Summer Program: Russian in Kazan
The Kazan 3-week summer study-abroad program is a 2-credit intensive course designed to extend and solidify language skills developed in CLI intensive Russian classes. The programs share a single curriculum and use the same materials at ASU and abroad.
The Kazan program offers 2 levels of instruction:
- Elementary Russian in Kazan (Syllabus (Pending))
- Intermediate Russian in Kazan (Syllabus (Pending))
Students in both courses share a common set of activities and excursions. See the Kazan co-curricular activities schedule).
See the 2008 class on Russian TV
Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, recently celebrated its 1000th year. With a population of more than 1.1 million, the city is a major center of science and culture.
The Tatar State University of Humanities and Education was founded in 1876. At that time it was the third-largest teachers institute in Russia, after St. Petersburg and Moscow. It took its present form in 2005, with the merger of the Kazan State Pedagogical University, the Kazan State University for the Humanities, and the Tatar-American Regional Institute. TSUHE is currently merging with three other universities to form Volga Federal University. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Tatar and Russian are both official languages of the Republic of Tatarstan and both can be heard on the streets of Kazan.
Classes meet weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Cultural activities take place every afternoon. For a complete list of activities, see the Kazan co-curricular activities schedule (pending).
Books and materials are the same as those for the intensive Elementary Russian at ASU (RUS 194) and intensive Intermediate Russian at ASU (RUS 294).
- Elementary Russian (SLC 494, 2 credits):
Successful completion of CLI Intensive Elementary Russian, or 2 semesters of 100-level Russian, or equivalent knowledge - Intermediate Russian (SLC 494, 2 credits):
Successful completion of CLI Intensive Intermediate Russian, or 2 semesters of 200-level Russian, or equivalent knowledge
Students live with host families, with 1 or 2 students per family. Host families provide breakfast and dinner. Students purchase their own lunch. (See "costs" below.)
The Kazan summer study-abroad program fee is $2,135 for participants who do not attend CLI 2010 and $1,335 for participants who do attend CLI 2010.
The program fee covers instruction, housing, excursions, insurance and transportation. Not included are: meals, books, air fare, visa fees, and personal expenses.
ESTIMATED COST OF ATTENDING CLI 2010 KAZAN PROGRAM
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CLI STUDENT
$1,335 Program fee
$ 200 Meals
$ 0 Books (same books as for CLI)
$2,000 Air fare (est. as of Oct 2009)
$ 200 Visa
$ 50 HIV test (required for visa)
TOTAL: $3,935
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NON CLI STUDENT
$2,135 Program fee
$ 200 Meals
$ 100 Books
$2,000 Air fare (est. as of Oct 2009)
$ 200 Visa
$ 50 HIV test (required for visa)
TOTAL: $4,735
(Disclaimer: Tuition and fees set forth herein or in other University publications or web pages are subject to change.)