98-99 University Bulletin Entry for:


Russian and East European Studies

(file last updated: [8/10/1998 - 15:27:44])


Objectives

Russian and East European studiesis an interdisciplinary program for students concentrating inother departments of the University. The purpose of the programis to allow students with an interest in Russia and the nationsof Eastern Europe to acquire knowledge and to develop skills inaddition to those gained in other concentrations. The programcombines and integrates courses from a number of departments andrequires students to participate in an interdisciplinary seminaror program of independent study that results in a formal researchproject. Students must elect the program in addition to theirregular concentrations; transcripts will indicate that they havecompleted the requirements of the program.


How to Become a ProgramMember

Interested students who haveno background in Russian or any other east European language areadvised to begin language training (with RUS 10a) in their firstyear. Appropriate placement of those with some knowledge of Russiancan be arranged by consultation with Professor Szulkin of theGermanic and Slavic languages department. Progress toward theprogram certificate will also be facilitated by early enrollment(usually in the sophomore year) in HIST 147a (Rise of ImperialRussia).


Committee

Andrew Swensen, Chair

(German and Slavic Languages)

Steven Burg

(Politics)

ChaeRan Freeze

(Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)

Gregory Freeze

(History)

Robin Feuer Miller

(German and Slavic Languages)

Antony Polonsky

(Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)

Barney Schwalberg

(Economics)

Robert Szulkin

(German and Slavic Languages)


Requirements for the Program

A.Students must complete the following courses: HIST 147a (Riseof Imperial Russia), HIST 147b (Russia Since 1861), and four semestersof Russian language.

B.Completion of one advanced course dealing with Russia, the formerSoviet Union, or Eastern Europe in three of the four disciplinesparticipating in the program (history, literature, politics, economics).Note that HIST 147a and 147b fulfill the history requirement.See list below.

C.Participation in the senior interdisciplinary seminar, REES 97aand b, when offered or completion of one semester of independentstudy, REES 98a or 98b, under the direction of one or more membersof the program faculty. The seminar will investigate a singleproblem that benefits from interdisciplinary analysis. Seminartopics vary from year to year.


Courses of Instruction

REES 97a and b Senior Seminar

For students completingRussian and East European Studies Program. Signature of the programchair required.

Seminar on topics determinedby student interests. Requires research using Russian or othereast European language materials.

Usually offered every year.

Staff

REES 98a Independent Study

Signature of the instructorand the program chair required.

Usually offered every year.

Staff

REES 98b Independent Study

Signature of the instructorand the program chair required.

Usually offered every year.

Staff


Elective Courses

The following courses approvedfor the program are not all given in any one year, so the CourseSchedule for each semester should be consulted.

ECON 25b

Transition and InstitutionalEconomics

ECON 32b

Comparative Economic Systems

HIST 149a

Soviet History: Major Issues,New Approaches

NEJS 167b

A History of the Jews in Warsaw,Lodz, Vilna, and Odessa

NEJS 168a

History and Culture of theJews in East-Central Europe to 1914

NEJS 168b

History and Culture of theJews in East-Central Europe, 1914 to the Present

POL 129a

East European Politics

POL 130b

Politics in Russia and Ukraine

POL 213b

Graduate Seminar: SelectedTopics in Comparative Politics

RECS 130a

Nineteenth-Century RussianLiterature

RECS 134b

Chekhov

RECS 137a

The Heroine in Nineteenth-CenturyRussian Literature

RECS 143b

History of Russian and SovietFilm

RECS 146a

Dostoevsky

RECS 147b

Tolstoy

RUS 148b

A Survey of Twentieth-CenturyRussian Theater: Chekhov to the Present

RECS 149b

Twentieth-Century Russian Literature,Art, Film, and Theater

RUS 150b

Russian Prose: UndergraduateSeminar

RUS 153a

Russian Poetry: UndergraduateSeminar

RUS 154a

Nabokov