Review and continuation of basic skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Prereq., GRMN 1020 or 1030 (min grade C-). Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Satisfies arts and sciences language requirement. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2030.
Review and continuation of basic skills learned in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Prereq., RUSS 1020 or 1050 (min grade C-). Meets Maps requirement for foreign language. Satisfies arts and sciences language requirement.
Review and continuation of skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Provides an intensive introduction to cultural and literary texts of central and eastern European Jewish culture. Prereq., YIDD 1020 (min. grade C-) or placement.
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.
Third semester Hebrew builds on skills introduced in the first two semesters and focuses on speaking, comprehension, reading and writing. Students learn new veral 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Provides a comprehensive introduction to modern Nordic culture and society. Surveys the history of Nordic countries and examines their culture using art, architecture, literature, and film. Studies social issues, environmental concerns, and political patterns. In profiling aspects of culture and society unique to Nordic countries, students arrive at a conception of a collective Nordic identity. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.
Examines the social, cultural, technological, and artistic backgrounds of the Viking experience, charting the history of the period both within the Nordic region and Europe as well as North America. Additionally, looks at some of the lasting influences of the Vikings on Western civilization. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Provides a chronological overview of civilization in the area now known as Russia, from its beginnings to the end of the Romanov dynasty, paying particular attention to the geographic, social, artistic, economic, and political forces that have combined to give the Russian people and their culture their unique characteristics. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Introduces students to major trends in Russian culture from the 1890's to the present, through the study of literature, art, architecture, music, journalism and film in an historical context. Addresses such questions as: how have past events affected Russian society? How can we use knowledge about Russia's past to understand social and cultural forces today? Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Provides a general introduction to fairy tales including various theoretical approaches to classifying and interpreting them; introduces students to a wide selection of Russian folk and fairy tales. Examines the cultural, social and political values they reflect, as well as the continuing influence of fairy tales and folk beliefs in Russian literature, music, folk art, and film, as well as in the political propaganda of the 20th century. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Examines social culture and everyday life in Nazi Germany. Topics include the role of propaganda in the media and entertainment industries, anti-Semitism and suppression of ethnic, social and religious minorities, the role of education and youth organizations, as well as the role of women, the churches, and the effects of a controlled economy before and during World War II. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
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.
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.
Explores the changing role and cultural images of women as reflected in Russian folklore, medieval documents, and literature (fiction and non-fiction) of the 10th--19th centuries. Focuses on the construction of gender in traditional (patriarchal) Russian culture and on the strategies of women's resistance to the political, social and cultural implications of gender stereotypes. Although the course includes works of Russian women and men alike, it intends to revise the canon of Russian culture by reading them through the prism of the gender issues of their times. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Short stories by Thomas Mann, Kafka, Boell, and Grass, such as Death in Venice, Metamorphosis, and Cat and Mouse. Emphasizes literary themes, their traditions, and their cultural significance. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Introduces students to post-communist Russia, its values and ideologies. It is equally wrong to interpret post-Soviet society through the prism of the Cold War as through the models of contemporary post-industrial capitalism. Neither totalitarian nor liberal, contemporary Russia raises numerous questions about such ideological and cultural constructions as neo-liberalism and capitalism, nationalism, globalization, state power, and popular vs. high cultures. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.
Examines how the memory of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany is increasingly determined by the means of its representation, e.g., film, autobiography, poetry, architecture. Taught in English. Same as JWST 2502. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
Explores the origins, cultural significance, stylistic and thematic features of the German fairy tale, with emphasis on the Brothers Grimm; on artistic fairy tales by Goethe, Tieck, Brentano, and others; and, on modern retellings in literature and popular culture. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.