2007-08 Undergraduate Catalog
Course Descriptions
FOW 2202 Film Studies: German/Russian/Scandinavian
Credits: 3.
(H) (WR)
Czech Language
CZE 1130 Introduction to Czech Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, CZE 1131, offer a comprehensive introduction to Czech, using interactive methods to develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.
CZE 1131 Introduction to Czech Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: CZE 1130 (grade of C or better, or S) or its equivalent.
CZE 2200 Intermediate Czech 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 1131 (grade of C or better, or S) or its equivalent.
This course is designed to build reading and writing skills while continuing to develop conversational ability and listening comprehension. Using a communicative approach, this course will also offer an overview of Czech grammar.
CZE 2201 Intermediate Czech 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 2200 (grade of C or better, or S) or its equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study. Goal is to further develop student's speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
CZE 3400 Advanced Czech 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 2201.
Instruction in Czech language, culture, history, politics and contemporary daily life.
CZE 3401 Advanced Czech 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 3400.
Continuation of instruction in Czech language, culture, history, politics and contemporary daily life.
CZE 4905 Individual Work
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Readings and discussion in advanced topics of Czech studies.
CZE 4956 Overseas Studies
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with change in topic up to 15 credits. Prereq: Permission of undergraduate adviser.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
CZT 3564 Modern Czech Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Overview of Czech literature, film, music, pop culture and visual arts as they were shaped by the events from 1918 to the present. (H)
CZT 3930 Special Topics in Czech Studies
Credits: 3 to 4; can be repeated up to 12 credits.
Variable topics in Czech literature, culture and society. Course taught in English.
CZT 4956 Overseas Studies
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with change in topic up to 15 credits. Prereq: Permission of undergraduate adviser.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Dutch Language
The 10-credit language requirement can be fulfilled by the sequence DUT 1130 and 1131.
DUT 1130 Beginning Dutch 1
Credits: 5.
DUT 1131 Beginning Dutch 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: DUT 1130 (grade of C or better, or S) or the equivalent.
German Studies
The 10-credit language requirement can be fulfilled by the sequences GER 1120, 1101 and 1104 or GER 1125 and 1126, or GER 1130 and 1131.
GER 1101 Beginning German 2
Credits: 3. Prereq: GER 1120 (grade of C or better, or S) or the equivalent.
GER 1104 Beginning German 3
Credits: 3. Prereq: GER 1120 (grade of C or better, or S) or the equivalent.
GER 1120 Beginning German 1
Credits: 4.
GER 1125 Discover German 1
Credits: 5.
The first semester of a two-semester sequence that includes GER 1126. In this innovative online course, students will acquire basic skills in the German language and use the Internet as a resource to explore aspects of German culture and everyday life. (GER 1125 and 1126 can be taken instead of GER 1120, 1101 and 1104 to satisfy the German language requirement.)
GER 1126 Discover German 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: GER 1125.
Continuation of GER 1125. Students will continue acquiring basic skills in the German language using the Internet to explore aspects of German culture and everyday life.
GER 1130 Beginning Intensive German 1
Credits: 5; no previous knowledge of German required.
Emphasis is on spoken German. Reading, writing and grammar are also included in the program. Communication in German is enhanced by the use of multimedia and regular meetings with tutors. Supervised homework and drill sessions in small groups.
GER 1131 Beginning Intensive German 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: GER 1130 (grade of C or better, or S) or the equivalent.
GER 1930 Variable Languages
Credits: 3 to 10; can be repeated with a change in content up to 10 credits.
Upon completion students will be able to converse, read and write one of the less commonly taught languages.
GER 2200 Intermediate German 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 1104 or GER 1126 or GER 1131, or its equivalent.
Participants will improve their skills in the four basic areas (reading, writing, listening comprehension, speaking) by reviewing elements of grammar, particularly morphology (i.e., word forms), and by expanding vocabulary. Upon successful completion, students may go directly to Advanced German.
GER 2240 Intermediate German 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 1104 or GER 1126 or GER 1131, or its equivalent.
Objectives include improving reading and speaking skills at the intermediate level. Upon completion participants will be able to pronounce German words more accurately, listen with greater comprehension to German and respond to questions about a variety of recorded texts. Upon successful completion, students may go directly to Advanced German.
GER 3234 Reading German Texts
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
Upon completion, students will be able to read literary and nonliterary texts and to identify the more common syntactical, stylistic and rhetorical elements.
