering a text into another language? No pre-requisite in
foreign languages required. (satisfies GEC Writing & Lit., English Minor, Gender, Sexuality/Women's and the Latin American, as well as
the African Studies certificate requirement).
30897 GERMANIC GER 33 INTRO TO YIDDISH LANG AND CULT
Session: SE3 Th 6:00:00 PM to 8:30:00 PM CL 121 3 Credits
For hundreds of years, the majority of Jewish life happened in Yiddish. On the eve of World War II, eleven million Jews spoke this rich,
Slavic-infused Germanic language. After undergoing the demographic devastation of the Holocaust and experiencing marginalization of
all kinds, Yiddish has survived as a linguistic chain that connects modern diaspora Jewry to centuries of Jewish civilization and culture. In
addition to serving as a link to the Ashkenazic (Central- and Eastern European) Jewish past, Yiddish is key to some of the most exciting
creative and cultural developments happening in Jewish life today. This course will serve as a lively introduction to Yiddish language and
culture. By the end of the course, students will have the reading proficiency to work with basic Yiddish texts, and will be able to
understand and conduct simple conversations. Students will learn the basics of Yiddish grammar and will be conversant in Yiddish
culture, both past and present.
10668 GERMANIC GER 1502 INDO-EUROPEAN FOLKTALES Batista,Viktoria
Session: AT MW 2:00:00 PM to 2:50:00 PM CL G24 3 Credits
This course introduces students to a wide selection of Indo-European folktales as well as to perspectives and the cultural background that
help understand these tales. We will examine the aesthetic, social, historical, and psychological values that these tales reflect. We will
discuss theoretical and methodological models in the field of folklore studies, including formalist, socio-historical, psychoanalytic, and
stylistic perspectives. We will also analyze the continuing influence of this folk tradition on popular and high culture. Upon completion of
this course, students should be familiar with a wide variety of Indo-European folktales, be able to discuss several approaches to studying
them, be able to identify the most important motifs of these tales, be familiar with some of the most influential folklorists, writers, and
editors of the tales, and be able to assess the significance of folktales for contemporary western culture.The course grade will be calculated
as follows: Attendance/Participation in recitation: 20%, Quizzes: 15%, 2 in-class examinations: 40% (20% each), Final exam
(cumulative): 25%
0561 GERMANIC GER 1542 MARX AND MARXISM Von Dirke,Sabine
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:15:00 PM CL 151 3 Credits
Having recently passed the 150th anniversary of the publication of Capital Volume 1, we recognize that our world has changed a great
deal since its publication. Yet, in reviewing many of these changes, it is not overstated to say that the works of Karl Marx have provided
the transformational impulse. Who was this person, Karl Marx? Why is it that in this post-Cold War world his writings continue both to
inspire and threaten contemporary readers? How have those inspired by Marx further developed his ideas to constitute the discourse of
Marxism? These are some of the questions that this course will raise and try to answer. We will begin with discussions of excerpts from
key works by Marx in order to assess contemporary attempts at rethinking Marxism. Special emphasis will be given to the recuperation of
Marxism since the 1960s through the Frankfurt School as well as the French and Italian tradition of autonomous Marxism. Students may
use GER 1542 toward the German Major, provided they read specifically identified works of Marx and others in German and use German
for designated writing assignments. Language of instruction and all class materials will be made available in English.
25755 HIST HIST 187 WORLD WAR II-EUROPE Robles,Manuel
Osvaldo
Hammond,Leslie
Ann
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Session: AT TTh 10:00:00 AM to 10:50:00
AM
LAWRN 104 3 Credits
The course will open with a detailed consideration of the context and causes of World War II, including World War I, the Versailles
Treaty, and the Great Depression. We will discuss the determinants of Hitler's rise to power and of German expansionism in the 1930's.
We will examine the military struggle of World War II, but such topics as economic mobilization, propaganda, occupation policies,
resistance movements and the Holocaust also receive significant attention. The course concludes with an analysis of war-time diplomacy,
the postwar settlement, and the onset of the Cold War.
29960 HIST HIST 200 EAST EUROPE CIVILIZATION Livezeanu,Irina
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM CL 139 3 Credits
This course introduces students to the history and culture of Eastern Europe, drawing connections between current events and the
historical past, by using historical, literary, and visual sources. Two textbooks and additional (Courseweb) readings will be assigned, as
well as weekly primary source documents and occasional maps. The course aims to familiarize students with the political geography of the
region since the early modern period to the present and the chronology of major historical events, which had an impact on Eastern Europe.
Students will be able to understand the evolution of nation-states out of multi-ethnic dynastic empires, modern nationalist movements, and
the advent and end of communism. In addition to regular reading assignments, students will view films that relate to the historical themes
under review. Evaluation will be based on homework assignments, mid-term exam, map quizzes, essays, group work, and class
participation.
29954 HIST HIST 302 SOVIET RUSSIA Hoxha,Artan
Chase,William
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 11:50:00
AM
VICTO 129 3 Credits
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was the most radical revolution in history and had a profound impact on 20th century world history. The
Bolshevik Party, which seized power in November 1917, sought not simply to change governments or the laws of the land, but to smash
the old order and to challenge the assumptions upon which all governments had hitherto ruled and all economies had been based. As we
know, the Soviet experiment did not endure. The USSR's collapse in 1992 was as unexpected as its creation. This course will survey the
history of the USSR. The course will pay particular attention to why the old order collapsed, the ideals that drove the early Soviet state, its
attempt to 'modernize' the country at a frenetic pace, the role of violence as a means of governance, its experience in WWII and its rise to
world prominence, and its postwar efforts to balance the demands of 'mature Socialism' and superpower obligations. In the process, we
will devote special attention to the state-society relations, the problems of economic development, and the tensions between revolutionary
ideas, and economic and political realities.
29961 HIST HIST 752 EMPIRES OF THE STEPPE Pickett,James R
Session: AT TTh 9:30:00 AM to 10:45:00 AM CL 358 3 Credits
Over the last several centuries, Eurasia's domination by successive nomadic steppe empires (stretching from Europe to China) was
displaced by new imperial challengers from the periphery (notably Russia, China, and Britain). This course examines the nature of that
transition by charting the history of Eurasian empires, beginning with the Mongols in the thirteenth century and proceeding through the
present day. From Ghenghis Khan to Tamerlane to Stalin; between Russian spies, Chinese armies, and the Taliban; spanning silk roads,
great games, and more. The empires of the steppe were truly vast in scale, integrating territories usually studied in isolation from one
another, and so this course provides important context for separate courses on Russia, Eastern Europe, China, and the Middle East. The
chronological scope of this course is similarly epic, spanning over seven centuries, and thus placing in relief recurring themes related to
empires in world history. The thematic emphasis is on geopolitical strategies for imperial rule, but the course will also examine culture,
religion, and political economy.
