Russian Through Art

The main objective of the course is twofold: to develop students' advanced high and above-level Russian language skills such as narrating, comparing, presenting and supporting opinions, and hypothesizing as well as to enhance students' cultural knowledge through a focus on Slavic / Russian visual arts, architecture, music, ballet, opera and drama, thus contributing to their understanding of Slavic culture in general. The highlights of the course are trips to the New York City Ballet and to the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. The course will be taught in Russian.