CCIS - Study Abroad in Russia

Description

Grint Center for Education and Culture at Moscow University for the Humanities program seeks to involve students personally and actively with the Russian people and their language, history, art, and traditions. In addition to a required intensive Russian language course, which is taught at all levels by lecturers trained at the Pushkin Institute, students earn up to 15 undergraduate credits through the following courses offered at the Moscow Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences: elementary through advanced Russian language, Russia Today, General Survey of Russian History and Lecture Series, Survey of Russian Literature (19th-20th centuries), Russian Musical History and Modern Life, and Survey of Russian Cultural History in Excursions.

Russia Today is a unique weekly lecture series in which students dialogue with distinguished lecturers and political officials from throughout Russia. In addition to the academic curriculum, internships are open to students at any level of Russian, but some internships do have language requirements. A five-day excursion to St. Petersburg at the end of the semester is included in the program. The program is open to students at any undergraduate level with a 2.5 GPA.

Highlights

Grint Center for Education and Culture is located in Moscow, a treasure house of Russian culture, featuring many art museums, theaters, concert halls, and public libraries. The Moscow Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences is located on a 150-acre site in the Vykhino district, known for its parks and gardens, with easy access from downtown Moscow by bus and subway.