Program Requirements
The Honours Russian program is for students intending to pursue graduate studies or advanced careers in the field. Students must complete 60 credits in the program, and according to Faculty regulations, Honours students must maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.00 and maintain a minimum program GPA of 3.00.
By arrangement with the Department and subject to University approval, transfer credits will be accepted from Department-approved exchange/immersion programs.
Students who have acquired language competency elsewhere will replace lower-level courses with upper-level courses. A total of 6 credits may be taken in courses offered by other departments in the Faculty; these are listed at the end of this section. Students are particularly encouraged to select from LLC course offerings.
For admission into the Honours program and approval of all course selections, students must regularly consult with an academic adviser in the Department.
Honours students, according to Faculty regulations, also must complete at least a minor concentration (18 credits) in another academic unit.
Group A: Required Courses (12 credits)
- RUSS 452 Advanced Russian Language and Syntax 1 (3 credits)
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RUSS 453 Advanced Russian Language and Syntax 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Prose composition, translation, essay writing. An introduction to Russian stylistics.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 452 or equivalent
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RUSS 490 Honours Seminar 01 (3 credits) *
Overview
Russian (Arts) : This course is intended to allow students to bring together their knowledge of the general area of Russian & Slavic Studies and produce a synthesis appropriate to their level of development. The major exercise will consist of the writing of a research paper displaying their competence.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall or Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department
Restriction: Honours or Joint Honours in Russian and Slavic Studies
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RUSS 491 Honours Seminar 02 (3 credits) *
Overview
Russian (Arts) : This course is intended to allow students to bring together their knowledge of the general area of Russian & Slavic Studies and produce a synthesis appropriate to their level of development. The major exercise will consist of the writing of a research paper displaying their competence.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall or Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 490
* Note: Students must submit project proposals to their departmental adviser by March 15th or November 15th of the preceding term for individual reading and independent research courses.
Complementary Courses (48 credits)
Group B: Russian Language
0 - 24 credits to be chosen from:
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RUSS 210 Elementary Russian Language 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Reading, grammar, translation, oral practice.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Klimanova, Liudmila (Fall)
Fall
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RUSS 211 Elementary Russian Language 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Russian Language; continuation of RUSS 210.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Vinokurova, Valentina; Soltys, Marika (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 210 or equivalent
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RUSS 215 Elementary Russian Language Intensive 1 (6 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : An intensive introduction to the Russian language which covers the first year of the normal level, i.e. RUSS 210/RUSS 211 in one semester. The basic grammatical structures are covered.
Terms: Summer 2016
Instructors: Klimanova, Liudmila; Vinokurova, Valentina (Summer)
- RUSS 310 Intermediate Russian Language 1 (3 credits)
- RUSS 311 Intermediate Russian Language 2 (3 credits)
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RUSS 316 Intermediate Russian Language Intensive 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Continuing the Intensive program of RUSS 215 this course covers the second year of the normal level, i.e. RUSS 310/RUSS 311, in one semester. The basic grammatical structures are covered.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Klimanova, Liudmila (Fall)
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RUSS 400 Advanced Russian Language 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Advanced practical Russian grammar and composition. May include reading a variety of texts and media from classical to contemporary (literature, newspapers, TV, film, etc.).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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RUSS 401 Advanced Russian Language 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Advanced practical Russian grammar and composition. May include reading a variety of texts and media from classical to contemporary (literature, newspapers, TV, film, etc.).
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Kadyrbekova, Zora; Klimanova, Liudmila (Fall)
Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 400 or equivalent
Given in Russian
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RUSS 415 Advanced Russian Language Intensive 1 (6 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Continuing the Intensive program of RUSS 215 and RUSS 316, students will complete their study of the fundamental structure of modern literary Russian, including the morphology and syntax of the nominal and verbal systems.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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RUSS 416 Advanced Russian Language Intensive 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Continuing the Intensive program of RUSS 215/RUSS 316, students will complete their study of the fundamental structure of modern literary Russian, including the morphology and syntax of the nominal and verbal systems. Besides developing an oral facility in the language, this course introduces the student to the study of literature by analysing literary texts of prerevolutionary and Soviet Russia to see the use and verbal systems, syntax, stylistic levels, historical changes.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 415
Requires departmental approval
Note: Students entering this program with previous knowledge of or exposure to Russian may, with permission of the Department, replace this group with selections from Group C or D.
