Course Information
Description
An intensive version of Russian Ba and Russian Bb, covering the same material in a single semester. Class meets five days per week with five hours of the main section and three hours of small group speaking practice each week. Readings may vary.
Course Notes
This course will meet five days a week from 9:00am to 10:00am on MTuWThF. In addition, students will be required to attend three additional one-hour speaking practice sections each week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Meeting times for the small group sections will be determined at the start of term based on students' availability. Any full course in Russian at the B-level (Russian Ba-Bb, Russian BTA-BTB, or Intensive Russian BAB) will prepare students for continued study of Russian at the advanced level (Russian 101) and for study or travel abroad in Russian-speaking countries. See language course notes on the Slavic Department website for information about sectioning, pass/fail, satisfactory/unsatisfactory, and auditing: https://slavic.fas.harvard.edu/language-course-notes
Recommended Prep
Russian AA-AB, AAB, ATA-ATB, AH, or placement at the B-level. Familiarity with fundamentals of Russian grammar, particularly case endings, verb conjugation, and elementary competence in spoken Russian.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process