CSU CONSORTIA

This section is dedicated to providing information on various consortia available to CSU students wishing to study Russian. It is also a place for a faculty forum on consortial arrangements among various CSU Russian programs. The idea for such a forum originated when the Commission on Learning Resources and Instructional Technology (CLRIT) funded the Strategic Language Project (STRLNG). Possible discussion topics include sharing of information concerning the various programs, including links to web sites and schedules, planning of consortial arrangements and distance delivery of courses. In addition to more formal consortial arrangements, this site also provides links to resources and tools to facilitate the incorporation of technology into the Foreign Language curriculum. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact russian@sfsu.edu.

 

Consortial Agreements
Distance Delivery of Russian Courses in the CSU System
Study Abroad
Faculty Resources
CSU Foreign Language Departments

 

Consortial Agreements

SFSU -- University of California, Berkeley.

Regularly enrolled, full-time, SFSU students may register in courses for credit at the University of California, Berkeley. See Cross Registration with UC, Berkeley in the SFSU bulletin (or your Russian advisor) for additional information.


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Distance Delivery of Russian Courses in the CSU System

Strategic Language Initiative: http://strlmg.csusb.edu

CSU Intrasystem Enrollment

See SFSU bulletin for information concerning visitor status at other campuses in the CSU system.


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Study Abroad

The Russian Program at SFSU offers opportunities for summer homestays and language courses in St. Petersburg. For more information contact Professor Ludmila Ershov at 415-338-7452 or lershov@sfsu.edu. For an extensive list of internships and study abroad programs, visit our Study Abroad section.


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Faculty Resources

American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL).
Web: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/


American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR).
Web: http://www.actr.org


CARLA
Web: http://Carla.acad.umn.edu/CARLA.html


CFLP California Foreign Language Project.
Web: http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/


Less Commonly Taught Languages Project (University of Minnesota).
Web: http://carla.acad.umn.edu/LCTL/lctl.htm


MERLOT
The purpose of MERLOT (the CSU's Multimedia Educational Repository for Learning and Online Teaching project) is to support the use of the Internet for learning and teaching, and to share resources more easily among the CSU online community. Through MERLOT we can easily share learning objects, tools, member profiles, professional papers, news and events, and other resources.


National Center for Education Statistics.
Web: http://nces.ed.gov


National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages.
Web: http://www.councilnet.org


PBS Online: Face of Russia.
Web: http://www.pbs.org


Tele Campus Online.
Web: http://courses.telecampus.edu


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CSU Foreign Language Departments

 

California State University, Bakersfield.

Web: http://www.csubak.edu
Address: 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099
Tel: (805) 664-2011 (general), (805) 664-2359 (foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://oraweb.csubak.edu:3600/prod/plsql/schprompt_owncode.P_CrseSearch

Chair: Jeorge Yviricu Tel: (805) 664-3049 E-mail: jyviricu@csubak.edu
Contact: Dr. Joanne Schmidt (French) Tel: (805) 664-898-2317 E-mail: jschmidt@csubak.edu
Tom Blommers (Spanish) E-mail: Tblommers@csubak.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


California State University, Chico.

Web: http://www.csuchico.edu
Address: 400 West 1st St., Chico, CA 95929-0247
Tel: (530) 898-4636 (general), (530) 898-5388 (foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://www.csuchico.edu/schedule/

Chair: Eugenio Frongia Tel: (530) 898-4479 E-mail: Efrongia@csuchico.edu
Contact: Christine Manteghi (German) Tel: (530) 898-4479 E-mail: cmanteghi@csuchico.edu
Robert Jackson (Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the Center for International Studies)
Tel: (530) 898-6880 E-mail: rjackson@csuchico.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: Four semesters of beginning-level Russian.
Schedule link: http://www.csuchico.edu/schedule/SC99S/RUSS.html


California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Web: http://www.csudh.edu
Address: 1000 East Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747
Tel: (310) 516-3300 (general), (310) 516-3315 (foreign languages)

Online Courses: http://www.csudh.edu/dominguezonline/

Chair: Jose Cuervo (Spanish) Tel: (310) 516- 3653 E-mail: jcuervo@dhvx20.csudh.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


California State University, Fresno.

