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GRMN 1010-4. Beginning German 1. For students with no previous training in German. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 1030.

GRMN 1020-4. Beginning German 2. Prereq., GRMN 1010 (min. grade of C-). Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 1030.

GRMN 1030-5. Intensive Beginning German. Covers the same material as GRMN 1010 and GRMN 1020 in one course. Focuses on acquiring ability to understand and speak everyday German; on developing reading and writing skills; and on learning about the cultures of the German-speaking countries. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 1010 and GRMN 1020.

GRMN 1500-3. German for Reading Knowledge. Designed especially for graduate students. Emphasizes analytical skills for acquiring reading proficiency in specialized and technical German in one’s field of research. Recommended for pass/fail registration. Does not satisfy the arts and sciences foreign language requirement. Does not count towards the German major.

GRMN 2010-4. Intermediate German 1. Review and continuation of basic skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Prereq., GRMN 1020 (min. grade C-). Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Satisfies arts and sciences language requirement. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2030.

GRMN 2020-4. Intermediate German 2. Prereq., GRMN 2010 (min. grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2030.

GRMN 2030-5. Intensive Intermediate German. Covers the same material as GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020 in one semester. Offers review and continuation of basic skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking and oral comprehensive. Prereq., GRMN 1020 or GRMN 1030 (min. grade C-), or instructor consent. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: foreign language.

GRMN 3010-3. Advanced German 1. Reviews special grammatical topics, reading, and conversation. Students have the option of taking the internationally recognized exam Zertifikat Deutsch in GRMN 3010. Prereq., four semesters of college German or equivalent. Open to freshmen with instructor consent.

GRMN 3020-3. Advanced German 2. Expands and refines skills acquired in GRMN 3010. Students acquire a varied, precise, and idiomatically advanced vocabulary; an understanding of different registers, from the casual to the very formal; and an ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written German in a variety of social situations, including professional life. Prereq., GRMN 3010 or instructor consent.

GRMN 3030-3. Business German. Introduces students to the language of German business and economic life. Provides insights into everyday business practices and institutions, including Germany’s position in the European and world markets. Emphasizes acquiring basic business vocabulary and writing business letters and resumes in German. Prepares students for the exam Deutsch fuer den Beruf, a diploma recognized worldwide by business and industry. Prereq., GRMN 2020 or instructor consent.

GRMN 3110-3. German Literature from the Avant-garde to the Postmodern. Examines selected literary texts. Emphasizes longer unedited texts as well as critical skills. May be taken either before or after GRMN 3120. Prereq., GRMN 2020 or equivalent, or instructor consent.

GRMN 3120-3. German Literature from the Enlightenment to Expressionism. Examines selected literary texts of various periods. Emphasizes longer texts and critical skills. May be taken either before or after GRMN 3110. Prereq., GRMN 2020 or equivalent, or instructor consent.

GRMN 3130-3. Issues in German Philosophy and Literature. Examines selected interdisciplinary texts from the German literary and philosophical tradition. Topics address issues central to philosophical inquiry, and may include knowledge and its limits, mind and body, determinism and free will, reason and religious belief, and ethical problems. Prereqs., GRMN 2020 and 2030, or equivalent.

GRMN 3140-3. Current Issues in German Literature. Examines issues pervading contemporary German literature, such as concerns of youth, gender, stereotyping as it affects women and men in their relations with one another, loneliness and sexual frustration, work experiences, and other issues. Prereq., ability to read unedited German and to speak German.

GRMN 3150-3. Issues in German Politics and Literature. Examines literary and theoretical texts in German about the relationship between literature and politics. Topics may include history and revolution, political theater, feminist aesthetics, or terrorism. Readings and discussion in German. Prereqs., GRMN 2020 and GRMN 2030, or equivalent.

GRMN 3520-3. Open Topics in the Cultural Context. Examines topics in the cultures of German-speaking central Europe. Contact the departmental office for specific course offerings. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or equivalent, or instructor consent.

