{"id":17,"date":"2010-08-12T17:31:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T17:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/german-russian\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:20:29","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/german-russian-studies\/academics\/russian\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"catalog-block catalog-course-listing departmental-course-listing\"><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1665\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 101: Elementary Russian I<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course, offered in the fall semester as part of a yearlong sequence, introduces students to Russian language and culture with an emphasis on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students also engage with contemporary Russian culture and everyday life through a variety of authentic texts including music, film, and television. Conducted in Russian.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [CP]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Cheryl Stephenson, Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+101\" target=\"course-1665\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1666\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 102: Elementary Russian II<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course, offered in the winter semester, is a continuation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20101\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS 101\" >RUSS 101<\/a> with an emphasis on acquiring all four language competencies. The course continues to foster building basic fluency and ability to read simplified passages in Russian. Students continue their immersion in Russian culture through authentic materials including music, animation, film, and social media. Conducted in Russian.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [CP]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic, Cheryl Stephenson<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+102\" target=\"course-1666\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1667\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 111: Protestors, Punks, and Pioneers: Youth in Eastern Europe<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course examines the role of youth and student culture in shaping East European societies in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Course materials including film, literature, journalism, and music provide an introduction to East European cultural and social history and encourage students to explore themes of identity, activism, expression, and community. As students move from considering the role of youth in the Russian Revolution to contemporary student protests in support of human rights, class discussions bring new perspectives to the ways young people both navigate and foster change in the times and spaces they occupy. Conducted in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C030, GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS 111<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Cheryl Stephenson<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+111\" target=\"course-1667\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1668\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 201: Intermediate Russian I<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course, offered in the fall semester, is a continuation of Elementary Russian, with an emphasis on fostering all four language competencies. Students focus on more detailed study of grammatical issues; vocabulary building and intermediate fluency; reading more complicated, unedited Russian prose texts; and engaging in composing extended forms of written discourse. Students are immersed in contemporary Russian culture through a variety of authentic materials including music, animation, film, art, social media, and press. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite(s): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20102\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS 102\" >RUSS 102<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [CP]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic, Cheryl Stephenson<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+201\" target=\"course-1668\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1669\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 202: Intermediate Russian II<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course, offered in the winter semester, is a continuation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20201\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS 201\" >RUSS 201<\/a> and completes students&#8217; introduction to the structure of the Russian language. Emphasis is placed on students&#8217; written and verbal communication skills with a focus on expressing opinions and perspectives.  This course culminates in a student-written and -produced film synthesizing the language and cultural awareness students build in their first two years of Russian studies. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite(s): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20201\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS 201\" >RUSS 201<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [CP]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Cheryl Stephenson, Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+202\" target=\"course-1669\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1670\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 216: Nature in the Cultures of Russia<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course explores the shifting and varying relationships between peoples of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation and the natural world. We will examine the often contradictory ways people understand and express those relationships, presenting nature alternately as prison, as escape, as an asset, as a threat, as salvation, as home, or as distant\u2014often frozen\u2014other world. Using sources from a broad range of genres and disciplines, we will look at how and why people express these attitudes and how these attitudes bear on historical and contemporary behaviors and politics. Conducted in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C067, GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> ENVR 216, EUS 216<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+216\" target=\"course-1670\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1671\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 230: Cold War Identities: Competing Images of Self and Society in the US and the Soviet Union<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Cold War Identities explores the ways the combative and competitive culture of the Cold War impacted discourses surrounding race, sexual and gender identities, and national and ethnic identities in the United States, the Soviet Union, and in their respective spheres of influence. Working with materials from across cultural, political, and commercial spheres, students will engage with a fundamental contradiction of the Cold War: the ways superpowers both self-represented as bastions or freedom and progress, while simultaneously using the context of international competition as a justification for persecution of minoritized people within their own countries. With a focus on primary documents, the course builds students\u2019 skills in evaluating and understanding discussions and representations of identity and their impacts across a broad range of media and popular culture. Conducted in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C037, GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS 230<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Cheryl Stephenson<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+230\" target=\"course-1671\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1672\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 233: Russian Myths and Legends<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The course analyzes many aspects of Russian folk and popular culture from pre-Christian to post-Soviet Russia and how folklore continues to influence contemporary Russian culture. The first part of the course concentrates on Russian folk belief as expressed through oral lore, visual arts,  and music. The second part of the course focuses on the myth and folktale in the Soviet Union. The course concludes with the uses of folklore in Putin\u2019s Russia and the interaction between the forms of traditional folklore and modern popular culture. Conducted in English. This course is not open to students who have completed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20S27\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS S27\" >RUSS S27<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C017, GEC C040, GEC C051, GEC C067, GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS 233<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+233\" target=\"course-1672\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1673\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 237: Indigeneity Today: Comparative Indigenous Identities in the US  and Russia<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Indigenous movements for land, rights, and cultural preservation have spread to and originated in all corners of the world. However, the global nature of these movements at times obscures ways of being Indigenous in differing contexts. This course analyzes Indigeneity in both the United States and Russia today. Through reading and analyzing ethnography, theory, and literature, it focuses on Indigenous peoples in a comparative context. Rather than prioritizing concern with Indigenous peoples emerging from the US, it attempts to demonstrate what Indigeneity has been in both the United States and Russia and what it is and means today. It asks the following questions: what is Indigeneity and who is Indigenous; how is Indigenous identity