Summer Study at Columbia
Columbia offers summer courses in Russian through the Summer Russian Practicum. See the Practicum website for details.
Summer Study Elsewhere
For summer programs located outside the U.S. (i.e., in Russia, East/Central Europe, or Central Asia) select "Study Abroad" from the menu at left.
Below is a list of summer programs within the U.S. that offer courses in Slavic, East European, and Central Asian languages and cultures. The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages also maintains an up-to-date listing of intensive language programs (both summer and academic-year) in the U.S. and abroad, sorted by language. Click here to see their list.
Summer Programs in Russian
- Beloit College Center for Language Studies: Intensive Language Program
- Bryn Mawr College: Summer Russian Language Institute
- Harvard Summer School
- Indiana University: Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
- Middlebury College Russian School
- Monterey Institute for International Studies: Summer Intensive Russian Language Program
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University: Political Russian
- University of California, Berkeley: Elementary Intensive Russian
- University of California, Los Angeles: Intensive Russian (Elementary and Intermediate)
- University of Chicago: Summer Language Institute (including Residence Immersion Option)
- University of Michigan: Summer Language Institute
- University of Pittsburgh: Russian and East European Summer Language Institute
- University of Virginia: Summer Russian Language Institute
- University of Washington:. Intensive Summer Russian
- Yale University/St. Petersburg State University: Intensive Russian
Summer Programs in Other Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Languages
(Note: many programs offer instruction in more than one language of the region. See program websites for details of what's on offer in the current year.)- Indiana University: Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
- University of Pittsburgh: Russian and East European Summer Language Institute
- Beloit College Center for Language Studies: Intensive Language Program
- University of Washington: Baltic Studies Summer Institute
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI)
- Arizona State University: Critical Language Institute
- Harvard University: Ukrainian Summer Institute