GRMN 3900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

GRMN 3930 (1-6). Internship. Provides an academically supervised opportunity for upper-division students to earn credit while working for public or private organizations. Students apply skills and knowledge earned in the major, and supplement their work experience through directed readings and assignments. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to junior and senior GRMN majors and minors.

GRMN 4010-3. Advanced Grammar and Stylistics. Offers a complete final review of German grammar and syntax and its more complex aspects. Prepares students for the Goethe-Zertifikat C1. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or instructor consent.

GRMN 4330-3. The Age of Goethe. German literature from 1770 to 1830. Close examination of representative texts from the periods of Sturm und Drang, classicism, and romanticism. Emphasizes philosophical and social background. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or instructor consent.

GRMN 4340-3. Seminar in German Literature. Intensive study of a particular literary period, author, or genre. Secondary sources are used. Course content differs each time. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or instructor consent.

GRMN 4450-3. Methods of Teaching German. Required of students who desire the recommendation of the department for secondary school teaching positions. For student teaching in German, see EDUC 4712 under the School of Education. Restricted to students who have been admitted to the teacher education program in the School of Education.

GRMN 4460-6. High School German Teaching. Part of the supervised student teaching in a secondary school required for state certification to teach German. Restricted to students who have been admitted to the teacher education program in the School of Education.

GRMN 4550-3. Senior Seminar: The Roles of Intellectuals and Academics in German Culture. Examines the articulation of the German bourgeoisie during critical periods in German history. Looks at specific groups and their participation in German public culture, e.g., writers, artists, journalists, academics, and political figures. Students work closely with a faculty advisor during the semester and are expected to produce a major research paper. Prereq., GRMN 3020 or instructor consent. Restricted to senior GRMN majors.

GRMN 4900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

German Courses Taught in English +

GRMN 5010-3. Bibliography and Methods of Research. Required of all German MA students. Training in the use of reference works for conducting research in the humanities and social sciences. Analysis of, and hands-on practice with, bibliographic tools specific to German, as well as reference tools inclusive of German-area materials but broader in their scope. Students learn proper procedure for manuscript preparation and submission. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5020-3. Applied Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching Methodology. Required of all graduate teaching assistants, this course provides a knowledge of the aspects of German linguistics that are important for teaching German and a survey of foreign language teaching methods and second language acquisition research. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5030-3. Foundations of Critical Theory. Study of selected texts from the German philosophical tradition of the 19th century, including substantial readings from Kant and Hegel, with attention to theoretical philosophy (epistemology) and practical philosophy (ethical theory). Required course for the graduate certificate in Critical Theory. Recommended prereq., some background in philosophy.

GRMN 5210-3. Seminar: The Age of Enlightenment. Examines the influence of the emerging middle class on the transformation of aesthetic and societal values. Major works of theory, philosophy, literature, and criticism by Lessing, Herder, Kant, J. E. Schlegel, and others. Examines major literary and cultural influences from France and Great Britain. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5220-3. Seminar: Topics in the Age of Goethe. Examines various aspects of German-speaking society from the 1770s to 1830s. Topics may include Sturm und Drang as social commentary; romantic theory in the wake of the French Revolution; romantic nationalism; the Faust theme; Weimar as a cultural center; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5230-3. Seminar: Concepts of the Self from Schlegel to Freud and Jung. Profound contributions to the discourses of modernity begin with romanticism and lead to the depth-psychology of Freud and Jung. Examines the major stages in this process: the symbolism of the self in romanticism (Schlegel, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Chamisso), the seminal role of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, and finally the emergence of the self as the hidden god in the thought of Freud, Jung, Hesse, and others. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5301-3. Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe. Same as GRMN 4301.

