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Uzbek will be offered through the Five College Mentored Language Program during the 2009-2010 academic year. A visiting scholar will be in residence for the year making it possible to offer Uzbek in experimental form.
Mentored Uzbek courses require seven to ten hours per week of independent study, a weekly one-hour conversation session, and a weekly thirty-minute individual tutorial with the Uzbek mentor. Course plan study guides and syllabi on the Five College Center for the Study of World Language's LangMedia website.
These courses are each worth either 2.0 or 1.5 credits at UMass. Transfer credit at the colleges varies, but is generally: Amherst College – ½ course; Hampshire – credit; Mount Holyoke – 2 credits and at the elementary level two courses or the equivalent are required to receive credit; Smith – 2 credits and at the elementary level two courses or the equivalent are required to receive credit.
Registration in these courses requires a special application process. See How to Register for details. The pre-registration deadline for Fall 2009 is Friday, April 17, 2009. Applications will continue to be reviewed, as long as space is available, until September 10, 2009. Placement request deadline for students with prior experience with the language is April 17, 2009. The final deadline for admitted students to complete registration paperwork is September 11, 2009. To contact the Center, e-mail fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu or call 413-545-3453.
Conversation session and tutorial times for Uzbek will be arranged based on the schedules of enrolled students and the mentor. Both will be scheduled at the end of the first week of the semester. Students will be given preference in tutorial times and locations based on order of application and registration. Enrolled students must provide the mentored program staff with up-to-date schedule information by the course registration deadline. Students who make changes in their schedules after that date will have to take whatever time slots and locations are still available.
Beginning course, no prerequisites. Independent study combined with weekly small group conversation sessions and individual tutorials with the Five College Uzbek mentor. Emphasis on developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Final grade based on weekly homework and conversation session preparation, an end of semester writing skills assessment, and a final oral exam.
Conversation sessions and tutorials: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays at UMass
Prerequisite is Mentored Uzbek I or the equivalent.
Conversation sessions and tutorials: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays at UMass
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Five College Mentored Language Courses
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LangMedia: The Five College Foreign Language Media Archive
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