22980 HIST HIST 1000 CAPSTONE SEMINAR Reid,Patryk
Michael
Session: AT M 12:15:00 PM to 2:40:00 PM WWPH 3501 3 Credits
This course draws on the multidisciplinary training you have acquired in your pursuit of the Certificate in Russian and East European
Studies. Its goal is to build upon your learning about Eurasia to further develop your knowledge, as well as your analytical and
communication tools, by studying methods and problems of managing larger projects. Through common readings, discussion, and
drafting, you will further your understanding of major problems in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies, while improving your
skills in academic and other professional research, report writing, and presentation. The coursework is organized around your ultimate
objective: to produce an advanced-level paper based on original research--a capstone for your work towards the REES Certificate. To
achieve these goals, the course emphasizes student discussion of course topics, assigned reading, and work in-progress. Occasionally, the
instructor will lecture to introduce topics, themes, and problems.
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26051 HIST HIST 1001 INTRODUCTORY SEMINAR Wezel,Katja
Session: AT T 3:30:00 PM to 5:55:00 PM WWPH 3701 3 Credits
The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, followed by the break-up of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, and the disintegration of the Soviet
Union in 1991 was a revolutionary movement, which can be studied from very different angles: by reading Gorbachev's memoirs, by
studying leaflets of protest groups like the Polish Solidarity movement, or by watching footage of the proclamation of free travel on East
German TV. This course introduces students to a variety of primary and secondary sources including visual sources, such as photographs
and films. Students will write several short papers in response to the study of these different sources and class time will be devoted to
discussing, critiquing, and revising written work.
30536 HIST HIST 1040 WORLD WAR I-COMPARTV PERSPECTV Novosel,Anthony
Stephen
Session: SE3 W 6:00:00 PM to 8:30:00 PM LAWRN 106 3 Credits
One historian wrote, 'More trees have died to explain the Great War and its impact' than any event in history. While, we will try not to kill
any more trees, you will continue the analysis, discussion and debate concerning the Great War and its legacy that the academic and
political communities are engaged in today throughout the world.What is more, since 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the events of
1917, you have an amazing opportunity to study the legacy of that year, a year that AJP Taylor argued changed Europe irrevocably.
Therefore, beyond your background study of the war, you will make the most of this opportunity by focusing a good part of the term on
the great events of 1917. In particular, the two Russian Revolutions (February and October), Messines Ridge, Passchendaele, the USA's
entry into the War, the French Mutiny after the failed Nivelle Offensive, and the continuing slaughter at Caporetto as well as the impact of
the Balfour Declaration and the 'Proclamation of Baghdad.'Before we get to this though, in the early part of the course, we will engage
with the controversy over how and why the war began and the lively debate taking place in Europe today over how to remember the war..
We will then move on to examine 1916, 'The Year of Slaughter' and how the events of 1917 are tightly linked to the great battles of 1916
and also led to, as Eric Hobsbawm argued, Europe into its 'descent into barbarism.'In essence, you come to understand the dizzying events
of 1917, not simply as being part of a war that was 'incomprehensible,' but as one French historian put it, but a war that was 'the
incomprehensible.' Still Interested!? GREAT! So, join us as we examine all the events and processes that led Europe into war, then the
West's descent into 'barbarism' by 1916 and the world changing events of 1917. After doing all this, we will analyze the cultural and
political impact of the war on all facets of European society and world history. As part of this, you will finish the course by analyzing
how Europeans constructed a 'cultural memory' of the war, as well as dealt with the cultural act of mourning itself after the war.There are
no formal prerequisites. So, JOIN US and bring your willingness to learn, to challenge your own beliefs (That does not mean you have to
change them.) and to engage actively in the study of the Great War, in particular 1917 and its impact on the world today.
29964 HIST HIST 1050 INTELCLS & POLIT 2OTHC EUROPE Livezeanu,Irina
Session: AT TTh 4:00:00 PM to 5:15:00 PM CL 142 3 Credits
Intellectuals have been involved with politics, willingly or not, throughout the turbulent 20th century. This course will review some
theories about modern intellectuals' place in society and politics (e.g. Marx, Lenin, Mannheim, Bauman, Benda). Most of the course will
be taken up with case studies, examining the role of intellectuals in several European countries during periods of political stress, crisis, or
revolution including the Russian Revolutions, fascism, the two World Wars, the Cold War, and the fall of Communism. Students are
expected to participate in discussions and in group work. They will be evaluated on the basis of a mid-term exam, homework, and one or
more essays.Background in modern or contemporary European history (especially 20th century), is highly recommended. Familiarity with
social theory, philosophy, literature, and/or art history also desirable.
29966 HIST HIST 1108 COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN HISTORY Wezel,Katja
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:15:00 PM CL 242 3 Credits
This non-honors course examines the rise and fall of ideologies in Europe's so-called "short' 20th century, beginning with the aftermath of
World War I and culminating in the collapse of the Soviet Union. The central focus of the course is on the political history of fascism and
communism, the two political ideologies in competition with liberal democracy during the short 20th century. This course will compare
developments in Western and Eastern Europe, giving special emphasis to Mussolini's Fascist Italy, Hitler's Nazi Germany, and Stalin's
Communist Soviet Union.
30159 HIST HIST 1175 XENOPHOBIA IN MODERN EUROPE Hagerty,Bernard
George Yildiz,Ali
Yagiz
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM WWPH 1501 3 Credits
This course will examine the nature, genesis, appeal and historical context of Europe's post-war xenophobia, racist and exclusive policies.
We will study movements ranging from France's Le Pen to Britain's skinhead, will put each in national and historical context, and will
discuss possible solutions to the problem they represent.
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29968 HIST HIST 1326 RUSSIA AND THE WORLD Guillory,Sean
Christopher Jos
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM CL 337 3 Credits
Debates over Russian national identity is often framed around whether Russia is an 'European,' 'Asian,' or something wholly unique, a
'Eurasian' nation. Despite these debates, Russia is often juxtaposed against Europe. Europe is the measurement of its modernization, its
political system, and its power. However, the question of where Russia fits geographically and culturally--'European,' 'Asian,' or
'Eurasian'--begs the question: What is Russia's place in world history? How have encounters not only with Europe and Asia, but Africa,
the Americas, and the Middle East shaped its place in the world over its long history? Attempting to answer these questions will help
unlock the basic, yet complex question, of what is Russia?This course will explore Russia's encounters with other major civilizational
centers in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, the Eurasian steppe, and the Americas from the 10th to the 21st century. The class will
specifically focus on Russia's territorial expansion, colonization, long-distance trade networks, migration, cultural and political exchange,
warfare, and power projection influenced its emergence as a player in regional and global affairs.The goal of this course is to consider
how this history helps us understand not only Russia's place in the world today, but how it might help us develop ways to mitigate current
and future regional and global conflict.
25760 HIST HIST 1653 COLD WAR AMERICA IN THE WORLD Greenwald,Maurine
Session: AT TTh 9:30:00 AM to 10:45:00 AM WWPH 5200 3 Credits
This course explores the impact of the Cold War on the American home front and abroad from 1945 through 1990. We will investigate
the postwar division of the world into two opposing camps through new economic, political, and military arrangements. Of particular
interest will be America's half-century encounter with nuclear weapons, their manufacture and deleterious effects on local communities
and the environment in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. The hunt for spies in the U.S. government, military, and entertainment industry will
focus on U.S. presidents, Senators and Representatives, the FBI, labor leaders, corporate executives, and ordinary people. We will ask
how the Cold War climate fostered or hindered social movements for racial equality, participatory democracy, and women's liberation.