GER 3330 German Language and Culture 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
Students will be introduced to German civilization through grammar review, vocabulary building, reading and essay writing. Upon completion, students will be able to discuss cultural and literary concepts in German. (H)
GER 3331 German Language and Culture 2
Credits: 3. Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
Students will review points of German grammar, using the vocabulary of cultural and literary history; understand and use concepts and vocabulary common to discussions of German cultural history; and transition from speaking about everyday situations to discussing cultural and literary documents intelligently.
GER 3332 Topics in German Film and Culture
Credits: 1; Prereq: GER 1104 or GER 1126 or GER 1131 (or equivalent) and one 2000-level GER course.
GER 3224 is a one-credit course taught as a FLAC accompaniment to various courses. It provides a forum for discussion covering different topics in German film and culture. All materials and class discussions will be in German.
GER 3401 Advanced German 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240, or undergraduate coordinator permission.
A study of the German language focusing on syntax (i.e., sentence structure) is combined with reading and discussing different kinds of prose texts (newspaper and magazine articles about aspects of contemporary German culture and short stories) and video materials, the composition of short essays and vocabulary building. Successful completion of Advanced German 1 and 2 will increase fluency and enable students to understand and discuss relatively complex texts.
GER 3402 Advanced German 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240, or undergraduate coordinator permission.
In this continuation of GER 3401, students continue to develop their fluency and their ability to understand and utilize complex texts by studying the relationship of meaning to sentence structure and by working with different kinds of written texts and video materials. With instructor permission, students may enroll in this course before taking GER 3401.
GER 3413 German Listening, Comprehension and Speaking
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240, or instructor permission.
Develops student's ability to understand and produce basic kinds of speech (descriptions, simple stories, etc).
GER 3440 German in Business
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
In this course, which includes the study of Wirt-schaftsdeutsch and the ability to read and write texts in the area of international business transactions in German, students acquire the ability to communicate in German in professional business settings. (S, N)
GER 4482 Cultural Identity and Intercultural Competence
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3410 or instructor permission.
Develops student's listening comprehension and speaking ability in work involving German cultural identity, online and in class.
GER 4850 The Structure and Stylistics of German
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3234, GER 3401 or GER 3402.
Upon completion students will understand the elements of contrastive grammar and be able to translate from German to English more effectively.
GER 4956 Overseas Studies
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with change in topic up to 15 credits. Prereq: Permission of undergraduate adviser.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
GET 2100 German Literary Heritage
Credits: 3; not for major credit. Satisfies general education requirement.
Knowledge of German is not required. Upon completion participants will be able to discuss major works of German literature, mainly from the 18 th to the 20 th century. Texts and lectures in English. (H) (WR)
GET 3000 German Culture and Civilization 1
Credits: 3.
Knowledge of German is not required. Introduction to German civilization from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19 th century. Upon completion, students will be acquainted with German literature, philosophy, art, music and architecture. Readings and discussions in English. (H, N)
GET 3001 Modern German Culture and Civilization
Credits: 3.
Knowledge of German is not required. Introduction to German civilization in the 19 th and 20th centuries. Participants will be able to discuss developments in German literature, philosophy, art, music and architecture. Texts and lectures in English. (H, N)
GET 3200 The Literature of Knighthood
Credits: 3.
A study of the chivalric literature written in the northern, German-speaking regions of the Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages (ca. 1200). Students will explore the political and historical foundations of knighthood in this region, the narrative traditions to which different chivalric works are related and the significance of adventures, tournaments and quests. (H) (WR)
GET 3501 History, Literature and Arts of Berlin
Credits: 3.
Upon completion of this course, students will have a working knowledge of the history and culture of Berlin from 1871 to the present by exploring literature, painting and film. Authors and artists will include Mann, Brecht, Dix and Wenders.
GET 3520 Early German Cinema - 1945
Credits: 4.
An historical overview of the most influential films of German classical cinema, including how they relate to the social reality of the 1920s and 30s.
GET 3580 Representations of War in Literature and Visual Media
Credits: 3.
This course explores the shifting cultural representations of war (literature/art) in the 20th century, focusing primarily on European history, culture and politics. Primary sources will include Mann, Remarque, Boll, Celan, Grosz and Kiefer.
GET 3581 Limits of Representation: The Literature and Arts of the Holocaust
Credits: 3.
Through an analysis of Holocaust literature, film and visual media, the course investigates the connections between history, trauma, witnessing and representation. Primary sources include Celan, Sachs, Kluger and Spiegelman.
GET 3930 Variable Topics in German Studies
Credits: 3-9, variable.
Variable topics in German Studies in English translation.
GET 4930 Variable Topics in German Studies
Credits: 3-9, variable; Prereq: 3 credits at 3000 level or above, or instructor permission.
