Penn State U. offers program for summer study in Ukraine

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State University will offer an eight-credit Summer Education Abroad Program in Ukraine appropriate for those who are interested in focusing on Ukrainian language and culture as well as those who would like to cultivate their language skills and cultural knowledge for more practical reasons such as business and trade. The program runs from May 26 to July 10, and is open to students at the sophomore level and beyond.

Students will be accompanied by a Penn State faculty member to Lviv, a charming multicultural city in western Ukraine, where they will stay in a student hotel or with local families. There they can learn conversational Ukrainian and become part of the everyday life of the residents.

Classes are small and are held on campus at Ivan Franko State University of Lviv, a five-minute walk from the center of the city. The courses offered are:

• UKR 001 Elementary Ukrainian I (4 credits)
• UKR 002 Elementary Ukrainian II (4 credits)
• UKR 003 Intermediate Ukrainian (4 credits)
• UKR 204 Readings in Ukrainian (3 credits); and
• UKR 199, 299, 399, 499 Special Topics (1-8 credits).

Besides excursions in the city, trips are planned to the resort of Truskavets in the Carpathian Mountains, the Olesko Castle Museum, and Kyiv.

The application deadline for the program is March 1.

For additional information on Penn State's 2001 Summer Education Abroad in Ukraine, visit http://www.outreach.psu.edu/PSSEA/ or call Dr. Michael Naydan at (814) 865-1675.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 4, 2001, No. 5, Vol. LXIX

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