The Korean and Vietnam Wars will be explored from an international perspective. Last but not least, we will look at how U.S. popular
culture engaged some of these developments. At its close, the course will ask which hallmarks of the Cold War--from military campaigns
to paranoid politics--persist in the twentieth-first century.
30139 HIST HIST 1767 JEWS & JUDAISM IN MODERN WORLD Kranson,Rachel L
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM WWPH 5404 3 Credits
What is a 'secular Jew?' How was medieval anti-Judaism different than modern anti-Semitism? How did German Jews go from being full
citizens of their country to victims of genocide? What was the relationship between Middle Eastern Jews and European Jews during the
age of colonialism? Why did some Jews think it necessary to build a nation of their own, while others were content to be citizens of non-
Jewish states? In this course, we talk about these and other questions that are critically important not only to the history of Jews, but also
to the history of the modern world.
27754 HIST HIST 1769 HOLOCAUST HISTORY & MEMORY Kranson,Rachel L
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM CL G13 3 Credits
The Holocaust--that is, the genocide of six million Jews in Nazi-Occupied Europe during World War II--was a critical event of the early
twentieth century that continues to resonate today. Our historical survey looks at the Holocaust primarily through the experiences of its
Jewish victims, though we discuss some of the other groups, such as the Roma, disabled people, and homosexual men, who were also
targeted and systematically murdered by the Nazis. Additionally, we will discuss the perpetrators of the Holocaust and the ideologies that
led to the genocide, such as racism, nationalism, and anti-Semitism. Finally, we move beyond the history of the Holocaust to think about
the ways that this event has been remembered and reconstructed by survivors, nations, institutions, museums, the arts, popular culture, and
the media. Looking at how institutions here in Pittsburgh commemorate the Holocaust offers us local, concrete examples of how people
continue to grapple with this history.
29976 HIST HIST 2540 EUROPEAN EMPIRES IN THE WORLD Pickett,James R
Session: AT W 3:00:00 PM to 5:25:00 PM WWPH 3701 3 Credits
This seminar offers a survey of European empires in comparative perspective. The sequence is loosely chronological, beginning with
hegemonic powers from the 16th through 18th centuries, then lingering in the long nineteenth century of European global dominance, and
ultimately examining how that age of empires shaped our own world. Geographically, it ranges from Britain to Russia to European
colonies in India, Africa, and Latin America. Thematically, the seminar singles out, first and foremost, geopolitics, but also engages topics
such as political economy, networks and exchange, warfare, and the development of 'modern' categories of knowledge. Although rooted in
historical methodology, the seminar also considers questions relevant to political science and anthropology.
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29963 HISTH HIST 1048 MASS VIOLENCE IN 20TH CENTURY Thum,Gregor
Session: AT TTh 4:00:00 PM to 5:15:00 PM WWPH 3700 3 Credits
'Ethnic cleansing' and 'genocide' are neither twentieth-century phenomena, nor is their occurrence linked to any particular region in the
world. However, during the two world wars and their aftermath acts the civilian population of Central and Eastern Europe experienced a
degree of mass violence that not only changed to face of the region but also led to the establishment of the very term 'genocide'. The
Holocaust stands out as the most comprehensive, most radically executed case of genocide in modern times. Yet it was embedded in a
wider context of systematic violence against various populations in Central and Eastern Europe. Rather than beginning with a general,
abstract reflection on the reasons for the various forms of mass violence from ethnic cleansing to genocide, this course allows students to
explore the specific social, cultural, and political conditions under which the sometimes entangled cases of mass violence against civilians
occurred in twentieth-century Central and Eastern Europe. The course concludes with a general reflection and discussion of the concept of
'genocide', the limits of its analytical usefulness, and the political baggage it carries.
30138 JS JS 1250 JEWS & JUDAISM IN MODERN WORLD Kranson,Rachel L
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM WWPH 5404 3 Credits
What is a 'secular Jew?' How was medieval anti-Judaism different than modern anti-Semitism? How did German Jews go from being full
citizens of their country to victims of genocide? What was the relationship between Middle Eastern Jews and European Jews during the
age of colonialism? Why did some Jews think it necessary to build a nation of their own, while others were content to be citizens of non-
Jewish states? In this course, we talk about these and other questions that are critically important not only to the history of Jews, but also
to the history of the modern world.
27752 JS JS 1252 HOLOCAUST HISTORY & MEMORY Kranson,Rachel L
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM CL G13 3 Credits
The Holocaust--that is, the genocide of six million Jews in Nazi-Occupied Europe during World War II--was a critical event of the early
twentieth century that continues to resonate today. Our historical survey looks at the Holocaust primarily through the experiences of its
Jewish victims, though we discuss some of the other groups, such as the Roma, disabled people, and gays and lesbians, who were also
targeted and systematically murdered by the Nazis. Additionally, we think about the perpetrators of the Holocaust and the ideologies that
led to the genocide, such as racism, nationalism, and anti-Semitism. Finally, we move beyond the history of the Holocaust to think about
the ways that this event has been remembered and reconstructed by survivors, nations, institutions, museums, the arts, popular culture, and
the media. Looking at how institutions here in Pittsburgh commemorate the Holocaust offers us local, concrete examples of how people
continue to grapple with this history.
11012 LING GREEKM 102 GREEK (MODERN) 2 Papanastasiou,Areti
Aiyangar,Gretchen
M
Session: AT MW 5:00:00 PM to 6:40:00 PM CL G21 4 Credits
Building on skills acquired in Modern Greek 1, this course provides you with the tools to talk about your past experiences and make plans
for the future. Through numerous group and individual activities you will begin to build confidence in using a wider variety of sentence
patterns and an expanded vocabulary.At the end of this course you should be able to:--Shop at a farmers' market--Expand your wardrobe--
Go house-hunting and describe your ideal home--Get to the bank and manage your account--Describe your experience from last year in
Crete--Make plans for next weekend and invite your friends--Make travel arrangements, book a hotel and describe your itineraries--Give
commands and express your preferences and desires
11921 LING GREEKM 104 GREEK (MODERN) 4 Aiyangar,Gretchen
M
Papanastasiou,Areti
Session: SE3 MW 6:45:00 PM to 8:00:00 PM CL G21 3 Credits
This course aims at further enhancing your conversational skills as well as improving your ability to narrate and express opinion. It also
provides you with opportunities to grow as an independent reader and express yourself creatively in writing.By the end of this course you
should be able to:--Follow an author's short biography--Narrate a favorite myth--Engage with historical narrative--Talk about social
rituals--Debate contemporary issues--Develop as an independent reader--Participate in a wide range of conversations with confidence--
Talk about yourself and your interests with relative fluency.
