Courses in Russian and East
European Studies
Summer and Fall 1998
Produced by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina to assist students with Summer and Fall 1998 registration by providing a condensed list of courses offered in various departments relating to Slavic and East European studies. This brochure is a preliminary listing of courses scheduled to be offered. It is not an official publication of the Registrar's Office, which is the authority for resolution of any discrepancies or errors contained in this brochure.
Major in Russian and East European Area Studies
The Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies exposes the student to a language and the history, culture and institutions of the Russian and East European area. The program draws on the resources of several departments and provides both a range of perspectives and a unified understanding of the region and its peoples. The Curriculum is administered by the Joint Duke-UNC center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. The program is intended to prepare students for careers in the federal government, journalism, teaching, and graduate work in the various disciplines.
Core requirements for the major:
Art 112; Classical Archaeology 51; Classics 118; Economics 67, 168; Political Science 55, 57, 121.
Interested students should contact Nicolae
Harsanyi to discuss specific requirements and opportunities.
Slavic Languages and Literatures Majors and Minors
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures offers programs leading to the BA in Slavic Languages through courses in languages, literature, and linguistics. Majors and minors in Russian Language and Literature and Slavic and East European Linguistics provide preparatory training for government employment, business, journalism, and teaching, as well as graduate study in a range of disciplines.
Five semesters of Russian language (RUSS 1, 2, 3, 4, 21) provide a core foundation and entry to all the Slavic Department majors and minors.
Major in Russian Language and Literature
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32, 111 and 50, plus three electives chosen from among the literature and language courses offered by the department, two of which should be at the 100 level, with no more than one a course in literature in translation.
Minor in Russian Language
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32 and 111.
Major in Slavic and East European Linguistics
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32 and 101, plus two semesters of a language of another East Central European, Balkans or former USSR country. In addition, Linguistics 30, a course in Slavic linguistics, and another course at the 100 level in the department should be completed.
Minor in Russian and East European Literature in Translation
Students should complete five courses in literature in translation, with at least three being at the 100 level.
Contact the Slavic Department Undergraduate Advisor, Christopher Putney, for more specific requirements and opportunities in these majors and minors. All majors can be completed with honors. A minimum overall GPA of 3.2 and a major GPA of 3.5 are required for eligibility. For more information on the requirements for honors, please contact the appropriate Undergraduate Advisor.
ECON 161 International
Economics
MTWRF 11:30-1:00 Field
POLI 055 Soviet/Post-Soviet
Politics
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 Schwartz
RELI 024 Introduction
to Judaic Civilization
MTWRF 1:15-2:45 Sandgren
RELI 010 World Religions
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 Stewart
HIST 018 Contemporary
World Since 1945
MTWRF 11:30-1:00 Jones
HIST 031 Russia 1861-Present
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 Brooks
HIST 089 Peace &
War
Interdisciplinary study; theory, militarism, international system,
internal order and the search for peace.
MTWRF 1:15-2:45 Brooks
INTS 077 Global Issues
The transition from authoritarian to democratic rule. Focus on
Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union.
MTWR 4:15-6:15 Tarifa
LING 030 Introduction
to Language
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 Staff
POLI 085 Asia and World
Affairs
Survey of relations between the U.S. and Asian powers: China,
the USSR, and Japan. MTR 3:15-5:50 White
POLI 086 International
Relations World Politics
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 Obler
MTWRF 8:00-9:30 Bos
RELI 010 World Religions
MTWRF 11:30-1:00 Thompson
ANTH 080 War and
Society
Surveys political, economic, cultural, and feminist approaches
to war and war preparation.
TR 12:30-1:45 Lutz
CLAS 045 Women
Of Byzantium
TR 12:30-1:45 Connor
CZCH 103 Intermediate
Czech
MWF 9:00-9:50 Staff
ECON 059 Introduction
to Economic Thought
TR 12:30-1:45 McFarland
ECON 067 Comparative
Economic Systems
Survey of U.S., French, Yugoslav, Soviet, and Chinese economic
systems.
MWF 8:00-8:50 Rosefielde
ECON 160 European
Economic Integration
TR 9:30-10:45 Black
ECON 161 International
Economics
TR 2:00-3:15 Conway
MWF 12:00-12:50 Field
ECON 168 Soviet/Post-Soviet
Economic System
MWF 9:00-9:50 Rosefielde
HIST 017 20th
Century Europe
TR 2:00-3:15 Jarausch
HIST 018 Contemporary
World Since 1945
MWF 10:00-10:50 Fletcher
TR 11:00-12:15 Staff
TR 12:30-1:45 Staff
HIST 030 Russia
To 1861
MWF 10:00-10:50 Griffiths
HIST 031 Russia
1861-Present
TR 12:30-1:45 Raleigh
HIST 036 Intro
to Islamic Civilization
TR 11:00-12:15 Shields
HIST 060 Eastern
Europe Since 1815
TR 11:00-12:15 Jolluck
HIST 090 E. Eur.
Women and War in 20th Cen.
