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Study Abroad
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For mastery of any foreign language,
there is no substitute for living
in the country where it is spoken.
Accordingly, REES majors are
encouraged to consider a summer,
semester, or year abroad. There
are opportunities to study in most
of the newly independent states
of the former Soviet Union, such
as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia,
and Ukraine, as well as in East-Central
Europe (Czech Republic, Poland,
Hungary, etc.). The UO's
Study Abroad Program can help
students apply for and arrange
study abroad through a variety
of programs. For
information go to http://studyabroad.uoregon.edu, |
make an appointment
to talk to an adviser at the UO Study Abroad Program, or talk with an instructor or professor in REESC.
REESC students may, in particular, want to consider Eugene's
sister city, Irkutsk, as a possible location for foreign study. Located
in Siberia, near beautiful Lake Baikal, Irkutsk offers the attractions
of a large city as well as proximity to wilderness (it has also been observed
that students have an easier time socializing with Russians outside Moscow
and St. Petersburg). In part because of these advantages, and in part because
of its affordability and instructional quality, Russian Language Coordinator
Yelaina Kripkov has recently begun making arrangements for direct student
exchange with Irkutsk Linguistic University. Even without a formal UO-ILU
exchange program, however, students can make arrangements themselves and
simply apply for transfer credits.
Foreign study is important in a language program, but
students cannot plan on getting a degree at UO with all of their courses
in the major field taken somewhere else. REESC does allow you to count
any language study toward the three years required for the major, as well
as up to four other courses on Russian or Eastern European themes. Additional
courses taken abroad cannot be counted for your major, but they should
still count toward the total credits needed for graduation from UO.
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