Indiana University study abroad in Central Asia and St. Petersburg

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ADVANCED LANGUAGE COURSES IN SAMARKAND AND ALMATY SUMMER 2003
 
The Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) at Indiana University will offer summer intensive language instruction in Kazakh and Uzbek languages at the newly established Central Asian Advanced Summer Language Institute (CAASLI), located in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Samarkand (Uzbekistan).  Each 8-week course (for 6 credit hours) will be open to graduate and undergraduate students (of at least a junior standing) who have completed a minimum of four semesters of training in one of the two languages.  Tentative dates for the Uzbek program are June 18 to August 13, 2003; for the Kazakh program, June 23 to August 18, 2003.  Kazakh instruction will be organized through the Adilet School of Law (Almaty) and Uzbek instruction through the Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages (SSIFL).  The cost of the Almaty program will be $1,500, and for the Samarkand program, $1,250.  This sum covers course tuition, books and materials, excursions, housing with local families, most meals, health insurance, and 6 credit hours from Indiana University.  Limited grant money is available to cover program costs and some transportation. Applications for financial assistance must be received by March 1, and for admission by April 1, 2003. For more information or to apply, please contact <celcar at indiana.edu>. (NOTE: Approval from Indiana University Office of Overseas Study for this program is still pending.)

STUDY IN ST. PETERSBURG
 
The Indiana University Russian Language Program in St. Petersburg 
offers students an opportunity to study and travel in Russia from July 18 to August 29, 2003.  Participants may (beginners in Russian must) attend an intensive four-week language program in Bloomington, Indiana and receive five credit hours. On July 18 they leave for a week of tourism in Moscow, then to Petersburg for an intensive four-week course in Russian -- including Business Russian for those interested.  Morning classes are conducted by professionals in second language acquisition. Regular excursions in the afternoons and daylong trips on weekends to points of interest in the area is included.  Participants will sail to Valaam on Lake Ladoga and to Kizhi on Lake Onega. Participants will receive six credits from IU, five in language and one in culture for this part of the program. 
Cost: $5,275 for Indiana-resident undergraduates, $5,775 for all other students. Airfare: $1,182.50 Contact L. Richter, 510 Ballantine Hall, Indiana U., Bloomington, IN 
47405; tel.: 812-334-2523,fax: 812-855-2107, 
e-mail: richterl at indiana.edu.  For details, go to: 
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel.shtml


 

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