RUSSA 3306

RUSSA 3306

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

Creative writing for heritage speakers of Russian. Writing short (one page for each class) texts in Russian in a variety of genres: personal letters, blog entries, news articles, technical descriptions, official documents, short stories, and the like. Two meetings per week if taken for 2 credits hours. An optional third weekly meeting when taken for 3 credit hours has short reading assignments from contemporary literary and non-literary texts. The course is a continuation of RUSSA 3305 but may also be taken by qualified students who have not completed RUSSA 3305. Issues of style and grammar are discussed in every class. The course is primarily for students who learned to speak Russian at home, but students with other backgrounds may be eligible as well. Detailed description at russian.cornell.edu.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: RUSSA 3305 or placement by department.

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1 (when taken for 3 credits).

Comments Class meeting times will be chosen at the organizational meeting (usually the second or third day of the semester) so as to accommodate as many students as possible. The time and place of the organizational meeting will be announced on the Russian Langage Program website.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5726 RUSSA 3306   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    TBA, "time to be arranged" (to accommodate as many students as we can). Plan to attend our Zoom Organizational Meeting to arrange these times. The time and place of the meeting will be posted under Current Announcements soon.
    Prerequisite: Placement by department. see http://Russian.cornell.edu for TBA arrangements.
    This course will meet in 50 min durations x 2.