Participants on the study abroad program receive intensive Russian language training, including conversation, composition and grammar, with emphasis on everyday situations and use. Russian literature and area studies subjects will also be covered to facilitate the student's complete immersion into Russian culture and language, in addition to excursions and trips to museums and theaters in the city. Students may choose to spend 6 weeks over the summer or an academic semester in Saratov. Housing and meals are provided with a Russian family, but students may request to live in a private apartment. Transportation from Moscow to Saratov will be by overnight train, accompanied by a representative from the University.
All programs carry university credit.
The University of Wyoming has an established study exchange with Saratov. Visit their Saratov Exchange Program Web Page , containing detailed descriptions of the city and its history, plus important information for those traveling to Russia. Semester Study in Prague, Czech Republic Beginning in the Fall of 1998, the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, in conjunction with the European Studies Program of the Prague Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis offered students the opportunity to spend a semester studying in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague is one of the best preserved historical cities of Europe. Since the ninth century, when it became the capital of Bohemia, Prague has passed through several distinct transformations which have inscribed it with its unique character.