Web: http://www.csufresno.edu
Address: 5241 North Maple, Fresno, CA 93740
Tel: (209) 278-4240 (general), (209) 278-2386 (foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://acad-admin.csufresno.edu/schedule/schedule.asp

Chair: Bruce Thurnton Tel: (209) 278-2386 E-mail: bruce_thornton@csufresno.edu
Contact: Bruce Thurnton (see above)

Russian Program: discontinued
Russian Courses Offered: none


California State University, Fullerton.

Web: http://www.fullerton.edu
Address: 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA 92831-3599
Tel: (714) 278-2011 (general), (714) 278-3534 (foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://www.fullerton.edu/schedule/

Chair: Leon Gilbert Tel: (714) 278-3534

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


California State University, Hayward.

Web: http://www.csuhayward.edu
Address: 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94542-3000
Tel: (510) 885-3000 (general), (510) 885-3211 (modern languages)

Schedule Link: http://www.csuhayward.edu/schedule/index.html
Online Courses: http://www.online.csuhayward.edu

Chair: Teresa Myintoo Tel: (510) 885-3211 E-mail: tmyintoo@csuhayward.edu
Contact: Victoria Robertson Tel: (510) 885-3206
Yolanda Patterson Tel: (510) 885-3218 E-mail: ypatters@csuhayward.edu

Russian Program: Minor.
Russian Courses Offered: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Russian; Topics in Russian Literature and Culture in English.
Schedule Link: http://www.csuhayward.edu/schedule/clist/mll.html


Humboldt State University.

Web: http://sorrel.humboldt.edu
Address:1 Harpst St., Arcata, CA 95521
Tel: (707) 826-3011 (general), (707) 826-3226 (modern languages)

Schedule Link: http://www.humboldt.edu/~oaa/classes.shtml

Chair: Ellsworth Pence Tel: (707) 826-3345 E-mail: edp@axe.humboldt.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


California State University, Long Beach.

Web: http://www.csulb.edu
Address: 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840
Tel: (562) 985-4111 (general), (562) 985-4318 (foreign languages)

Online Courses: http://www.csulb.edu

Chair: Clair Martin Tel: (562) 985-4638
Contact: Harold Schefski (562) 985-8525 Tel: (714) 995-4318 E-mail: schefski@csulb.edu

Russian Program: Minor.
Russian Courses Offered: Fundamentals of Russian, Intermediate Russian, Russian Literature, Russian Conversation, Directed Study.
Schedule Link: http://www.csulb.edu/~eslb/enrll/schedule/russ.shtml


California State University, Los Angeles.

Web: http://www.calstatela.edu
Address: 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032
Tel: (213) 343-3000 (general), (213) 343-4230 (foreign languages)

Chair: Joe Chrzanowski Tel: (213) 343-4230 E-mail: jchrzan@earthlink.net
Contact: Joe Chrzanowski (see above)

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


California Maritime Academy.

Web: http://www.csum.edu
Address: 200 Maritime Academy Dr., Vallejo, CA 94590
Tel: (707) 648-4200 (general)

No Foreign Languages Offered.


California State University, Monterey Bay.

Web: http://www.monterey.edu
Address: 100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA 93955
Tel: (408) 582-3330 (general), (408) 582-3863 (foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://www.monterey.edu/academic/schedule/spring99/
Online Classes: http://www.monterey.edu/academic/online/

Chair: Donaldo Urioste Tel: (408) 582-3620 E-mail: Donaldo_Urioste@monterey.edu
Contact: Raymond Gonzales E-mail: Raymond_Gonzales@monterey.edu
Maria Zielina E-mail: Maria_Zielina@monterey.edu
Yoshiko Saito-Abbot E-mail: Yoshiko_Shaiko-abbot@monterey.edu
Martha Hidalgo-Glicksman E-mail: Martha_Hidalgo-glichsman@monterey.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


California State University, Northridge.

