Russian, Faculty of Arts

RUSS_V 100 (6) First-Year Russian

Introduction to contemporary Russian Oral practice, grammar, reading, writing.

RUSS_V 101 (3) Basic Russian I

Introduction to contemporary Russian. Oral practice, grammar, reading, and writing.

RUSS_V 102 (3) Basic Russian II

Continuation of RUSS 101.

RUSS_V 112 (3) Russian for Singers

Study of Russian language and culture for opera students.

RUSS_V 200 (6) Second-Year Russian

Intermediate oral practice, grammar, reading, composition. A special section may be provided for Science students. Credit will be granted for only one of RUSS 200 or both of RUSS 201 and RUSS 202. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 100, RUSS 102.

RUSS_V 201 (3) Second-Year Russian I

Intermediate oral practice, grammar, reading, composition. A special section may be provided for Science students. Credit will be granted for only one of RUSS 201 or RUSS 200. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 100, RUSS 102.

RUSS_V 202 (3) Second-Year Russian II

A continuation of RUSS 201. Intermediate oral practice, grammar, reading, composition. A special section may be provided for Science students. Credit will be granted for only one of RUSS 202 or RUSS 200. Recommended pre-requisite: RUSS 201.

RUSS_V 206 (3) Nineteenth-Century Russian Writers in Translation

The writings, lives, and thought of selected authors.

RUSS_V 207 (3) Twentieth-Century Russian Writers in Translation

The writings, lives, and thought of major Russian authors.

RUSS_V 215 (3) Russian Practice

Emphasis on oral practice and reading. It is recommended that this course be taken concurrently with one of the following: RUSS 200, RUSS 201, RUSS 202. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 100, RUSS 102.

RUSS_V 300 (6) Third-Year Russian

Intermediate oral practice, syntax and composition. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 200, RUSS 202.

RUSS_V 301 (3) Third-Year Russian I

Advanced intermediate oral practice, syntax and composition. Credit will be granted for only one of RUSS 301 or 300. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 200, RUSS 202.

RUSS_V 302 (3) Third -Year Russian II

Advanced intermediate oral practice, syntax and composition. Credit will be granted for only one of RUSS 302 or RUSS 300. Recommended pre-requisite: RUSS 301.

RUSS_V 303 (3-6) Topics in Russian Culture (in English)

Features of Russian culture with an emphasis on historical and social contexts. Specific course content will vary. Consult CENES for this year's offerings at https://cenes.ubc.ca/undergraduate/slavic-studies/russian-minor/

RUSS_V 305 (3) Readings in Russian Literary Texts

Texts are selected from 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century sources. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 200, RUSS 202.

RUSS_V 306 (3-6) Russian Literature in Translation

A comprehensive historical and critical presentation with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

RUSS_V 315 (3) Advanced Russian Practice

Continuation of RUSS 215. May be taken concurrently with RUSS 300. Recommended pre-requisite: RUSS 215.

RUSS_V 316 (3) Russian through Film (in Russian)

Conversation and composition using Russian film. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 200, RUSS 202.

RUSS_V 321 (3-6) Imagining Location in Russian Literature (in English)

Russian literature and film, focused around a particular geographical and cultural location.

RUSS_V 323 (3-6) Fantastic Worlds in Russian Fiction (in English)

Russian genre fiction and film (science fiction, fantasy and gothic).

RUSS_V 400 (3-6) Fourth-Year Russian

Advanced oral practice, reading and composition. Recommended pre-requisites: one of RUSS 300, RUSS 302.

RUSS_V 401 (6) Russian for Reading Knowledge

Russian for Reading Knowledge This course provides a reading knowledge of Russian, sufficient to enable students to understand scientific and scholarly material. Basic grammar and practice in the translation into English of texts in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Intended primarily for upper-year and graduate students.

RUSS_V 407 (3-6) Studies in Russian Poetry

For further details see Department. Recommended pre-requisite: RUSS 300.

RUSS_V 408 (3-6) Studies in Russian Prose Before 1917

See Department for further details. Recommended pre-requisite: RUSS 300.

RUSS_V 409 (3-6) Contemporary Russian Literature after 1917

See Department for further details. Recommended pre-requisite: RUSS 300.

RUSS_V 410 (3-6) Women in Russian Literature and Culture

Analysis of translated texts by and concerning women from folklore to contemporary society.

RUSS_V 411 (3) Tolstoy in Translation

RUSS_V 412 (3) Dostoevsky in Translation