GRMN 5310-3. Seminar: Topics in the 19th Century. Examines the transformation of realism from Buechner to Gerhart Hauptmann. Topics may include literary responses to the Restoration; intellectuals and the Revolution of 1848; philosophy and literature; theatrical representations of woman, family, and gender; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5320-3. Seminar: The German Novel from 1901–1956. Beginning with T. Mann’s Buddenbrooks, charts the rise of the German novel in the early 20th century and examines such topics as Wilhelminian society; intellectuals and World War I; dehumanization and alienation; national socialism and literary exile; and others. Authors include T. Mann, H. Hesse, R. Rilke, F. Kafka, A. Seghers, and A. Zweig. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5330-3. Seminar: German Intellectuals and Society Between the Wars. Examines the period of social crisis and the intellectual responses to the collapse of the prewar order. Gives attention to the antidemocratic thought of Spengler, Juenger, Stefan George and his circle, to the emergence of existentialism with Scheler and Heidegger, and to the search for a new political humanism as evidenced by the work of Thomas Mann. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5410-3. Seminar: Topics in Early 20th Century German Society. Focuses on major issues, events, movements, and figures prior to World War II. Topics may include the ontology of lyric poetry; Berlin in the 1920s; exiles, their communities, and their writings; women writers from Andreas-Salome to Anna Seghers; topics in German film; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5420-3. Seminar: Topics in Later 20th Century German Society. Analyzes major currents and events such as the Holocaust, coming to terms with the past (Vergangenheitsbewaeltigung), German Democratic Republic (GDR) literature, and responses to the reunification. Topics may include the Austrians from Anschluss to Haider; Paul Celan; East German writers between Wolf Biermann and Christa Wolf; topics in German film; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., graduated standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5504-3. Goethe’s Faust. Same as GRMN 4504, HUMN 4504 and COML 5504.

GRMN 5510-3. Seminar: Open Topics in German Civilization. Focuses on cultural issues that cross lines of literary periodization. Topics may include the theater as social criticism from Lessing to Handke; forms of German protest from Luther to Thomas Mann; nihilism from Bonaventura to Thomas Bernhard; topics in German film; and others. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5520-3. Seminar: Current Issues in German Literature and Media. Examines issues pervading contemporary German literature and media, such as concerns of youth, xenophobia, stereotyping as it affects women and men in their relations, work experience, feminism, problems connected with the reunification, and other issues. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 5900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 6900 (1-6). Master’s Thesis. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

GRMN 6940 (1-3). Master’s Degree Candidate.

GSLL 1108-3. Introduction to Jewish History. Surveys Jewish history from the earliest times to the present. Includes biblical history; Judaism in late antiquity, medieval, and early modern times; and special emphasis on the 19th century to the present, including American Judaism, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, Zionism, and Israel. Same as HIST 1108 and JWST 1108. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

GSLL 3401-3. The Heart of Europe: Filmmakers and Writers in 20th Century Central Europe. Surveys the major works of 20th century central and central east European film and literature. Examines cultural production in the non-imperial countries and non-national languages of the region including Yiddish, Belarusian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian, among others. Traces the rise of nationalism over the course of the century from the age of empires through the Cold War. Same as JWST 3401.

GSLL 5230-3. Russian Cultural Idioms. Focuses on the critical analysis of the Russian cultural discourse through Russian idioms. Taught in Russian. Same as RUSS 4230.

GSLL 5352-3. Russian Novel: Theory and Practice. Examines the Russian novel and its evolution as well as Western and Russian theories of the novel as they engage and reflect upon the claims of modernity. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as COML 5352.

GSLL 5421-3. Gogol. Explores major fictional and dramatic texts of great Russian writer Nikolai Vasil’evich Gogol (1809–52)—“the strangest prose-poet Russia ever produced” (Nabokov). Works will be analyzed in the context of Western and Russian Romanticism. Relevant nonfiction texts will also be introduced when appropriate. Class will be run largely as group discussion, with necessary historical and critical background provided. Recommended prereq., RUSS 4811.