Web: http://www.csun.edu
Address: 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330
Tel: (818) 677-1200 (general), (818) 677-3467 (foreign languages)

Online Courses: http://lrc.csun.edu/online.htm

Chair: Edda Spielmann Tel: (818) 677-3467 E-mail: Edda.spielmann@csun.edu
Contact: Edda Spielmann (see above)

Russian Programs: Minor, BA.
Russian Courses Offered: Elementary Russian from Sacramento


California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Web: http://www.csupomona.edu
Address: 3801 West Temple Ave., Ponoma, CA 91768
Tel: (909) 869-7659 (general), (909) 869-3940 (English and foreign language)

Schedule Link: http://www.csupomona.edu/cgi-bin/oracle/openseat.pl
Online Classes: http://www.csupomona.edu/~sciman/

Co-Chair: Liliane Fucaloro Tel: (909) 869-3834 E-mail: Lfucaloro@csu.pomona.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


California State Universty, Sacramento.

Web: http://www.csus.edu
Address: 6000 J. Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
Tel: (916) 278-6011 (general), (916) 278-6333 (foreign languages)

Online Courses: http://www.csus.edu/distance/

Chair: Mark T.Riley Tel: (916) 278-5510 E-mail: mtriley@csus.edu
Contact: Ronald Breninger Tel: (91 6) 278-5667 E-mail: ronruss@csus.edu

Russian Program: Minor
Program Link: http://www.csus.edu/fl/russian

Russian Classes Offered: Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Russian, Field Experience, Field Work-tutoring, Special Problem.
Schedule Link: http://www.csus.edu/schedule/acadyear/20002001/spring/RUSS.htm


California State University, San Bernandino.

Web: http://www.csusb.edu
Address: 5500 University Parkway, San Bernandino, CA 92407
Tel: (909) 880-5000 (general), (909) 880-5847 (foreign languages)

Chair: Jacques Benzakein Tel: (909) 880-5849 E-mail: jbenzake@mail.csusb.edu
Contact: William Green Tel: (909) 880-5415 E-mail: russgrin@mail.csusb.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


San Diego State University.

Web: http://www.sdsu.edu
Address: 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92182
Tel: (619) 594-5200 (general), (619) 594-6313 (German and Russian)

Schedule Link: http://www.sdsu.edu/cgi-bin/schedule/semester=spring99
Online Courses: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/class/

Chair: Tom Cox Tel: (619) 594-1261 E-mail: tjcox@mail.sdsu.edu
Contact: Veronica Shapovalov Tel: (619) 594-7147 E-mail: vshapovalov@sciences.sdsu.edu
Edith Benkov E-mail: ebenkov@mil.sdsu.edu

Russian Program: Minor, BA.
Program Link: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/gerruss/

Russian Courses Offered: Four Semesters of Beginning Russian, Politics and Business, Special Study, Russian Literature of the 19th century
Schedule Link: http://www.sdsu.edu/cgi-bin/schedule/browse=dept/command=search/dept=RUSSN


San Francisco State University.

Web: http://www.sfsu.edu
A ddress: 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132
Tel: (415) 338-1111 (general), (415) 338-1421 (foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://www.sfsu.edu/online/clssch.htm
Online Courses: http://online.sfsu.edu

Chair: Julian F. Randolph Tel: (415) 338-7413 E-mail: jran@sfsu.edu
Contact: Katia Siskron Tel: (415) 338-3161 E-mail: siskron@sfsu.edu

Program: Minor, BA, MA.
Program Link: http://www.sfsu.edu/~russian/home.htm
Russian Courses Offered: Four Semesters of Beginning Russian, Intermediate and Advanced Russian, Russian Literature, Special Study, etc.


San Jose State University.

