Autumn 2025 Course List

Autumn Semester 2025 Area Studies and Language Courses

The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies has compiled the following list of courses for autumn 2025 that are language and known area studies courses. Courses at the 1000- to 4000-level are typically undergraduate courses. 5000-level courses and above are typically graduate level courses. Graduate students may take a maximum of two 4000-level courses for credit IF the course is not taught by a graduate student and it is outside of their home discipline.

*This list is up-to-date as of May 6, 2025.

Columbus Campus

Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

BCS 1101: Elementary Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Boyd, Time: TWRF 12:40-1:35/Online
BCS 1103: Intermediate Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Boyd, Time: TWRF 3:00-3:55
BCS 3101: Advanced Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: TBA, Time: TBA

Business: Management and Human Resources

BUSMHR 2000: Introduction to International Business, Level: U, Credits: 1.5, Instructor: Bellner, Time: TR 8:00-9:20/ Online
BUSMHR 4021: Institutional Environments in International Business, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Mikhija, Time: TR 2:20-3:40

Comparative Studies

COMPSTD 4597.03: Global Folklore, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Borland Time: TR 11:10-12:30

Czech

CZECH 1101: Elementary Czech I – Distance Learning, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: MTWR, 1:50-2:40
CZECH 1103: Intermediate Czech I – Distance Learning, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: MWF, 12:40-1:30

Dance

DANCE 3402: Dance in Global Contexts, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Schmidt, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
DANCE 7402: Ethnographies of Dance and Performance, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Gonzalez, Time: T 2:10-5:00

Earth Sciences

EARTHSC 2204: Exploring Water Issues, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Ibariki, Tong, Time: Online

Economics

ECON 4560: Cooperation and Conflict in a Globalized Economy, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Zhang, Time: WF 8:00-9:20

Film Studies

FILMSTD 2270.01: Introduction to Film Studies, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Svede, Time: TR 1:10-12:30

Geography

GEOG 2500: Cities and Their Global Spaces, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Ellinger, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
GEOG 2750: World Regional Geography, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Schul, Time: Online

Germanic Languages and Literatures

GERMAN 3252.02: The Holocaust in Literature and Film, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Richards, Time: Online 12:45-2:05
GERMAN 3254H: Representations and Memory of the Holocaust in Film, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: MW 2:20-3:40
GERMAN 3351: Democracy, Fascism and German Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Davidson, Time: TR 2:20-3:40

History

HISTORY 1212: European History II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBD, Time: Online/Asynchronous
HISTORY 2475: History of the Holocaust, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Judd, Time: WF 12:45-2:05
HISTORY 2650: The World Since 1914, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBD, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
HISTORY 3254: Europe Since 1950: From the Iron Curtain to Fortress Europe, Level U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Limbach, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
HISTORY 3265: 20th Century German History, Level U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Limbach, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
HISTORY 3270: History of World War I, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor TBD, Time: Online
HISTORY 3282: History of the Soviet Union, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Hoffmann, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
HISTORY 3501: U.S. Diplomacy: 1920-present, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Parrott, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
HISTORY 3552: War in World History, 1651-1899, Level U, Credits, 3, Instructor: Grimsley, Time: TBA/Online
HISTORY 3590: Wars of Empire and Decolonization, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Walker, Time: WF 12:45-2:05
HISTORY 3642: Women and Gender in Modern Europe (1750 -1950), Diversity in Context, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Soland, Time: TR 2:20-3:40
HISTORY 4375: Seminar in Islamic History, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Akin, Time: W 10:00-12:45
HISTORY 4675: Seminar in World/Global/Transnational History: Uses and Misuses of History: History, Memory, and Politics in the Contemporary World, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Kurilla, Time: TR 12:45-2:05
HISTORY 7350: Studies in Islamic History: Power and Politics in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman World, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Akin, Time: R 12:45-3:30
HISTORY 7500: Studies in International History: The United States and the World, from the Founding to the Present, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Nichols, Time: W 12:45-3:30
HISTORY 7550: Seminar in Military History: Violence as a Language, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cabanes, Time: W 5:30-8:15

History of Art

HISTART 2901: Introduction to World Cinema, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Paulsen, Time: Online
HISTART 3901: World Cinema Today, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: TBA/Online
HISTART 5901: Silent Cinema 1895-1927, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Svede, Time: TR 5:30-6:50

International Studies

INTSTDS 3700: Introduction to Intelligence, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Keshk/Bucknam, Time: WF 11:10-12:30/ TR 9:35-10:55
INTSTDS 4700: Terror and Terrorism, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Lewis/Stratman, Time: Online/MW 5:30-6:50
INTSTDS 4701: Development and Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Lewis, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
INTSTDS 5701/5701E: Intelligence and National Security in a Changing World, Level: UG, Credits: 3, Instructor: Bucknam, Time: TR 2:20-3:40