GSLL 5431-3. Dostoevsky. Focuses on close reading of major novels and other works by Dostoevsky, one of the most important psychological novelists in modern literature, a profound religious thinker, and the greatest crime novelist in the world. Same as RUSS 4431.

GSLL 5441-3. Tolstoy. Examines the developments of Tolstoy’s thought and literary style through study of the novel War and Peace and short works from different periods of Tolstoy’s writing. Same as RUSS 4441.

GSLL 5451-3. Chekhov. Analyzes the life and creative works of the author of some of the funniest and some of the gloomiest stories in Russian literature. Examines Chekhov’s major plays that laid the foundation for modernist theatre. Same as RUSS 4451.

GSLL 5471-3. Women in 20th Century Russian Culture. Acquaints students with major issues concerning women in 20th century Russian culture. Examines sources from folk culture, popular culture, and high culture (poetry, prose, songs, tales, visual art, and cinema) that mythologize or question women’s images and societal roles. All texts and films are offered in English translation. Same as RUSS 4471 and WMST 4471.

GSLL 5830-3. Topics in Literature and History. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as COML 5830.

GSLL 5851-3. Critical Thinking: Russian Film and Society. Through structured discussions, selected readings, and written assignments, examines topics in Russian film from socio-historical and cultural studies perspectives. Identification and critical analysis of concepts and assumptions underlying differing cinematic approaches to controversial topics. Same as RUSS 4851.

GSLL 5861-3. Absurd and Supernatural in Russian Literature. Studies themes of grotesque, bizarre, surreal, absurd, supernatural, and fantastic in Russian short stories and novels of the 19th and 20th centuries. Discusses works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Kharms, Bulgakov, Siniavskii, Petrushevskaia, and Pelevin, within contexts of Russian folklore, Freud and Jung’s interpretations of jokes and dreams, and Romanticism. Recommended prereq., one upper division humanities course. Same as RUSS 4861.

GSLL 5900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent required.

HEBR 1010-4. Beginning Hebrew 1. First semester Hebrew is a beginning level course designed for students who have little or no prior knowledge of Hebrew. Begins with learning the Hebrew alphabet and immediately starts developing rudimentary Hebrew conversational, reading and writing skills. By the end of the semester students are expected to have attained basic understanding and expressive abilities in Hebrew.

HEBR 1020-4. Beginning Hebrew 2. Second semester builds on Hebrew skills introduced in the first semester, with a focus on speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. Students learn new verbal tenses and paradigms. The course blends a communicative method with formal grammatical instruction. By the end of this semester students are expected to be able to converse in, comprehend, and produce written basic Hebrew. Prereq., HEBR 1010 (min. grade C-) or instructor consent.

HEBR 1030-3. Biblical Hebrew. This course is designed to enable students to read the Hebrew Bible in the original language. The focus will be the ability to read the various genres of the text, utilizing both the tools of modern language acquisition and the study of classical grammar methods. Same as JWST 1030.

HEBR 1040-3. Biblical Hebrew 2. Building on HEBR/JWST 1030, this course continues to build expertise in reading the Hebrew Bible. Modern language acquisition and classical grammar study methods equip students with the tools to translate and read the various genres of the Biblical material. Prereq., HEBR/JWST 1030 or instructor consent. Same as JWST 1040.

HEBR 2110-4. Intermediate Hebrew 1. Third semester Hebrew builds on skills introduced in the first two semesters and focuses on speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. Students learn new verbal tenses and paradigms, modes of expression and syntactical forms. The course blends a communicative method with formal grammatical instruction. By the end of the semester students are expected to be able to converse in, comprehend, and produce written Hebrew at an intermediate level. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Prereq., HEBR 1020 (min. grade C-) or instructor consent.

