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SUMMER SESSION LANGUAGE COURSES
LOWER DIVISION I
(Prerequisite: Beginning level to one semester of Russian or equivalent)
Courses labeled "a" are offered the first summer session in St. Petersburg State and Moscow; courses labeled "b" are offered the second
summer session in Moscow.
Russian 162a,b
Phonetics in Russia I
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Basic phonetics/intonation problems for native speakers of English learning Russian.
Russian 164a,b
Grammar in Russia I
3 credits each (45 academic hours per course).
Basic grammatical constructions, nominal declensions, verbal conjugations. Emphasis is upon grammar through communication.
Russian 166a,b
Conversation in Russia I
2 credits each (30 academic hours per course).
Introductions, talking about the self, family, educational environment.
Russian 199
Independent Study
1-4 credits each.
Registration through consultation with program director.
LOWER DIVISION II
(Prerequisite: two or three semesters of Russian or equivalent)
Russian 262a,b
Phonetics in Russia II
Reducing the English accent.
Russian 264a,b
Grammar in Russia II
3 credits each (45 academic hours per course).
Introduction to all case forms, tenses, verbal aspect. Emphasis is upon grammar through communication.
Russian 266a,b
Conversation in Russia II
2 credits each (30 academic hours per course).
Basic survival situations, negotiating one's way in everyday life
Russian 288a,b
Business Russian I
3 credits each.
Russian 293a,b
Business Internship in Russia
3 credits each.
Russian 299
Independent Study
1-4 credits each.
Prerequisite: permission of academic director
UPPER DIVISION I
(Prerequisite: at least 4 semesters of Russian or equivalent)
Russian 360a,b
Newspaper Reading in Russia
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Basic survey of Russian newspapers. Newspaper terminology and vocabulary. reading schedules, ads, articles of elementary difficulty.
Russian 362a,b
Phonetics in Russia III
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Reduction of the English intonation accent.
Russian 364a,b
Grammar in Russia III
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Review of nominal endings, verb conjugations, aspectual forms.
Russian 366a,b
Conversation in Russia III
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Review of basic intermediate level survival situations.
Russian 368a,b
Literature III
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Russian poetry and short stories from 18th-20th century literature.
Russian 370a,b
Composition in Russia III
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Writing about the self, family, environment
Russian 399
Independent Study
1-4 credits each.
Prerequisite: permission of academic director.
UPPER DIVISION II
(Prerequisite: at least 6 semesters of Russian or equivalent)
Russian 460a,b
Newspaper Reading in Russia IV
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Special terminology and word collocations typically found in Russian newspapers.
Russian 462a,b
Phonetics in Russia IV
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Reducing the interference of English in the reproduction of the Russian sound and intonational systems.
Russian 464a,b
Grammar in Russia IV
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Verbs of motion, aspect, special problems.
Russian 466a,b
Conversation in Russia IV
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Survival situations with complication; problems of contemporary societal life.
Russian 468a,b
Literature IV
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
20th century Russian short stories, writers.
Russian 470a,b
Composition in Russia IV
1 credit each (15 academic hours per course).
Writing on problems of contemporary life.
Russian 488a,b
Business Russian II
3 credits each.
Russian 493a,b
Business Internship
3 credits each.
Russian 499
Independent Study
1-5 credits.
Prerequisite: permission of academic director.
GRADUATE LEVEL
(Prerequisite: Student must submit proof of graduate status)
Russian 599
Independent Study
1-5 credits.
Prerequisite: Permission of academic director.
Russian 688a,b
Business Russian III
3 credits each.
Russian 693a,b
Business Internship in Russia
3 credits each.
Russian 699
Independent Study
1-5 credits.
Grades awarded for all courses except independent study are A, B, C, D, E.
Independent Study students receive S (superior), P (pass), C, D, E(fail).
Grades are assigned by the program director in consultation with the local faculty.
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