29839 LING LCTL 392 HUNGARIAN 2 Batista,Viktoria
Aiyangar,Gretchen
M
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:40:00 PM CL 2321 4 Credits
This course is a continuation of LING 0291 Hungarian 1
17023 LING TURKSH 102 TURKISH 2 Aiyangar,Gretchen
M Lider,Ilknur
Session: SE3 TTh 6:00:00 PM to 7:40:00 PM CL 2321 4 Credits
This Turkish language course is a continuation of LING 0561 Turkish 1
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18102 LING TURKSH 104 TURKISH 4 Aiyangar,Gretchen
M Lider,Ilknur
Session: AT TTh 4:00:00 PM to 5:15:00 PM CL G16A 3 Credits
This Turkish language course is a continuation of LING 0563 Turkish 3
29847 LING TURKSH 1909 SPECIAL TOPICS IN TURKISH Aiyangar,Gretchen
M Lider,Ilknur
Session: AT MW 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM CL 208A 3 Credits
TURKISH CULTURE & SOCIETY -- This course is an introduction to contemporary Turkish culture and society. Drawing on case
studies from literature, film, music, print and social media sources, students will examine major issues and trends that are relevant to
everyday experiences of people in Turkey. Topics may include ideological currents like secularism, Islamism, Kemalism and nationalism,
social construction of gender roles, civil society movements like 'Gezi protests,' literary figures like Orhan Pamuk, Elif Åžafak, YaÅŸar
Kemal, Nazım Hikmet and Rumi, concepts of happiness in Turkish cinema and literature, musical genres and culinary traditions,
holidays and celebrations, Turkey's relations with the European Union, the Middle East, the USA and Turkish perceptions of 'the West'.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will explore different points of views and perspectives on these topics through critical
thinking, debate and discussion in class. The main learning objective is for students to deconstruct several aspects of Turkish culture and
society, and to better understand the diverse and layered existence of people and their experiences in Turkey. The course will be
conducted in English.
23235 MUSIC MUSIC 615 CARPATHIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE Helbig,Adriana
Nadia
Heins,Jonathan
Alexander
Session: AT TTh 4:00:00 PM to 5:15:00 PM BELLH 309 1 Credits
The ensemble introduces students to Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Polish, Ukrainian, Gypsy, and Jewish musical traditions. Through
weekly rehearsals, students learn musical styles, improvisation techniques, and performance practices with regard to diverse yet mutually
interconnected music genres.
30432 MUSIC MUSIC 1396 MUSIC IN SOCIETY Velasquez
Ospina,Juan
Fernando
Root,Deane L
Session: AT M 5:30:00 PM to 7:55:00 PM BELLH 309 3 Credits
Music is present everywhere in American life. Its functions are many but are rarely articulated. This course, designed for upper-level
undergraduate students, presents a theoretical model for understanding music in cultural and historical perspectives and applies the model
to American history and to students' personal experiences. Students examine the types of organizations and environments through which
music occurs at home, in religion, public entertainment, media, and business, along with the associated roles and values of music for the
participants and consumers. Course materials include readings, recordings, musical events and current media.The course requires no prior
acquaintance with music theory, notation, or history. Students are encouraged to apply their knowledge of performing arts and other fields
of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
28498 PS PS 1330 EUROPEAN UNION SEMINAR*** Spoon,Jae-Jae M
Session: AT TTh 9:30:00 AM to 10:45:00 AM CL 252 3 Credits
The primary focus of the Capstone course will be to give students an opportunity to engage in an individual research project on a topic of
their choosing related to the EU/Europe. The instructor will work with students individually to develop the projects. Throughout the
semester, students will workshop and present parts of their projects to the class. We will spend some time at the beginning of the semester
learning about research methods and approaches to research as students develop their projects. A secondary focus of the class will be to
expose students to current events and debates in Europe as well as to careers in the EU/Europe. To meet this goal, students will be
required to attend events outside of class sponsored by the Center for European Studies and other units on campus. These may include
lectures, roundtables, video conferences, and films.
29410 PS PS 1348 XENOPHOBIA IN MODERN EUROPE Hagerty,Bernard
George Yildiz,Ali
Yagiz
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM WWPH 1501 3 Credits
This course will examine the nature, genesis, appeal and historical context of Europe's post-war xenophobia, racist and exclusive policies.
We will study movements ranging from France's Le Pen to Britain's skinhead, will put each in national and historical context, and will
discuss possible solutions to the problem they represent.
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26184 PS PS 1511 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Surzhko-
Harned,Olena M
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM WWPH 4500 3 Credits
This course attempts to provide an understanding of American post-World War II foreign policy behavior. We will examine both the
international system of which the United States is a component part, as well as attributes of the U.S. domestic scene which influence
policy decisions and directions. In the process, the student will be provided with a general understanding of the chronology of recent
international events as well as a feel for the scope and substance of disagreement over various policies. The materials examined for this
class should be suggestive of alternative policy directions for the future.
25842 PS PS 1538 POLIT OF OIL & NATRL RESORCS Surzhko-
Harned,Olena M
Session: AT TTh 1:00:00 PM to 2:15:00 PM WWPH 4500 3 Credits
Oil and other natural resources have played a crucial role in shaping the politics, development, and foreign relations of countries in all
regions of the world. While experts originally believed that natural resource wealth would be a blessing for endowed countries, we now
know they often impede economic growth, reinforce authoritarianism, exacerbate corruption, and cause conflict. This course will examine
the political economy of oil, natural gas, minerals, and other natural resources to gain insight into why they can be a blessing or a curse.
We will explore the role of governments, oil companies, OPEC, the demand for energy security, and environmental concerns in shaping
the effects of natural resources.
17017 PS PS 1581 CAPSTONE SEM INT'L RELATIONS Panayides,Daniela
Donno
Session: AT T 10:00:00 AM to 12:25:00 PM WWPH 4625 3 Credits
Why do countries democratize? What role can international actors play in promoting democracy? In this course, students will engage with
cutting edge research that seeks to answer these questions. We will focus first on the challenges and barriers to democratization, and the
symptoms of 'low quality' democracy that plague many countries around the world. We will then explore how the international community
can best promote democracy, focusing on particular tools of democracy promotion, including election monitoring, foreign aid, and post-
conflict reconstruction. Throughout the course, students will work on crafting an original research paper on a topic of their choice.
30855 PS PS 2518 SECURITY & INTELLGNC STUDIES*** Grauer,Ryan
Daniel
Session: AT Th 6:00:00 PM to 9:00:00 PM WWPH 3911 3 Credits
This PIA course is offered by the School of Public and International Affairs. (This database contains courses offered by the Dietrich
School of Arts and Sciences, the College of General Studies, the University Honors College, and some core courses in the Dietrich
School/Business Dual Degree Program.)
28509 RELGST RELGST 1135 ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY Brady,Joel
Christopher
Session: AT TTh 4:00:00 PM to 5:15:00 PM CL 342 3 Credits
This course is designed as an overview of the history, teachings and rituals of the Orthodox Church in its multinational context.
Geographically, Eastern Orthodox Christianity primarily includes Russia, south-eastern Europe and the coastal areas of the eastern
Mediterranean, but there is also a large Orthodox diaspora in the western hemisphere. Understanding Orthodox Christianity -- its specific
historical experience (from Byzantine and Ottoman empires to the life under communism, and beyond), its theological doctrines and
spiritual practices, its rich artistic, musical and ritual expressions -- has become increasingly relevant in the post-communist era with the
emergence of religion as an important aspect of cultural identity and national self-definition.Through lectures, discussions, oral
presentations and visits to local Orthodox churches, students will gain an insight into the multifaceted world of Orthodox Christianity.
