Courses in Russian Language and Area Studies at TTU Students majoring or minoring in RLAS may take courses from among those listed below in Russian, History, Political Science or Slavic. Russian 1501, 1502. A Beginning Course in Russian I, II.  Introduction and development of the four language skills: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. 2301, 2302. A Second Course in Russian I, II. Prerequisite: RUSN 1501, 1502, or equivalent. Training in oral and written expression and in aural and reading comprehension. 3304. Russian Culture. This course is a a survey of over a thousand years of Russian culture. We will look at important historical, political, and cultural (i.e., literature, music, and art) events and trends that have been instrumental in forming Russian culture. Taught in English. 3301. Russian Civilization through Literature in the Nineteenth Century. A survey course of 19th century Russian literature. We will read the works of the century's most important writers from Alexander Pushkin to Anton Chekhov. Taught in English. 3302. Twentieth Century Russian Civilization Through Literature in Translation. This course will deal with the literature and other arts of the turn of the 20th Century in Russia and with the survival of this pre-1917 cultural tradition among the émigrés and in the Soviet Union. Taught in English. 3303. Russian Conversation and Composition. Prerequisite: RUSN 2302 or consent of instructor. The course is designed to increase fluency in the spoken language and proficiency in composition. Taught in Russian.  May be repeated for credit.  This is the course is a continuation of Russian 2302.  If you are looking for "Third Year Russian" you should enroll in this course or 3305. 3305. Topics in Advanced Russian Prerequisite: RUSN 2302 or consent of instructor. Advanced Russian language skill development at third and fourth year levels. May be repeated three times when content differs. If you are looking for "Third Year Russian" you should enroll in this course or 3303. 4301. The Great Russian Realists: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Examines the significance of Tolstoy's and Dostoevsky's masterpieces. The works will be read in translation. Conducted in English. 4302. Contemporary Russian Literature in Translation. This course will examine the works of major Russian authors such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Tatyana Tolstaya from 1953 to the present.  Taught in English. 4310. Russian Language Study in Russia.   Immersion in and study of the Russian language and culture in the target country. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Slavic 3301. Vampire Literature and Culture (3:3:0). An investigation of the myth of the vampire from its inception in early East European culture to its popularization in the West. 4300. Individual Studies in Slavistics. Independent study in Slavic and East European subjects under guidance of a faculty member, with content varying according to needs. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Political Science 3372. Governments of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Examination of the politics, governments, and cultures of Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union. History 3372. Tsarist Russia. Political, economic, cultural and social development, and territorial expansion of Russia from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century. 3373. Revolutionary Russia, 1894 to 1924. The decline of Tsarist Russia, growth of a revolutionary movement, events and consequences of the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and of the Civil War. 3374. History of Soviet Russia. The effects of Communist rule on the peoples of the USSR, and the Soviet Union's impact on the world in the twentieth century.