About the Course 

Goals of the course:  The course prepares students to read and
understand the earliest literary language of the Slavs -- Old
Church Slavic (OCS).  We will study the sound system of OCS, the
paradigms of the nouns and verbs, and read exciting excerpts from
the OCS manuscripts.  This course should benefit those interested
in the study of Indo-European, since OCS is always cited in
comparisons with other Indo-European languages, and reveals many of
the features attributed to the postulated earliest language of the
Slavs.  The course will also be a significant help to those
students involved in the study of Russian, since the Russian
language has taken a great number of elements from OCS.  

Course Materials: 
(1) Copies of Horace Lunt's Old Church Slavic Grammar are available
for purchase at the Slavic Department office (425 Dey Hall).  

(2) Later on copies of texts and glossary will also be made
available through the Department office.  

Course Requirements:
 Weekly Assignments:  OCS translations, which we will go over in
class.  
  One midterm examination
  A 2-part final examination consisting of a take home exam and a
short indo-class examination.