Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
Russian (RUSS)

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

RUSS 102   INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CUL Credits 4.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I (Must complete first semester)
Continuation of Russ 101.
001 SH 562 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Rubins, Maria             Enr: 12 Max: NA

RUSS 202   INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTUR Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continuation of Russ 201.
001 SH 560 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Rubins, Maria             Enr: 3 Max: NA

RUSS 302   CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION II            Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continuation of Russ  301.
001 FL 517 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM      Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 2 Max: NA

RUSS 320   SLAVIC CULTURE: MOSCOW-SAINT PETERSBURG- Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course will examine Russian and Czech history, mythology, literature, and
art by focusing on three legendary centers of Slavic civilization.  We will
read selected passages from authors such as Kafka and Dostoevsky; listen to
music from Orthodox chants to Tchaikovsky and Dvorak; explore the Hermitage
museum through documentary footage, and view classic films including "The
Unbearable Lightness of Being."  Conducted in English. Also offered as SLAV
320.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM         Rubins, Maria             Enr: 3 Max: NA

RUSS 352   DOSTOEVSKY                               Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Study of the major works of Dostoevsky.  No knowledge of Russian required.
Novels discussed include The Brothers Karamazov; Crime and Punishment; The
Idiot; The Possessed; Notes form the Dead House; Notes from the Underground.
Also offered as Huma 381.
001 SH 303 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM      Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 5 Max: NA

RUSS 411   MODERN POLISH POETRY IN TRANSLATION      Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course is about two recent Nobel Prize winners and their even better
colleagues.  It is about the poetry of a country where poetry is taken
seriously...from time to time.  No knowledge of Russian required.  Also offered
as Slav 411.
001 FL 528 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Rybicki, Jan              Enr: 2 Max: NA

RUSS 450   INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Content varies depending on student interests and the availability of
instructors.
001 TBA - TBA                           Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 1 Max: NA