HEBR 2120-4. Intermediate Hebrew 2. Focuses on texts, while still developing speaking, comprehension and writing skills. Students build on grammatical understanding while learning some of the more sophisticated verbal paradigms and nominal patterns. The course blends a communicative method with some formal grammatical instruction. By the end of this semester students are expected to converse in, comprehend, and produce written Hebrew at an intermediate level. Prereq., HEBR 2110 (min. grade C-) or instructor consent.

HEBR 2350-3. Introduction to Jewish Culture. Explores the development and expressions of Jewish culture as it moves across the chronological and geographical map of the historic Jewish people, with an emphasis on the variety of Jewish ethnicities and their cultural productions, cultural syncretism, and changes. Sets the discussion in a historical context, and looks at cultural representations that include literary, religious, and visual texts. Taught in English. Same as JWST 2350. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

HEBR 2352-3. Introduction to Modern Jewish History. Explores the major historical events and socio-cultural themes in modern Jewish history including the French Revolution, the rise of modern anti-Semitism, the international migration of Jews, the Holocaust, and the establishment of Israel. Taught in English. Recommended prereq., HEBR 2350.

HEBR 2551-3. Jewish World Literature: Modern to Contemporary. Studies the literary expression of Jewish writers throughout the world in English translation. Gives special attention to questions of secularity versus tradition, identity, cultural change, diaspora and exile. Taught in English. Same as JWST 2551.

HEBR 3010-3. Third Year Hebrew, First Semester. Focuses on students’ active Hebrew language skills acquired in the first four semesters of Hebrew at CU Boulder in weekly conversation and composition sessions. Develops grammatical understanding with a further exploration of the root, verbal and noun systems. Students are introduced to texts in contemporary Hebrew fiction and poetry, as well as some biblical readings. Prereq., HEBR 2120 (min. grade C-) or instructor consent.

HEBR 3020-3. Third Year Hebrew, Second Semester. Focuses on students’ Hebrew language skills acquired in the first five semesters of Hebrew at CU Boulder in weekly conversation and composition sessions. Develops grammatical understanding with a further exploration of the root, verbal and noun systems. Students are introduced to texts in contemporary Hebrew fiction and poetry, as well as some biblical readings, academic texts and Israeli newspapers. Prereq., HEBR 3010 (minimum grade C-) or instructor consent.

HEBR 3202-3. Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Jewish Texts and Traditions. Reads some of the ways Jewish texts and traditions look at women, gender and sexuality from biblical times to the present. Starts with an analysis of the positioning of the body, matter and gender in creation stories, moves on to the gendered aspects of tales of rescue and sacrifice, biblical tales of sexual subversion and power, taboo-breaking and ethnos building, to rabbinic attitudes towards women, sexuality and gender and contemporary renderings and rereadings of the earlier texts and traditions. Same as JWST 3202. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

HEBR 3840-3. Independent Study. Prereqs., HEBR 1010, 1020, 2110, and 2120.

HEBR 3850-3. Independent Study. Prereqs., HEBR 1010, 1020, 2110, 2120, and 3840.

HEBR 4101-3. Topics in Hebrew Studies. Explores topics in Hebrew and Jewish literature and culture. These may include topics such as diasporic literatures, Jewish artists and thinkers, courses on specific authors, figures or communities. Topics change each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as JWST 4101.

NORW 1010-4. Beginning Norwegian 1.

NORW 1020-4. Beginning Norwegian 2. Prereq., NORW 1010 with a grade of C- or better.

NORW 1900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

NORW 2110-4. Second-Year Norwegian Reading and Conversation 1. Prereq., NORW 1020 with a grade of C- or better. Fulfills the arts and sciences language requirement for the BA and BFA. degrees. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language.

NORW 2120-4. Second-Year Norwegian Reading and Conversation 2. Continuation of NORW 2110, with focus on Norwegian culture and society. Small group work and class discussions. Prereq., NORW 2110 with a grade of C- or better.

NORW 3900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

RUSS 1010-4. Beginning Russian 1. For students with no previous training in Russian. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 1050.

