RUSSIAN at PCC

❇ Russian language skills are in high demand for careers in business, real estate, high-tech, medicine, nursing, dentistry, teaching, social work, and law enforcement.
❇ Russian is now designated as a language of “critical need” for the U.S.
❇ The influx of Russian speakers to the Portland area continues.

There has never been a better time to study Russian!
Classes start September 21, 2009.
Register now at www.pcc.edu

Russian classes at PCC Sylvania feature:

*Language immersion with emphasis on speaking skills.
*Relaxed, fun classroom environment.
*Instructors with Masters degrees, native/near-native fluency and 17 years
of teaching experience each.
*Full integration of speaking, grammar, writing, listening and culture at every level.
*Partner and small group activites during class every day.
*Inexpensive course materials-just $60 for full year.
*Free Russian tutors, active Russian club, volunteer opportunities within the Russian speaking community.
* Classroom with computer podium, large screen and stereo system for viewing videos, new language computer lab for student and class use.
*Course web page with on-line activities for extra practice.
*Additional elective courses in Russian culture and film, and Russian literature during winter and spring quarters (conducted in English.)
*Inexpensive tuition-just $73 per credit hour, and all Russian courses are transferable to any accredited university in the US.

Winter 2009 class schedule:
In addition to our continuing first year and second year Russian courses, we also be offer a beginning level first year Russian course, RUS 150 . This course will continue in the spring as RUS 151. Students completing RUS 150/151 will be ready to take second year in the fall along with students who completed RUS 101, 102, 103.
A 2 credit culture and film course, RUS 261B Russian Culture, will also be offered. In this course , we will view 4 Russian films (subtitled in English) and explore the cultural and social issues presented in each film. This year's course will focus on Stalinism, World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union, and how those events have shaped Russian society and how they are viewed by Russians today. RUS 261B is conducted entirely in English, and no knowledge of Russian is needed.
Students registered in RUS 102 can also take a one credit First year Russian Conversation course RUS 111C that provides extra practice with the material covered in RUS 102.

Spring 2009 class schedule:
In addition to all the continuing courses, we will offer a 4 credit Russian literature in translation course, RUS 241 Great Russian Writers. In this course we will read short works by some of Russia's greatest writers including Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Zoschenko, Bulgakov and Olesha. RUS 241 is conducted entirely in English, all readings will be done in translation, and no knowledge of Russian is needed.
Students registered in RUS 103 can also take a one credit First year Russian Conversation course RUS 112C that provides extra practice with the material covered in RUS 103.

RUS 101 First year Russian- 4 cr.	1:00-2:50 pm	M W Shmakov
	11am-12:50pm	T Th Shmakov
	6:30-8:20 pm	M W Grigorian

RUS 201 Second year Russian– 5 cr.	10 am-12:20 pm	M W Shmakov

RUS 102 First year Russian- 4 cr.:	1:00-2:50 pm	M W Shmakov
	11am-12:50pm	T Th Shmakov
	6:30-8:20 pm	M W Grigorian
RUS 150 First year Russian-6 cr.:	1-3:50pm	T Th Grigorian
RUS 202 Second year Russian– 5 cr.:	10 am-12:20 pm	M W Shmakov
RUS 260B Russian Culture-2 cr.	11am-12:50pm	F Shmakov

RUS 103 First year Russian- 4 cr.:	1:00-2:50 pm	M W Shmakov
	11am-12:50pm	T Th Shmakov
	6:30-8:20 pm	M W Grigorian
RUS 151 First year Russian-6 cr.:	1-3:50pm	T Th Grigorian
RUS 203 Second year Russian– 5 cr.:	10 am-12:20 pm	MW Shmakov
RUS 241 Great Russian Writers- 4 cr.	9-10:50am	T Th Shmakov