Web: http://www.sjsu.edu
Address: 1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192
Tel: (408) 924-1000 (general), (408) 924-4602 (foreign languages)

Online Courses:http://galaxy.sjsu.edu/servlet/servlets.catalogs.Catalog?page=OnlineCampus

Chair: Jose Cerrudo (408) 924-3685
Contact: Walter Schenk (408) 924-3685 E-mail: schenkv@isc.sjsu.edu

Russian Program: Minor.
Russian Courses Offered: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Russian, Special Study.
Schedule Link: http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/foreign_lang/russian.gif


California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Web: http://www.calpoly.edu

Address: San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Tel: (805) 756-1111 (general), (805) 756-1205 (foreign languages)

Chair: Bianca Rosenthal Tel: (805) 756-1205

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none.


California State University, San Marcos.

Web: http://www.csusm.edu
Address: San Marcos, CA 92096-0001
Tel: (760) 750-4000 (general), (760) 750-4208 (foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://ww2.csusm.edu/schedule

Chair: Darci Strother Tel: (760) 750-4160 E-mail: strother@coyote.csusm.edu
Contact: Darci Strother (see above)

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


Sonoma State University.

Web: http://www.sonoma.edu
Address: 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707)
Tel: 664-2880 (general), (707) 664-2351(foreign languages)

Schedule Link: http://www.sonoma.edu/ar/
Online Courses: http://www.sonoma.edu/ExEd/summer/

Chair: Nancy Cefalu E-mail: nancy.cefalu@sonoma.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none.


California State University, Stanuslaus.

Web: http://www.csustan.edu
Address: 801 West Monte Vista Ave., Turlock, CA 95380
Tel: (209) 667-3122 (general), (209) 667-3686 (foreign languages)

Department Secretary: Rosalinda Torres Tel: (209) 667-3686 E-mail: RTorres@csustan.edu

Russian Program: none
Russian Courses Offered: none


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PRELIMINARY DATA - Providers/Receivers in Russian

BAKERSFIELD
CATEGORY: RECEIVER (Russian)
CHAIR: Joanne Schmidt jschmidt@csubak.edu 805-664-2317
Current resources:
Faculty: None
Courses delivered: None
Courses received: Elementary 1, 2
Interested in participating: Yes.
Training needed: not stated
Interested faculty: Joanne Schmidt (French). jschmidt@csubak.edu 805-664-2317

 

CHICO
CATEGORY: RECEIVER
CHAIR: Eugenio Frongia efrongia@csuchico.edu 530-898-4479
Current resources: Faculty: M.A. student
Courses delivered: Elementary and Intermediate (4 courses)
Courses received: Possibly advanced Russian lit.
Interested in participating: Yes (Center for IS, self-instructional programs); yes in principle (dept.) Training needed: not stated
Interested faculty: Robert Jackson, Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the Center for International Studies rjackson@csuchico.edu 530-898-6880

 

HAYWARD
CATEGORY: RECEIVER (?)
CHAIR: Teresa Myintoo tmyintoo@csuhayward.edu 510-885-3211
Current resources:
Faculty: 1 tenured (retire June 99), 1 lecturer Spanish who can teach Russian Courses for potential delivery: self-paced first and second year, mainly reading and grammar, for 2 - 4 units, and Russian (lit?) in translation.
Courses received: No interest
Interested in participating: Yes
Training needed: not stated
Interested faculty: Helen Schulak Victoria Robertson, lecturer in Spanish, is fluent in Russian. 510-885-3206 Yolanda Patterson ypatters@csuhayward.edu 510-885-3218

 

LONG BEACH
CATEGORY: PROVIDER (RECEIVER?)
CHAIR: Claire Martin
Current resources:
Faculty: 1 tenured Courses for potential delivery: 1st and 2nd semester Russian(?)
Courses received: not stated
Interested in participating: Yes.
Training Needed: Considerable
Interested faculty: Harold Schesski schesski@csulb.edu (O) 562-985-8525 (H) 714-995-4318.

