SAS education educational model majors course catalogue faculty

course catalogue

core courses

course

year

quarter

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Writing, Thinking, Analysis, Interpretation

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3

4

1

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3

4

ESL: Academic Writing

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

History of Russia

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

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2

3

4

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2

3

4

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2

3

4

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2

3

4

Great Books: Philosophy & Social Thought

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Metanarratives & Perspectives

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

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2

3

4

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3

4

1

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3

4

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3

4

World Through History

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Personage of the First Year

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Visual & Auditory Arts

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Professional Russian Language

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Society: Economics and Beyond

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Design Thinking

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Human Behavioral Biology

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Great Books: Literature

1

2

3

4

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2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Communications in the Modern World

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Science. Technology. Society.

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Emerging Horizons

1

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3

4

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2

3

4

Research Seminar

1

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3

4

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3

4

major courses

course

year

quarter

Foundations of the Humanities

cultural studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Critical Theory: Key Thinkers, Texts, and Concepts

cultural studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

cultural studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Politics and Culture: Nation, Empire, Class

cultural studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Russian Culture: the Classics and the Avant Garde

cultural studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Digital Humanities and Contemporary Culture

cultural studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Media Archaeology

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Media Studies and the Philosophy of Technology

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Audiovisual Analysis

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

History and Film

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

New Media Theory

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Theories of Technological Development

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Contemporary World Cinema

film and media studies

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Introduction to International Relations

international relations under uncertainty

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Globalisation, Governance and the State

international relations under uncertainty

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

International Security in 21st Century

international relations under uncertainty

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Politics and Environment: Current Issues

international relations under uncertainty

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Quantitative Methods for International Politics

international relations under uncertainty

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

International Political Economy

international relations under uncertainty

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Politics of Cybersecurity

international relations under uncertainty

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Deep Automation Module

information technology and systems analysis

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

WEB Technologies Module

information technology and systems analysis

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

information technology and systems analysis

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Introduction to Sociology

sociology and anthropology

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Introduction to Research Design and Methods

sociology and anthropology

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology

sociology and anthropology

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Quantitative Research Methods

sociology and anthropology

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Anthropological Issues & Ideas

sociology and anthropology

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Qualitative Research Methods

sociology and anthropology

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

History of Philosophy

philosophical dialogue in a deglobalizing world

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Ontology and Metaphysics

philosophical dialogue in a deglobalizing world

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

philosophical dialogue in a deglobalizing world

1

2

3

4

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2

3

4

philosophical dialogue in a deglobalizing world

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3

4

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3

4

philosophical dialogue in a deglobalizing world

1

2

3

4

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2

3

4

Eastern Philosophy

philosophical dialogue in a deglobalizing world

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Philosophy of Science

philosophical dialogue in a deglobalizing world

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

economics

1

2

3

4

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2

3

4

economics

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3

4

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3

4

economics

1

2

3

4

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3

4

economics

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Applied Economics

economics

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Banking & Finance

economics

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Experimental Economics

economics

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Principles of Microeconomics

economics

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Behavioral Economics

economics

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Advanced Microeconomics

economics

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

electives

course

professor

A Sense of Humor

Peter Jones

Peter Lešnik

Age of the World System

Devin Wangert, Xindi Li

Agricultural Acarology

Omid Joharchi

An Imperial Affliction: Depression in Literature

John Tangney

Anthropological Archaeology

Denis Sharapov

Antisocial Time, Antisocial Media

Xindi Li

Après ’68: An Introduction to Contemporary French Theory

Anne Mulhall

Arctic Encounters: Humans and Other Sentient Beings in the North and Siberia

Anna Varfolomeeva

Artificial Intelligence: Features and Regulatory Framework

Alexei Gudkov

Rafael Contreras Luna

Beyond the Kitchen Table

Course design by Excellence Track students: Najma Layali, Yulia Arkhipova, Nastya Volubueva