Advanced topics in German Studies in English translation.
GET 4293 New German Cinema 1945 to Present
Credits: 4.
An introduction to New German Cinema from its inception in the 1960s to its demise and subsequent legacy, in filmmaking and criticism.
GET 4521 Women and German Cinema
Credits: 4.
An introduction to the role of women in German film from Weimar to the present day on "both sides of the camera." Basic concepts in feminist film theory will also be covered.
GEW 3100 Survey of German Literature 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Upon completion participants will be acquainted with the major periods and works of German literature from the Middle Ages to the 18 th century. Texts in German. (H, N)
GEW 3101 Survey of German Literature 2
Credits: 3.
Upon completion students will be familiar with the major periods of German literature from the 18 th century to the present. Authors include Goethe, Kleist, Kafka, Mann, Grass and Christa Wolf. Readings in German. (H)
GEW 3930 Variable Topics in German Studies
Credits: 3-9, variable; Prereq: GER 2000 or instructor permission.
Variable topics in German Studies.
GEW 4301 Introduction to German Drama and Theater
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101, or its equivalent.
Survey of German drama from the late medieval period to the present. Introduction to major forms, periods and authors such as Lessing, Goethe, Schiller and Brecht. (H)
GEW 4400 Medieval Studies in German
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Students read some shorter verse narratives dealing with love and chivalric adventures in the original language of the German Middle Ages (ca. 1200). In conjunction with this reading, students will learn some of the basic features of the poetic idiom (Middle High German) as well as some of the issues and problems involved in the production, transmission and editing of medieval manuscripts. (H)
GEW 4542 Romantics and Revolutionaries
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Introduction to the Romantic and Young Germany movements enables students to analyze social movements and their relationships to literature in the first half of the 19th century. Participants will also learn to recognize specific literary forms and styles. (H)
GEW 4730 Modern German Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Upon completion students will be able to discern the major trends of German literature in the first half of the 20th century, including impressionism, expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, workers literature and Nazi culture. Works by Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse and Bertolt Brecht will be discussed. (H)
GEW 4731 Contemporary German Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Participants will learn to discern the major trends of post WW II German literature. Students will be able to recognize the key features of works by such German authors as Böll, Grass, Weiss and Wolf, and by such Swiss and Austrian writers as Frisch, Dürrenmatt and Handke. (H)
GEW 4750 Women in German Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: any two 3000-level courses.
Students will become familiar with the image of women in representative works of German literature and acquainted with the main themes and structures in selected works by major women writers of German-speaking countries, and their unique contribution to German culture and literature. Students also will learn to use an interdisciplinary approach to literature and will learn the basic tools of gender studies. (H)
GEW 4760 Ethnic Writing in Germany
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3234 or permission of instructor.
Students will become familiar with the writings (prose, poetry, critical essays) of significant authors of non-German descent (i.e., Spaniards, Italians, Turks, Iranians) from the 1950s to the present. Besides gaining insights into the lives and thinking of significant ethnic minorities in Germany during this period, students will address the implications of this corpus of literature for German literary history and the question of German identity more generally. Films dealing with relevant topics will also be screened and discussed.
GEW 4905 Individual Work
Credits: 1 to 3; available by special arrangement. Can be taken only once for credit toward the major.
GEW 4930 Seminar in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Credits: 3; Prereq: any two 3000-level courses or instructor permission.
Variable topics course dealing with specific issues of a Germanic language or literature. (H)
Polish Language and Literature
PLT 3504 19 th century Polish Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Introduces students to major literary, cultural and social movements of 19 th century Poland. Readings from fiction, poetry, essays and political writings. Course is designed to situate Polish letters in the complex political and social contexts of partitioned Poland. Taught in English.
PLT 3520 Polish Cinema
Credits: 4.
Examination of principal developments and major directors of modern Polish cinema with emphasis placed on the visual and narrative techniques that distinguish Polish cinema from Hollywood and other national cinemas. Course taught in English. (Cross-listed with ENG 4135.)
PLT 3564 Modern Polish Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Examination of Polish culture since 1900: fiction, essays, selections from social and cultural history, historical documents and films. Course taught in English. (H, N)
PLT 3930 Special Topics in Polish Studies
Credits: 3 to 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits.
Variable topics in Polish literature, culture and society. Course taught in English.
PLW 4905 Individual Work in Polish
Credits: 1 to 10; Prereq: undergraduate coordinator permission.
Available by special arrangement. This course consists of reading, conferences and reports.
POL 1130 Introduction to Polish Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
First of a two-semester Polish language sequence, this course will introduce students to the basics of Polish language and culture.
