PHEONIX – Under the leadership of the Melikian Center’s new director, Prof. Keith Brown (formerly of Brown University), the Critical Languages Institute (CLI) at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center will offer first-year Ukrainian summer intensive language courses beginning in 2018.
Groundwork for the Ukrainian program was laid over the past two years by the Melikian Center’s interim director, Prof. Mark von Hagen. Classes begin on May 29, 2018, and end on July 13, 2018. Summer 2018 applications opened on October 1 and close on May 8, 2018. The courses provide eight university-level semester credit hours.
Applicants must be at least 16 years old. The program is open to: ASU and non-ASU students; high-school juniors and seniors; undergraduate and graduate students; working professionals, teachers, and retirees; and non-U.S. students who hold student visas.
If not already an ASU student, the applicant must be accepted by ASU as a non-degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate student. There is no requirement to register for any additional courses.
The expense of the Ukrainian language courses is a $1,500 program fee. Due to generous support by ASU, tuition is waived. The program fee covers academics only and does not cover housing, meals, travel, books or insurance. Details of the costs are posted as they become available at http://cli.asu.edu.
Mark von Hagen
Fellowships, scholarships and program-fee reductions are available, depending on the applicant’s status. The U.S. Department of State Title VIII program provides fellowships on a competitive-basis in the CLI for graduate students with U.S. citizenship. The Melikian Center’s endowment and other private donations offer scholarship support awarded on a competitive-basis. The center issues program-fee reductions for a limited number of Pell-Grant-eligible participants in the CLI. The deadline for seeking funding is January 26, 2018.
Complete information about the CLI and the Ukrainian summer intensive courses can be found at http://cli.asu.edu. The Melikian Center and the CLI can be reached by telephone at 1-480-965-4188.