Russian Media, Business, and Public Policy

3 Hours

Explore advanced writing and oral communication skills in the Russian language based on both a traditional approach to grammatical and lexical studies of the language and innovative use of current Russian media, including newspaper and magazine articles, news programs, DVD clips, and short films. Build both formal and informal knowledge of contemporary Russian and discuss the most important issues of Russian society. Russian 380E (Topic: Rus Media/Business/Policy) and 380E (Topic 5) may not both be counted.