Description

Central Asian Studies is an innovative program preparing students for international opportunities. Based in the captivating and historically significant region of Central Asia, this program combines intensive language study with courses on regional history and the specific countries and major cultures of this diverse area. A month of home stay, an extensive cultural program and educational travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are included to give a broader understanding of what locals think and how they live. Stay for an optional second semester for continued language study and hands-on learning.

Central Asian Studies is for audacious students looking to understand a military and economically important part of the world where Islam and Christianity, as well as Russian, Western, Chinese, and local interests mix and sometimes collide. You'll gain a wider, fuller, first-hand perspective on geopolitics and foreign relations for your future in government, business, or academia.

Highlights

Excursions, seminars, and other out-of-the-classroom experiences at locations of historical, cultural, political or other interest near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Includes a long weekend based in a rural village living with a local family.

Spend two weeks in the cities and countrysides of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan touring major sites, meeting locals, and learning the culture through hands-on activities.

Minimum Education

Diploma/Certification

Subject Areas

• Culture
• Foreign Language
• History
• International Policy And Diplomacy
• International Relations
• Russian & Slavic Studies

Cost in US$:

See the SRAS site for more details.

Program Fees Include:

Program costs include tuition for study, visa and registration, pre-departure materials, local orientation, health and accident insurance, use of a mobile telephone for the length of the program, round-trip airport transfers, and SRAS in-country support. Includes housing: one month of homestay and housing for the rest of the program in a dormitory; breakfast plus one other meal per day included in both.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide, American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory
• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

2-3 weeks

The School of Russian and Asian Studies's Mission Statement

The School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) is a team of consultants and advisers dedicated to education and educational opportunities in Russia and Eurasia.

Year Founded

1996