Taking Russian classes in college

[arian-archer.livejournal.com]

I studied Russian for 5 and a half years between middle school and high school so I would say I am relatively adept at the language (Not fluent mind you, but I know enough to get around). It's been about three years since I took my last Russian class, the college that I attended from 2003-2005 didn't offer any classes in Russian and now that I am going to a school (as a non-degree student so prerequisites aren't necessarily a factor) that does I'm wondering how advanced a course I should be taking. I still remember a lot of the fundamentals, verb conjugation and most of the cases, so should I go for the easy A and take a relatively beginning class to refresh or throw myself back into the language full force and take a class that's probably closer to where I left off after high school?

Comments

this probably isn't very helpful, but...

[fiachasorcha.livejournal.com]

I would suggest talking to whoever teaches Russian and getting their advice. I've been in classes where there was one person who had taken russian before, and it's very difficult for the rest of us to keep up, and not really fair to anyone. On the other hand, if you have holes in your knowledge, it's smarter to start lower rather than continue to have those holes.

A lot depends on how good the program is though. At my university we move quickly, much quicker than any other program I know of. So you would be in a lower level than at a schol that moved slower.