All rights reserved. The summer intensive institute is an eight-week intensive course designed to give learners a full academic year of instruction in the Russian language at the elementary or intermediate level.
Students receive six hours of instruction per day, five days per week, for eight weeks.
In addition, students are housed in Russian Houses in groups of six, where they spend an additional three hours per evening in listening exercises and preparations for the next day. Learners at the elementary level pledge to speak only Russian three nights per week, and learners at the intermediate level pledge to speak only Russian four nights per week. Post-testing includes proficiency testing in listening, speaking, reading and writing. All students successfully completing the institute will earn nine semester credit hours in Russian. Please use your BACK button to return to Program Components.