Study Abroad for non-language student?

[Alissa Bibb]

Hello,

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS has a
five-week area studies summer program in Moscow open to students at all
levels of Russian proficiency, including those with no prior language
training.  The Contemporary Russia program offers courses in politics,
economics and culture; all area studies courses are conducted in English
by faculty of the Moscow Higher School of Economic.  In addition,
program participants receive six hours per week of language instruction
geared toward their proficiency levels (including elementary courses for
students with no prior training in Russian). Contemporary Russia
participants are granted U.S. academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.
Students attend six hours of class per day, four days per week. The
fifth day of each week is set aside for cultural excursions.  For more
information, please see our website at www.acrussiaabroad.org or contact
us at outbound at americancouncils.org 

Sincerely,
Alissa Bibb



Alissa Bibb
Program Officer 
Russia and Eurasia Outbound Office
American Councils for International Education ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave. # 700
Washington, DC 20036
phone: 202-833-7522
fax: 202-833-7523 
www.acrussiaabroad.org 

>>> AFisher at WOOSTER.EDU 01/29/07 4:13 PM >>>
Hello SEELANGers,

I have a student who is majoring in International Relations and would 

like to fulfill her study-abroad component of her major (at least 8  
weeks) somewhere in Russia.

The thing is, she has never studied Russian and, while she is not  
uninterested in beginning to study Russian on her trip, the main  
component of the trip would need to be culture/politics courses in  
English.

She's more interested in a 2-3 month summer program than a semester  
abroad, although with a language component ensuring basic Russian  
she's willing to consider a semester in Russia too.

Can anyone recommend a program?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Annie Fisher
________________________

Anne O. Fisher
Visiting Assistant Professor and Chair
Russian Studies
The College of Wooster
afisher at wooster.edu 
330-263-2166
________________________

"The academy responds to the demands of disciplines and faculty. It  
is a culture that cherishes independence and freedom. And it is a  
culture seriously out of touch with much of America." - from an op-ed 

piece on higher education in the New York TImes, October 11, 2006




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