Summer Session

RUS 101: Intensive Elementary Russian

Undergraduate 6 credits

DEC: S3 SBC: LANG

An intensive course covering the elementary Russian program (RUS 111, 112) in one semester. RUS 101 is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of the language. A student who has had two or more years of Russian in high school (or who has otherwise acquired an equivalent proficiency) may not take this course without written permission from the supervisor of the course. May not be taken for credit after any other course in Russian.

RUS 112: Elementary Russian II

Undergraduate 4 credits

Prerequisite: C or better in RUS 111 or placement into 112. See http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ll rc/placement_challenge_exams/placement_exam.html for more information.

DEC: S3 SBC: LANG

An introduction to Russian. The course is a continuation of RUS 111, and is designed to develop functional competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing at the elementary level of Russian and to acquaint students with aspects of Russian culture. Course consists of 3 hours per week in group setting plus an online recitation hour.

RUS 213: Interm Russ for Russ Backgrnd

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: Native-speaking proficiency in Russian

DEC: S3 SBC: GLO; HUM; LANG

A course intended for students who already speak Russian and who need training in writing, reading, and grammar. May not be taken for credit in addition to RUS 211 or 212. The course is not intended for students who have the equivalent of a Russian high school education.

RUS 332: Professional Russian

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisites: RUS 212 and 213, or equivalent

This course is intended as an opportunity for students to use class time to research literature written in Russian pertaining to their majors. The course will be taught online but has several mandatory in-person meetings on campus and will make use of internet resources for research, reading and writing tasks. The primary goals will be the enrichment of professional vocabulary and development of advanced reading and writing proficiency in the student's major field of study.

RUS 592: Language Acquisition II

Graduate 1-4 credits

RUS 591

Elementary Russian II intended for graduate students from other programs.