BCS 1131 - Elementary Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian I

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

This course is part of the Shared Course Initiative and will be taught from Columbia University using videoconferencing technology. Questions may be directed to Emma Britton, erbritton@cornell.edu.

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By the end of this course, you will be able to carry on basic conversations in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian on many topics from your daily life. You should be able to make polite requests, ask for information, respond to requests and descriptions, impart personal information, and have simple discussions on familiar topics. You will also acquire the skills to read and understand simple informational texts, such as newspaper headlines and menus, announcements and advertisements, and to extract the general idea of longer informational texts. You will master the writing systems of the languages, and you should be able to write notes or simple letters and keep a journal.