POL 1131 Introduction to Polish Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: POL 1180, POL 1130 or placement test.
Second of a two-semester Polish language sequence, this course helps students expand their vocabulary and command of Polish grammar, as well as their ability to speak Polish.
POL 1180 Elementary Polish: Review and Progress 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Alternative to POL 1130 for students with some previous experience in Polish but who are not yet ready for intermediate work in the language. This course reviews basic grammar principles and improves reading, writing and listening skills.
POL 1182 Elementary Polish: Review and Progress 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
For students with some experience in Polish. Reviews basic grammar and improves reading, writing and listening sills. Prepares students for POL 2200.
POL 2200 Intermediate Polish 1
Credits: 4; Prereq: POL 1131, POL 1182 or placement test.
Students will improve their speaking, reading, writing and listening comprehension skills by reviewing and expanding the language principles introduced in POL 1130 and 1131, or POL 1180 and 1182.
POL 2201 Intermediate Polish 2
Credits: 4; Prereq: POL 2200 or placement test.
Students will improve their speaking, reading, writing and listening comprehension skills by reviewing and building upon the language principles introduced in POL 2200.
POL 4956 Overseas Studies
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with change in topic up to 15 credits. Prereq: Permission of undergraduate adviser.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Russian Language and Literature
The 10-credit language requirement can be fulfilled by the sequences 1120, 1101 and 1122, or RUS 1130 and 1131.
RUS 1101 Beginning Russian 2
Credits: 3.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
RUS 1120 Beginning Russian 1
Credits: 4.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
RUS 1122 Beginning Russian 3
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 1101 (grade of C or better, or S) or its equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
RUS 1130 Introduction to Russian Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, RUS 1131, offer a comprehensive introduction to Russian, using interactive methods to develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.
RUS 1131 Introduction to Russian Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: RUS 1130 (grade of C or better, or S) or its equivalent.
Continuation of introductory language and cultural study.
RUS 2220 Intermediate Russian 1
Credits: 4; Prereq: RUS 1122, RUS 1131 or its equivalent.
Intermediate study with exercises in sentence patterns, vocabulary building, and oral and written discourse in Russian.
RUS 2340 Russian for Heritage Learners
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor or undergraduate coordinator permission.
A practical overview of Russian grammar and writing for students with significant bilingual speaking and listening backgrounds. Devotes special attention to reading, writing and vocabulary development.
RUS 3240 Oral Practice in Russian
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 1122, RUS 1131 or its equivalent.
Development of advanced speaking and listening skills in conversational Russian.
RUS 3400 Intermediate Russian 2
Credits: 4; Prereq: RUS 2220 or its equivalent.
Continued study with exercises in sentence patterns, vocabulary building, and sustained oral and written discourse.
RUS 4300 Advanced Grammar and Composition
Credits: 3; Prereq: one 3000-level course or its equivalent.
Study of advanced grammar and composition in Russian.
RUS 4411 Advanced Oral Practice
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3240.
Continued development of advanced speaking and listening skills based on authentic written, audio and video texts from contemporary Russian culture.
RUS 4502 Language and Culture of the Russian Business World
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or its equivalent, or instructor permission.
Combines advanced language training, a practical introduction to the language and culture of the contemporary Russian business world, and extensive practice translating and interpreting texts used in business settings. Focuses on issues such as starting companies and joint ventures, advertising, and setting up and conducting official meetings and telephone calls. Basic Russian business ethics will also be studied.
RUS 4503 Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or instructor permission.
The first part of a two-course translation series focusing on the theory and practice of conveying word semantics in Russian-English and English-Russian translation.
RUS 4504 Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or instructor permission.
The second part of a two-course translation series focuses on the theory and practice of conveying sentence and paragraph semantics in Russian-English and English-Russian translation.
RUS 4700 Structure of the Russian Language
Credits: 3; Prereq: one 3000-level course or its equivalent.
RUS 4780 Corrective Phonetics and Intonation
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or instructor permission.
Develops advanced-level phonetic and intonational skills by exposing students to a variety of genres of authentic texts from Russian culture.
RUS 4905 Individual Work in Russian
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: RUS 2220 or its equivalent. Available by special arrangement.
RUS 4930 Special Topics in Russian
Credits: 3-9; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits.
New or experimental courses or one-time offerings.
RUS 4956 Overseas Studies
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with change in topic up to 15 credits. Prereq: Permission of undergraduate adviser.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
RUT 2100 Russian Masterpieces
Credits: 3; not for credit in the major. Satisfies general education requirement.