30140 RELGST RELGST 1250 JEWS & JUDAISM IN MODERN WORLD Kranson,Rachel L
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM WWPH 5404 3 Credits
What is a 'secular Jew?' How was medieval anti-Judaism different than modern anti-Semitism? How did German Jews go from being full
citizens of their country to victims of genocide? What was the relationship between Middle Eastern Jews and European Jews during the
age of colonialism? Why did some Jews think it necessary to build a nation of their own, while others were content to be citizens of non-
Jewish states? In this course, we talk about these and other questions that are critically important not only to the history of Jews, but also
to the history of the modern world.
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27753 RELGST RELGST 1252 HOLOCAUST HISTORY & MEMORY Kranson,Rachel L
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM CL G13 3 Credits
The Holocaust--that is, the genocide of six million Jews in Nazi-Occupied Europe during World War II--was a critical event of the early
twentieth century that continues to resonate today. Our historical survey looks at the Holocaust primarily through the experiences of its
Jewish victims, though we discuss some of the other groups, such as the Roma, disabled people, and homosexual men, who were also
targeted and systematically murdered by the Nazis. Additionally, we will discuss the perpetrators of the Holocaust and the ideologies that
led to the genocide, such as racism, nationalism, and anti-Semitism. Finally, we move beyond the history of the Holocaust to think about
the ways that this event has been remembered and reconstructed by survivors, nations, institutions, museums, the arts, popular culture, and
the media. Looking at how institutions here in Pittsburgh commemorate the Holocaust offers us local, concrete examples of how people
continue to grapple with this history.
10194 SLAVIC POLISH 20 ELEMENTARY POLISH 2 Swan,Oscar
Session: AT MWF 12:00:00 PM to 12:50:00 PM CL 329 3 Credits
This course is a continuation of Polish 0010. By the end of the first year, the student has a good grasp of Polish grammar and the solid
beginnings of conversational ability.
10195 SLAVIC POLISH 40 INTERMEDIATE POLISH 4 Swan,Oscar
Session: AT MW 4:00:00 PM to 5:15:00 PM CL 126 3 Credits
Along with a general review of Polish grammar, this course introduces the student to light reading and conversational Polish at the
intermediate level.
22950 SLAVIC POLISH 410 ADVANCED POLISH 2 Swan,Oscar
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 3 Credits
This is an advance Polish language course using the short films of Krzystof Kieslowski belonging to his dekalog cycle.
10188 SLAVIC RUSS 20 ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN 2
Session: AT MTWThF 10:00:00 AM to 10:50:00
AM
CL 2318 5 Credits
This is a four-skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) practical introduction to the Russian language, second semester, first year.
Students must have taken Russian 0010 or receive permission of either the instructor or the department language coordinator (412-624-
5906). Students must register for the lecture sections (twice a week) and for one recitation section (which meets three times a week). The
former are devoted to explanation, primarily in English, of Russian grammar vocabulary. The latter, conducted entirely in Russian, are
devoted to practicing the knowledge acquired from the lectures and textbook.
18070 SLAVIC RUSS 20 ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN 2
Session: AT MTWThF 12:00:00 PM to 12:50:00 PM CL 335 5 Credits
This is a four-skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) practical introduction to the Russian language, second semester, first year.
Students must have taken Russian 0010 or receive permission of either the instructor or the department language coordinator (412-624-
5906). Students must register for the lecture sections (twice a week) and for one recitation section (which meets three times a week). The
former are devoted to explanation, primarily in English, of Russian grammar vocabulary. The latter, conducted entirely in Russian, are
devoted to practicing the knowledge acquired from the lectures and textbook.
19915 SLAVIC RUSS 40 INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN 2
Session: AT MTWThF 10:00:00 AM to 10:50:00
AM
THACK 325 5 Credits
This is a four-skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) practical introduction to the Russian language, second semester, second year.
Students must have taken Russian 0030 or receive permission of either the instructor or the department language coordinator (412-624-
5906). Students must register for the lecture sections (twice a week) and for one recitation section (which meets three times a week). The
former are devoted to explanation, primarily in English, of Russian grammar vocabulary. The latter, conducted entirely in Russian, are
devoted to practicing the knowledge acquired from the lectures and textbook.
10190 SLAVIC RUSS 40 INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN 2
Session: AT MTWThF 12:00:00 PM to 12:50:00 PM CL 235 5 Credits
This is a four-skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) practical introduction to the Russian language, second semester, second year.
Students must have taken Russian 0030 or receive permission of either the instructor or the department language coordinator (412-624-
5906). Students must register for the lecture sections (twice a week) and for one recitation section (which meets three times a week). The
former are devoted to explanation, primarily in English, of Russian grammar vocabulary. The latter, conducted entirely in Russian, are
devoted to practicing the knowledge acquired from the lectures and textbook.
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10819 SLAVIC RUSS 90 RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES Crane,Robert
Franklin
Session: AT MW 12:00:00 PM to 12:50:00 PM LAWRN 120 3 Credits
This course introduces students to Russian fairy tales, a fascinating and productive genre of folklore that reveals a great deal about
Russian traditions and modes of thought. Taking a psychological approach to the materials, the course examines not only the tales, but
also the beliefs informing the magic world of these narratives. Since the humans, spirits, and beasts populating this world are richly
portrayed in Russian art, a significant component of the course will consist of visual and audio representations of figures and scenes from
fairy tales. We shall examine slides of posters, paintings, book illustrations, postcards, etc., and shall listen to music based on characters,
situations, and narratives drawn from the tales (e.g., extracts from Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chaikovsky, and Mussorgsky).
27401 SLAVIC RUSS 325 RUSSIAN SHORT STORY IN CONTEXT Hwang,Kiun
Session: SE3 T 6:00:00 PM to 8:25:00 PM CL 129 3 Credits
This section of the Short Story will be devoted to the readings from 19th and 20th Century Russian literature. We will spend a good
portion of our class sessions discussing the readings. The authors we will read range from 19th century favorites--Pushkin, Gogol,
Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov--to 20th century masters--Babel, Zamiatin, and Zoshchenko--right up to the most popular writers in
Russia today--from Solzhenitsyn to Petrushevskaya and Tolstaya. Russians have always valued the short story as a source of wisdom and
knowledge as well as entertainment and aesthetic pleasure, as a resource for understanding themselves as individuals in a complex society,
as a means for analyzing social behavior and psychological relationships, and as a place for airing cultural issues and matters of political
and social concern. As we read and discuss these stories, we will be asking shy these authors selected the short story rather than poetry,
the novel, or drama for their inventions and fantasies, philosophies, and teachings, and why and how they expressed their views and values
as they did using particular forms of language, imagery, and narrative structures. We will compare Russian and American ideas and
values, considering both our cultural similarities and differences. We will both discuss the shared themes expressed in these stories and try
to identify their particular national stereotypes and peculiar "Russian" characteristics. We will examine common and uncommon emotions
and passions, customs, and mores, beliefs, fantasies, and dreams. Finally, we will attempt to draw conclusions about our own values,
feelings, assumptions, reactions, and prejudices and their sources as we respond to the expressions of issues and problems raised in the
short story literature of a different and fascinating culture.
