OSPMOSC 10M: Intensive First-Year Russian
Terms: Aut
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Units: 8
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Sidyganova, A. (PI)
OSPMOSC 12: Moscow in 20th Century Russian Literature: Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita & Boris
Close reading of these two major Russian novels in which the theme of Moscow plays a most significant role. The place of both works in Soviet culture of Stalin's age. Contrast of artistic manners of the two authors in context of the different 19th century literary traditions they adhered to and their relation to the doctrine of Socialist realism imposed on Soviet writers during this epoch. The way historical events and conditions are addressed and reflected in these works.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
OSPMOSC 15: Academic Internship
Placements in areas such as banking, finances, consulting, journalism, language teaching, and technology. Introduction to Russian society and work experience. Evaluation and analysis of experience in final academic paper.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 2-3
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors:
Abashkin, A. (PI)
OSPMOSC 16B: Tutorial in Russian Literature
Terms: offered occasionally
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Units: 1-5
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
OSPMOSC 18: Poetry, Painting and Music of the Russian Avant-garde
Interrelationships between poetry and other arts in Russia from 1905-1930; pursuit of synthesis of arts; modernist agenda of life-creation and immortality. Parallel developments in literature, painting and music. Works of Russian modernist poetry (Mayakovsky, Khlebnikov, Pasternak, Tsvetaeva and others) in the context of changes in the language of visual arts (Cubism, Futurism, Suprematism) and music (Scriabin, Stravinsky, Prokofiev). Role of women-poets and women-artists in avant-garde currents. Impact of scientific discoveries and technological inventions on character of artistic experimentation. Readings in English.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
OSPMOSC 19: Islam in Russia: Challenges and Historical Experience
Basic concepts, sources of, and approaches to Islam in Russian studies. Islamic geography, history, and sociology of Islam in Russia. The Muslim question as is emerged, developed, and affected Russia from the eighteenth century to the present.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
OSPMOSC 20: The Soviet Union in World War II
WW II on the eastern front, one of the bloodiest and most brutal wars in history. Focus is on the military and political conduct of the war, and the impact of the war on the Soviet society.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
OSPMOSC 22: Russia and the World
Foreign policy of the Russian Federation as it tries to establish its place in the post-communist world. Internal debates about where Russia belongs in the world; impact of military decline on Russian policy; rise of energy resources as a basis for Russian power.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
OSPMOSC 25: Russian Short Stories of the 19th and 20th Centuries
The short story as a hybrid and flexible form; its use to express philosophical, ethical, aesthetic, satiric, and social ideas. Its open structure; metaphors and poetic similes; depiction of conditions of reality. Authors may include Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Bunin, Gorky, Platonov.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
OSPMOSC 26: Moscow Landscape: Architecture, Music, and Museums
Introduction to Moscow culture. City planning from the 15th century to the present: palaces, monasteries, churches, cultural institutions, and housing construction. Political, economic, and social context. Concept of a metropolis applicable to other world cities.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)