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Russia, Moscow/St. Petersburg/Vladimir – Fall and Year 2009-10 IAP Program Handbook

This program is offered by International Academic Programs (IAP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in partnership with the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), a non-profit educational association and academic exchange organization. Throughout the course of your study abroad experience you will be communicating with both IAP and ACTR staff. It is essential that you pay close attention to all information provided to you from both organizations. This IAP Program Handbook supplements handbook(s) or materials you receive from ACTR as well as the IAP Study Abroad Handbook and provides you with the most up-to-date information and advice available at the time of printing. Changes may occur before your departure or while you are abroad.

ACTR handles the program’s day-to-day operations. Generally, questions about aspects of your program abroad should be directed to ACTR (ie. program housing options, program facilities abroad, cultural tours offered as part of the program, etc.) Questions relating to your relationship with UW-Madison or your academics should be addressed to the UW-Madison (ie. course credits, equivalents, UW Madison registration, etc.)

This program handbook contains the following information:

Contact Information...... 1 Program Dates...... 3 Preparations Before Leaving...... 3 Travel and Arrival Information...... 3 The Academic Program...... 3 Living Abroad...... 5 Appendix A...... 6

Contact Information On-Site Program Information

ACTR Contact Information Margaret Stephenson American Councils Headquarters 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: 202-833-7522, Fax: 202-833-7523 Email: [email protected] Web: www.actr.org Your main reference for this program will be the ACTR handbook and materials you will receive. Please refer to these publications for the majority of your questions.

You will receive additional program contact information directly from ACTR.

UW-Madison Information

1 International Academic Programs (IAP) University of Wisconsin-Madison 250 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive Madison, WI 53706 Tel: 608-265-6329 Fax: 608-262-6998 Web: www.studyabroad.wisc.edu

For Program Advising & Grades: For Financial Matters: Jessa Boche Judy Humphrey IAP Study Abroad Advisor IAP Financial Specialist Tel: 608-265-6329 Tel: 608-262-6785 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Emergency Contact Information In case of an emergency, call the main IAP number 608-265-6329 between 7:45 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; after-hours or on weekends call the IAP staff on call at (608) 516-9440.

Embassy Registration Program participants who are U.S. citizens must register at the U.S. Embassy before departure as this will help in case of a lost passport or other mishap. You can register online at . If you are not a U.S. citizen, register at your home country’s embassy or consulate.

U.S. Embassy Bolshoy Deviatinsky Pereulok No. 8 Moscow 121099, Russian Federation - PSC-77, APO AE 09721 Tel: +7 (495) 728-5000, fax: 728-5090 Tel: +7 (495) 728-5025 (After hours emergencies)

The U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg Ulitsa Furshtadskaya, 15, St. Petersburg 191028 Russia — PSC 78, Box L, APO AE 09723 Tel: +7 (812) 331-2600, fax: 331-2852 Tel: +7 (495) 331-2888 (After hours emergencies)

Program Dates ACTR will provide you with official program dates in your acceptance letter. A mandatory pre-departure orientation will take place in Washington DC. More details about orientation will be included in your materials from ACTR

Fall semester begins: August 25, 2009 Fall semester ends: December 16, 2009 Spring semester begins: January 26, 2010 Spring semester ends: May 20, 2010

2 Preparations Before Leaving Refer to the Pre-Departure Checklist on pages four and five of the IAP Study Abroad Handbook for essential information.

Immigration Documents

PASSPORT AND VISA All U.S. citizens will be required to obtain a passport and a student visa prior to going to Russia. By this time, you should have already applied for your passport. If not, do so immediately. Please read the information provided by ACTR regarding the visa process and follow the directions carefully. It is recommended that you proceed with applying for your student visa as early as the process allows (ie. completing whatever steps you can, even if you cannot complete others). If you are not a U.S. citizen, contact your home country’s embassy or consulate for details on passport and visa requirements.

Travel and Arrival Information A required pre-departure orientation is held in Washington, DC. After the orientation, there is a required group flight. The Academic Program General Information Your program is offered by International Academic Programs (IAP) at UW-Madison in partnership with the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), a non-profit educational association and academic exchange organization. ACTR allows you to take courses from one of three sites in Russia: Moscow International University, Herzen University in St. Petersburg, or Vladimir’s Cora Russian Language Center. The ACTR study abroad program in Russia is offered in conjunction with Bryn Mawr College.

All academic information for the program is included in the documents you received from ACTR. However, please note that as a UW-Madison student, you must also abide by the academic policies listed here and provided in the IAP Study Abroad Handbook.

American Council of Teachers of Russian: www.actr.org

Course Information Courses Course descriptions can be found in the appendix of the ACTR handbook.

Registration Students register for classes on-site with the assistance of on-site staff.

Equivalents and Course Equivalent Request Form (CERF) The Slavic Languages Department has established pre-approved equivalencies for the courses taken while on the Russia-ACTR program (See Appendix A on page 6 and 7), as it is essential for Russian majors to receive certain equivalencies in order so that they

3 continue to progress within the major. If you are not a Russian major, you may also elect to receive these pre-approved equivalencies that have been established by the Slavic Languages Department.

If you plan on receiving these pre-approved equivalencies, you do not have to fill out a Course Equivalency Request Form (CERF) as stated in the IAP Study Abroad Handbook. Your equivalencies will automatically be processed as noted in Appendix A, and thus, the CERF will not be necessary.