 

LOS ANGELES
CATEGORY: RECEIVER
CHAIR: Joe Chrzanowski, jchrzan@earthlink.net 213-343-4230
Current resources:
Faculty: None Courses for potential delivery: none
Courses received? Elementary, 1 - 3 (quarters).
Interested in participating: Would need the green light from faculty and dean
Interested faculty: None

 

NORTHRIDGE
CATEGORY: Receiver
CHAIR: Dr. Edda Spielmann, edda.spielmann@csun.edu 818-677-3467
Current resources:
Faculty: None, but Ludmila Posner (French) can do Russian.
Courses for potential delivery: None
Courses received: Currently receives elementary Russian from Sacramento.
Interested in participating: Yes.
Training needed: Whatever can make distance reception easier.
Interested faculty: Edda Spielmann edda.spielmann@csun.edu 818-677-3467

 

SACRAMENTO
CATEGORY: Provider
CHAIR: Mark Riley mtriley@csus.edu 916-278-5510
Current resources: One full-time (?) faculty
Courses for potential delivery: Ron Breininger has been delivering First & Third Semester Russian to Northridge for several semesters.
Interested faculty: Ron Breininger ronruss@csus.edu 916- 278-5667 Mark Riley mtriley@csus.edu 916- 278-5510

 

SAN BERNARDINO
CATEGORY: RECEIVER
CHAIR: Jacques Benzakein jbenzake@mail.csusb.edu 909-880-5849
Current resources: 1 IP Professor, William Green, would be willing to teach.
Courses for potential delivery: none
Courses received: Elementary Russian 101, 102 Interested in participating: Yes.
Training needed: Web-based training.
Interested faculty: William Green russgrin@mail.csusb.edu 909-880-5414.

 

SAN DIEGO
CATEGORY: PROVIDER AND RECEIVER
CHAIR: Tom Cox tjcox@mail.sdsu.edu 619-594-1261
Current resources: One tenured faculty member. Offer: major/minor, 5 - 6 courses/semester.
Courses for potential delivery: Advanced grammar and composition.
Courses received: not stated
Interested in participating in the STRLNG Project? Yes.
Training needed: Considerable.
Interested faculty: Veronica Shapovalov, Russian vshapovalov@sciences.sdsu.edu 619-594-7147 Edith Benkov, French (ebenkov@mail.sdsu.edu)

 

SAN FRANCISCO
CATEGORY: PROVIDER
CHAIR: Julian F. Randolph jran@sfsu.edu 415-338-7413 Offer: Minor; Major; MA
Current resources: One tenured, one FERP, one long-time lecturer.
Courses for potential delivery: 2 upper-division courses, Business Russian and Readings in Russian Press. NOTE: Siskron has already put up a Web site and database (under development), including a STRLNG segment. Check it out at http://www.sfsu.edu/~russian/
Courses received: None
Interested in participating: Yes.
Training needed: Use of compressed video; HTML editor.
Interested faculty: Catherine Siskron, siskron@sfsu.edu 415-338-3161

 

SAN JOSE
CATEGORY: PROVIDER (?) AND RECEIVER
CHAIR: Current resources: part-time instructor (Schenk) who volunteers, for no pay.
Courses for potential delivery: Beginning Russian
Courses received: not stated
Interested in participating: Strongly supports concept.
Training needed: not stated
Interested faculty: Walter Schenk 408-924-3685

 

SAN LUIS OBISPO
CHAIR: Bianca Rosenthal 805-756-1205
Current resources:
Faculty: None.
Courses for potential delivery: None
Courses received: Maybe eventually interested, not now
Interested in participating: Maybe.

 

SAN MARCOS
CATEGORY: RECEIVER
CHAIR: Darci Strother strother@coyote.csusm.edu 760-750-4160
Current resources:
Faculty: None
Courses for potential delivery: None
Courses received: Elementary 1, 2 Interested in participating: Yes.
Training needed: None
Interested faculty Contact Strother strother@coyote.csusm.edu 760-750-4160

 

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