Group C: 200 level
9 - 12 credits to be chosen from:
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RUSS 217 Russia's Eternal Questions (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Exploration of cultural archetypes defining continuity and change from Peter the Great to the present; the Russian national identity, double-faith, Western and Slovophile influences, Mother Russia, superfluous men and the Eternal Feminine, anarchism, the avant-garde, Stalinism. Recurring themes traced in literature, art, film, music, pop culture and the applied arts.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Beraha, Laura A (Fall)
Fall
Given in English
Restriction: Permission of the instructor
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RUSS 218 Russian Literature and Revolution (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : The dramatic developments in Russian literature of the 20th century, from revolution, through conformity, to the ironies and anxieties of the post-Soviet era. Comrades, iconoclasts, absurdists, proletarians and aesthetes; the Gulag, the literary café, the music of the spheres, the crumbling Russian village; the reforging of humanity and the rediscovery of tradition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall or Winter
Prerequisite: None, but some background in Russian 20C history is helpful
Given in English
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RUSS 223 Russian 19th Century: Literary Giants 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : The Golden Age of Russian literature: from Pushkin, Lermontov, and Gogol to the first works of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. This course traces the rise of a coherent literary tradition in Russia, exploring authors’ relationships to the burgeoning tradition and to their historical and cultural context.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Berman, Anna (Fall)
Fall
Given in English
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RUSS 224 Russian 19th Century: Literary Giants 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : This course explores the masterpieces of late nineteenth-century Russian literature. From psychological realism and the novel of ideas to the rise of the great short story; Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Leskov, and Chekhov.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Berman, Anna (Winter)
Winter
Given in English
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RUSS 229 Introduction to Russian Folklore (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : An introduction to Russian folklore and folk belief: "dual-faith," traditional mentality, fairy tales, calendar rituals, folk songs, witches, healers and house spirits. The course will explore classic approaches to folklore studies as well as the influence of folk culture on Russian "high art."
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Taught in English
Group D: 300 and 400 level
12 - 33 credits to be chosen from:
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RUSS 327 Reading Russian Poetry (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Introduction to Russia's major poets and bards of the 19th and 20th centuries. Selected works from Pushkin to Brodsky and 20th century bards will be read in Russian.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: RUSS 316 or equivalent, or permission of the department.
Texts to be read in the original Russian, analysis and discussion to be conducted in English and/or Russian.
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RUSS 328 Readings in Russian (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : A general introduction to Russian prose, poetry and drama in the 19th Century. Selected texts will be read in the original and discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: RUSS 316 or equivalent, or permission of the Department.
Texts to be read in the original Russian; analysis and discussion to be conducted in English and/or Russian.
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RUSS 330 Chekhov without Borders (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Chekhov’s short stories and plays. The genre of the short story and its relationship to realist, modernist, and postmodernist aesthetics. Chekhov’s influence in Russia and abroad.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
Course will be given in English.
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RUSS 337 Vladimir Nabokov (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Cross sampling of short stories and major novels by Vladimir Nabokov; his life-long love affair with language and "aesthetic bliss"; his flouting of convention from Russia's Silver Age to post-McCarthy America. Lolita in and beyond the Russian context.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Beraha, Laura A (Winter)
Given in English.
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RUSS 340 Russian Short Story (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Russian stories that encompass the major aesthetic and thematic concerns of the short story genre. Recurrent themes of language's power and limits, of childhood and old age, of art and sexuality, and of cultural, individual, and artistic memory.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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RUSS 357 Leo Tolstoy (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : An in-depth exploration of the literature and thought of Leo Tolstoy. This course will cover his major works of fiction as well as non-fiction essays, diary entries, and letters, with the majority of the semester devoted to his great masterpiece, War and Peace.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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RUSS 358 Fyodor Dostoevsky (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : An in-depth study of the writing and thought of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Through reading Dostoevsky's major novels as well as some of his short fiction and journalism in the context of his times, this course will explore Dostoevsky's contributions to literature and philosophy.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Taught in English
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RUSS 382 Russian Opera (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : This course traces the development of the Russian opera tradition from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1950s. It explores opera's role in Russia's quest for national identity and its place in musical, literary, and political life, as well as responses to European opera trends. No knowledge of music theory required.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Berman, Anna (Fall)
Taught in English.
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RUSS 385 Russian Drama: from Pushkin to Chekhov (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Masterpieces of the Russian stage in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the emergence of a uniquely Russian dramatic sensitivity against prevailing European trends; the literary word in a public, political and/or avant-garde forum.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
At least 2 courses in literature and/or cultural studies.