Readings and discussions in English. (H)
RUT 2503 Violence and Terror in the Russian Experience
Credits: 3.
An examination of the impact of violence and terror on the human condition as reflected and expressed in well-known works of Russian literature (fiction and historical narratives), art and film. Taught in English. No knowledge of other languages required. (H, N) (WR)
RUT 3441 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the major 19 th century Russian novelists and their contemporaries. Readings and discussions in English. (H)
RUT 3442 Themes from Russian Literature
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
An examination of Russian everyday life and institutions of the 19th and 20th centuries through the media of literature and film. (H, N)
RUT 3452 Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century
Credits: 3.
Authors, movements and genres in Russian literature from the Revolution of 1917 to the present. Readings and discussions in English. (H, N) (WR)
RUT 3500 Russian Cultural Heritage
Credits: 3.
An introduction to the culture of pre-revolutionary Russia. Philosophical, religious, artistic and literary currents in relation to Western civilization. Readings and discussions in English. (H, N)
RUT 3502 Contemporary Russian Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Patterns of continuity and change in the philosophical and cultural values of Russian society as they explain the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia. Readings and discussions in English. (H)
RUT 3514 Russian Fairy Tales
Credits: 3.
A critical introduction to Russian fairy tales and folklore, examining the aesthetic, social, cultural and psychological values they reflect. (H, N)
RUT 3501 Russia Today
Credits: 3.
Patterns of continuity and change in the philosophical and cultural values of Russian society as they explain the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia. Readings and discussions in English. (H)
RUT 3600 The Twentieth Century through Slavic Eyes
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the literature, film and culture of 20 th century Eastern and Central Europe. (H, N)
RUT 3930 Variable Topics in Russian Studies
Credits: 1-9.
Variable topics in Russian Studies, taught in English translation.
RUT 4440 Pushkin and Gogol
Credits: 3.
Major works of Russian literature written the first half of the 19th century. Readings and discussions in English. (H)
RUT 4450 Russian Modernism
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the major artistic contributions of Russian modernism in the context of the political, social, and cultural upheavals of late Imperial to Stalinist Russia (1890 - 1939). (H, N)
RUT 4930 Variable Topics in Russian Studies
Credits: 1-9; Prereq: one Russian course at 3000 level or instructor permission.
Advanced topics in Russian Studies, taught in English translation.
RUW 3100 Reading the Russian Press
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3400 or its equivalent.
An in-depth study of the vocabulary, structures, reading strategies and cultural background needed for understanding and interpreting contemporary Russian print media across a variety of issues and themes. (H)
RUW 3101 Reading Russian Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3400 or its equivalent.
An in-depth study of the vocabulary, structures, reading strategies and cultural background needed for understanding and interpreting a broad range of Russian prose fiction. (H)
RUW 4301 Russian Drama and Poetry
Credits: 3-6; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
Study of plays and poems by major Russian writers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Readings in Russian. (H)
RUW 4370 Russian Short Prose
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits.
Critical study of selected Russian short stories. Readings in Russian. (H)
RUW 4630 Reading Eugene Onegin: Pushkin and Nabokov
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3101 or the equivalent, or instructor permission.
An in-depth study of one of Russia's most revered literary works, combining close readings of Pushkin's original with analyses of operatic, artistic and cinematic adaptations by Chaikovsky, Nabokov and others. Readings and discussions primarily in Russian.
RUW 4932 Selected Readings in Russian
Credits: 1 to 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: one 3000-level course or its equivalent.
Special topic, author, genre or movement in Russian literature. (H)
Scandinavian Language and Literature
SCA 1120 Beginning Swedish, Norwegian 1
Credits: 4.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. (N)
SCA 1121 Beginning Swedish, Norwegian 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: SCA 1120 (grade of C, or S) or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
SCA 1122 Beginning Swedish, Norwegian 3
Credits: 3; Prereq: SCA 1101 (grade of C, or S) or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
SCT 2502 Germanic Myth and Lore
Credits: 3.
Satisfies general education requirement. Reading and lectures in English. (H) (WR)
General Education Categories
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- Biological Sciences (B)
- Composition (C)
- Diversity (D)*
- Humanities (H)
- International (N)*
- Mathematics (M)
- Physical Sciences (P)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)
* Students who entered UF prior to Summer B 2007 and/or whose catalog year is not 2007-08: Current students who have not already completed six hours of "I" - international/diversity credits can do so now by taking "D" and "N" courses.
Symbols Used in Course Descriptions
- (WR) indicates the course satisfies the writing requirement.
- (MR) indicates the course satisfies the math requirement.
- (S-U) indicates the course may be taken on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.
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