Key to Course Listings
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ROMN 120b, Introductory Romanian II.
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Staff
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L2 (32)
Meets during reading period
Beginning instruction in Romanian. Practice in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Prerequisite: ROMN 110a or equivalent.
ROMN 145a, Romanian Literature.
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2 HTBA
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John Smith
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Hu (0) Credit/Year only Junior Seminar
Permission of instructor required
Readings in translation
Selected Romanian literary texts in translation. Prerequisite: ROMN <140b>.
HIST 265Ja, History and Literature of Modern Romania.
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T 1.30-3.20
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Jane Jones
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Hu WR (0)
Permission of instructor required
Examination of modern Romanian history through the lens of literary texts. Topics include communism, the Warsaw Pact, revolution, and political and economic reforms since 1989.
Subjects are listed by three- or four-letter abbreviations in capitals. See "Subject Abbreviations" for a complete list.
Fall-term courses are indicated by the letter "a," spring-term courses by the letter "b."
Days and times the course meets.
Foreign language courses are designated L1 (first term of language study), L2 (second term), L3 (third term), L4 (fourth term), or L5 (beyond the fourth term). Other distributional designations are QR, WR, Hu, Sc, and So, representing quantitative reasoning, writing, humanities and arts, science, and social science, respectively. (See chapter I and "Requirements for the B.A. or B.S. Degree" in chapter II.)
Examination group number. Final examination times are given under "Final Examination Schedules."
Classes or other meetings are held during reading period. (See "Reading Period and Final Examination Period" in chapter II.) The absence of the phrase means that classes or other meetings will not be held during reading period.
Prerequisites and recommendations are italicized.
Hour or hours to be arranged. 1 HTBA after a meeting time usually denotes a discussion section.
A student must complete the full year satisfactorily to receive credit. (See "Course Credits and Course Loads" in chapter II.)
Designations such as Junior Seminar, Senior Seminar, American Literature Course, Core Course, Library Course, Pre-1800 Literature Course, Pre-1900 Literature Course, and Preindustrial Course indicate courses that are applied to the requirements of certain majors; descriptions of such requirements are included in program descriptions in chapter III.
A course number in angle brackets indicates a course that is not currently listed or bracketed but that has been offered within the past three years.
A capital J or L following the course number denotes a History junior seminar or a science laboratory, respectively.