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Your search for courses · during 24FA, 25WI, 25SP · taught by vthorstensson · returned 10 results
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RUSS 102 Elementary Russian 6 credits
Continues Russian 101.
- Winter 2025
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): RUSS 101 – Elementary Russian with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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RUSS 102.01 Winter 2025
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤 · Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:40am-10:40am
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RUSS 110 Russophone Studies: Intensive Beginning 6 credits
For students with no previous training in or minimal knowledge of Russian. Simultaneous development of skills in speaking, reading, aural comprehension, and writing. Class meets four days a week for two hours. This course is conducted by members of Kazakh National University’s Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
- Spring 2025
- LP Language Requirement
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Russophone Studies in Central Asia program.
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RUSS 204 Intermediate Russian 6 credits
Continued four-skill development using texts and resources from a variety of sources. Emphasis on communicative skills.
- Fall 2024
- LP Language Requirement No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): RUSS 103 – Elementary Russian with a grade of C- or better or equivalent.
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 12:30pm-1:40pm
- TLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RUSS 207 Russophone Studies in Central Asia: Intermediate Intensive Grammar 3 credits
This course aims at vocabulary expansion and the assimilation and activation of everyday conversational structures and speech etiquette at the same time it develops familiarity with more complex principles of Russian grammar. This course is conducted by members of Kazakh National University's Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
Open only to participants in Carleton OCS Program: Russophone Studies in Central Asia
- Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Russophone Studies in Central Asia program and student has completed any of the following course(s): RUSS 205 – Russian in Cultural Context with a grade of C- or better.
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RUSS 209 Russophoe Studies in Central Asia: Intermediate Conversation 3 credits
This course is taken in combination with Russian 207. Emphasis will be placed on socially relevant topics. This course is conducted by members of Kazakh National University's Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
Open only to participants in Carleton OCS Program: Russophone Studies in Central Asia
- Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Russophone Studies in Central Asia program and student has completed any of the following course(s): RUSS 205 – Russian in Cultural Context with a grade of C- or better.
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RUSS 228 Russophone Studies in Central Asia: Contemporary Kazakhstani Culture and Post-Colonial Identity 6 credits
In this course we will study how contemporary Kazakhstani post-colonial identity is expressed and negotiated in the works of Russophone prose and poetry, as well as in film, theater, contemporary art, and urban space. Other topics will include the changing role of the Russian language in Central Asia, linguistic, gender and cultural hybridity, trauma and (post)memory, cultural, ecological and gender activism. Taught in English.
Requires Participation in OCS program in Kazakhstan
- Spring 2025
- IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Russophone Studies in Central Asia program.
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RUSS 228F Russophone Studies in Central Asia: Contemporary Kazakhstani Culture and Post-Colonial Identity in Russian 2 credits
This course will offer readings and discussions of Russian-language materials and short speaking and writing assignments. Students taking RUSS 207, 209, 307, and 309 are required to enroll in this supplement to RUSS 228. Taught in Russian.
Open only to student participating in Carleton OCS Program: Russophone Studies in Central Asia
- Spring 2025
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Acceptance in the Russophone Studies in Central Asia program and student has completed any of the following course(s): RUSS 205 – Russian in Cultural Context with a grade of C- or better.
- RUSS 228
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RUSS 242 Russian Short Story 6 credits
In their short prose masterpieces, just as in their famous novels, Russian writers showed formal excellence and bold insights into the big questions of life and death: What kind of life is worth living? What is true compassion and love? What is to be done about evil? We will read short stories by some of the greatest Russian writers, including Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov, Bunin, Nabokov, and Petrushevskaya, in the context of Russian culture and history. In English translation. No knowledge of Russian language or history is required.
In translation
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RUSS 242.00 Winter 2025
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- M, WLibrary 344 1:50pm-3:00pm
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RUSS 307 Russophone Studies in Central Asia: Advanced Intensive Grammar 3 credits
This course combines advanced work in Russian grammar, especially morphology and syntax, and fundamentals in composition, with conversational Russian. Expected preparation: Six credits of Russian at the 300 level.
Participation in Carleton OCS Russia in Kazakhstan program
- Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Russophone Studies in Central Asia program.
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RUSS 309 Russophone Studies in Central Asia: Advanced Practicum 3 credits
This course aims at skill development in speaking and oral presentation as well as in limited forms of composition. It is taken in combination with Russian 307 and conducted by members of Kazakh National University Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director. Expected preparation: 6 credits of Russian at the 300 level.
Open only to participants in Carleton OCS Russophone Studies in Central Asia program
- Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Russophone Studies in Central Asia program.