Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
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- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
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- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
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- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
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- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
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- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
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- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- SLST100: Introduction to Russian Society and Culture
- SLST101: Beginning Russian I
- SLST102: Beginning Russian II
- SLST110: Intensive Beginning Russian
- SLST111: Beginning Ukrainian I
- SLST112: Beginning Ukrainian II
- SLST160: The Culture of the Russian Revolution
- SLST180: Magic and the Fairy Tale World
- SLST201: Intermediate Russian I
- SLST202: Intermediate Russian II
- SLST203: Pronunciation and Colloquial Russian
- SLST210: Special Topics
- SLST300: Slavic Cultural Studies
- SLST301: Advanced Russian
- SLST303: Russian Popular Culture (in Russian)
- SLST345: The Eastern Front in the First and Second World Wars
- SLST360: Major Figures of Russian Culture and History
- SLST361: Imperial Russia, 1689-1917
- SLST362: The Soviet Union and Its Successor States, 1917-2000
- SLST363: Modern Ukraine and Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
- SLST364: Eastern Europe Through Western Eyes
- SLST365: Stalinism
- SLST389: Experiential Learning
- SLST401: Advanced Russian Practice
- SLST403: Topics in Russian Culture, Literature, Film (in Russian)
- SLST410: Special Topics
- SLST450: Cold War on Film
- SLST451: Stalinist Cinema
- SLST452: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Russia
- SLST460: History and Memory in Eastern European Cultures
- SLST461: Putin's Russia
- SLST463: Cultures of Protest in Russia
- SLST480: Tolstoy and the Age of Anna Karenina
- SLST481: Existence and Anxiety in Dostoevsky
- SLST482: Twentieth-Century Genocides in Eastern Europe
- SLST490: Directed Studies
- SLST499: Honours Thesis
SLST461
Putin's Russia
An exploration of Russian culture and politics under the controversial leadership of Vladimir Putin. Topics may include Putin's rise to power, the Pussy Riot scandal, LGBT rights under Putin, the Sochi Olympics and Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5