<p>what do ppl in RC courses study? i signed up for Russian Literature R5B and i am just curious what these courses are like? in my ap english class we simple read books and poetry and wrote endless essays. are RC courses pretty much like that?</p>
<p>are they doable or they a pain in the ass?</p>
<p>For the language RC courses, usually the instructor makes you read literature from that country. Be prepared to write 32 pages of writing each semester (that is suppose to be university policy for RC courses).</p>
<p>are they like few long 1000 word essays or just frequent 2-page ones?</p>
<p>the university has a standard for the papers written, however they do not enforce it heavily. so the amount of writing for each class varies from instructor to instructor. for example, my first semester theater r1a class required three essays (4-5 pages, 5-6 pages, and 7-8 pages) and also one final paper (9-10 pages), and those were pretty much all the assignments. then in my second semester, i took comp lit r1b...there was only a midterm paper (5-6 pages) and a final research paper (9-10 pages). but we also had two paragraphs due on an online forum each week responding to anything we'd read that week. so i would say that those are two examples of how an r&c class can be, and most classes tend to be somewhere between those two. there's really no way to know what the instructor's expectations are until you receive the syllabus for that class or you contact that instructor directly.</p>
<p>is it just writing or is reading heavily enforced too? for english r1a for example</p>
<p>You write about what you read.</p>
<p>Expect to read and write a lot.</p>
<p>My Asian Am R2B class was pretty chill. 6 books (mostly short story collections) total, 3 essays 4-5 pages each, and a presentation.</p>
<p>wait threetagetready, who did you have for comp lit? Is there any difference between comp lit and just a standard english class?</p>
<p>R&C classes are pretty easy compared to the other courses you will have to take at Berkeley.</p>
<p>A MUST though is talking to the instructor and asking for help. That ensures you an A.</p>
<p>Eh, ensures? Not from what I've heard. Doing all of the work well AND communicating well with the instructor practically does, though.</p>
<p>I think the latter part was assumed.</p>