Islamic Studies

ISLAM 3201: Muslims in America, Level U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Fahraji, Time: WF 9:05-10:55

Jewish Studies

JEWSHST 2241: Yiddish Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: TBA

Law

LAW 8896.27 - Seminar: Middle East Conflict, Level: G, Credits: 2, Instructor: Quigley, Time: R 4:30-6:30

Linguistics

LING 5901: Introduction to Historical Linguistics, Level: UG, Credits: 3, Instructor: Dawson, Time: MW 11:10-12:30

Modern Greek

MDRNGRK 1101: Elementary Modern Greek I, Level: U, Credits: 5, Instructor: Brown, Time: MTWRF 10:20-11:15
MDRNGRK 1103: Intermediate Modern Greek II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Brown, Time: MWF 11:30-12:25
MDRNGRK 3710: Modern Greek Literature in Translation, Level U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Jusdanis, Time: TR 2:20-3:40
MDRNGRK 4002: Advanced Modern Greek II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Brown, Time: MWF 12:40-1:35

Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures

NELC 3667: Divination, Prophecy and the Occult in Religion and Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Frank, Time: TR 9:35-10:55 (Cross-Listed as Religious Studies 3667)

Polish

POLISH 1101: Elementary Polish I: Classroom, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Sacilowski, Time: TWRF 9:10-10:05
POLISH 1103: Intermediate Polish I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Sacilowski, Time: TWRF 11:10-12:05
POLISH 3101: Advanced Polish I (BTAA Course Share), Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: TBA

Political Science

POLITSC 3596: Nationalism and Ethnicity, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: MWF 8:00-9:20
POLITSC 4310: Security Policy, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: TR 3:55-5:15
POLITSC 4318: Politics of International Terrorism, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Sylvan, Time: TR 9:35-10:55

Public Health

PUBHLTH 6000: Introduction to Global Health, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Singh, Time: W 5:15-7:05

Religious Studies

RELSTDS 3667: Divination, Prophecy and the Occult in Religion and Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Frank, Time: TR 9:35-10:55 (Cross-Listed as NELC3667)

Romanian

ROMANIA 1101: Elementary Romanian I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TWRF 3:00-3:55
ROMANIA 1103: Intermediate Romanian I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Lechintan-Siefer, Time: TWR 9:30-10:55

Russian

RUSSIAN 1101.01: Elementary Russian I: Classroom Track, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructors: Veskovic/Gallagher/Stafford, Times: TWRF 10:20-11:15/9:10-10:05/3:00-3:55
RUSSIAN 1101.51: Elementary Russian I: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 1101.61: Elementary Russian I: Self-Paced/Individualized Distance Learning, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 1102.01: Elementary Russian II: Classroom Track, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructors: Caserta/Bachman, Times: TWRF 10:20-11:15/9:10-10:05
RUSSIAN 1102.51: Elementary Russian II: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 1102.61: Elementary Russian II: Self-Paced/Individualized Distance Learning, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 1103.01: Intermediate Russian I: Classroom Track, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructors: Hadfield/Ridling Times: TWRF 9:10-10:05/11:30-12:25
RUSSIAN 1103.61: Intermediate Russian I: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 1103.61: Intermediate Russian I, Self-Paced/Individualized Distance Learning, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 1133: Intermediate Russian for Heritage Speakers, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Kim, Times: TWR 2:20-3:40
RUSSIAN 1202: Basic Reading in Russian Culture, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Cretu, Time: T 2:00-2:55
RUSSIAN 1203: Russian Culture Through Children’s Literature, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Kim, Time: W 1:00-2:00
RUSSIAN 1205: Russian through Posters, Propaganda, and Poetry, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Cretu, Time: R 1:00-1:55
RUSSIAN 2104: Intermediate Russian II: Classroom Track, Level U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Caserta, Time: TWR 8:00-9:20
RUSSIAN 2104.51: Intermediate Russian II: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 2104.61: Intermediate Russian II: Self-Paced/Individualized Distance Learning, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 2200: Russian Language and Culture for Travel and Business, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA/Online
RUSSIAN 2250.01: Masterpieces of Russian Literature, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Burry, Time: TR 2:20-3:40
RUSSIAN 2335.99: Magnificence, Mayhem and Mafia: Russian Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Annus, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 2345: Russian Fairytales and Folklore: Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Caserta, Time: TR 3:55-5:05
RUSSIAN 3101: Third Year Russian I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Verbitskaya, Time: TWR 8:00-9:20
RUSSIAN 3121: Advanced Reading Russian I: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 3122: Advanced Reading Russian II: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 3140: Russian Conversation, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: T 12:40-1:35
RUSSIAN 3355.99: Vodka in Russian Society and Culture: Deconstructing Myths, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Siragusa, Time: Online/TBA
RUSSIAN 3460: The Modern Russian Experience Through Film, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Seigne, Time: TR 12:45-2:05
RUSSIAN 3480.01: The Russian Spy: Cultures of Surveillance, Secret Agents and Hacking From the Cold War Through Today, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructors: Lin/Myers, Time: Online/TR 12:45-2:05
RUSSIAN 3490.99: Russian Youth Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Boyd, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 3750: (Alter)Native Russia: Indigenous Histories, Cultures and Politics in Siberia and the North, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Arzyutov, Time: WF 2:20-3:40
RUSSIAN 4101: Advanced Russian I, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Kim, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
RUSSIAN 4135 Practical Russian Pronunciation, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Isurin, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
RUSSIAN 5101: Advanced Russian III, Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Myers, Time: WF 9:35-10:55
RUSSIAN 5103: Advanced Russian V, Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Kim, Times: TR 8:00-9:20
RUSSIAN 5194: Group Studies (One-Time Offering: Российско-американские отношения в прошлом и настоящем), Level U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Kurilla, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
RUSSIAN 5701: History of Russian I, Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Collins, Time: WF 2:30-3:40
RUSSIAN 6171: Basic Reading Russian for Graduate Students, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 6172: Reading Russian for Research, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 7150: Language Maintenance and Professionalization, Level: G, Credits: 1-2, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: T 5:20-6:15

