RUSS - Russian (RUSS)

This course is designed for students who studied Russian in High School for two or more years but did not qualify to enroll in Intermediate Russian I at the Placement Test. The course offers a general review of the grammatical and communicative contents of Elementary Russian I and II. This course does not count toward graduation.

Fundamentals of grammar. Russian alphabet, pronunciation and syntax. Competence in aural and oral aspects are stressed in addition to learning the Russian alphabet, reading and writing.

Fundamentals of grammar. Russian alphabet, pronunciation and syntax. Competence in aural and oral aspects are stressed in addition to learning the Russian alphabet, reading and writing.

Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. Reinforces the material covered in Russian 1001-1002. Taken simultaneously with RUSS 1001.

Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. Reinforces the material covered in Russian 1002. Taken simultaneously with RUSS 1002.

Review of the essentials of grammar, vocabulary building, conversation and composition. Prerequisite: RUSS 1002 or equivalent department placement test or permission of the department. Formerly RUSS 1101.

Review of the essentials of grammar, vocabulary building, conversation and composition. Prerequisite: RUSS 1002 or equivalent department placement test or permission of the department. Formerly RUSS 1102.

Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. Reinforces the material covered in Russian 2001. Taken simultaneously with RUSS 2001. Formerly RUSS 1111.

Intensive oral drills and laboratory activities, including computer-assisted instruction. Reinforces the material covered in Russian 2002. Taken simultaneously with RUSS 2002. Formerly RUSS 1112.

Rapid review of grammar. Practice in conversation and writing advanced compositions; emphasis on idiomatic constructions. Prerequisite: RUSS 2002 or equivalent. Formerly RUSS 2111.

Rapid review of grammar. Practice in conversation and writing advanced compositions; emphasis on idiomatic constructions. Prerequisite: RUSS 2002 or equivalent. Formerly RUSS 2112.

Conversation based on topics of everyday life, cultural interests and occupational situations. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite: RUSS 2002. Formerly RUSS 2101.

Technical material in recent publications in the physical sciences. Prerequisite: RUSS 2002 or permission of department. Formerly RUSS 2113.

Technical material in recent publications in the physical sciences. Prerequisite: RUSS 2002 or permission of department. Formerly RUSS 3032.

Evolution of Russian pattern of civilization from the 8th century to the present. Artistic, geographic, historic, literacy and social background of Russia. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite: RUSS 2002 or permission of department. Formerly RUSS 2117.

Major writers from the 18th to the 20th centuries: Turgenev, Goncharov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Gogol, Dostoevsky and others. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite: RUSS 3001-3002 or permission of department. Formerly RUSS 2115.

A survey of Russian cinema from the turn of this century to the present. Prerequisite: RUSS 2002. Formerly RUSS 2316.

Representative Russian writers from Pushkin through the modern period. Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite: RUSS 3001- 3002 or permission of department. Formerly RUSS 2313.

Independent Study. Formerly RUSS 3391.

Independent Study. Formerly RUSS 3392.