Course Brochure

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:

  1. History 30 and 31;
  2. four semesters of Russian or another East European language;
  3. Slavic 30, an introductory survey course;
  4. Slavic 60, an interdisciplinary seminar;
  5. one to three courses in Slavic language and literature, with at least one in literature;
  6. one to three courses in Russian and East European history;
  7. one to three courses from among the following:

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.


Summer 1998

Session One - May 21 to June 26, 1998

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

Session Two - July 1 to August 5, 1998

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


Fall 1998

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


Study Abroad

Prague, Czech Republic

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.

Saratov, Russia

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.


Special Opportunities

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.

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