COURSES OFFERED BY THE UKRAINIAN STUDIES PROGRAM*
FALL 2007 SEMESTER (BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 4, 2007)
EUPHORIA, CHAOS AND A COMMUNITY OF OTHERS IN POST-SOVIET UKRAINIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
Ukrainian G4120 section 001
Call Number: 17052
Instructor: Dr. Mark Andryczyk
Tuesdays 6:10pm-8:00pm
613 Hamilton Hall
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This course focuses on post-Soviet Ukrainian prose written by the visimdesiatnyky (the 80s generation) which introduced the artist-intellectual as a new protagonist in Ukrainian literature. The course will also introduce students to post-Soviet Ukrainian poetry, drama and essay writing. Students will be acquainted with the leading writers in Ukraine today and will observe the ways in which these writers adopted aspects of postmodernism in addressing their postcolonial concerns. The course will be complimented by audio and video presentations. Entirely in English with a parallel reading list for those who read Ukrainian.
UKRAINE AND THE UNITED NATIONS THROUGH THE EYES OF A UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR: DIPLOMACY AND POLITICS
Regional Institute U4575 section 001 Call Number: 63504
Instructor: Ambassador Valeriy Kuchinsky
Tuesdays 11pm-12:50pm
901 International Affairs Building
3 points, School of International and Public Affairs
The course provides a comprehensive and contemporary examination of the United Nations and its role in three core areas of international relations: international peace and security; building peace through sustainable development; human rights and humanitarian affairs. The course, delivered by a career diplomat who has been linked with the United Nations for decades, gives first-hand insights into the politics of today’s multilateral diplomacy as it is conducted within the United Nations and analyzes the input of individual member-states, Ukraine in particular. Emphasis will be made on comparing the roles played by Ukraine at the UN as a member of the “socialist camp,” and since 1992 as an independent state. Stress will be put on practical application of the knowledge gained, specifically by working on the agenda of the current session of the General Assembly and its main Committees, statements by individual member-states, draft resolutions and decisions of the session.
ELEMENTARY UKRAINIAN I
Ukrainian W1102 section 001
Call Number: 51197
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Shevchuk
Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:40-1:55pm
Location TBA
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This course is designed for individuals with little or no knowledge of Ukrainian. Basic grammar structures are introduced and reinforced with equal emphasis on developing oral and written communication skills. Specific attention is paid to acquisition by students of high-frequency vocabulary and its optimal use in communicative transactions closely imitating real-life settings. By the end of the course, students are expected to conduct short conversations concerning common aspects of daily life; to be able to initiate, maintain, and bring to a close simple exchanges by asking and responding to all major types of questions; and to read simple factual texts and write routine messages.
INTERMEDIATE UKRAINIAN I
Ukrainian W1201 section 001
Call Number: 52798
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Shevchuk
Mondays & Wednesdays 10:35-11:50am
Location TBA
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This course starts with a review and subsequent reinforcement of grammar fundamentals and core vocabulary pertaining to the most common aspects of daily life. Principal emphasis is placed on further development of students’ communicative skills (oral and written) on such topics as the self, family, work and leisure, travel, meals and others. A number of Ukrainian language idiosyncrasies, like verb aspect and verbs of motion, receive special attention. Course materials are selected with the aim of introducing students to some functional and stylistic differences in modern Ukrainian, as well as distinctions between the Kyiv and Lviv literary variants. By the end of the course, students will be able to narrate and describe in all major time frames, and deal effectively with unanticipated complications in most formal and informal settings.
ADVANCED UKRAINIAN I
Ukrainian W4001 section 001
Call Number: 21803
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Shevchuk
Mondays & Wednesdays 9:10-10:25am
Location TBA
3 points, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
This is course for students who wish to develop their mastery of Ukrainian. Further study of grammar includes patterns of word formation, participle, gerund, declension of numerals, a more in-depth study of such difficult subjects as verbal aspect, and verbs of motion. Original texts and other materials drawn from classical and contemporary Ukrainian literature, press, electronic media and film are designed to give students familiarity with linguistic features typical of such functional styles as written and spoken, formal and informal, scientific and newspaper language, etc. The course is designed to enable students to discuss extensively a wide range of general interest topics and some special fields of interest, particularly relating to their research and work, politics and culture; to hypothesize; to support opinions and handle linguistically unfamiliar situations; as well as to conduct independent field research with Ukrainian language sources.
NOTE: Many of the Columbia Ukrainian Studies Program courses listed above are open to students from other universities in the New York metropolitan area, as well as to outside individuals interested in non-credit continuing studies. Undergraduate and graduate students from New York University, for example, can register directly with their school for Ukrainian language classes at Columbia, while PhD candidates from universities which are part of the Columbia University Consortium (e.g. NYU, CUNY, New School) can register for non-language courses by obtaining appropriate approval from both their home school and Columbia. For more information, please contact Diana Howansky at ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or 212-854-4697.
*Dates and times are subject to change.
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