Dr. Boris Briker along with Russian Minor students, Yolana DuPlessis, Michael Seyer, Jenny Pak, James Cassidy, Matthew Thorp and Lauren McCoy enjoyed the performance of the New York Mertopolitian opera "KHOVANSHCHINA" by Mussorgsky.
The Russian Studies Program offers courses that cover from languagestudy to all aspects of Russia — the history, literature, culture,folklore, music, film, news media, and women’s studies. This allowsstudents to become familiar with Russian culture and society and thelife experiences of Russians. Students also become familiar withRussia through courses on Russian history and politics offered by otherdepartments on campus.
Our program offers a Minor and concentration in Russian Studies.
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Russian Culture in Context –
A three-week, three-credit undergraduate summer course/program, Russian Culture in Context taught for one week at home at Villanova followed by two weeks in Russia. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit and to study in two of the most exciting cities in the world, Moscow and St. Petersburg, and at the same time earn Villanova credits. Moreover, you will be back home by June 2, 2013, so you still can study, work, or take vacation.
The course serves as one elective towards Russian Area Studies Concentration as well as a general elective. It also fulfills Diversity 3 requirement. The course is taught in English and open to all students. Knowledge of Russian is not required.
This program starts on May 13, 2013 on Villanova campus, and on May 17 or May 18 the group will leave for Moscow. We will spend approximately one week in each city, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Please contact me, Dr. Boris Briker of Institute of Interdisciplinary Global Studies for the flyer, syllabus, and a detailed itinerary, and for an appointment with me to discuss more details. There are also information, syllabus, and lots of pictures on my Villanova website (the dates are last years' dates--I am putting new dates as we speak):
http://www82.homepage.villanova.edu/boris.briker/index.html
More information and the application forms are on the International Studies website: http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/vpaa/intlstudies/findprogram/summerprograms.html
(Please note: The deadline for submitting is March 1, 2013. Price is undetermined yet, but last year's price was $4450, and it included everything: Villanova tuition for three-credits' class, round trip airfare to Moscow and from St. Petersburg, food, hotels and dorms, visa preparation, all excursions and field trips, transportation within Russia (overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg etc.)
