Russian Summer Language Institute

The Department offers an intensive course covering first- and second-year Russian.  The Russian Summer Language Institute is part of the UVa Summer Language Institute: http://www.virginia.edu/summer/SLI/index.html

• Students earn twelve UVa credits
• Institute runs nine weeks
• Instruction emphasizes speaking, listening, reading and writing
• Class meets M-F 8:30-11:30 and 1:00-4:00
• Tutoring, conversation practice and cultural activities are scheduled each weekday evening

The summer intensive institute is advantages:

• Open to non-UVa students and offers several
• Permits UVa students to enroll in RUSS 3010 and RUSS 3020 in the academic year following the institute
• Prepares students to benefit fully from study abroad
• Provides graduate students with the opportunity to gain competency in Russian
• Enables undergraduates who decide late to major in the Department to do so

How to Apply

complete: application (.pdf, 280KB)

Mail completed application to:

Summer Language Institute
University of Virginia Summer Session
P.O. Box 400161
Charlottesville, VA 22904

Faculty

The faculty of the Russian Summer Language Institute are regular faculty and graduate students of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.  For the 2009 Institute, the faculty are:

Mark Elson, Director

Alla Lamp

John Lyles