11373 SLAVIC RUSS 325 RUSSIAN SHORT STORY IN CONTEXT Platt,Jonathan
Brooks
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:15:00 PM CL 142 3 Credits
This section of the Short Story will be devoted to the readings from 19th and 20th Century Russian literature. We will spend a good
portion of our class sessions discussing the readings. The authors we will read range from 19th century favorites--Pushkin, Gogol,
Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov--to 20th century masters--Babel, Zamiatin, and Zoshchenko--right up to the most popular writers in
Russia today--from Solzhenitsyn to Petrushevskaya and Tolstaya. Russians have always valued the short story as a source of wisdom and
knowledge as well as entertainment and aesthetic pleasure, as a resource for understanding themselves as individuals in a complex society,
as a means for analyzing social behavior and psychological relationships, and as a place for airing cultural issues and matters of political
and social concern. As we read and discuss these stories, we will be asking shy these authors selected the short story rather than poetry,
the novel, or drama for their inventions and fantasies, philosophies, and teachings, and why and how they expressed their views and values
as they did using particular forms of language, imagery, and narrative structures. We will compare Russian and American ideas and
values, considering both our cultural similarities and differences. We will both discuss the shared themes expressed in these stories and try
to identify their particular national stereotypes and peculiar "Russian" characteristics. We will examine common and uncommon emotions
and passions, customs, and mores, beliefs, fantasies, and dreams. Finally, we will attempt to draw conclusions about our own values,
feelings, assumptions, reactions, and prejudices and their sources as we respond to the expressions of issues and problems raised in the
short story literature of a different and fascinating culture.
10191 SLAVIC RUSS 410 ADVANCED RUSSIAN 2 Duraskovic,Ljiljana
Session: AT MWF 12:00:00 PM to 12:50:00 PM CL 2321 3 Credits
This course is a systematic review of Russian grammar and phraseology, which develops the student's vocabulary, grammar, and
communicative competence. It is a third-year, second semester course for which Russ 0400 or its equivalent is required.
11240 SLAVIC RUSS 590 FRMTV MASTRPIECES: RUSSA 19THC Padunov,Vladimir
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00 PM CL 151 3 Credits
This course will be devoted to reading some of the major texts (short stories and novels) of 19th century Russian literature. Authors will
include Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Chekhov, as well as authors much less known in the West. All texts will be
examined both in terms of their structure and content, and in terms of their literary and social impact.
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19916 SLAVIC RUSS 800 MASTERPIECES 19THC RUSSIAN LIT Platt,Jonathan
Brooks
Session: AT TTh 2:30:00 PM to 3:45:00 PM CL 119 3 Credits
This course will focus on selected masterpieces of 19th century Russian literature. The chosen works will be studied and discussed for
their intrinsic literary value and as examples of literary trends. Readings might include short stories by Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, and
Chekhov, novels such as Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment , and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina or War and Peace , and dramatic works of
Chekhov.
10192 SLAVIC RUSS 810 MASTERPIECES 20THC RUSSIAN LIT Manukyan,Kathleen
Session: AT TTh 1:00:00 PM to 2:15:00 PM CL 129 3 Credits
This survey will follow the same format as Russian 0800, except that the readings will focus on four major twentieth century writers: Bely
(Petersburg), Pasternak (Dr. Zhivago), Babel (Red Calvary), and Solzhenitsyn (Ivan Denisovich). Stories of more contemporary writers
will also be read, including Bitov, Trifonov, Iskander, Sinyavsky, Petrushevskaya, Tolstaya, Shukshin, and Voinovich, depending on
availability. Emphasis will be placed on the variety of prose narratives popular in the twentieth century, and on the emergence of new
problems and perspectives and their expression in the twentieth century. This course is offered both as a sequel of Russian 0800 and as a
separate course. It will presume some knowledge of literary styles, forms and devices which were discussed in Russian 0800, or in another
equivalent literature course. A course in Russian or Soviet history is recommended, though not required. Students will be expected to
revise their papers.
11243 SLAVIC RUSS 811 MADNESS & MADMEN IN RUSS CULT
Session: AT TTh 1:00:00 PM to 2:15:00 PM CL 119 3 Credits
This course will explore the theme of madness in Russian literature and the arts from the medieval period to our days. The discussion will
include formative masterpieces by Russian writers (Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Bulgakov), and film directors
(Protazanov, Vrubel', Filonov), as well as non-fictional documents, such as Russian medical, judicial, political, and philosophical treatises
and essays on madness. Grades will be based on classroom attendance, participation, occasional quizzes, and two examination works.
10547 SLAVIC RUSS 860 MODERN RUSSIAN CULTURE Ryabchikova,Natalia
Session: AT MW 4:30:00 PM to 5:45:00 PM CL 129 3 Credits
From the reign of Nicholas I (1825-55) to the administrations of Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin, Russian intellectual and artistic discourse
has repeatedly returned to the question of Russia's relationship with the West. This issue will provide the focus for a cultural overview of
the last two centuries. Assignments will include literature and ideological writings, as well as a selection of Soviet film.
31040 SLAVIC RUSS 871 HISTORY OF RUSSIAN FILM 2 Padunov,Vladimir
Session: SE3 T 6:00:00 PM to 9:50:00 PM LAWRN 106 3 Credits
30560 SLAVIC RUSS 1066 FORBIDDEN LOVE PAGE & SCREEN Seckler,Dawn A
Session: SE3 W 6:00:00 PM to 8:30:00 PM CL 208A 3 Credits
This course examines the mythology of adultery. Accordingly, it begins with the major European myth of adultery -- The Romance of
Tristan and Iseult. Our primary focus, however, will fall on the screen adaptations of four nineteenth-century novels of adultery:
Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter , Flaubert's Madame Bovary , Tolstoi's Anna Karenina , and Fontane's Effi Briest . In the corpus of films, we
will distinguish between novel- and myth-oriented adaptations. Additionally, we will "read" and analyze graphic novels (comic books)
based on these literary sources. Integrated into the course as cultural products of equal value, the verbal and visual texts will allow us to
realize that the novels of adultery on a par with their celluloid and graphic-novel versions constitute the multi-faceted construct resting on
the adultery myth. Exploring metamorphoses that the myth undergoes from one text to another will enable us to better understand the
roots of the modern notion of adultery. Also, we will investigate the factors that transformed the novel Anna Karenina into the all-
encompassing and the most influential narrative of adultery today.
27402 SLAVIC RUSS 1210 SUPERIOR INDIV IN LIT AND PHIL Wright,Jarrell D
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:15:00 PM CL 218 3 Credits
In 1866, in an apartment building in St. Petersburg, Russia, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov decides to 'rid the world of evil' by
murdering an old pawnbroker with an axe. The complex actions of this young student--the protagonist of Dostoevskii's novel Crime and
Punishment (1866)--have since inspired a number of texts that address, develop, and re-cast the questions that Dostoevsky raises. Taking
Crime and Punishment as a starting point, this course will trace representations of the superior individual in monumental European texts
(literature, film, drama, and music) from the nineteenth century, with works like Tolstoi's 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (1889), through the
twentieth century, with texts such as Hesse's (1917), Camus's The Stranger (1942), and Hitchcock's Rope (1948), and ending with
contemporary works such as Kalin's film Swoon (1992) and Logan's play Never the Sinner (1999). As a supplement we will read
philosophical and theoretical works by Berdiaev, Schopenhauer, Solov'ev, Nietzsche, Sartre, and others, which specifically address the
theme of the literary Superman. We will also examine questions of adaptation as the Superman is transformed through literature, film,
philosophy, drama, and music.
