OSPMOSC 10M: Intensive First-Year Russian
Terms: Aut
| Units: 9
| UG Reqs: Language
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
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 5 units total)
Instructors:
Abashkin, A. (PI)
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.
Last offered: Autumn 2007
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
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.
Last offered: Autumn 2007
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom
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.
Last offered: Autumn 2007
OSPMOSC 31: Preparation for an Individual Social Research Project
Developing interesting, worthwhile, and feasible social research projects focusing on Russia. Topic selection, literature review, research design, proposal writing. Group discussion of readings and of individual research project proposals.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-4
Instructors:
Tuma, N. (PI)
OSPMOSC 47: First-Year Russian (SLAVLANG 2M)
Aut (Staff)
Last offered: Autumn 2008
OSPMOSC 51M: Second-Year Russian
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: Language
OSPMOSC 57: Social Inequality in Socialist and Post-Socialist Societies
Classical views of how societies are hierarchically organized in ways that perpetuate social inequality in power, wealth, income, and prestige. Extent to which various socialist/communist societies eliminated social classes and inequalities, the extent and nature of social inequalities in the Soviet era, and the social bases of those inequalities. Comparison of inequalities in power and material well-being in the USSR and Russia with inequalities in other socialist, post-socialist, and transitional societies, especially China.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Tuma, N. (PI)
OSPMOSC 61: Problems and Prospects of Post-Soviet Eurasia
Processes shaping the former Soviet Union or the Commonwealth of Independent States, including Russia and the newly independent states of Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Economic and political models since the break-up of the USSR. Changing geopolitics of post-Soviet Eurasia: political regimes, economic development, security, energy relationships, post-Soviet societies, religion, and globalization.
Last offered: Autumn 2007
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom
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