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All Programs from SRAS
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| Policy and Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space |
| All Levels – beginning to advanced |
Students will visit Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Russia and will discuss the conflicts in these states, both past and present, with local students, teachers, and experts. |
| Available: Fall, Spring |
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| Russian as a Second Language (RSL) |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
Twenty hours per week of Russian language training. Individualized Russian Tutoring and Intensive Russian also available in most locations. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term, Summer |
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| Translation & Interpretation Summer Seminar |
| Advanced Only |
Over four intensive weeks, students will study advanced Russian and translation and interpretation techniques. This course also covers practical aspects of starting and managing a career in the field. |
| Available: Summer |
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| Art & Museums in Russia |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
An excursion-based four-week program to teach you art history, studio art, and/or museum studies through the famed collections of St. Petersburg's museums! |
| Available: Summer |
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| Baikal Environmental Studies |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
Language, history, and hands-on experience with Tahoe-Baikal Institute to study the Baikal watershed and learn how to advance environmental initiatives through government, NGOs, and academic institutions. |
| Available: Summer |
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| Central Asian Studies |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
Intensive language study, courses on regional history and hands-on learning of the countries and cultures. Home stay, cultural program and educational travel included. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer |
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| Kyrgyz Summer Adventure |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
The Kyrgyz Summer Adventure Program combines three weeks of intensive language study in Bishkek and one week of horse-trekking through rugged Central Asian mountains! |
| Available: Summer |
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| Siberian Summer Adventure |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
SRAS has partnered with GBT to provide any interested volunteer with a well-rounded educational experience and unforgettable summer adventure in Siberia. |
| Available: Summer |
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| Eurasian Culinary Studies |
Eurasian Culinary Adventure is designed to open all of your senses to the rich Russian language and the cultures and cuisines of Eurasia. |
| Available: Summer |
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| Home and Abroad: Report |
SRAS's Home and Abroad: Report offers $10,000 to students who want to build writing, research, reporting, and language skills at home and abroad. |
| Available: Year |
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| Home and Abroad: Translate |
The SRAS Home and Abroad Program offers $10,000 to students who want to build translation and language skills at home and abroad. |
| Available: Year |
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| Home and Abroad: Art |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
SRAS's Home and Abroad: Creative offers $7,000 to students who want to build writing, research, art, and language skills at home and abroad. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Summer |
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| Internships: Translation Abroad |
| Advanced Russian skills required |
Professional, hands-on translation experience and intensive Russian lessons! A unique program to jump-start your career as a translator! |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer |
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| Internships: NGO and Cultural |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
Gain experience, make contacts, make a difference! Chose from NGOs working on a range of issues, diverse museums, and some theatres. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term, Summer |
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| Internships: Report from Abroad |
| Advanced Russian Skills Required |
Intensive Russian lessons and an internship with a local English-language newspaper, researching stories in Russian and English and reporting in English. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer |
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| Internships: Russian Business |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
Intensive Russian lessons combined with professional experience in Russia and a resume-building research project. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term, Summer |
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| Russian Folklore Expedition |
| All Levels – beginning to advanced |
Leave the city behind – move to a Russian village to collect old songs and folk tales, film the spring rituals, and dance with the New Year's masqueraders. This is the Russia you definitely won't meet in the classroom! |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Summer |
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| Politics and International Relations at MGIMO |
| Advanced Russian skills required |
Enroll for regular semester classes, conducted in Russian and attended by the diverse student population of MGIMO, Russia's premier institution for politics and international relations. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year |
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| Siberian Studies |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
From colonialism to industrialization to modern Siberia. Environmental, economic, and demographic problems. Combines academic courses with an environmental internship for a broad understanding of the region. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year |
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| Funding: Research Abroad Grant |
| Intermediate to advanced |
The grant awards $1000 to one upperclassman or graduate student per year to conduct research in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, or Ukraine. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Summer |
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| Acting in Russia |
| Acting experience required; courses available in English |
Intensive courses of Russian-style actor training for English-speaking actors and education professionals. |
| Available: Summer |
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| Research Travel Services |
SRAS's many years of experience in travel, research, and education are now at the disposal of those hoping to perform research in Russia. Let us help you with visas, accommodations, archival work, and more! |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year, Custom & Short Term, Summer |
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| Russian Archive Access |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
SRAS offers a one-week, crash course into Russian archives. Great as a stand-alone option, as an addition to one of our courses, or as your first week of dissertation research in Moscow! |
| Available: Summer |
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| Russian Studies Abroad |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
Intense language study, cultural immersion, and classes in history, politics, economics, and culture. For those planning a professional career with ties to Russia. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year |
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| The Russian Far East |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
Study the international diplomacy, economy, and history of the Far East from the Russian perspective. China, Japan, and the volatile Korean Peninsula are discussed. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year |
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| The Russians |
| All Levels - from beginning to advanced |
The Russians: A Developmental History of a National Psyche is an innovative cultural immersion using venues and experiences to teach the cultural history that forms the world view of today's Russians. |
| Available: Fall, Spring, Year |
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| Degree Programs |
| Advanced; Preparatory Courses Avail for Non-Advanced |
Degree programs at Russian universities are becoming more and more appealing as costs continue to escalate at home and as more and more professionals trained in Russia successfully test their skills in the West. |
| Available: Fall |
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