Bosnian-Croatian-Serbo
BCS 0100 Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian I
This course is the first in the series of first-year courses, intended for students with no previous background in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian languages. The course develops competence in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding contemporary BCS. At the end of the course students will be comfortable using both Latin and Cyrillic versions of the alphabet and will be able to read simple texts, including signs, menus, short news articles, and short stories. Class work emphasizes development of communicative and cultural competence in real-life situations, spontaneous interactions, pair and group work and is conducted almost entirely in BCS. By the end of the course, you will be able to engage in simple conversations in BSC on topics concerning your daily life. You will also be able to write short personalized messages in BCS.
Not Offered Every Year
1 Course Unit
BCS 0200 Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian II
This course is the second in the series of first-year courses, the continuation of Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian I. The course continues to develop competence in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding contemporary BCS. Class work emphasizes development of communicative and cultural competence in real-life situations, spontaneous interactions, pair and group work and is conducted almost entirely in BCS. By the end of the course, you will be able to engage in simple conversations on many topics in informal and some formal contexts concerning your daily life. You will also be able to write longer personalized messages in BCS.
Not Offered Every Year
1 Course Unit
BCS 0300 Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian III
This course is the first in the series of second-year courses, continuation of Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian II. The course will strengthen students' competence in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding contemporary BCS and will expand students' active and passive vocabulary on a variety of topics. Class work emphasizes development of communicative and cultural competence in real-life situations, spontaneous interactions, pair and group work and is conducted almost entirely in BCS. By the end of the course, you will be able to engage in increasingly complex conversations in BCS on many topics in informal and formal contexts concerning your daily life, significant personal and cultural events and situations, important cultural figures. You will be able to write longer messages in a variety of informal and formal contexts.
Not Offered Every Year
1 Course Unit
BCS 0400 Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian IV
This course is the second in the series of second-year courses, continuation of Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian III. The course will continue strengthening and expanding students' competence in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding contemporary BCS and increasing active and passive vocabulary on a variety of topics. Class work emphasizes development of communicative and cultural competence in real-life situations, spontaneous interactions, pair and group work and is conducted almost entirely in BCS. By the end of the course, you will be able to engage in increasingly complex conversations in BCS on many topics in informal and formal contexts concerning your daily life, significant personal and cultural events, attitudes and perspectives. You will be able to write longer messages in a variety of informal and formal contexts. Satisfies Penn Language Requirement.
Not Offered Every Year
1 Course Unit