004 T 2:00-4:50 Jolluck
005 National Identity
and Ethnicity
Legacies of Russian and Soviet Imperialism
T 2:00pm-4:50 Brooks
HIST 185 Russia
1796-1917
TR 11:00-12:15 Brooks
HIST 204C Soviet
History
W 1:00-3:50 Raleigh
INTS 092 Current
Topics in International Studies
TR 9:30-10:45 Booth; Honors: T 2:00-4:50 Ulin
LING 030 Introduction
to Language
MW 12:00-12:50 (+rec) Crowhurst
MWF 9-9:50, 10-10:50, 11-11:50 Staff
TR 2:00-3:15 Staff
Honors: TR 3:00-4:45 Webelhuth
MACD 101 Elementary
Macedonian
MW 3:00-4:15 Greenburg
PHIL 037 Social
Ethics and Political Thought
MWF 8:00-8:50 Staff; TR 3:30-4:45 Adams
PHIL 068 Ethics
of Peace, War, and Defense
Authority of the state, pacifism, national defense, ethics of
revolution, war in the nuclear age
MWF 8:00-8:50 Staff
PHIL 078 Political
Philosophy
Philosophical approaches to justice, authority, and freedom. Libertarianism,
Liberalism, Communitarianism, Marxism, and Feminism.
TR 3:30-4:45 Long
PHIL 130 Recent
Developments in Political Philosophy
T 2:00-4:30 Postema
PLSH 101 Elementary
Polish
MWF 9:00-9:50 Levine
POLI 055 Politics
of USSR/ Successor States
MWF 10:00-10:50 Schwartz
POLI 057 Politics
of East Central Europe
MW 8:00-9:15 Hicks
Honors: MW 2:00-3:15 Hicks
POLI 086 International
Relations World Politics
MW 11:00-11:50 (+rec) McKeown
TR 8:00-9:15 Kono MWF 1:00-1:50 Scott
POLI 114 European
Societies
Commonalties and differences and difficulties of integration process
TR 3:30-4:45 Von Wahl
POLI 141 Theories
of War and Peace
TR 9:30-10:45 Biddle
RELI 024 Introduction
to Judaic Civilization
MW 12:00-12:50 Halpern
RELI 025 Introduction
to Islamic Civilization
TR 11:00-12:15 Sheilds
SERB 101 Elementary
Serbo-Croatian
MWF 9:00-9:50 Vuletic
SERB 103 Readings
in Serbo-Croatian
TR 3:30-4:45 Vuletic
SERB 111 Serbo-Croatian
Literature
TR 12:30-1:45 Vuletic
SLAV 029H East
European Literature
An introduction to the literatures of Eastern Europe, political
and social influences.
TR 2:00-3:15 Debreczeny
SLAV 044 Slavic
Reading
TBA Staff
SLAV 097 Honors
Reading
TBA Staff
SLAV 100 Old Church
Slavonic
MWF 10:00-10:50 Greenberg
SLAV 125 Topics
in Slavic Literature: The Russian Fairy Tale
TR 11:00-12:15 Holmgren
SLAV 200 Slavic
Pro-Seminar
T 2:00-4:45 B. Holmgren
RUSS 001 Elementary
Russian
MWF 8:00, 10:00, 12:00, 3:00 Staff
RUSS 002 Elementary
Russian
MWF 8:00-8:50 Staff
RUSS 003 Intermediate
Russian
MWF 8:00-8:50, 12:00-12:50 Staff
RUSS 004 Intermediate
Russian
TBA Staff
RUSS 011 Intermediate
Russian Conversation
TR 3:30-4:20 Staff
RUSS 021 Russian
Conversation
MWF 8:00-8:50, 2:00-2:50 Staff
RUSS 031 Advanced
Russian Grammar
MWF 1:00-1:50 Staff
RUSS 044 Selected
Readings in Russian
TBA Staff
RUSS 070 19th
Century Russian Literature
Introduction to Russian prose fiction, including Pushkin, Gogol,
Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy.
MWF 11:00-11:50 Levine
RUSS 097 Honors
Reading Course
TBA Staff
RUSS 101 Structure
of Modern Russian
MWF 1:00-1:50 L. Feinberg
RUSS 111 Advanced
Russian Conversation and Composition
MWF 2:00-2:50 E. Magomedova
RUSS 121 Advanced
Russian Practicum
TBA Staff
RUSS 190 Teaching
Methodologies
W 11:00-11:50 E. Magomedova
RUSS 207 Russian
Stylistics
MW 11:00-12:15 E. Magomedova
RUSS 251 Pushkin
(Undergraduates with sufficient Russian should see the instructor
to enroll.)
TR 9:30-10:45 Debreczeny
RUSS 266 Russian
Symbolism
MW 3:00-4:15 Feinberg
This new semester-long program, open to both undergraduate and graduate students, begins Fall 1998 at Jerome of Prague College. Students have the opportunity to complete an independent research project and four courses chosen from a variety of fields in the humanities and social sciences including Czech language and literature. Internships with local or multinational companies or Czech political institutions are also possible. Students are housed at the Komensky Dorm within walking distance of the Prague Castle.
The Saratov program combines intensive Russian language training with instruction in Russian literature, area studies, and culture. The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students with at least four semesters of Russian language instruction The city of Saratov, founded in 1590, is located on the banks of the Volga river. Students have the option of living with a Russian family or in a private apartment.
For more information contact the Center at 962-0901 or the Study Abroad Office at 962-7001.
Our Center sponsors a number of activities every year, including frequent lectures, visiting professors, and special seminars. UNC-Chapel Hill also has a rich collections of books and periodicals on Russia, the USSR, and Eastern Europe in the relevant languages, as well as in English and other Western languages.
For more information on any of the listings in this brochure, please contact the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, or the registrar's office, or consult the published course listings.