STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES:

Study Abroad at the
New York Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

July 2--August 1, 2009

 

The application deadline is April 1, 2009

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Program Highlights
The City
Courses
Location
Dates, Fees, Eligibility
Application Procedures
Student testimonials
More information
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

COURSES

Seminars available in

Cognitive Psychology/Formal Linguistics

Media and Politics

Gender Studies

Film and Literature Studies

A complete list of seminars is available on the general NYI website

Under the supervision of SUNY faculty, students create a combined program in Russian Language and other courses of their choosing, creating a program of 6-9 Stony Brook credits.

LOCATION

Classes are held on the beautiful campus of St. Petersburg State University's famous School of Philology, on the banks of the Neva River, across from the Bronze Horseman. Participants live in newly renovated dormitories on the Gulf of Finland, in suites of 3-5 students, with kitchen facilities, 24 hour security, and easy transportation to the university and downtown

DATES
July 2: Leave for St. Petersburg from JFK
July 3-5: City Orientation, St. Petersburg
July 6: Russian language classes, NYI seminars begin
July 6-24: NYI seminars (Russian langauge classes continue)
July 24-31: Final week of Russian classes
Aug. 1: Return to JFK

FEES
Tuition (NY state): * $1,242 for 6 credits, $1,449 for 7 credits, $1,863 for 9 credits ($207 per credit)
Program Fee: ** $1,200
(covers dormitory accommodation; city orientation, cultural program; airport transfers.)
Visa: $150
*For out of state students tuition is $536 per credit. All other fees remain the same.
**Round-trip international ticket not included; approx price $1,100-$1,200)
**Meals not included, approx cost $300-$500)

SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID
All forms of financial aid normally apply toward Study Abroad programs. Please check with your campus Counselor.

ELIGIBILITY
The credit-bearing program is open to undergraduate students from any US-based institution. These credits earned can normally be applied toward graduation. (Check with your college office.) There is no language requirement.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE

US students must apply directly to the Stony Brook International Programs Office.

Click here to get a Stony Brook Study Abroad application form

To request a hard copy appliation, contact:

Summer Study Abroad Program in St. Petersburg, Russia
Ms. Jennifer Green
E 5340, Melville Library, Stony Brook Campus
jennifer.green@stonybrook.edu
Tel: (631) 632-7030

WHAT LAST YEAR'S STUDENTS ARE SAYING

I've never participated in such a program before. This program is unique because the organizers invented a very good combination of linguistic, psychological, political, sociological and gender classes.

--Slava Shevchenko, Samara University (Russia)


NYI was a great program, especially because of all the types of learning it involved. There was learning about language, the mind, about society, about Russia, and about my own culture from a new perspective. The professors and the environment are excellent catalysts for all kinds of learning.

--Nick Callaway, Reed College (USA)

So far I have participated in a number of summer schools and institutes, some of which were organized by The European Commission. However, all of them are completely overshadowed by the NY Institute. The selection of courses was excellent and it covered all the most interesting and latest topics in cognitive sciences and cultural studies which, needless to say, I cannot hear about at my host institution. However, the most important thing is that the lecturers were fantastic!
--Aleksandar Kavgic, Novi Sad (Serbia & Montenegro)

THE CITY

St. Petersburg has been Russia's cultural and political center since its creation by Peter the Great in the early 18th Century as a "Window to the West" on the Gulf of Finland. This magical city is famous for its rivers, canals and bridges, its spectacular Orthodox Churches, broad riverways and little winding canals. Because of its Northern latitude, Petersburg summers are known as the White Nights, a time when sunset lasts for hour, and hoardes of locals are joined by tourists from around the world to watch the nightly opening of the city's major bridges. St. Petersburg is home to some of the world's greatest art museums (the Hermitage and the Russian Museum) and spectacular palaces (Peterhof, Pushkin, Pavlovsk), the Mariinsky Theater, and the Petersburg Philharmonic. This city, known as both Petrograd and Leningrad in the 20th century, which was home to Emperors and Empresses, scholars and poets, and revolutionary thinkers, is now dotted with shops and cafes, clubs and nightspots that are at once deeply European and uniquely Russian. It was the home of Russia's great Tsars and Tsarinas from Peter and Catherine the Great to Nicholas and Alexandra, its great classical and symbolist poets (such as Pushkin, Mayakovsky, Akhmatova), its great 19th century novelists and composers such as Dostoevsky and Tchaikovsky. Petersburg was also the center of Russia's famous 20th century cultural movements -- symbolism and futurism, the avant garde in art and film, not to mention being the birthplace of the many revolutionary ideas in political thought and cultural forms that characterized the early Soviet period. More recently, the famous jazz and rock movements of the Soviet underground period all sprang up in Petersburg, and the most famous modern performers, from Vladimir Vysotsky to Viktor Tsoi came from the courtyards and canals that give this city its unique status among modern European cities.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Professor John F. Bailyn: SBS S-209, email: jbailyn@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Tel: (631) 632-7364
Ms. Jennifer Green: Library E 5340, email: jennifer.green@stonybrook.edu Tel: (631) 632-7030

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