Study Abroad

In St. Petersburg

Level I: Language study and area study

Level II: Intensive language study

Program design: In addition to intensive language study, the program introduces students to the history, culture and contemporary issues of Russia. Housing is with Russian families, when not traveling to other sites.

Host institution: St. Petersburg State University

Credits: Four courses per semester (16 semester credits)

Prerequisites:

Russian 102 for Level I with at least a B average

Russian 202 for Level II with at least a B average

Russian 230, 290- highly recommended

Curriculum:Level I: Russian 201, 202

Level II: Russian 315, 316

Both: IS 240 (Russian Society and Culture), IS 241 (Russian Politics and History)

Level I: Fulfills the Lewis & Clark Foreign Language requirement and the two-course International Studies requirement.

Level II: Provides two Advanced Language Course Credits as well as filling the two-course International Studies requirement, enabling students to use Russian for a minor or in the Foreign Languages major.

St. Petersburg general information: http://www.saint- petersburg.com

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Andrea Liamzon's photo gallery (St. Petersburg, Fall 2007): http://flux.flatride. com/russia/

In Vladivostok

Vladivostok is a major city in the Russian Far East, a close neighbor to China, both Koreas and Japan with a population of 595,000. Read more at: http://vladivostok. usconsulate.gov/

FENU – The Far Eastern National University was established in 1899.

Today it has 36,000 students among whom 5,000 are international students. It is one of the leading institutions of higher education in Russia. You can read about it at: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Far_Eastern_National_ University or http://www.fenu. ru/

The Russian School established in 1989 is one of the best centers for international education in Russia. It combines an excellent academic program with good facilities and support services.

The Russian School at FENU:

• Two years of college Russian is the prerequisite for this program. It is especially good for foreign languages majors with Russian as a primary language and for students who want to study in the “other” (Asian) Russia.

• Unlike the St. Petersburg program, LC students at FENU take all courses in Russian and live in the university dorm with other international students most of whom are from Japan, China and the Koreas. Academic offerings include Russian conversation, grammar, phonetics, reading the mass media, Russian history and history of the Russian Far East, Russian music, folklore, and many more….

• Students are placed in Russian courses by proficiency level: intermediate or advanced. The Russian School at FENU holds a nationally recognized license in testing international students for proficiency in Russian. Participants are given proficiency testing before and after the program.

• The Russian School has a computer lab, a library and a Museum of Russian Culture, all of which are used in the language curriculum. The academic program is supported by extensive co-curricular activities, including excursions to local museums and points of interest, club activities, sports events, volunteer work, etc. Read more information about the Russian School at FENU at http://rs.wl.dvgu. ru/.

2. The School of Russian & Asian Studies (our partner for the Vladivostok Program): http://www.sras. org/

Evan Blankenship's web page about his Mellon grant activities in Vladivostok (summer 2008): http://www.vladfish. blogspot.com

Jessica Huston's blog site about her experience in Vladivostok: http://foreveraforeigner. wordpress.com/

Suggested readings:

Baker, Peter and Susan Glasser, Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution, Simon & Shuster, 2005.

Insight Guides: Russia, 2002

Online version: http://www.insightguides. com/insight/places- europe.asp?TAG=&CID=

Figes, Orlando, Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia, Metropolitan Books 2002

Gerhart, Genevra, The Russian's World: Life and Language, Slavica Publishers, 2001

Dabars, Zita, The Russian Way, Passport Books, 1995

Remnick, David, Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire" (any edition)