Slavic Languages and Cultures

SLAVIC 2230.01: Vampires, Monstrosity and Evil: From Slavic Myth to Twilight, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructors: Collins/TBA/Sacilowski, Time: WF 12:45-2:50/TBA/Online
SLAVIC 2365.99: Sports, Socialists and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Hashamova, Time: Online
SLAVIC 2995.99: Race and Gender in Eastern Europe and the US, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Hashamova, Time: Online
SLAVIC 3310: Science Fiction, East vs. West, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Burry, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
SLAVIC 3320: Queer Comrades: Sexual Citizenship and LGBTQ Lives in Eastern Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Tuxbury-Gleissner, Time: W 3:00-3:55, W 4:10-5:05, F 2:20-4:30
SLAVIC 3333.99: The Soviet Space Age, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TBA/Online
SLAVIC 3340: The East European Immigrant Experience in America, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Isurin, Time: TR 3:55-5:05
SLAVIC 3711: Theatre, Identity and Citizenship in Eastern Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Lin, Time: WF 2:30-4:30 (Cross-Listed as THEATRE 3711)
SLAVIC 3800: Bilingualism: Life in Two Worlds, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Isurin, Time: TR 2:20-3:40
SLAVIC 4595: The Politics of Difference in Southeastern Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Rucker-Chang, Time: T 9:35-10:55
SLAVIC 5194: Group Studies: Intermediate Ukrainian I, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Tyshchenko, Time: TWRF 4:10-5:05
SLAVIC 5580: The Cinema of Real Existing Socialism: Czech and Polish Film 1953-1989, Level: UG, Credits: 3, Instructor: Tuxbury-Gleissner, Time: WF 12:45-2:05
SLAVIC 6000: Slavic Literary, Film and Cultural Studies Professionalization Forum, Level: G, Credits: 1, Instructor: Lin, Time: TR 10:00-12:30
SLAVIC 6501: Introduction to Slavic and East European Studies: Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Suchland, Time: M 2:15-5:00
SLAVIC 7801: College Teaching of Slavic and East European Languages, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: M 9:00-11:45

Theatre

THEATRE 3711 Theatre, Identity and Citizenship in Eastern Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Lin, Time: WF 2:30-4:30 (Cross-listed as SLAVIC 3711)
THEATRE 3731: History of Performance I, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: TR 3:55-5:15
THEATRE 3812: Acting Studio I: Stanislavski, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: McClatchy, Time: WF 9:35-10:35

Turkish

TURKISH 1101: Elementary Turkish I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Steele, Time: RF 5:00-5:55, W 5:00-6:55
TURKISH 1103: Intermediate Turkish I, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Steele, Time: TWRF 4:00-4:55, Online
TURKISH 3797: Global Intercultural Citizenship, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Young, Time: TR 9:35-10:05

Uzbek

UZBEK 1103: Intermediate Uzbek I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Azimova, Time: MTWR 3:00-3:55
UZBEK 2102: Intermediate Uzbek III, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Azimova, Time: TR 4:00-5:25

Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

WGSST 3505: Transnational Feminism, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Abusneineh, Time: TR 11:10-12:30

Yiddish

YIDDISH 1101: Yiddish I, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: TBA, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
YIDDISH 1103: Yiddish III, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Hamel, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
YIDDISH 3399: The Holocaust in Yiddish Writing and Film, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: M 2:20-3:15, TR 2:20-3:40