Black Atlantic 2

Joanna Longden

Black Atlantic. Part 1

Joanna Longden

Denis Zmeev

Bodies, Cultures, Societies

Stanimir Panayotov

C# programming fundamentals

Pavel Egorov

Colonial Studies

Ksenia Gerasimova

Compared Political Systems in the New World Order

Consciousness, Cognition, Rationality

Louis Vervoort

Consciousness, Emotions, and Decision Making

Krishna K

Contemporary Philosophy of Science

Louis Vervoort

Corporate Finance

Ashraf Ismail

Crafting Character and Storyline

Neal Bryan

Kimberly Mc Cabe

Crisis Ordinariness

Devin Wangert

Critical Animal Studies

Margret Grebowicz

Curating Contemporary Art

Henry Davidson

Decisions under Uncertainty

Kocourek Pavel

Developing an Educational Approach

Ulyana Ravedovskaya

Documentary Cinema

Peter Lešnik

Doors and the Constitution of Inner Space

Siyaves Azeri

Ecology, Technology and Anime

Duskin Drum

Economics, Society and Law

Dmitry Kurnosov

Economics: Brain, Behavior and Institutions

Alexander Didenko

Educational Research

Marko Turk

Emerging from the Shadows: 21st century African Politics

David Dusseault

English Oracy Skills

Melina Aarnikoivu

Environmental Sociology: How Ideology, Politics and Social Conflict Change the Earth

Matvey Lomonosov

Environmental Thinking

Margret Grebowicz

Epistemologies, Ideologies, Education

Asya Filatova

Epistemology and Metaphysics

Giacomo Andreoletti

Evolutionary Psychology

Ayla Arslan

Experiments with Artificial Intelligence in Education

Ulyana Ravedovskaya

Fashion and Philosophy

Devin Wangert, Xindi Li

Fate, Time, and Language. The Philosophy of David Foster Wallace

Giacomo Andreoletti

Tamara Ivanova

Forecasting Politics

Birol Baskan

Giacomo Andreoletti

Giacomo Andreoletti

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Louis Vervoort

Fragility and Resilience in Twenty-First Century Culture

Anne Mulhall

Free Will in Philosophy and Neuroscience

Krishna K

From Script to Storyboard

Nata Pokrovskaya

Geopolitics in an Age of Multipolarity: Russia and Asia

Rafael Contreras Luna

Global Art Cinema

Peter Lešnik

Great Educators

Marko Turk

Dmitry Baiduzh

Historical Introduction to Philosophy: Basic Concepts

Louis Vervoort

History and Memory through Cinema

Evgeny Grishin

History of Capitalism

Natalya Savelyeva

History of Economic Thought

Anil Aba

History of Energy

Tomasz Blusiewicz

History of Photography: Technology, Document, Art

Erika Wolf

History of Russia’s Religions

Evgeny Grishin

How Do We Learn? School of Thoughts in Education

Marko Turk

Image Scavengers: Collage, Montage, and Appropriation in 20th Century Art

Erika Wolf

Peter Lešnik

Implications of a Non-polar World

David Dusseault

Indigenous Ecologies

Duskin Drum

Individual and Society: Socialization, Education, Violence

Svetlana Erpyleva

Industrial Organization

Alexander Usvitskiy

International Business

Gordana Pesakovic

International Political Economy

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Munesh Chauhan

Introduction to Culture

Jay Silverstein

Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization with Python

Vitaly Nikolaev

Introduction to Economic Growth

Taisia Pogodaeva

Introduction to Economic History

Ksenia Gerasimova

Introduction to Finance

Ashraf Ismail

Introduction to Game Studies

Maxim Alyukov

Introduction to Mathematical Analysis

Konstantin Kim

Introduction to phylogenetic inference based on molecular data

Almir Pepato, Pavel Klimov

Introduction to Post-human Politics

David Dusseault

Ruslan Gasseev

Language and Ethics

Margret Grebowicz

Language and Society

Melina Aarnikoivu

Zachary Reyna

Law In Social Order: What Is The Norm? Introduction To The Theory Of Law

Tamara Ivanova

Legal Personhood and Liability of Artificial Intelligence

Nikita Kalashnikov

Lifestyle Photography

Shakhlo Makhmudova

Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

Konstantin Kim, Sviatoslav Perelevskii

Literature and Nature

Anne Mulhall, Margret Grebowicz

Love, Friendship and Beauty

Emile Alexandrov

Making Ends (Of the World) Meet

Course design by Excellence Track students: Alsu Battalova, Iulia Volokhova, Nikolai Kravchenko

Mathematics for Economists

Alexander Usvitskiy

Media Production

Andrey Zubov

Media Production 1

Dmitrii Kolobov, Peter Lešnik

Media Production. Live-Action Film.

