RUSS 101-102: Elementary Russian I and II.
Introduction to contemporary spoken and written forms of Russian; emphasis on communicative competence.

RUSS 201-202-203: Intermediate Russian I, II, and III.
Preq: Russian 102. Study of the more complex grammatical structures of Russian; emphasis on developing communicative competence and basic skills in reading and writing.

RUSS 301: Russian Conversation.
Preq: Russian 203. Emphasis on developing conversational fluency in Russian in a variety of academic and social contexts.

RUSS 302: Russian Composition.
Preq: Russian 203. Development of skills in writing Russian in a variety of academic and social contexts.

RUSS 303: Russian Phonetics.
Preq: Russian 203. Intensive study of the Russian phonological system; exercises for refining skills in pronunciation, intonation, and stress patterns.

RUSS 310: Russian Short Prose Fiction.
Preq: Russian 301 or consent of instructor. In Russian. Russian short story, skazka, rasskaz, povest' and the novella. Includes works by Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Chekhov, Babel, Rasputin, Tolstaya, Makanin, and others.

RUSS 425: Russian Literature in English Translation.
Representative works of Russian literature from a specific period, movement or genre. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Offered in English translation. May not be counted towards a minor in Russian. Also listed as English 425.*