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Stuart Goldberg
stuart.goldberg@modlangs.gatech.edu
404-894-9251
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Description
Study Russian in Riga, Latvia. The program includes:
- Nine weeks of intensive Russian courses (3rd-year or 4th-year level) in Riga, Latvia.
- Course on Contemporary Russian history, politics, and economics with lectures by local specialist in English. Discussions and final paper in Russian based on research in Russian newspapers.
- Homestays with native Russian-speaking families, including breakfast and dinner.
- Partial LANGUAGE PLEDGE: only Russian with homestay families, teachers, staff and student helpers of host institution, and program director; except to resolve administrative issues or in case of emergency.
- Cultural program in and around Riga and the Baltics.
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Riga old city
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Soviet-era nuclear bunker
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Courland (Kemeri bog walk; Open-Air Museum at the Juglas lake; Livonian castle; Kuldige)
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Gauja National Park area and Sigulda castle
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Art Nouveau Riga
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3 day trip to Vilnius, Lithuania
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Roundtable with students from Russia
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Mid-program break coincides with local midsummer holiday of Ligo
- Excursions highlight the multicultural heritage of the area, as well as the Russian and Soviet experience. Exact excursions are subject to change. All except the roundtable are led in Russian.
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Location
Riga, Latvia
Dates
May 23, 2022 - July 23, 2022
Host Institution
- Baltic Center for Educational and Academic Development
Accommodations
All students stay in individual homestays with Russian-speaking families.
Courses
Third-Year:
- RUSS 3691: Advanced Intensive Russian
- RUSS 3692: Advanced Reading and Composition: Current Affairs, Business, Science and Technology
- RUSS 3695: Contemporary Russia
Total Credits: 9
Fourth-Year:
- RUSS 4692: Advanced Intensive Russian II
- RUSS 4693: Advanced Intensive Russian III
- RUSS 3695: Contemporary Russia
Total Credits: 9
Prerequisites
At least two prior years of Russian language courses. Russian Spring Track program available for beginner students.
Cost
- The Program Fee is $4650. Fee includes homestay with daily breakfast and dinner, cultural excursions, including Vilnius trip, insurance, books, airport pickup on May 21, 22 or 23.
- Program Fee does not include: Application fee, 9 credit hours tuition, international airline tickets, independent ground transportation and meals
Cancellation Policy
Informational Meetings
TBD
COVID and Travel
Program participants are required to follow all laws and regulations of the host country and host institution. This includes all regulations related to coronavirus mitigation strategies.
Latvia requires U.S. citizens entering the country to be fully vaccinated.
See the U.S. Embassy in Latvia site for detailed information.
The program is tentatively approved for summer 2022 by the GT Study Abroad Committee. Full approval must be given at the program’s go-/no-go date.