Andrey Pshenichnikov, Dmitry Kolobov

Media Theories of Labour

Devin Wangert

Medical Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medicine and Society

Corinne Doria

Memories, Dreams, Confessions: Writing the Inner Life

John Tangney

Metamorphoses of Innovation as a Synthesis of Biological Evolution, Industrial Revolution, and Social Transformation

Albert Brand

Metaphilosophy: How the Philosophical Concept Works

Denis Maslov

Microeconomics of social relations

Denis Davydov

Middle East Peace 1

Birol Baskan

Music and the Mystical

Emile Alexandrov, Vladimir Orlov

Neurobiological basis of Kinship and Nationalism

Krishna K

Normality and Abnormality in Human Corporeality

Ivan Iapryncev, Aleksandra Zorina

Stanimir Panayotov

Oriental Metaphysics

Emile Alexandrov

Performance in Tyumen

Duskin Drum

Performativities

Devin Wangert

Perso-Arabic Neoplatonism from the Second Aristotle to the Son of Plato

Emile Alexandrov

Phenomenology of Love in Music

Vladimir Orlov

Philosophy and Ethics of Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Louis Vervoort

Philosophy of Physics, or How to Invent New Science

Louis Vervoort

Photography and Russia

Erika Wolf

Political Communication

Maxim Alyukov

Power in History

Dmitrii Baiduzh

Prediction's Predicates

Devin Wangert

Profession of a Scriptwriter

Ksenia Chilimova

Project Management

Tamara Ivanova

Psychoanalysis and the Pursuit of Happiness

Julie Reshe

Psychoanalysis: Then and Now

Julie Reshe

Psychological Aspects of Decision-Making

Julie Reshe

Public Speaking: Engaging Your Audience in English

Melina Aarnikoivu

Quantum Mechanics and Buddhism: a possible link?

Louis Vervoort

Radically Withdrawn

Xindi Li

Duane Rousselle, Julie Reshe

Sanctions Policy: Methodology, Directions, and Forecasting

Tamara Ivanova

Science Communication

Olga Dobrovidova

Selected Topics in Biopsychology

Ayla Arslan

Selected Topics in Life Sciences

Dmitry Andreev

Selected Topics on Mathematics

Sociological Imagination

Matvey Lomonosov

Soviet Music “Outside the Box”: from 1917 until the Death of Stalin

Vladimir Orlov

Soviet Visual Propaganda

Erika Wolf

Species concepts and species delimitation employing molecular data

Almir Pepato, Pavel Klimov

State Building and State Failure

Birol Baskan

Still moving? Comparative Diasporas

Matvey Lomonosov

Storytelling: The Art of Public Speaking

Alexey Golomolzin, Valentina Sharova

Structure of the Literary Text

Elena Grigorieva

Surveillance, Drones, and Robots

Devin Wangert

Sustainability, Power, and Profits

David Dusseault

Sustainable Agenda in Economics and Finance

Olga Miroshnichenko

Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice

Ksenia Gerasimova

Symbioses: Physical and Behavioral Interactions among Species

Richard Hofshtetter, Karen London

The Ecological Disaster: What to Do?

Louis Vervoort

The Golden Age of Russian Literature

Elena Grigorieva

The Making of Economic Society

Anil Aba

The Making of Europe: Medieval Culture, c.500–1500

Peter Jones

The Problem of Free Will: When Philosophy Meets Modern Science

Louis Vervoort

The Rise and Fall of Complex Societies

Jay Silverstein

The Seven Deadly Sins: A Journey into the Medieval Mind

Peter Jones

The Theory of Market Organization

Mikhail Drugov

The tragic fate of Sabina Spielrein

Julie Reshe

The University in Crisis

Michael Schapira

The Witch Kitchen of Galapagos

Erzsebet Pasztor

Theories and Practice of Effective Communication

Tamara Ivanova

Theories of Disembodiment

Stanimir Panayotov

Thinking on Paper: Efficient and Elegant Professional English

Melina Aarnikoivu

Time Travel and Philosophy of Time

Giacomo Andreoletti

Topics in Genetics: The Strange World of the Nucleus and its Social Implications

Juliette Colinas

Topics in Metaphysics

Giacomo Andreoletti

Trauma, Depression, Anxiety in Life and Learning

Julie Reshe

Turning to Color

Peter Lešnik

Unconventional Thinking and the Progress of Science

Jay Silverstein

Peter Lešnik, Siyaves Azeri

Vibeology: Harmonies and Dissonances of Human Experience

Course design by Excellence Track students: Anatolii Stepanov, Ivan Kashcheev, Sofya Matveeva

Kimberly Mc Cabe

What Does it Mean to Be Nobody?

Stanimir Panayotov

What If? Counterfactual & Alternate Histories

Corinne Doria

What is the Anthropocene?

Zachary Reyna

Anne Mulhall