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IAH 241C - Creative Arts and Humanities: Global Cultural and Artistic Traditions (I)

Global artistic and cultural movements and styles, introduced through works of art, music, literature, philosophy, and religion. Presented in historical context. Specific eras and works variable by term.

Average Grade - 3.363
Median Grade - 3.5
568 total students

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LL 250D - Topics in National Cinemas: Russian and Soviet Cinema

Development of Russian and Soviet cinematic styles and traditions in their historical and social context. Major films and directors. Introduction to film technique and analysis. Taught in English.

Average Grade - 3.729
Median Grade - 4.0
36 total students

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RUS 101 - Elementary Russian I

Russian language and culture. Development of skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing.

Average Grade - 3.382
Median Grade - 4.0
17 total students

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RUS 201 - Second-Year Russian I

Intermediate-level development of Russian communication skills. Presentation and discussion of original oral and written texts on aspects of Russian life and culture.

Average Grade - 3.593
Median Grade - 4.0
75 total students

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RUS 202 - Second-Year Russian II

Further intermediate-level development of Russian communication skills. Further presentation and discussion of original oral and written texts on aspects of Russian life and culture.

Average Grade - 3.194
Median Grade - 3.5
36 total students

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RUS 232 - 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation

Writings of Chekhov, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Petrushevskaya as they examine the individual’s search for identity in twentieth-century Russian society.

Average Grade - 3.718
Median Grade - 4.0
85 total students

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RUS 250 - Russian and Soviet Cinema

Development of Russian and Soviet cinematic styles and traditions in their historical and social contexts. Major films and directors. Introduction to film technique and analysis. Taught in English.

Average Grade - 3.810
Median Grade - 4.0
37 total students

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RUS 311 - Advanced Russian: Oral Communication

Development of listening comprehension and oral communication in Russian. Expansion of vocabulary, development of fluency, and use of idiomatic expressions. Review of grammatical structures relevant for speaking.

Average Grade - 3.950
Median Grade - 4.0
40 total students

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RUS 341 - Russian Life and Culture of the 20th Century

Social, political, intellectual, and artistic life of twentieth-century Russia. Texts read in Russian.

Average Grade - 3.975
Median Grade - 4.0
40 total students

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RUS 420 - Russian Life and Culture Before World War I

Advanced Russian language course. Social and cultural developments in Russia before 1914, using primary documents and films. Themes include Russian folk belief, life under the Tsars, the place of minorities in the Russian empire, and gender issues in Russia.

Average Grade - 3.733
Median Grade - 4.0
135 total students

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RUS 421 - Russian Life and Culture in the 20th Century

Advanced Russian language course. Social and cultural developments in Russia and the Soviet Union between 1914 and 1991, using primary documents, television shows, and films. Themes include the revolutions of 1917, the rise of Stalin, the Cold War, the place of minorities in the Soviet Union, and the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
16 total students

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RUS 440 - Contemporary Russian Life and Culture (W)

Advanced Russian language course. Social and cultural developments in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union. Significant internet component. Themes include Russian life today, organized crime and business, conflict in Chechnya, and Russian attitudes toward the United States.

Average Grade - 3.770
Median Grade - 4.0
129 total students

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RUS 441 - Russian Literature (W)

Advanced Russian language course. Reading and discussion of key works of Russian literature. Frequent interpretive essays.

Average Grade - 3.848
Median Grade - 4.0
56 total students

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RUS 490 - Independent Study

Special projects arranged by an individual student and a faculty member in areas supplementing regular course offerings.

Average Grade - 3.931
Median Grade - 4.0
29 total students

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RUS 491 - Special Topics in Russian Studies

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group study basis.

Average Grade - 3.966
Median Grade - 4.0
44 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2013

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