constructed and by whom? Topics include: Indigeneity and the State, Revitalization and Resurgence, Indigenous People and Nature Protection, and Hemispheric and Global Indigeneities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> ANTH 237, EUS 237<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+237\" target=\"course-1673\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1674\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 247: Contemporary Russia on Film<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The course engages students with contemporary Russia through cinema and discusses a European culture that is, at the same time, non-Western in its political make-up. Topics discussed include the colonial center and its contemporary political and cultural ambitions, imperial periphery and Russia\u2019s &quot;quiet others,&quot; the Russian Idea in New Auteurism, Putin\u2019s blockbusters, Russia\u2019s alterities (minorities, sexualities, taboo Russia), Global Russia (the United States, Europe, Russia, and Ukraine). Conducted in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C019, GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS 247<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+247\" target=\"course-1674\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1675\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 259: Against Happy Endings: Love in Russian Literature<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">What happens when love doesn\u2019t save anyone? This course invites students into the world of Russian literature, where stories of romance, adultery, betrayal, prostitution, and moral transgression probe the deepest tensions of Russian culture. Focusing on intimate relationships as sites of conflict, the course examines how love exposes social hierarchies and moral dilemmas while raising questions of power, class, and gender, as well as how Russian writers negotiated Russia\u2019s relationship to Europe. Through scandalous plots and unforgettable characters, students explore why love and taboo became central concerns for Russia\u2019s most influential authors and how these narratives challenged, shaped, and shocked their readers. Conducted in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS 259<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+259\" target=\"course-1675\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1676\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 301: Advanced Russian I<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course, normally offered in the fall semester, focuses on advancing students\u2019 fluency in Russian in all four competencies. Students are exposed to a variety of unedited materials and registers and work closely with contemporary Russian culture. Emphasis is placed on engaging students in advanced language production and their critical analysis of major Russian cultural figures, trends, media, and politics. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite(s): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20202\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS 202\" >RUSS 202<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [CP]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic, Cheryl Stephenson<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+301\" target=\"course-1676\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1677\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 302: Advanced Russian II<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This course, normally offered in the winter semester, is a continuation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20301\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS 301\" >RUSS 301<\/a>, in which students read and discuss texts in a variety of styles from literature to journalism. Students write a number of short papers ranging from opinion pieces to literary parodies. Conducted in Russian. This course may be repeated once for credit with permission of the instructor. Prerequisite(s): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/search\/?p=RUSS%20301\" data-action=\"result-detail\" data-group=\"code:RUSS 301\" >RUSS 301<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [CP]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Cheryl Stephenson, Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+302\" target=\"course-1677\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1678\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 313: Hard and Soft Socialism: Literatures, Films, and Cultures of the USSR and Socialist Yugoslavia<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Was socialism and socialist art a uniform phenomenon across the USSR and Eastern Europe? The course focuses on the development of socialist cultures in the USSR and Yugoslavia following the Tito-Stalin split in 1948. While the USSR claimed the monopoly on Marxism, Yugoslavia constructed its image as an unorthodox communist country that eradicated the ideological and aesthetic impurities of Stalinism and introduced a more democratic, &quot;West-friendly&quot; socialism. The course also examines changing concepts of gender, sex, and dissident cultures, via texts and films produced on the eve of socialism\u2019s collapse in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C017, GEC C027, GEC C037, GEC C067<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS 313<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+313\" target=\"course-1678\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1679\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 317: Beyond Human: Cyborgs and Technology<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">What is a cyborg and how does this political and cultural concept evolve through various historical periods? How are transformative relations between humans, animals, and machines imagined across cultural texts? What is trans- and post-humanism? The course examines changing ideas of constructing, enhancing, and technologizing body and mind in the Soviet Union and modern Russia. Students engage with ideas of the biopolitical remaking of humans, rejuvenating bodies surgically, prosthetically, pharmacologically, and digitally. Topics discussed include technologies of gender and gender technologies, identity politics, immortalization narratives, geopolitics. Conducted in English. Recommended background: prior coursework in literature or film.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> [AC], [HS]<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C009, GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS 317, GSS 317<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Marina Filipovic<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+317\" target=\"course-1679\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1680\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS 360: Independent Study<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">Students, in consultation with a faculty advisor, individually design and plan a course of study or research not offered in the curriculum. Course work includes a reflective component, evaluation, and completion of an agreed-upon product. Sponsorship by a faculty member in the program\/department, a course prospectus, and permission of the chair are required. Students may register for no more than one independent study per semester. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+360\" target=\"course-1680\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1681\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS S21: Puppets: Theory, Practice, and Play<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">This interdisciplinary course examines the questions, concepts, and potential surrounding puppets through a combination of hands-on work and play with puppets, discussion, readings, and viewings of puppet performances. Readings and other materials offer perspectives on what puppets are, how they interact with audiences, and what makes puppet performance a distinct forum for exploring questions about bodies and identities. Students test these ideas together using actual puppets to see how theory and practice collide. The course concludes with a collective project using puppets to engage with the community at Bates and beyond. Conducted in English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"course-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<summary>More details<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span class=\"label\">Modes of Inquiry:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Writing Credit:<\/span> None<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">GEC(s):<\/span> GEC C028, GEC C069<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Cross-listed Course(s):<\/span> EUS S21, THEA S21<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor:<\/span> Cheryl Stephenson<\/li><li><span class=\"label\">Instructor Permission Required:<\/span> No<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details><p class=\"catalog-full-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bates.edu\/course-search\/?details=1&#038;code=RUSS+S21\" target=\"course-1681\">Full Catalog Listing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"catalog-course _full-view\" id=\"course-1682\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>RUSS S27: Myths and Legends in Russian Culture<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"course-description\">The course analyzes many aspects of Russian folk and popular culture from pre-Christian to post-Soviet Russia and how folklore continues to influence contemporary Russian culture. The first part of the course concentrates on Russian folk belief as expressed through oral lore, visual arts, and music. The second part of the course focuses on the myth and folktale in the Soviet Union. The course concludes with the uses of folklore in Putin\u2019s Russia and the interaction between the forms of traditional folklore and modern popular culture. 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