Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2001
Russian (RUSS)

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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some RUSS courses.

RUSS 101   INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CUL Credits 4.00  Fall 01
Overview of the fundamentals of Russian grammar.  Includes pronunciation,
reading, oral practice, and translation.
Must complete RUSS 102 to receive
credit for RUSS 101.
001 SH 462 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Cooke, Olga               Enr: 3 Max: 0

RUSS 201   INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTUR Credits 3.00  Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Grammar review, reading of selected texts, conversation, and composition.
001 SH 560 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Cooke, Olga               Enr: 8 Max: 0

RUSS 301   CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION I             Credits 3.00  Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Emphasis on conversation based on the textbook (spoken and written text),
newspaper articles, Russian fairy tales, weekly web sessions, and occasional
films shown in class. Weekly compositions required.
001 FL 528 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 2 Max: 0

RUSS 309   SLAVIC CULTURES                          Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Interdisciplinary introduction to the main currents of Russian, Czech, and
Polish cultures. Key moments in history, social trends, music and the arts, the
construction of national mythologies through literature.  Also offered as SLAV
309.
001 SH 460 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Cooke, Olga               Enr: 2 Max: NA

RUSS 351   TOLSTOY                                  Credits 3.00  Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Study of major works of Tolstoy.  No knowledge of Russian required. Novels and
stories discussed include War and Peace; Anna Karenina; The Kreutzer Sonata;
Family Happiness; The Cossacks; "The Devil"; "The Death of Ivan Ilych"; "Father
Sergius"; "The Confession" and "Hadji Murad". Also offered as HUMA 382.
001 FL 528 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 7 Max: NA

RUSS 412   CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN FILM        Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Based on a selection of some of the best films by some of the best directors of
the region (Forman, Holland, Kieslowski, Polanski, Szabo, Wajda), this course
presents a panorama of Central-Eastern European filmmaking against a background
of a totalitarian political system. Also offered as SLAV 412 and HUMA 383.
001 FL 528 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Skorczewski, Dariusz      Enr: 0 Max: NA

RUSS 450   INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Content varies depending on student interests and the availability of
instructors.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0