ИРКУТСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ-
Irkutsk State University (IGU) was founded in 1918 and is the oldest institution of higher education in Eastern Siberia. At present, the university boasts 12 separate departments (факультеты) and many more кафедры or "sub-departments". They also maintain a variety of research institutes, including an Institute of Applied Physics, an Institute of Biology, a Botanical Garden, a Museum of the History of IGU and a Scientific-Informational Center for the Study of Mongolia.
The School in Russia program at IGU is coordinated through Международный институт экономики и лингвистики. All Russian language courses at IGU are taught by instructors from this institute, while subject courses are taught by instructors from other факультеты and институты of the university. All courses meet for four academic hours per week and include written and oral graded assignments.
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Standard School in Russia Curriculum at IGU:
Advanced Russian Grammar (IrkGrammar.pdf)
Speech Practice (IrkSpeechPractice.pdf)
Russian Film (IrkFilm.pdf)
Russian Cultural History (IrkCulture.pdf)
And choice of one спецкурс in:
Post Soviet Russia (fall semester)
19th & 20th Century Century Russian Literature (fall semester)
Siberian History (SiberianHistory.pdf)(EnglishVersion.pdf) (spring semester)
History and Ecology of Lake Baikal (BaikalStudies.pdf) (fall semester) Mainstream Classes:
Students of advanced-level Russian may choose to pursue one or more classes in the regular departments of IGU, in place of any of the standard School in Russia courses. Among the факультеты и кафедры which might be of interest to American students are:
Biology and Soil Science (sub departments: biochemistry, botany and genetics, microbiology, plant physiology and cell biology, soil science, zoology)
Chemistry (analytical chemistry, general and non-organic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry)
Geography (cartography, economic geography, hydrology, meteorology, physical geography)
Geology (general geology, geodynamics, geophysics, oil and gas, mineralogy)
History (archeology and ethnography, Russian history, international relations)
Mathematics and Economics (applied mathematics, economics, information systems, mathematical analysis, mathematical economics)
Philology (Buryat language and literature, journalism, Russian language and literature)
Psychology
Physics (experimental physics, general physics, microelectronics, radio electronics, theoretical physics)
Social Sciences (cultural studies and social management, regional studies and social resources, social philosophy)