<><><><><><><><><><><><>Middlebury College School in Russia Program in Moscow is based at the Russian State University of the Humanities (RGGU), arguably one of the most progressive institutions of higher education in Russia. Established in 1991 on the site of the former Historical Archives Institute, the university has taken advantage of many of the freedoms available in post-Soviet Russia and has developed a curriculum and educational philosophy which distinguish it from many of its counterparts in the country.
With a focus on the humanities and social sciences, the university has expanded its educational opportunities in a variety of non-traditional, "non-soviet" directions. Among other things, this includes one of Russia's only full departments of Art History outside of specialized art institutes, as well as the first full department of Religious Studies in a secular Russian university.
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The university now comprises nine institutes, eleven faculties, twenty scientific and teaching centers, eight scientific laboratories and fifty-two departments. More than four thousand undergraduate students are enrolled at RGGU each year, along with 200 graduate students (кандидат level) and fifteen doctoral candidates (доктор наук).
Standard School in Russia Curriculum at RGGU:
Advanced Russian Grammar (RGGUGrammar.pdf)
Stylistics (Stylistics.pdf)
Speech Practice (RGGUPraktika.pdf)
Russian Phonetics (RGGUPhonetics.pdf)
Language of the Arts and Culture (LanguageofArts.pdf)
And choice of one спецкурс in:
History of 19th Century Russian Literature (fall) (RGGU19thCent.pdf)
History of 20th Century Russian Literature (spring) (RGGU20thCent.pdf)
Russian History - 9th-18th Century (fall)
Russian History - 19th-20th Century (spring) (RGGU19th20thHist.pdf_)
Modern History and Contemporary Politics (both terms) (RGGUPolitics.pdf)
Literary Works of N. Gogol (Gogol.pdf)
Mainstream Classes:
Students of advanced-level Russian may choose to pursue one or more classes in the regular departments of RGGU, 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 :
Historical Anthropology
Archival Work (sub departments: ancient and medeival Russian history; Russian history of the modern era; general history; archival studies)
Art History (general art history; museum studies; cultural history and theory)
Economics (economic theory; finance and credit; world economics)
History, Political Science and Law (general political science; history and theory of government and law; historical studies)
Journalism (journalism; literary criticism; television, radio and internet technologies)
Historical Literary Studies (history of Russian literature; comparative literary history; theoretical and historical poetics; theory and practice of translation; history of theater and film)
Linguistics (theoretical linguistics; Russian language; ancient languages; eastern languages; european languages)
Management (organizational development; management; economic modeling)
Philosophy (history of Russian philosophy; history of foreign philosophy; contemporary problems in philosophy)
Psychology (physical psychology; pedagogical psychology; social psychology)
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Sociology (theory and history of sociology; applied sociology)