Students take courses at the Middlebury center in Russian language, literature, culture, politics, and history, with particular focus on regional Siberian studies, while Irkutsk State University, Middlebury's host institution, offers mainstream courses in
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 Institute of Youth: Element
All students are required to take a Russian Studies Seminar (3-credit and taught in English), a Russian language course (up to 12-credit). In additional to the seminar and the language course, students can also choose to take up to 3 Russian Studies cours