Description
All PCC Russian courses are taught using an immersion method. The objective of all Russian courses is to help students to develop communicative competence and proficiency in comprehension, speaking, reading and writing Russian as well as cultural awareness. Assessment is based on consistent attendance, active student participation, and written and oral assignments.
There are no requirements or prerequisites for entry into the first term of first year Russian. However, the student should read the Russian course descriptions for other Russian courses. Students who have studied the language before and are unsure of their placement are encouraged to consult with a Russian instructor for proper placement.
All students who enroll in Russian classes (including those on the waiting list) are expected to attend class the first day when material essential for successful completion of the course will be presented. Students who do not attend the first class session may be replaced by those who do attend.
RUS 101. First Year Russian. 4 Credits.
Emphasizes active communication in beginning Russian. Includes listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, structure, vocabulary and culture. For beginners. Audit available.
RUS 102. First Year Russian. 4 Credits.
Continues the work of RUS 101. Emphasizes active communication in Russian. Includes listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, structure, vocabulary, and culture. Recommended: Completion of RUS 101 or instructor permission. Audit available.
RUS 103. First Year Russian. 4 Credits.
Continues the work of RUS 102. Emphasizes active communication in Russian. Includes listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, structure, vocabulary and culture. Recommended: Completion of RUS 102 or instructor permission. Audit available.
RUS 150. First Year Russian. 6 Credits.
Emphasizes active communication in beginning Russian. Includes listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, structure, vocabulary and culture. For beginners. Completion of RUS 150-151 is equivalent to RUS 101-102-103. Audit available.
RUS 151. First Year Russian. 6 Credits.
Continues the work of RUS 150. Emphasizes active communication in Russian. Includes listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, structure, vocabulary and culture. Recommended: Completion of RUS 150 or instructor permission. Completion of RUS 150-151 is equivalent to RUS 101-102-103. Audit available.
RUS 201. Second Year Russian - First Term. 5 Credits.
Continues the work of first year Russian, reviewing, expanding, and perfecting pronunciation, structure, and vocabulary for the purpose of active communication. Includes practice in reading and writing. Recommended: Completion of first year Russian at college level. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Arts and Letters/AL
RUS 202. Second Year Russian - Second Term. 5 Credits.
Continuation of RUS 201. Continues to expand structure and vocabulary for the purpose of active communication in Russian. Includes practice in reading and writing. Recommended: Completion of RUS 201. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Arts and Letters/AL
RUS 203. Second Year Russian - Third Term. 5 Credits.
Continuation of RUS 202. Continues to expand structure and vocabulary for the purpose of active communication in Russian. Includes practice in reading and writing. Recommended: Completion of RUS 202. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Arts and Letters/AL
RUS 211B. Intermediate Russian Conversation. 2 Credits.
Emphasizes conversational skills and listening comprehension at the second-year level. Recommended: Completion of first year Russian at college level or instructor permission. Audit available.
RUS 241. Great Russian Writers-19th Century. 4 Credits.
Introduces Russian literature's great writers of the 19th-century including, but not limited to Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Explores themes, genres, style, historical context, and social and cultural issues. Conducted in English and all readings in English. Prerequisite: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 or equivalent placement. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Cultural Literacy, Arts and Letters/AL, Cultural Literacy/DIV
RUS 242. Great Russian Writers-20th Century. 4 Credits.
Introduces Russian literature's great writers of the 20th-century, including but not limited to Zoshchenko, Olesha, Bulgakov, Zamyatin, Solzhenitsyn, Akhmatova, Shalamov, Grossman and Dovlatov. Explores themes, genres, style, historical context, and social and cultural issues. Conducted in English and all readings in English. Prerequisite: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 or equivalent placement. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Cultural Literacy, Arts and Letters/AL, Cultural Literacy/DIV
RUS 260B. Russian Culture. 2 Credits.
Russian culture through film. Enhances understanding of Russian culture and contemporary society through analysis of cultural and social issues presented in five Russian films. May explore issues including, but not limited to, Russian women, female gender roles, Russian families, the communist past, ethnic conflict, views of the west, and Russia's self identity. Course conducted in English and all films with English subtitles. Course can be taken out of sequence. Audit available.
RUS 261B. Russian Culture. 2 Credits.
Russian culture through film. Enhances understanding of Russian culture and contemporary society through analysis of cultural and social issues presented in five Russian films. May explore issues including but not limited to Russian men, male gender roles, marriage and divorce, friendship, Russian youth, organized crime, poverty and wealth. Course conducted in English and all films with English subtitles. Course can be taken out of sequence. Audit available.