Pitt Summer Language Institute 2003

[David J Birnbaum]

2003 SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (SLI)

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Applications are now being accepted and are due March 21, 2003 for study
abroad or scholarship consideration. All course offerings are contingent on
minimum enrollment. For application forms and funding information, please
write or call: Christine Metil, Assistant Director, SLI/Department of
Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1417 CL, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Phone: (412) 624-5906.

Fax: (412) 624-9714.  E-mail: slavic+ at pitt.edu

About the Program

The Slavic and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of
Pittsburgh, entering its 18th year, offers comprehensive instruction in 9
languages. All courses are intensive and proficiency-oriented and offer the
equivalent of instruction for one full academic year. Participants include
graduate students whose research requires linguistic competence,
undergraduate students continuing or getting a head start on language
acquisition, and high school or non-traditional students interested in
their ancestral heritage.  Courses are taught by native speakers with
extensive pedagogical experience at the collegiate level in the United
States. The University's modern Language Media Center supports interactive
classroom instruction.

Cultural exposure is an essential component of the SLI. Extracurricular
activities for all languages include lectures on history, culture (music,
art, literature) and politics, a film series, hands-on ethnic cooking
classes, singing and dancing classes, performances and picnics.
Participants also have access to the University's collection of Russian and
East European films and videos, one of the largest such collections in this
country.

Scholarships

- All students are eligible for full or partial scholarships. In previous
years over 85% of SLI students have received some form of scholarship.

- All graduate students will automatically be considered for a Foreign
Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, which includes a tuition waiver
and a stipend.

- FLAS Fellowships are awarded by the Center for Russian and East European
Studies REES) at the University of Pittsburgh, one of only 16 such
facilities nationwide to be recognized as a National Resource Center and
granted Title VI funding by the U.S. Department of Education.

- All applicants to the Ukrainian program and advanced Russian programs
will be considered for tuition grants and maintenance stipends funded by a
grant to the University from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).

- Tuition for the Polish and Slovak programs is free for all graduate
students due to support from the American Council of Learned Societies
(ACLS).

- Bulgarian and Macedonian programs are supported by the Southeast European
Language Consortium.

This year we are offering the following courses:
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Russian Language

1) 4+5 Pittsburgh-Moscow Program: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced and
Fourth-Year

4 weeks-Pittsburgh (June 9- July 9, 2003), 5 weeks-Moscow (July 13-August
15, 2003), 10 credit hours

Description: The SLI will again offer a special opportunity to combine four
weeks of language study in Pittsburgh with five weeks of intensive Russian
study at Moscow Linguistic University in Russia. In Moscow, students will
live in double-occupancy dormitory rooms. Students will receive instruction
and take part in a program of cultural excursions around Moscow and to
other Russian cities. The total cost of the combined Pittsburgh/Moscow
program is $3,880 plus airfare. This includes all tuition and fees, as well
as room and board in Moscow and an excursion to other cities.

2) Eight-Week Intensive Program in Pittsburgh: Beginning, Intermediate,
Advanced and Fourth-Year

June 9-August 1, 2003, 8 credit hours, tuition and fees: $2,378
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Polish Language

1) 4+4 Pittsburgh-Lodz Program: Beginning and Intermediate

June 9-August 1, 2003, 8 credit hours

Description: This new program offers four weeks of intensive language study
in Pittsburgh, followed by four weeks of instruction in Poland, at Lodz
University's Center of North American Studies. Centrally located, Lodz is
Poland's second largest city and a major center for the teaching of Polish
as a second language. The program includes weekend excursions to Warsaw,
Krakow, and Gdansk. Informal meetings, gatherings, excursions, and trips
with students in Poland are an integral part of the Polish experience. The
total cost of the combined Pittsburgh/Lodz program is $3,578 plus airfare.
This includes all tuition and fees, as well as dormitory accommodations and
excursions in Poland. (Tuition is free for graduate students, but a program
fee will be charged for overseas study.) A $1,000 deposit must be paid by
April 10.

2) Six-Week Intensive Program in Pittsburgh: Beginning and Intermediate

June 9-July 18, 2003, 6 credit hours, tuition and fees: $1,826 (FREE for
graduate students!)
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Other Languages

1) Beginning and Intermediate: Croatian, Serbian and Slovak

2) Beginning: Bulgarian, Hungarian, Macedonian (if demand is sufficient),
and Ukrainian

June 9-July 18, 2003, 6 credit hours, tuition and fees: $1,826 (FREE for
graduate students in Slovak!)

Visit the University of Pittsburgh Slavic Department website at
http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic

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