301. Directed Reading. Permission of instructor. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
Independent study, under the guidance of a faculty member, of a specialized topic in Russian, Soviet, or East European studies.

395/Hist. 332/Poli. Sci. 395/Slavic 395/Soc. 392. Survey of Russia: The Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Successor States. (4). (SS). Laboratory fee ($10) required.
An interdisciplinary survey of the history, politics, government, economy, social institutions, literature, and arts of the Soviet Union and its successor states and their relations with the rest of the world. Lectures and discussion.

396/Hist. 333/Poli. Sci. 396/Slavic 396/Soc. 393. Survey of East Central Europe. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in REES 397. (4). (SS). Laboratory fee ($10) required.
An interdisciplinary survey of the people, history, politics, government, economy, social institutions, literature, and arts of the communist and post-communist states of Eastern Europe and their relations with the rest of the world. Lectures and discussions.

397/Anthro. 317. The Political Economy of Transformation in East Central Europe. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in REES 396. (4). (Excl).
Offers an overview of East Central Europe, emphasizing changes in that region since 1989 in the context of the previous Communist system. From an anthropological perspective, it gives attention to the region's pre-Communist history and how socialism worked, and moves to the "revolutions" of 1989 and contemporary economic, social, political, and cultural processes.

402. Honors Workshop, Junior. Honors student and junior standing, and permission of REES advisor. (2). (Excl).
Methods workshop highly recommended for juniors of the REES Honors program. It is not available for general enrollment. Must be admitted by REES Honors advisor. Students who do not take it and want to write an Honors thesis their senior year must have a thesis proposal approved by both an individual advisor and the REES honor advisor before the start of the fall term of their senior year.

403. Honors Colloquium, Senior. REES 402 or a thesis prospectus accepted (prior to start of fall term of senior year) by REES Honors Advisor and an individual thesis advisor. (1-6). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.
The course is required of all senior Honors concentrators in REES and is open only to them. Must be admitted by REES Honors advisor.

405. Topics in Russian and East European Studies. (1-4). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($10) required.
Topics course open to all undergraduates wishing to expand their knowledge of the area and introduces them to focused topics in major disciplines. Students are required to write several papers based on original research taken from primary and secondary sources. Particular attention is paid to current problems of the economic and social transition in the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe.

410. Polish Culture. (1). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($10) required. May be repeated for a total of two credits.
Short yearly course devoted to some aspect of Polish culture, political culture, music, literature, art history taught by visiting Polish professor.

446/ACABS 446/Anthro 481. The Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes, Caucasia, and Central Asia. One of: Anthro. 380, 383, 384, 385, 407, 442, 480, 482, 483, 485, or 486; or ACABS 181, 281, or 413; or Classics 421, 435, 437, or 531. (3). (Excl).
Explores the prehistory of the Eurasian Steppe, Caucasia, and Central Asia, covering the period between the appearance of the first settled villages of the neolithic through the rise and expansion of the first states. It acquaints students with the archaeological record of these regions in the context of the anthropological and historical questions which guide contemporary investigations.

490/Soc. 490/WS 492. Women and Islam: A Sociological Perspective. (3). (Excl).
This course explores the theoretical and methodological issues involved in studying women. The course starts with an introduction to the existing paradigms on women's position in sociology, women's studies, and Near Eastern Studies. After a lecture on the position of women in Islamic history, it proceeds to study women in contemporary contexts such as in Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, North Africa, Central Asia and the Balkans, and contemporary U.S. society.