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Course Info for RUSS - 210 - 01, Fall 2022
Class number: 3155 Title: Advanced Russian Conversation Department: Language and Culture Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 9 Current enrollment: 3 Available seats: 6
Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MF: 1:30PM-2:45PM, LIB - 174 Instructor(s): Sarkissian, Karry
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements
Course Description:
This course will provide training in Russian oral communication and self-expression. Students will lead and participate in class discussions and debates, prepare oral reports, as well as listen to and watch Russian radio and television broadcasts. All work will be oral. The topics of conversations will include family problems and divorce, elections in the U.S. and in Russia, youth music and fashion in Russia, environmental issues, Russian beliefs in the world beyond (UFOs, ESP, etc.) and other current issues. By the end of the course, students will be able to converse in Russian on an advanced level on the ACTFL scale. (Also listed under the Russian and Eurasian Studies concentration of the International Studies Program.) Note: Fluency in Russian is required for enrollment.