RUSS 102Elementary Russian 2
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Russian
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
A continuation of RUSS 101.
Prerequisites
- Must have completed the following:
- RUSS101 - Elementary Russian 1 (0.50)
Antirequisites
- Not open to students with native, near-native, or similar advanced ability
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
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There's not much to say except that this course was by far my favourite course at Waterloo. Я люблю русский язык!
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3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention RUSS 102, July 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2020
Course selection advice for adult first timer! 156 points, 45 comments
“Hello! I have recently been accepted part-time into the Arts program and it will be my first time attending university. …”
[deleted]: “Sometimes language courses can be pretty interesting and simple. I took RUSS 101/102 (Russian) and SI 101 (Arabic) and both of these were great imo. If you have an interest in a language, it might be worthwhile to take a language course.”
Fall 2019
Fun language courses 6 points, 5 comments
“I’m interested in taking a language course next semester but I’m not sure which one. I don’t want it to be too much work since I want to be able to have time to work on my major courses and coop. …”
u/fishscalepanties: “RUSS 101 and 102 with Viktoriya was great, really wish UW offered 201 because I’d gladly take it with her.”
Spring 2015
RUSS 101 Course Material 0 points, 5 comments
“I am taking RUSS 101 in my first year at Waterloo, but cannot find satisfying detail about the course content. I looked around for assignments, notes, reviews, etc. and was generally unsuccessful. …”
u/iJustWannaGraduate: “The content itself is fairly easy, but for me, the fact that all the work had to be done in cursive writing (which in Russian looks like gibberish.. …”
u/iJustWannaGraduate: “… You would probably be forced to take Russ 102 or later if you already know some Russian. 101 is designed for people who don't even know what Privet means. Well, actually, she taught us zdravsvooite (no Russian keyboard on phone..)instead to start... …”
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