Continued study of grammar and review of basic grammatical structures; readings in Russian with emphasis on acquisition of vocabulary and continued development of conversational and writing skills. Four hours of class each week, plus an additional conversation meeting with a native speaker.
Students engage in advanced Russian language study by viewing, discussing, and writing about films and about Russian and Soviet culture. Emphasis is on increased linguistic and cultural proficiency, including refinement of oral and written Russian with focused study of selected grammatical and stylistic topics.
The course surveys the major novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, including Crime and Punishment, Notes from Underground, The Brothers Karamazov, and others. In examining Dostoevsky's reputation and legacy as a psychological novelist, the course explores the author's treatment of politics, religion, philosophy, and ethics. This course is taught in English.
School of Letters
Discussions center on students' fiction. Selected readings are assigned to focus on technical problems of craftsmanship and style.
Southern Appalachian Studies
This course introduces the history, theory, and practice of public history, examining the ideas and questions that shape and are shaped by public engagements with the past. It engages and evaluates historical works aimed primarily at public audiences in order to determine why and how public investments in the historical past develop and change.
This seminar uses the Sewanee area as a case study to introduce students to the conceptual processes of history. Students employ historical methods within a variety of interdisciplinary contexts, drawing on insights from archeology, biology, and geology, as well as various approaches to history, to comprehend both what has happened here and how it is variously understood. Classroom sessions are complemented by regular field work and archival research.
Spanish
Part I of a year-long intensive, introductory course with emphasis on the fundamentals of grammar (both written and spoken) and extensive practice in listening comprehension and reading. Four class hours per week.
An accelerated Spanish review course for those students with at least two years of high school Spanish. The course emphasizes the fundamentals of grammar (written and spoken) and practice in listening comprehension and reading. Four class hours per week. This course is not open for credit to students who have received credit for SPAN 104.
An accelerated Spanish review course for those students with at least two years of high school Spanish. The course emphasizes the fundamentals of grammar (written and spoken) and practice in listening comprehension and reading. Four class hours per week. This course is not open for credit to students who have received credit for SPAN 104.
An accelerated Spanish review course for those students with at least two years of high school Spanish. The course emphasizes the fundamentals of grammar (written and spoken) and practice in listening comprehension and reading. Four class hours per week. This course is not open for credit to students who have received credit for SPAN 104.
An accelerated Spanish review course for those students with at least two years of high school Spanish. The course emphasizes the fundamentals of grammar (written and spoken) and practice in listening comprehension and reading. Four class hours per week. This course is not open for credit to students who have received credit for SPAN 104.
An intensive grammar review. Emphasis is on correct expression, vocabulary acquisition, and reading facility. Four class hours per week.
An intensive grammar review. Emphasis is on correct expression, vocabulary acquisition, and reading facility. Four class hours per week.
An intensive grammar review. Emphasis is on correct expression, vocabulary acquisition, and reading facility. Four class hours per week.
An intensive grammar review. Emphasis is on correct expression, vocabulary acquisition, and reading facility. Four class hours per week.
An intensive grammar review. Emphasis is on correct expression, vocabulary acquisition, and reading facility. Four class hours per week.
This course advances Spanish speaking, writing, and listening skills at the advanced - intermediate level while introducing students to topics in Spanish-speaking cultures.
This course advances Spanish speaking, writing, and listening skills at the advanced - intermediate level while introducing students to topics in Spanish-speaking cultures.
This course advances Spanish speaking, writing, and listening skills at the advanced - intermediate level while introducing students to topics in Spanish-speaking cultures.
This course advances Spanish speaking, writing, and listening skills at the advanced - intermediate level while introducing students to topics in Spanish-speaking cultures.