enrollments in Russian at UW-Madison

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Below are the enrollment figures for UW-Madison for Fall 1992-Fall 1995.
In a separate message, I will describe the measures we have taken to
increase enrollments in our language program.

First-Semester Russian*
Fall '92:  107
Fall '93:  82
Fall '94:  68
Fall '95:  70

Third-Semester Russian*
Fall '92:  79
Fall '93:  64
Fall '94:  58
Fall '95:  34

*These courses can fulfill College foreign language requirement (of four
semesters) for BA or BS.

Fifth-Semester Russian**
Fall '92:  46
Fall '93:  45
Fall '94:  44
Fall '95:  25

**Required for students majoring in Russian AND majors in Russian & East
European Studies

Seventh-Semester Russian***
Fall '92:  32
Fall '93:  20
Fall '94:  22
Fall '95:  10

*** Required for majors in Russian only.

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Benjamin Rifkin
Assistant Professor of Russian,
Coordinator of Russian-Language Instruction & Teacher Training
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI  53706

e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu
telephone:  608/262-1623, 608/262-3498
fax:  608/265-2814