RUSS 1020-4. Beginning Russian 2. Continuation of RUSS 1010. Prereq., RUSS 1010 (min. grade of C-). Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 1050.

RUSS 1050-5. Intensive Beginning Russian. Covers same material as RUSS 1010 and RUSS 1020 combined in one course. Focuses on acquiring basic grammar (all cases for nouns, adjectives and possessives, verb conjugations, in all three tenses), and ability to understand and speak basic everyday Russian. Develops basic reading and writing skills and provides exposure to the fundamentals of the Russian culture. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 1010 or 1020.

RUSS 1900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

RUSS 2010-4. Second-Year Russian 1. Review and continuation of basic skills learned in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Prereq., RUSS 1020 (min. grade C-). Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Satisfies arts and sciences language requirement.

RUSS 2020-4. Second-Year Russian 2. Continuation of RUSS 2010. Prereq., RUSS 2010 (min. grade of C-).

RUSS 3000-3. Advanced Conversation. Enables students to speak and understand contemporary Russian. Discussion topics and source materials vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., RUSS 2010.

RUSS 3010-3. Third-Year Russian 1. Review of Russian grammar coordinated with reading, speaking, writing, and understanding modern Russian. Uses some texts from modern Russian literature. Prereq., RUSS 2020. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 3060.

RUSS 3020-3. Third-Year Russian 2. Continuation of RUSS 3010. Prereq., RUSS 3010.

RUSS 3050-3. Business Russian. Studies general commercial practices, vocabulary, and terminology applied in various business transactions. Emphasizes oral and written communication and correspondence. Prereq., RUSS 2020 or instructor consent.

RUSS 3060-3. Advanced Russian for Heritage Speakers (Part 1). Enhances heritage student competence and performance in Russian language. The course offers intensive review of Russian grammar and focuses on developing advanced reading, writing and translation skills. Readings are selected from a wide range of contemporary writings that reflect current issues in Russia. Credit not granted for this course and RUSS 3010.

RUSS 3900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

RUSS 3930 (1-6). Russian Internship. Provides an academically supervised opportunity for upper-division students to earn credit while working for public or private organizations. Students apply skills and knowledge earned in the major, and supplement their work experience through directed readings and assignments. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to junior and senior RUSS majors.

RUSS 4010-3. Advanced Conversation and Composition 1. Prereq., RUSS 3020.

RUSS 4020-3. Advanced Conversation and Composition 2. Prereq., RUSS 4010.

RUSS 4060-3. Advanced Russian for Heritage Speakers (Part 2). Enhances heritage student competence and performance in Russian language. The course offers intensive review of Russian grammar and focuses on developing advanced reading, writing and translation skills. Readings are selected from a wide range of contemporary writings that reflect current issues in Russia. Recommended prereq., Russian languages skills equivalent to three years of college Russian.

RUSS 4210 (1-3). Open Topics: Russian Language and Culture. Selected topics in Russian literature, film, art, and music. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours when topic varies. Prereq., RUSS 3020.

RUSS 4230-3. Russian Cultural Idioms. Focuses on the critical analysis of the Russian cultural discourse through Russian idioms. Taught in Russian. Prereq., RUSS 2020 or instructor consent. Same as GSLL 5230.

RUSS 4900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Russian Courses Taught in English +

Nordic Studies Courses Taught in English +

SWED 1010-4. Beginning Swedish 1.

SWED 1020-4. Beginning Swedish 2. Prereq., SWED 1010 (min. grade of C-).

SWED 1900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

SWED 2110-4. Second-Year Swedish Reading and Conversation 1. Prereq., SWED 1020 (min. grade C-). Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Fulfills the arts and sciences language requirement for the BA and BFA degrees.

SWED 2120-4. Second-Year Swedish Reading and Conversation 2. Prereq., SWED 2110 with a grade of C- or better.

SWED 3900 (1-6). Independent Study. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.