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The Russian Program at Pomona offers a variety of courses in
language, literature, and cultural studies. These course
offerings reflect the faculty's commitment to the
interdisciplinary study of literature and culture in
conjunction with foreign language study. The faculty at
Pomona are part of a network of scholars in Claremont who
are actively committed to the teaching of Russian studies
across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences
including History, Government, Economics, Literature, and
Linguistics. Students therefore benefit from Pomona’s role
as a member of the Claremont Colleges, a consortium that
shares a number of resources. Pomona’s Russian program draws
on the expertise of scholars at our neighboring
institutions, allowing majors to choose from more than 50
courses altogether.
Students may elect to pursue study in either of two majors
within our program, the first in Russian Studies, and the
second in Russian and East European Studies. Within the
Russian Studies major students may choose to specialize in
either Russian Literature or Linguistics. The program also
offers a minor in Russian Studies. Russian majors at Pomona
have profited from their education in a wide range of
careers such as government service, business, college or
university teaching, and journalism, in addition to being
immediately prepared to work for a number of non-profit
organizations throughout the world.
We consider an integral part of the Russian major at Pomona
to be study abroad in Russia, and the vast majority of all
majors and minors spend at least one semester abroad. The
success of our Russian program here at Pomona can, in part,
be measured by the success and number of our students who go
abroad. During the 2005-2006 academic year alone, Pomona’s
Russian program will send 10 undergraduates on study abroad
programs to St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Students of Russian at Pomona are encouraged to take
advantage of the many resources housed at the Oldenborg
Center for Modern Languages and International Relations, a
unique residence hall that allows students to immerse
themselves in the study of Russian (or any of five other
modern foreign languages housed in residential clusters in
Oldenborg). Most Russian majors and minors spend a year in
residence at Oldenborg, but any student of Russian may apply
for housing in the Russian language cluster at Oldenborg. In
addition to foreign language tables that meet for lunch 5
days/week, the Oldenborg Center offers access to foreign
satellite television, Russified computer terminals, weekly
film screenings, and many special events. Every year a
visiting instructor from Russia is in residence at Oldenborg,
where s/he leads the daily Russian table, organizes weekly
Russian study breaks, conducts conversation classes, and
coordinates a variety of Russian-themed excursions and
extracurricular activities.
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