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RUSS 390 Special Topics in Russian (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Exploration of a significant author, trend, theme or theory in modern Russian culture, including but not limited to the interface between literary works, the graphic and performing arts, ideology and national identity.
Terms: Summer 2016
Instructors: Berman, Anna (Summer)
Fall
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RUSS 427 Russian Fin de Siècle (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Russian poetry, prose, drama, book design and the visual arts from the Silver Age to WWI, from Chekhov to Blok and Belyi. The crisis of realism, decadence, symbolism, and its waning traced through the eternal feminine, the devil, the city, poetry as pure creation, and millennial crisis. Not open to students who have taken or are taking RUSS 465.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Course offered in English.
Prerequisite(s): At least 2 courses (6 credits) in literature and/or cultural studies.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RUSS 465.
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RUSS 428 Russian Avantgarde (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Russian poetry, prose, drama, the manifesto, street festivals and the explosion of experiment in the visual arts from WW1 to 1930. The avant-garde anticipates, transcends, responds and then succumbs to revolution.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): At least 2 courses (6 credits) in literature and/or cultural studies.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RUSS 466.
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RUSS 430 High Stalinist Culture 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Novels, films, art, architecture, pageantry, rhetoric and routine of the Stalinist 1930s-40s, including socialist realism as an aesthetic doctrine, utopian blueprint, target of parody, amalgam of a submerged avant-garde and state-controlled pop culture, precursor of the postmodernist simulacrum, self-proclaimed international style and/or uniquely Russian 20th-century project.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Beraha, Laura A (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RUSS 510
Given in English
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RUSS 440 Russia and Its Others (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : In-depth historical approach to cultural construction of Russian national identity and to the concept of the Other as a condition of self-representation: East, West, America, class enemies, dissidents, ethnic and sexual minorities, etc. Introduction to theoretical tools for approaching issues of national identity, alterity, (post)colonialism, exoticism, and orientalism. Not open to students who have taken RUSS 475 in 201301.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): At least 2 literature/cultural studies courses at the 200 or 300 level; or permission of the Department.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RUSS 475 in 201301.
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RUSS 454 Narratives of Desire (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : An exploration of desire as it was narrativized in Russian literature 1860-1900. The course draws on comparative examples from European literature as well as various theoretical approaches for conceptualizing love and desire.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): At least two literature courses at the 200 or 300 level or permission of the department.
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RUSS 470 Individual Reading Course (3 credits) *
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Supervised reading under the direction of a member of staff.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016
Instructors: Klimanova, Liudmila; Berman, Anna (Winter)
Fall
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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RUSS 475 Special Topics in Russ Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Examination of a significant author, trend, theme or theory in modern Russian culture, including but not limited to the interface between literary works, the graphic and performing arts, ideology and national identity.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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RUSS 500 Special Topics (3 credits)
Overview
Russian (Arts) : Focus on a critical theme, author or work, as determined by the current research interests of faculty and visiting faculty.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Given in English
Prerequisite: Permission of Department
* Note: Students must submit project proposals to their departmental adviser by March 15th or November 15th of the preceding term for individual reading and independent research courses.
Group E: LLC and Faculty of Arts
0 - 6 credits to be chosen from the following or their equivalent:
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ANTH 303 Ethnographies of Post-socialism (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Understanding postsocialism through engagement with ethnography that explores how markets interact with political rule, social forms, and the production of cultural values across different geographies and histories. This course focuses primarily on the former Soviet Union, East Germany, and China.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisites: ANTH 202 and one other 200-level anthropology course, U2 standing or above, or permission of instructor.
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ECON 331 Economic Development: Russia and USSR (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : Introduction to Russian and former Soviet economic development, structure, planning, management and performance. The former Soviet economy, attempted reforms, and the collapse of the U.S.S.R.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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HIST 216 History of Russia to 1801 (3 credits)
Overview
History : A survey of Russian history, from the origin of the Slavs to the establishment of the Kievan State, the coming of the Mongols, the emergence of Muscovy, and the rise of the Russian Empire.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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HIST 226 East Central and Southeastern Europe in 20th Century (3 credits)
Overview
History : Introductory survey of east central and southeastern European history from the twilight of nineteenth-century imperialism to the most recent expansion of the European Union. Consideration will be given to the two world wars and their consequences; nationalism, fascism, and socialism; and the revolutions of 1989.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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HIST 236 Russia from 1801 to 1991 (3 credits)
Overview
History : A history of Russia from 1801 to 1991.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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HIST 306 East Central Europe, 1944-2004 (3 credits)
Overview
History : An examination of important problems in the postwar history of east central Europe. Topics include: the establishment of Communist regimes; Stalinism and de-Stalinization; everyday life under Communism; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Prague Spring, and Solidarity; political opposition; culture; and the revolutions of 1989.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Szapor, Judith (Fall)
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HIST 312 Hist of Consumption in Canada (3 credits)
Overview
History : History of consumption in Canada since 1600 in relation to subsistence and the early market; modern class and gender relationships; conceptions of citizenship.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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HIST 313 Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1918 (3 credits)
Overview
History : History of the central European Habsburg Monarchy from its consolidation in the Thirty Years' War to its demise in the Great War. Topics include: counter-Reformation and the baroque, enlightened absolutism, the partitions of Poland, the revolutions of 1848, the rise of nationalism, and fin-de-siècle society and culture.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Krapfl, James (Fall)
Prerequisite: A course in European history or permission of instructor.
