Deadline for Registration: June 27, 2017
Wayne State Russian Program offers first-year Russian (RUS 1010and RUS 1020) online in a synchronous format. Below are answers to frequently asked questions about this program. If your questions aren’t answered below, please write Laura Kline at af7585@wayne.edu
General Information
1) TEXTBOOK: Which textbook do we use and how many chapters do we cover?
We use Beginner’s Russian by Anna Kudyma, Frank Miller, and Olga Kagan. We cover 5 chapters each semester, for a total of 10 chapters in the first year.
2) PLATFORM: How is the online course taught?
Our online Russian courses are taught live online (synchronous) with a live instructor. We use Blackboard Collaborate as our platform; it is free to students registered at Wayne. Students will be familiarized with the technology before the course begins.
3) MEETING TIMES & DATES: When do the classes meet?
Both classes meet TuTh from 12:00-3:20 live online.
RUS 1010 is offered in the Spring Semester (5/08/17 – 6/27/17).
RUS 1020 is offered in the Summer Semester (6/28/17 – 8/18/17).
4) WSU FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT? Do these classes meet the language requirement?