2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Jul 01, 2025  
2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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RUSS& 121 Russian I (5 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly RUSSN 101 - CCN

Course Description
The first quarter of a first year sequential course to give the student the ability to speak, read, write and understand the Russian language.

Course Content
A. Appropriate forms of greetings and address
B. Basic personal information: Names, addresses, nationalities, occupations
C. Everyday activities and preferences
D. Cardinal numbers and basic colors
E. Basic time expressions
F. Basic family relationships and descriptions
G. Basic sentence structure: verb placement; nominative and prepositional cases
H. Relating events in the present
I. Negation

Student Outcomes
1. Understand speech samples and respond using course vocabulary and structures.

2. Understand written language samples and respond using course vocabulary and structures.

3. Construct correct basic sentences and paragraphs.

4. Employ nominative and prepositional nouns and adjectives in phrases, sentences, expressions and idioms.

5. Request and provide information on pertaining to course content orally.

6. Request and provide information pertaining to course content in writing.

7. Distinguish and demonstrate appropriate forms of address.

8. Understand and apply case, gender, verb tense, person and number appropriately within the scope of the content of this course as indicated in other outcomes.

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50



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