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| CRN | Type | Section | Time | Days | Location | Instructor |
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| 10344 | independent study | ARRANGED | ||||
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| 48484 | lecture | FS | 05:00 PM - 06:20 PM | MW | room 1140 Foreign Languages Bldg | Berkovitch, N |
| 3 hours Departmental Approval Required Introductory Russian for Engineering Students studying in Russia in 2007-2008. Restricted to Engineering students. 3 credit hours. |
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| 49102 | lecture | HM | 04:00 PM - 05:20 PM | R | room 124 Burrill Hall | Murav, H |
| 2 hours Russian 199 Topic - Death and the Meaning of Life: The Death of Ivan Ilyich Read Tolstoy?s short novel about a judge who comes to reevaluate the meaning of his life as he dies from a mysterious illness. View films about the stigma of disease and death, including Philadelphia and Kurosawa?s Ikiru. Explore artworks that visually represent illness and suffering. Participate in an online Tolstoy game, and lead a discussion group with your friends. 2nd half of Spring Semester, 2008 2 credits. Thu, 4-5:20. Meets 10-Mar-08 - 30-Apr-08. |
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| 48398 | lecture | SH | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM | TR | room 3150 Foreign Languages Bldg | Hill, S |
| 3 hours Topic: "HERITAGE OF RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN NAMES IN ENGLISH." An attempt to "demystify" the wide array of people's names and nicknames, geographic names, literary characters' names, as well as abbreviations and technical terms, which over the centuries have made their way into English, from Russia and other East European nations. (Approach is similar to Classics courses that examine and explain English words and phrases inherited from Latin and Greek.) Lectures and readings in English. No prior knowledge of Russian or other foreign languages is necessary. |
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