Location:

Petrozavodsk, Russia

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

The College of St. Scholastica and Karelian Pedagogical Academy present the Russian Language Study Tour, June 7 - July 12, 2012. Students attend language classes at the Karelian Pedagogical Academy in Petrozavodsk and explore the amazing culture and landscape of northern Russia through excursions in Karelia and visits to St. Petersburg and Moscow. Three levels of language instruction from novice to intermediate. No previous knowledge of Russian is necessary!

Students in this program stay in the Pedagogical Academy dormitory and have considerable opportunity to meet and interact with Russian students who are eager to make friends with their American counterparts. Indeed, contact with Russian speakers outside the classroom plays as important a role in language training as formal coursework. American students are encouraged to spend most of their time with Russian speakers - not with other Americans.

The program features trips to Karelia, Moscow and St. Petersburg. The price includes round-trip transportation, ground transportation, housing, meals, four undergraduate semester credits, St. Scholastica registration, participant fees, study materials and instruction at the Karelian Pedagogical Academy.

Setting Description:

Petrozavodsk, about 240 miles northeast of St. Petersburg, is located on the shore of Lake Onega at the edge of a wilderness of incomparable beauty. Petrozavodsk is large enough to support a variety of restaurants, shops, theaters, museums and other amenities to add richness to one's stay there.

Cost:

The entire program costs $4,250 and includes round-trip transportation to Russia, ground transportation in Russia, housing, meals, four undergraduate semester credits, St. Scholastica registration, participant fees, study materials, Russian visas and instruction at the Karelian Pedagogical Academy. A $50 deposit reserves a space in the program.