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Explore Our Courses for Fall 2025!

Languages

The core of our department is built on our regular and flexible offering of nine languages. These courses are offered in a variety of formats, by experts and native speakers, and in small class sizes. Not only will you learn basics on communication, but you will learn about the peoples and cultures that use the languages!


Learn German

Berlin Skyline with Museum Island and the Spree River

GERM 104/108

Elementary German I and II


Online or Hybrid!
Brandenburger Tor in Berlin

GERM 201/202

Intermediate German I and II


In-Person
Pop Art of German Monuments

GERM 301

High Intermediate German I


Instructor: Andrea Meyertholen
In-Person

Pursue Russian

Matryoshka Doll

RUSS 104/108

Elementary Russian I and II


In-person or Online
St. Andrews Church in Kyiv, Ukraine

RUSS 204

Intermediate Russian I


Online
The Baiterek Tower in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

RUSS 504

Advanced Russian I
Russian for the Professions I

Instructor: Irina Six
In-Person

Explore a Slavic Language

Serbian Coffee

BCMS 104/204

Elementary Bosnian/Croatian/
Montenegrin/Serbian

Instructor: Biljana Konatar
In-Person
Polish Horses

PLSH 104/204

Elementary Polish I
Intermediate Polish II

In-Person & Online
Pysanky Eggs

UKRA 104/204

Elementary Ukrainian I
Intermediate Ukrainian I

Instructor: Oleksandra Wallo
Online

Invest in a Eurasian Language

The Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

HNDI 110

Elementary Hindi I


Instructor: Razi Ahmad
In-Person
the Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran

PERS Online

Elementary Persian I and II
Intermediate Persian I and II

Instructor: Razi Ahmad
Online
Library of Celsus in Selcuk, Turkey

TURK 104/204

Elementary Turkish I
Intermediate Turkish I

Instructor: Esra Predolac
Online

Culture, Media, and Lives (100 - 400)

Humans are far more than than the language that they speak. Take a course, taught in English, that dives into the literatures, arts, films, cultures, religion, and daily lives of the people who live in Germany, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, their diasporas, and beyond.


Myths and Monsters

Illustration of Cinderella

GERM 145

Fairy Tales: Grimm, Disney, and Beyond

Instructor: Andrea Meyertholen
In-Person
Bogatyri by V.M. Vasnetsov

SLAV 148

Introduction to Slavic Folklore

Instructor: Bogi Perelmutter
Online
Poster for Posterazzi the Vampire by John Beal Coleen Grary

SLAV 230

The Vampire in Literature, Film, and Television

Instructor: Biljana Konatar
In-Person

Human Experiences

United Nations Building with member flags

PCS 120

Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies

Instructor: Razi Ahmad
Online
lawrence turnerhall

GERM 336

The German Transatlantic Experience

Instructor: Ljudmila Bilkic
Online
Mehavis Dancers

SLAV 205

Muslim Lives: Politics, Culture, and Society

Instructor: Razi Ahmad
In-person
People in front of a russian government building

REES 110

Understanding Russia and Eastern Europe

Instructor: Vitaly Chernetsky
Online

Film and Literature

Blank Movie Clapper with Blue Background

GERM 375

Topics in Film German-Speak Europe:

Instructor: Ari Linden
In-Person
Nosforatu

GERM 315

Magic, Murder, Monsters: German Literature & the Modern Era

Instructor: Detlev Weber
In-Person
Continuous line art of a movie clapper

SLAV 316

The Peoples and Cultures of Southeastern Europe Through Film

Instructor: Stephen Dickey
In-Person

500 and Above

These classes give a deeper dive into the cultures and languages of our department. These courses are meant for advanced undergraduates with some familiarity to the topic or graduate students. This is a great opportunity to work closely with a professor on a special project or interest.


Language, Literature, and Linguistics

SLAV 798

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Narratology

Instructor: RB Perelmutter
In-Person

SLAV 798

19thc. Lit. of Nation & Empire

Instructor: Vitaly Chernetsky
In-person

SLAV 799

Stats and Data

Instructor: Stephen Dickey
In-Person

RUSS 716

Stylistics of Russian Writers
(In Russian)
Instructor: Irina Six
In-Person