Spring 2025 Course List

The Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies has compiled the following list of courses for spring 2025 that are language and known area studies courses. Please note that users will need to check whether the course is being offered in an online, hybrid, or in-person format. Due to the continuing changes in format for particular courses, we will not always be including that information here.

Updated: November 15, 2024

COLUMBUS CAMPUS

BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN

BCS 1102: Elementary Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian II, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Boyd, Time: TWRF 12:40-1:35
BCS 2104: Intermediate Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian II, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Boyd, Time: TWRF 3:00-3:55

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: Nayak, Time: TR 3:55-5:15

BUSINESS: MARKETING AND LOGISTICS

BUSML 4253: Global Marketing, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Piletz, Agrawal, Time: R, T, 3:55-5:15

COMPARATIVE STUDIES

COMPSTD 2995.99: Race and Gender in Eastern Europe and the US: A Transatlantic Comparison (Cross-listed with Slavic Languages & Literatures), Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Hashamova, Time: Online
COMPSTD 3607: Film and Literature as Narrative Art, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Annus, Time: MW 3:55-5:15

CZECH

CZECH 1102: Elementary Czech II – Distance Learning, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: MTWR, 1:50-2:40
CZECH 2104: Intermediate Czech II – 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: Schofield, Time: MW 9:35-10:55

EARTH SCIENCE

EARTHSC 2204: Exploring Water Issues, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Sawyer, Time: Online
EARTHSC 3411: Water Security for the 21st Century, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Ibaraki, Time: TR 12:45-2:05

ECONOMICS

ECON 4560: Cooperation and Conflict in a Globalized Economy, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Zhang, Time: WF 3:55-5:15

ENGLISH

ENGLISH 7888.01: Scenario Writing Seminar: Narrative, Simulation and National Security (Cross-Listed with Law), Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructors: Noyes/Rudeshill, Time: W 4:30-6:30

FILM STUDIES

FILMSTD 2270.01: Introduction to Film Studies, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Svede, Time: TR 12:45-2:05
FILMSTD 2271: Introduction to Film Studies for Majors. Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Svede, Time: TR 11:10-12:30

GEOGRAPHY

GEOG 2750: World Regional Geography, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Schul, Time: Online
GEOG 3597.01: World Urbanization, Level U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Sangwan, Time: TR 9:35-10:55

GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

GERMAN 3252: The Holocaust in Literature and Film, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Richards, Time: TR 12:45-2:05

HISTORY

HISTORY 1212: European History II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructors: Limbach/ Lofland, Time: Online/Online
HISTORY 1680: World History to 1500, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Hunt, Time: Online/Online
HISTORY 2231: The Crusades, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Douglas, Time: Online/Online
HISTORY 2650: The World Since 1914, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Roth, Time: WF 12:45-2:05
HISTORY 2708: Water: A Human History, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Arnold, Time: Online
HISTORY 3251: Europe in the Age of Industry and Empire, 1815-1914, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Harris, Time: TR 3:55-5:15
HISTORY 3253: 20^th Century Europe to 1950, Level U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Kern, Time: WF 2:20-3:40
HISTORY 3282: History of the Soviet Union, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Hoffmann, Time: MW 2:20-3:40
HISTORY 3552: War in World History, 1990 – present, Level U, Credits, 3, Instructor Cabanes, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
HISTORY 3570: World War II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Douglas, Time: Online
HISTORY 3642: Women in Modern Europe, from the 18th Century to Present, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Soland, Time: TR 3:55-5:15
HISTORY 3670: Transnational History of World War II in Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Mansoor, Time: M 2:15-5:00
HISTORY 4255/4255E: Seminar in Modern European History: Migration and Mobility, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Dragostinova, Time: W 12:45-3:30
HISTORY 4375: Seminar in Islamic History, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Akin, Time: W 9:45-12:30
HISTORY 4525: Seminar in International History:, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Nichols, Time: R 2:15-5:00
HISTORY 7550: Seminar in Military History: The History of World Wars I and II, 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: Bahr/Nix/Yan/Adomanis, Time: Online
HISTART 3901: World Cinema Today, 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 2:20-3:40
INTSTDS 4700: Terror and Terrorism, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Lewis, Time: Online
INTSTDS 5196: Topics in Polish and European Culture, Level: U/ G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Babic, Time: TR 11:10-12:30

ISLAMIC STUDIES

ISLAM 3201: Muslims in America, Level U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Fahraji, Time: WF 9:35-10:55