If, however, you wish to request equivalencies not already pre-approved by the Slavic Languages Department, you must complete a Course Equivalency Request Form (CERF) by the end of your fourth week of classes. Each course you take abroad must be assigned a UW-Madison “equivalent” course in order for your grades and credits to be recorded on your UW-Madison transcript. In order to establish UW-Madison course equivalents for your study abroad courses, you will submit a Course Equivalent Request Form (CERF). Information on the UW course equivalent process is available in the IAP Study Abroad Handbook.

Credits Conversions Participants receive credit through Bryn Mawr College, an institutional partner with ACTR. Upon successful completion of the semester program, Bryn Mawr College will award 4 units of undergraduate credit. 1 Bryn Mawr unit is equivalent to 4 UW-Madison credits.

Limits and Load Students are required to enroll each semester as full-time students. You will receive a total of 16 UW-Madison credits for the 4 units that Bryn Mawr College will award for each completed semester.

Pass/Fail/Drop/Audit Please refer to the IAP Study Abroad Handbook for academic policies, forms, and details on how to calculate the deadlines and rules. The Pass/Fail option is not encouraged.

Grades and Grade Conversions

ACTR Grades UW-Madison Grades

3.71 - 4.0 A

3.30 - 3.7 AB

3.0 - 3.29 B

2.7 - 2.99 BC

2.0 - 2.69 C

1.0 - 1.99 D

0.0 - 0.99 F

4 Living Abroad Educate yourself about your host country. Read the Preparing to Live in Another Culture section of the IAP Study Abroad Handbook. Consult the following resources as well as travel books and program binders in the Study Abroad Resource Center (250 Bascom Hall). Remember- it won't be possible to prepare yourself completely. There will be situations you will not have anticipated and your flexibility will determine in great part the kind of experience you will have while abroad.

Communications When making calls, keep in mind time zone differences (www.timeanddate.com/worldclock). To make an international call to the United States, dial the access code for the country from which you are calling plus the United States country code (always “1”) followed by the appropriate U.S. area code and local number. To call internationally from the United States, dial “011”, the country code, city access code (if necessary) and the phone number . Country and city codes can be found online (www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/dialing.html). Some of above steps can vary if you are using a calling card.

5 Appendix A: Pre-Approved UW-Madison Course Equivalencies

FULL ACADEMIC YEAR

ACTR Course (Bryn Mawr Units) UW Credits UW-Madison Equivalent Courses UW Credits

Semester 1:

Russian 375: Speech Practicum I (1.5) 6 Slavic Language Sequence1 4 Slavic 315: Russian Language and Culture I2 2

Russian 385: Research and Analysis of Modern Russian I (1.5) 6 Slavic 511: Proseminar – Russian Phonetics 2 Slavic 309: Russian Area Studies on Study Abroad 1 Slavic 310: Topics in Russian: Study Abroad 3

Russian 390: Development of Classroom Models I (0.5) 2 Slavic 309: Russian Area Studies on Study Abroad 2

Russian 391: Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature (0.5) 2 Slavic 310: Topics in Russian: Study Abroad 2

Semester 2:

Russian 376: Speech Practicum II (1.5) 6 Slavic Language Sequence 4 Slavic 316: Russian Language and Culture II2 2

Russian 386: Research and Analysis of Modern Russia II (1.5) 6 Slavic 309: Russian Area Studies on Study Abroad 4 Slavic 310: Topics in Russian: Study Abroad 2

Russian 392: Development of Classroom Models II (0.5) 2 Slavic 309: Russian Area Studies on Study Abroad 2

Russian 393: Research and Analysis of Russian Literature II (0.5) 2 Slavic 310: Topics in Russian: Study Abroad 2

1 If the student has completed Slavic 276 prior to going to Russia, the student can choose either Slavic 321 or Slavic 322. In Semester 2, the student will receive 4 credits of Slavic 310 as the equivalent for Russian 376: Speech Practicum II instead of a Slavic Language Sequence equivalency. 2 If the student has completed Slavic 315 or Slavic 316 prior to going to Russia, the student will receive 2 credits of Slavic 310 for these equivalencies. 2

6 Optional:

Russian 339: Major Field Elective: Independent Research Project (1) 4 Slavic 310: Topics in Russian: Study Abroad 4 (May be substituted for Russian 391 and Russian 393)

FALL SEMESTER ONLY

ACTR Course (Bryn Mawr Units) UW Credits UW-Madison Equivalent Courses UW Credits

Russian 350: Advanced Conversation, Phonetics and Intonation (1.5) 6 Slavic Language Sequence3 4 Slavic 315: Russian Language and Culture I4 2

Russian 360: Advanced Grammar and Lexical Study (1.5) 6 Slavic 511: Proseminar – Russian Phonetics 2 Slavic 309: Russian Area Studies on Study Abroad 1 Slavic 310: Topics in Russian: Study Abroad 3

Russian 338: Contemporary Russian Society (0.5) 2 Slavic 309: Russian Area Studies on Study Abroad 2

Russian 391: Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature (0.5) 2 Slavic 310: Topics in Russian: Study Abroad 2

3 If a student has completed Slavic 204 prior to going to Russia, the student will receive Slavic 275: Third Year Russian I as the equivalency. If a student has completed Slavic 276, the student will receive Slavic 321: Fourth Year Russian I. 4 If the student has completed Slavic 315 or Slavic 316 prior to going to Russia, the student will receive 2 credits of Slavic 310 for these equivalencies.