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29704 SLAVIC RUSS 1307 CHEKHOV Crane,Robert
Franklin
Session: AT M 3:00:00 PM to 5:25:00 PM CL 317 3 Credits
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11149 SLAVIC RUSS 1430 FOURTH-YEAR RUSSIAN 2 Gray,Richard B
Session: AT MWF 11:00:00 AM to 11:50:00
AM
CL G16B 3 Credits
This course provides an extensive practice in oral communication at the advanced level. It includes discussion of readings on topics of
general socio-cultural interest, analysis of interviews with native speakers, and discussions of audio- and video-recordings. Home essays,
oral presentations, and mock interviews are designed to emphasize students' management of the Russian discourse
24824 SLAVIC RUSS 2105 DVLPNG RUSS RDG PROFICIENCY 2 Condee,Nancy
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 3 Credits
A description is not available at this time.
29701 SLAVIC RUSS 2464 SPECIAL TOPICS Condee,Nancy
Session: AT W 2:00:00 PM to 4:25:00 PM CL 127 3 Credits
The PhD students enrolled in this course will produce a book, most of which will be written by 28 April 2017. Activities will include
writing short chapters, cross-referencing content across chapters for greater cohesion, acquiring images and illustrations, and liaising with
the house editor. Knowledge of Russian is strongly encouraged; instructor permission required.
26653 SLAVIC RUSS 2995 PHD RUSSIAN READING Condee,Nancy
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 3 Credits
A description is not available at this time.
16172 SLAVIC SERCRO 20 ELEM BOSNIAN/CROAT/ SERBIAN 2 Duraskovic,Ljiljana
Session: SE3 MW 6:30:00 PM to 8:10:00 PM CL 341 4 Credits
This is a begining course (second semester) in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian languages.
16173 SLAVIC SERCRO 40 INTM BOSNIAN/CROAT/SERBIAN 4 Duraskovic,Ljiljana
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:15:00 PM WWPH 5203 3 Credits
This is a second semester intermediate-level course in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian languages.
11718 SLAVIC SERCRO 410 ADV BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 6 Duraskovic,Ljiljana
Session: AT MW 4:30:00 PM to 5:45:00 PM CL 136 3 Credits
This is a second semester advanced-level course in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian languages.
23279 SLAVIC SLAV 660 SCI-FI: EAST AND WEST Ryabchikova,Natalia
Session: SE3 M 6:00:00 PM to 8:25:00 PM CL000G8 3 Credits
This course examines Slavic and anglophone science fiction comparatively. It assesses how a given culture's dominant values are
articulated in a popular genre that enjoys different status in the East (i.e., Eastern Europe) and the West (i.e., England and America). Those
values emerge in works that imaginatively posit "fantastic" situations rooted in biological, spatial, and temporal explorations beyond those
currently verified by science. On the basis of films (e.g., "The Terminator", "The Fly"), film clips, TV shows, novels (e.g., "Solaris", "The
Futurological Congress"), novellas, and stories, we shall discuss such topics as progress, utopia, human perfectibility, the limits of science,
and the nature of knowledge.
11148 SLAVIC SLAV 660 SCI-FI: EAST AND WEST Mockler,Kerry
Bryna
Session: AT MW 3:00:00 PM to 4:15:00 PM CL 332 3 Credits
This course examines Slavic and anglophone science fiction comparatively. It assesses how a given culture's dominant values are
articulated in a popular genre that enjoys different status in the East (i.e., Eastern Europe) and the West (i.e., England and America). Those
values emerge in works that imaginatively posit "fantastic" situations rooted in biological, spatial, and temporal explorations beyond those
currently verified by science. On the basis of films (e.g., "The Terminator", "The Fly"), film clips, TV shows, novels (e.g., "Solaris", "The
Futurological Congress"), novellas, and stories, we shall discuss such topics as progress, utopia, human perfectibility, the limits of science,
and the nature of knowledge.
11147 SLAVIC SLAV 880 VAMPIRE: BLOOD AND EMPIRE Reed,Shannon
Bethany
Session: AT TTh 4:00:00 PM to 5:15:00 PM CL000G8 3 Credits
This course examines the phenomenon of vampirism in verbal and visual texts from different time periods in various cultures (Russia,
Poland, France, England, America). Why do vampires capture the imagination especially of Anglophone readers? What qualities does the
vampire incarnate? Which historical events and customs have triggered particular enthusiasm for depicting the undead? How have the
depictions of the vampire evolved over centuries? Our discussions will address these issues as we analyze stories, novels, and films
focusing on vampires from a variety of critical perspectives, contextualizing the works in the cultures that produced them.
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30816 SLAVIC SLAV 880 VAMPIRE: BLOOD AND EMPIRE Reed,Shannon
Bethany
Session: SE3 M 6:00:00 PM to 8:30:00 PM CL 358 3 Credits
30218 SLAVIC SLAV 1225 CROS CLTL REPRSTN PRISON 20THC Wright,Jarrell D
Session: AT MW 4:30:00 PM to 5:45:00 PM CL 142 3 Credits
This course examines artistic works produced in prison and artistic works about prison, addressing both the allure of the criminal world as
a form of entertainment and the function of art within prison as escapism and survival technique. In structure the course is broken into
three parts: the first part concentrates on prison writings and criminal culture in America; the second part focuses on the forced-labor camp
system known as the Gulag in the Soviet Union; and the third part examines Europe (Germany and Eastern Europe) during the Holocaust.
11371 SLAVIC SLAV 1710 UNDERGRADUATE TEACHER TRAINING Birnbaum,David
J
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 42372 Credits
This course prepares students to work in subsequent semesters as undergraduate teaching assistants. Admission requires permission of the
Department Chair.
11372 SLAVIC SLAV 1720 UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING Birnbaum,David
J
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 42372 Credits
This course prepares students to work in subsequent semesters as undergraduate teaching assistants. Admission requires permission of the
Department Chair.
10234 SLAVIC SLOVAK 20 ELEMENTARY SLOVAK 2 Votruba,Martin
Session: SE3 MW 6:00:00 PM to 7:15:00 PM CL 314 3 Credits
In beginning Slovak, the student develops elementary communicative competence in the Slovak language, with emphasis on correct
communication.
10235 SLAVIC SLOVAK 40 INTERMEDIATE SLOVAK 4 Votruba,Martin
Session: SE3 TTh 6:00:00 PM to 7:15:00 PM CL 314 3 Credits
This course is a continuation of Slovak 0030. It is the second semester of second-year Slovak language.