LAW

LAW 7230: International Business Transactions, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Chow, Time: MTW 9:00-9:55
LAW 7700: Human Rights, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Quigley, Time: RF 2:30-3:55
LAW 7888.01: Scenario Writing Seminar: Narrative, Simulation and National Security (Cross-listed with English), Level: G, Credits: 2, Instructors: Rudeshill/Noyes, Time: W 4:30-6:30
LAW 8896.27: Seminar: The Middle East Conflict, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Quigley, Time: R 5:30-7:30

MODERN GREEK

MDRNGRK 1102: Intermediate Modern Greek I, Level: U, Credits: 5, Instructor: Brown, Time: MTWRF 10:20-11:15
MDRNGRK 2100: Greece and Beyond: The Crossing of Borders through Film, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Anagnostou, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
MDRNGRK 2240: Travel to Greece: The Search for a Cultural Ideal, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Jusdanis, Time: TR 2:20-3:40
MDRNGRK 3570: Modern Greek Radio, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Brown, Time: MWF 1:50-2:45
MDRNGRK 4001: Advanced Modern Greek I, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Brown, Time: MWF 11:30-12:25
MDRNGRK 5000: Modern Greek Language and Literature, Level: U/ G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Brown, Time: TBA/TBA

POLISH

POLISH 1102: Elementary Polish II: Classroom, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Sacilowski, Time: TWRF 9:10-10:05
POLISH 2104: Intermediate Polish II, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Sacilowski, Time: TWR 2:30-3:40
POLISH 5196: Topics in Polish and European Culture (Cross-listed with International Studies), Level: UG/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Babic, Time: TR 11:10-12:30

POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLITSC 3596: Nationalism and Ethnicity, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Roth, Time: MWF 9:35-10:55
POLITSC 4310: Security Policy During and After the Cold War, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: TR 8:00-9:00
POLITSC 4318: Politics of International Terrorism, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Sylvan, Time: TR 9:35-10:55

PUBLIC HEALTH

PUBHLTH 7000: Public Health in Developing Countries, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Aguolu, Time: W 5:15-7:05

PUBLIC HEALTH: EPIDEMIOLOGY

PUBHEPI 5412: Infectious Diseases in the Developing World, Level: G, Credits: 2, Instructor: Hufton, Time: WF 8:00-9:20

ROMANIAN

ROMANIA 1102: Elementary Romanian II, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: TWRF 1:50-2:45
ROMANIA 2104: Intermediate Romanian II, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Lechintan-Siefer, Time: TWR 9:35-10:55

RUSSIAN

RUSSIAN 1101.01: Elementary Russian I: Classroom Track, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Caserta/Tastan, Time: TWRF 9:10-10:05
RUSSIAN 1101.51: Elementary Russian I: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 1-4 Cretu, Instructor: TBA, Time: TBA
RUSSIAN 1101.61: Elementary Russian I: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 1102.01: Elementary Russian II: Classroom Track, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Seigne/Ridling, Time: TWRF 9:10-10:05/ 11:30-12:25
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, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 1103.01: Intermediate Russian I: Classroom Track, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Baskova, Time: TWRF 9:10-10:05
RUSSIAN 1103.61: Intermediate Russian I: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 1201: Basic Russian Phonetics Through Children’s Poetry, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: W 3:00-3:55
RUSSIAN 1203: Russian Culture Through Children’s Literature, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Kim, Time: W 1:00-1:55
RUSSIAN 1205: Russian Through Posters, Propaganda and Poetry, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Brintlinger, Time: T 1:00-1:55
RUSSIAN 2104.01: Intermediate Russian II: Classroom Track, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Shubina/Verbitskaya, Time: TWRF 12:40-1:35/9:10-10:05
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, Level: U, Credits: 1-4, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 2144: Intermediate Russian for Heritage Speakers, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Caserta, Time: TWR 2:20-3:40
RUSSIAN 2200: Russian Language and Culture for Travel and Business, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 2250.01: Masterpieces of Russian Literature, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: TBA, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
RUSSIAN 2250.99: Masterpieces of Russian Literature, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Boyd, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
RUSSIAN 2250H: Honors Masterpieces of Russian Literature, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Burry, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
RUSSIAN 2335.99: Magnificence, Mayhem and Mafia: Russian Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Isurin, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 3102: Third Year Russian II, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Kim, Time: TWR 9:35-10:55
RUSSIAN 3121: Advanced Reading Russian I: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 3122: Advanced Reading Russian II: Self-Paced, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 3140: Russian Conversation, Level: U, Credits: 1, Instructor: Stepanova, Time: T 11:30-12:25
RUSSIAN 3355.99: Vodka in Russian Society and Culture: Deconstructing Myths, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Siragusa, Time: Online
RUSSIAN 3480.01: The Russian Spy: Cultures of Surveillance, Secret Agents and Hacking From the Cold War Through Today, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Veskovic, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
RUSSIAN 3530: Russian Cuisine in History, Literature, and Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Kim, Time: TR 12:45-2:05
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 4102: Advanced Russian II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Kim, Time: TR 2:20-3:40
RUSSIAN 4575: Course for Russian Majors, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Burry Time: WF 12:45-2:05
RUSSIAN 5102: Advanced Russian IV, Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Myers, Time: WF 9:35-10:55
RUSSIAN 5104: Advanced Russian VI, Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Myers, Time: TR 9:35-10:55
RUSSIAN 5200: Representations of War in Russian Prose and Film, Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Myers, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
RUSSIAN 6171: Reading Basic 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: W 4:10-5:05
RUSSIAN 8550: Seminar in Russian Literature, Film or Cultural Studies, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Arzyutov, Time: M 2:15-5:00

SLAVIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURES

SLAVIC 2230.01: Vampires, Monstrosity and Evil: From Slavic Myth to Twilight, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Collins, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
SLAVIC 2345.10: Introduction to Slavic and East European Literature and Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Rucker-Chang, Time: WF 12:45-2:05
SLAVIC 2345.20: Introduction to Ukrainian Literature and Culture, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Lin, Time: WF 11:10-12:45
SLAVIC 2365.99: Sports, Socialists and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Cretu, 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 2:20-3:40
SLAVIC 3320: Queer Comrades: Sexual Citizenship and LGBTQ Lives in Eastern Europe, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Tuxbury-Gleissner, Time: WF 12:45-2:05
SLAVIC 3340: The East European Immigrant Experience in America, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Sacilowski, Time: TR 11:10-12:30
SLAVIC 3711: Theatre, Identity and Citizenship in Eastern Europe (Cross-listed with Theatre), Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Lin, Time: WF 1:00-3:00
SLAVIC 5194: Group Studies: Elementary Ukrainian II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Tyshchenko, Time: TWRF 4:10-5:05
SLAVIC 5450: Global Human Trafficking: Realities and Representations (Cross-listed with Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies), Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Suchland, Time: T 5:15-8:00
SLAVIC 6000: Slavic Literary, Film and Cultural Studies Professionalization Forum, Level: G, Credits: 1, Instructor: Arzyutov, Time: TBA
SLAVIC 7626: Prehistory of the Slavic Languages, Level: G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Collins, Time: WF 2:20-3:40

SOCIAL WORK

SOCWORK 8194: International Issues in Social Policy and Social Work, Level; G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Karandikar, Time: Online

SOCIOLOGY

SOCIOL 3200: Sociology of Immigration, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructors: Mumtaz/Huang/Schoon/TBA/Schoon, Time: WF 8:00-9:00, TR 3:55-5:15, TR 12:45-2:05, WF 2:20-3:40, Online
SOCIOL 3597.01: World Problems in Global Context, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Papaleonardas/Essengen, Time: Online/TR 8:00-9:20

THEATRE

THEATRE 3711 Theatre, Identity and Citizenship in Eastern Europe (Cross-listed with Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures), Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Lin, Time: WF 1:00-3:00
THEATRE 3812: Acting Studio I: Stanislavski, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Carr, Time: TR 9:35-10:35
THEATRE 5711.06: International Theatre Performance: Representations of the Holocaust in Theatre and Film, Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Mozingo, Time: TR 9:35-10:55

TURKISH

TURKISH 1102: Elementary Turkish II, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Steele, Time: WRF 5:00-5:50
TURKISH 2101: Intermediate Turkish II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Steele, Time: TWRF 4:00-4:55

UZBEK

UZBEK 2101: Intermediate Uzbek II, 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 4:00-5:20
UZBEK 3102: Advanced Uzbek II, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Azimova, Time: TBA

WOMEN’S, GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

WGSST 3505: Transnational Feminism, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Sreenivas, Time: WF 11:10-12:30
WGSST 5450: Global Human Trafficking: Realities and Representations (Cross-Listed with Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures), Level: U/G, Credits: 3, Instructor: Suchland, Time: T 5:15-8:00

YIDDISH

YIDDISH 1102: Elementary Yiddish 2, Level: U, Credits: 4, Instructor: Hamel, Time: TR 12:45-2:05
YIDDISH 3399: The Holocaust in Yiddish Writing and Film, Level: U, Credits: 3, Instructor: Hamel, Time: TR 3:50-5:10