Placement
You can place into higher-level classes if you already have Russian language skills. PCC does not give CLEP exams (credit by exam) for language classes.
General placement advice for PCC Russian courses includes:
| Your Russian language experience | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| If you took a full year of Russian at another university, took three years of Russian in high school, have studied or lived in Russia for at least 6 months, grew up in a Russian-speaking home and have elementary reading and writing skills in Russian, or finished third grade in a Russian-speaking country | Register for RUS 201 |
| If you took a RUS 201 at another university, took four years of Russian in high school, have studied or lived in Russia for at least 9 months, grew up in a Russian-speaking home and have elementary reading and writing skills in Russian, or finished third grade in a Russian-speaking country | Register for RUS 202 |
| If you took a RUS 202 at another university, took five years of Russian in high school, have studied or lived in Russia for a year, grew up in a Russian- speaking home and have basic reading and writing skills in Russian, or finished fourth grade in a Russian-speaking country | Register for RUS 203 |
Native speakers who completed beyond the fifth grade in a Russian-speaking country should generally not register for Russian language courses at PCC.