10237 SLAVIC SLOVAK 410 ADVANCED SLOVAK 2 Votruba,Martin
Session: AT to 3 Credits
This course is continuation of Slovak 0400. It is a second semester third-year course in Slovak language.
24407 SLAVIC SLOVAK 890 SLOVAK, CZECH & CNTR EURPN FLM Votruba,Martin
Session: AT T 2:30:00 PM to 5:25:00 PM CL 327 3 Credits
The course presents Central European filmmaking in its cultural context, and Central European culture through film. While it is structured
around Slovak and Czech filmmaking (e.g., early works by the Oscar-winning director of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' and one of
the most celebrated, dazzling film experiments), the course includes a limited number of Hungarian and Polish films, as well as one
acclaimed American film based on a Czech novel for comparison. The students learn to discuss them in their cultural context against the
panorama of life in Central Europe, as well as from the American perspective. Among the most frequent comments from anonymous
course evaluations have been, "very good communication with students, the class discussions are always a high point," and "I love those
films!" You need to be able to watch subtitled films, a few with a higher incidence of nudity, and be open to having your mind shuffled
around Central Europe, from Prague to a Gypsy village, from Bratislava, to Budapest, to the valleys of the Carpathians, and back. Most
films are shown in their entirety, with discussions and handouts. They can be viewed again individually on monitors in Hillman Library.
The course requires the students to write. There are weekly assignments, a midterm paper, and a final paper; no tests or quizzes. You may
choose to skip two of the weekly assignments. The focus is both on film aesthetics, and on the social implications of the content of the
films, which was considered crucial by Central European directors, screenwriters, and audiences. Anonymous comments have said, "my
critical writing skills have improved during the course," and "writing a paper every week stimulated my thoughts and I often considered
things I normally wouldn't." Several students have honed their writing skills sufficiently to have some of their class assignments, with
additional revisions, accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
11005 SLAVIC UKRAIN 20 ELEMENTARY UKRAINIAN 2 Lernatovych,Oksana
Session: AT TTh 9:30:00 AM to 10:45:00 AM CL 136 3 Credits
This is a course in second-semester, first year Ukrainian language.
26041 SLAVIC UKRAIN 40 INTERMEDIATE UKRAINIAN 2 Lernatovych,Oksana
Session: AT TTh 11:00:00 AM to 12:15:00
PM
CL 136 3 Credits
This is a course in second-semester, second-year Ukrainian language.
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19917 SLAVIC UKRAIN 410 ADVANCED UKRAINIAN 2 Lernatovych,Oksana
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 3 Credits
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20222 SLAVICH SLAV 1050 COMPUTATIONAL METHS IN HUMANIT Birnbaum,David J
Session: AT MWF 10:00:00 AM to 10:50:00
AM
TBATBA 3 Credits
This course introduces students to the use of computational modeling and programming to conduct text-based research in the humanities.
Course goals include 1) learning how to identify research questions in the humanities that are amenable to computational analysis and
processing and 2) designing and implementing XML-based computational systems to explore those questions. No prior programming
experience or knowledge of foreign languages required.
25746 SOC SOC 1319 IMMIGRATION IN EUROPE*** Whitehead,Jeffrey
Robert
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 3 Credits
This course is offered through Study Abroad Program. For details, see Study Abroad Program of the A&S Undergraduate Dean's Office.
12472 CBA-DEAN BUSECN 1508 INT'L ECON FOR MANAGR*** Olson,Josephine
E
Session: AT MW 9:30:00 AM to 10:45:00 AM MERVS 114 3 Credits
A description is not available at this time.
18064 ADMJ ADMJ 1234 INTRODUCTION TO CYBERCRIME
Session: SE3 M 6:00:00 PM to 8:30:00 PM LAWRN 205 3 Credits
Traditionally, crime has taken place in the physical world. Since the dawn of the internet, criminal activities on the web have been
continually increasing. Crime is no longer restricted to a town, city, state or even country as the Internet crime transcends all different
kinds of jurisdictions.
27625 CGS ADMJ 1234 INTRODUCTION TO CYBERCRIME Mancini,Stephen
William
Session: SE3 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
WEBTBA 3 Credits
Traditionally, crime has taken place in the physical world. Since the dawn of the internet, criminal activities on the web have been
continually increasing. Crime is no longer restricted to a town, city, state or even country as the internet crime transcends all different
types of jurisdictions. This is a CGS Web course with web based (BlackBoard) instruction and weekly online interaction is required.
Students must have reliable internet access to take this course.
19731 ADMPS ADMPS 3343 COMPARATIVE EDUCATION Jacob,William
James
Session: AT T 4:30:00 PM to 7:10:00 PM WWPH 5702 3 Credits
A description is not available at this time.
13427 ENGR ENGR 25 INT'L FIELD PROJ-CZECH REPUBLC Lalley,Kristine
Session: AT 12:00:00 AM to 12:00:00
AM
TBATBA 3 Credits
A description is not available at this time.
19597 PIA PIA 2305 FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMACY Skinner,Charles B
Session: AT Th 9:00:00 AM to 11:55:00 AM WWPH 3431 3 Credits
30945 PIA PIA 2324 PEACEMAKING AND PEACEKEEPING Savun,Burcu
Session: AT Th 9:00:00 AM to 11:25:00 AM WWPH 4430 3 Credits
17129 PIA PIA 2340 SPACE AND NATIONAL SECURITY Morgan,Forrest E
Session: AT M 9:00:00 AM to 11:55:00 AM WWPH 3600 3 Credits
13628 PIA PIA 2363 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY Skinner,Charles B
Session: AT T 9:00:00 AM to 11:55:00 AM WWPH 3431 3 Credits
20459 PIA PIA 2363 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY Skinner,Charles B
Session: AT T 3:00:00 PM to 5:55:00 PM WWPH 3431 3 Credits
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13633 PIA PIA 2366 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Rizzi,Michael T
Session: AT Th 6:00:00 PM to 9:00:00 PM WWPH 3431 3 Credits
23536 PIA PIA 2389 CRIMINAL OPERATIONS CYBERWORLD Ziemniak,Matthew
E.
Session: AT M 6:00:00 PM to 9:00:00 PM WWPH 3600 3 Credits
20335 KGSB-BADM BECN 2019 ECONOMICS FOR INTERNATNL BUS*** Olson,Josephine
E
Session: AT MW 9:30:00 AM to 10:45:00 AM MERVS 114 3 Credits
26446 LAW LAW 2225 INTERNATIONAL BUSINSS TRANSACT Brand,Ronald A
Liberatore,Beth
Terese
Horensky,Jaime
M
Session: GLT MW 9:00:00 AM to 10:15:00 AM LAW 113 3 Credits
25790 LAW LAW 5225 INTERNATNL BUSINESS TRANSACTNS Brand,Ronald A
Liberatore,Beth
Terese
Horensky,Jaime
M
Session: FPL MW 9:00:00 AM to 10:15:00 AM LAW 113 3 Credits
30094 LAW LAW 5365 INTRO RUSS & UZBEK LEGAL SYS Liberatore,Beth
Terese
Horensky,Jaime
M Stepanova
Sipper,Natalya
Session: FPL Th 4:30:00 PM to 5:50:00 PM LAW 111 2 Credits