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For students who are adventurous enough to learn Russian, MISTI offers internships and research opportunities in Russia.
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Learn Russian at MIT, then put it into practice
If you don't yet speak Russian but are planning to learn, MIT offers a variety of resources to help.
Other resources
Russian Heritage Speakers Program
Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program
Eurasian Regional Language Program
Language classes
21G.612 Russian II will offer 2 sections, MTRF 9-10 am (16-668) and 11-12 pm (16-654). The morning section is specifically designed to help students who would like to catch up with the course after individual language study or while preparing for summer trips and internships to Russia and Kazakhstan.
The course uses a free online textbook: http://www.mezhdunami.org
21G.614 Russian IV, MTRF, 12-1 pm, 16-628. The class will focus on more complex topics in Russian grammar (participles, gerunds, verbs of motion), and include readings of literary texts, news and science articles, as well as films and other material. Heritage learners of Russian are welcome!
History and Literature classes
21G.068/21H.245/ 17.57 (HASS-S, CI-H) - Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present, TR, 1-2:30 pm, 66-160, Prof. Elizabeth Wood - This is a great way to fill your CI-H requirement, and to get a deeper understanding of social and historical problem that are becoming more pertinent to our lives.
21G.077/21L.490 (HASS-H) - Introduction to the Classics of Russian Literature,
21G.618 (Russian language option), TR, 2:30- 4 pm, 16-628, Maria Khotimsky.
This is a new survey course that explores the works of major Russian authors of the XIX and XX centuries. Readings are in English. Additional Russian-language option (extra 6 units of credit) is available (21G.618).
17.569 Russia's Foreign Policy: Toward the Post-Soviet States and Beyond
T11-1 p.m., R12 p.m.,56-167, Carol Saivetz