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HIST 316 Russia: Revolutions 1905 and 1917 (3 credits)
Overview
History : Reform and Revolutions: a comparison of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and of the Tsarist Empire and Provisional Government in 1917, with some discussion of the reforms that anticipated each cataclysm.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: A course in Russian, Soviet or European history
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HIST 326 Russia from 1905 to Present (3 credits)
Overview
History : 20th Century Russia, with particular attention to the rise and fall of the Soviet regime, Gorbachev's Perestroika, and the problems and accomplishments of post-Soviet society under Yeltsin and Putin.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Jabbari, Eric (Fall)
Prerequisite: one 200-level course in History or political theory
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HIST 406 Petrine and Catherinian Russia (3 credits)
Overview
History : The transformation of Russian society by Peter the Great and the problems and achievements of Russia's Golden Age under the enlightened despotism of Catherine II and of her son.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: A prior course in Russian or European history
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HIST 456 Russian Intellectual History 1825-1917 (3 credits)
Overview
History : Sequel to HIST 446, from the year of the Decembrist insurrection to the Bolshevik Revolution. Discussion of the Russian influence on European and American intellectuals in the 19th century.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: HIST 236 or a course in European intellectual history, or consent of instructor
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HIST 476D1 Seminar: Topics in Russian History (3 credits)
Overview
History : Topics in Russian history. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Students must register for both HIST 476D1 and HIST 476D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 476D1 and HIST 476D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 476D2 Seminar: Topics in Russian History (3 credits)
Overview
History : See HISP 476D1 for course description.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: HIST 476D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 476D1 and HIST 476D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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JWST 303 The Soviet Jewish Experience (3 credits)
Overview
Jewish Studies : Sovietization both fueled the modernization of Russian Jewry and contributed to its eventual suppression. This experience will be examined from two perspectives: history and literature. The interrelationship between culture and politics and the effects of ideology and censorship on literature will be discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Readings in English
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POLI 329 Russian and Soviet Politics (3 credits)
Overview
Political Science : This course explores the institutions of the Soviet system and pressures to reform this system. Examines specific changes made to the system through democratization and market reform. Compares these changes to similar transitions in other countries to assess possible twists in Russian's political future.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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POLI 331 Politics in East Central Europe (3 credits)
Overview
Political Science : Analysis of recent dramatic changes in East Central Europe in light of the historical development and current structure of these states, their relationship to their societies, with emphasis on diversity and its sources.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Popova, Maria (Fall)
Prerequisite: Some prior related course i.e. Comparative Politics or East European History or written consent of the instructor. Recommended POLI 329.
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POLI 419 Transitions from Communism (3 credits)
Overview
Political Science : Selected problems facing the Post-Soviet world. Themes include: new political institutions, parties, and groups; economic reform; social problems; ideological changes; the rise of ethnonationalism; linkages with the West.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Post, Vincent (Winter)
Prerequisites: One 200- or 300-level course in Comparative Politics required or written permission of the instructor; a Political Science, History or Sociology course on the USSR or Eastern Europe after WW II strongly recommended.
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
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SOCI 455 Post-Socialist Societies (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : The demise of Communist Party rule between 1989 - 1991 throughout Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The societal implications (e.g. class formation, gender relations, nationalism, corruption, religious freedom) of these dramatic economic and political changes.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: SOCI 210.
Note: For pre/corequisites and availability of Anthropology (ANTH), Economics (ECON), History (HIST), Jewish Studies (JWST), Political Science (POLI), and Sociology (SOCI) courses, students should consult the offering department and Class Schedule.
Students are particularly encouraged to select from the growing options available under the LLC course offerings; these are subject to Departmental approval.