FOURTH YEAR RUSSIAN I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SLAVIC 276 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Read, interpret, analyze, and discuss a variety of texts from Russian literature and contemporary Russian media at the Intermediate High and Advanced levels. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Listen to, interpret, and discuss excerpts from contemporary Russian media sources at the Intermediate High and Advanced levels. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss, present, and write cohesive essays and presentations about topics relevant to contemporary life in the Russian-speaking world, including education, work and professional life, leisure and the arts, family life, and housing and urban/suburban life. Students will also write response papers to the assigned literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Reflect on and compare aspects of culture in Russian-speaking countries with US culture in the above-mentioned areas of contemporary life, and through critical reading of Russian literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Read, interpret, analyze, and discuss a variety of texts from Russian literature and contemporary Russian media at the Intermediate High and Advanced levels. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Listen to, interpret, and discuss excerpts from contemporary Russian media sources at the Intermediate High and Advanced levels. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss, present, and write cohesive essays and presentations about topics relevant to contemporary life in the Russian-speaking world, including education, work and professional life, leisure and the arts, family life, and housing and urban/suburban life. Students will also write response papers to the assigned literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Reflect on and compare aspects of culture in Russian-speaking countries with US culture in the above-mentioned areas of contemporary life, and through critical reading of Russian literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate