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The Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies
1st-year BCS
7 weeks in Tempe, Arizona
1st-year BCS
4-week optional extension
First-year BCS in Arizona
Students with no previous experience learn to understand Balkan culture and to speak BCS at the Novice High or Intermediate Low level, preparing them to participate in elementary activities in CLI's Summer in Sarajevo program.
COURSE DATES
May 26 - July 10, 2020
M-F 8:30AM - 12:35PM
Classroom: TBD
ACADEMIC CREDIT
8 credits of BCS 101/102
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to ASU and Non-ASU students
- Open to non-U.S. students who hold student visas
- Open to undergraduate and graduate students
- Open to working professionals and teachers and to retirees
- Open to Phoenix-area high-school juniors and seniors
- Second-Year courses require completion of a placement test
LOCATION
Arizona State University is a large, metropolitan university. The main campus, housing 64,000 students, is located in Tempe, 15 minutes by light rail from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Emblematic of the lively, eclectic atmosphere of Tempe is the city's main street, Mill Avenue. Anchored on one end by gleaming office towers and on the other by the university, with a mix of eccentric and upscale establishments, Mill Avenue caters to both international students and international businesses.
HOUSING
CLI offers language-segregated on-campus housing at one of the ASU dormitories (TBD).
ASU typically offers double-occupancy rooms for $21.50/day, with bathrooms shared between two double-occupancy rooms.
ASU also typically offers single-occupancy rooms for $36/day. Singles are identical to doubles, but with only one occupant. They share a pass-through bathroom and have two sets of furniture.
Bed linens are available for an additional one-time $23 charge.
Typical amenities include: laundry facilities, kitchen facilities, vending machines, air conditioning and basic cable.
Kitchens are usually shared among residents of the hall and the CLI language clubs, so access may be limited at times. CLI does not provide supplies for kitchen areas.
DINING
CLI participants may eat on campus or may make their own meal arrangements. ASU offers a food court in the student union. (See Memorial Union Businesses for details on food-court options.)
CLI does not offer a meal plan for any of its on campus programs.
OFF-CAMPUS OPTIONS
CLI students are not required to live in the ASU dorm or to eat on campus. Private summer sublets are available near campus. Price and quality vary. CLI does not assist with off campus housing arrangements.
All prices and descriptions on this page are based on 2019 pricing and are subject to change. Participants are responsible for checking current prices and details before signing billing, housing, or meal contracts.
TITLE VIII FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Department of State's Title VIII program funds graduate students with U.S. citizenship to study less commonly taught languages.
Title VIII provides fellowships of up to $5,000 for the study of 1st-Year BCS in CLI-Arizona.
Apply by January 20, 2020
MELIKIAN CENTER FUNDING FOR ALL OTHER PARTICIPANTS 
Supported by the Melikian Center's endowment and by private donations, the Melikian Center Awards Program provides scholarships of up to $1,500 for superior applicants to study BCS in CLI-Arizona.
ASU students, non-ASU students, teachers, and other non-students are eligible to apply for this funding.
Apply by January 20, 2020
NEED-BASED FEE REDUCTION
The Melikian Center offers a $1,000 reduction of the published 2020 CLI program fee for qualified Pell-eligible students. This $1,000 reduction applies to Tempe-based or study abroad programs. Please indicate your Pell eligibility on the general application to be considered for this fee reduction.
To learn more about Pell or to see if you are eligible, please visit: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/grants-scholarships/pell
Program Fee:
Thanks to ASU institutional support, CLI does not charge tuition (in-state or out-of-state) for its credit-bearing courses.
Instead of tuition fees, we charge a flat administrative fee of $1,500.*
*For information about our reduced program fees for PELL-eligible students, please see the “Funding” tab.
Please keep in mind this fee covers academics only. It does not cover room, board, travel, study abroad program fees, books, or insurance.
This fee is the same regardless of language, and number of credits taken.
Study abroad in Sarajevo
Students of CLI Summer BCS in Sarajevo immerse themselves in Balkan culture while strengthening their mastery of the language through specially designed courses and extramural activities. This small, flexible program is customized to meet the needs of each participant.
COURSE DATES
July 13 - Aug 7, 2020
ACADEMIC CREDIT
3 credits of SLC 494 "BCS Language Overseas"
ELIGIBILITY
Successful completion of CLI-Tempe 1st-Year BCS.
CULTURAL PROGRAMS
Since the program is small, CLI customizes it to individual students. Excursion and activity schedules vary from year to year, but have included:
- Folk dance workshop
- Sevdah Art House
- Balkan films
- Poetry workshop
- Lectures and presentations
- Svro's House
- Historical Museum
- Žuta tabija
- Ilidža and the Bosna Headwaters
- Cooking classes
- Tunnel of Hope
- Travnic, Jajce, Zavnobih Musuem
- Mostar, Počitelj
LOCATION
Bosnia's administrative, economic, cultural, and educational center, Sarajevo is a compact, youthful city, boasting a number of museums, galleries, cultural centers, historic buildings, a national theater and opera, old markets, as well as a thriving art scene. There are notable architectural influences from the time Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the former Yugoslavia.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
CLI's program in Sarajevo is a joint effort of the Arizona State University and Linguists Language and Culture Association.
Students live in a private apartment in central Sarajevo. Participants have a full kitchen and may cook for themselves or purchase food in local restaurants.
Meal costs are not included in the program fee.
Optionally, students share their apartment with one or more local peers.
TITLE VIII FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Department of State's Title VIII program funds graduate students with U.S. citizenship to study less commonly taught languages.
Title VIII provides fellowships of up to $10,000 for the study of 1st-Year BCS in CLI-Tempe/Sarajevo.
Apply by January 20, 2020
MELIKIAN CENTER FUNDING FOR ALL OTHER PARTICIPANTS
Supported by the Melikian Center's endowment and by private donations, the Melikian Center Awards Program provides scholarships of up to $4,000 for superior applicants to study BCS in CLI-Tempe/Sarajevo.
ASU students, non-ASU students, teachers, and other non-students are eligible to apply for this funding.
Apply by January 20, 2020
THE BENJAMIN A. GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP 
The State Department's Gilman Scholarship provides awards of up to $5000 for students in financial need to study abroad, including in CLI overseas programs. Gilman applications require certification of the program by your institution's study-abroad office. If you apply for Gilman support, please contact cli@asu.edu for assistance in getting the required information to your institution.
Gilman summer study applications are accepted from August to October and January to March. Please apply for the early competition, if possible, since applicants to the later competition will not learn their award status until after the deadline to commit to CLI study. Please contact cli@asu.edu for details on timing your Gilman application.
NEED-BASED FEE REDUCTION
The Melikian Center offers a $1,000 reduction of the published 2020 CLI program fee for qualified Pell-eligible students. This $1,000 reduction applies to Tempe-based or study abroad programs. Please indicate your Pell eligibility on the general application to be considered for this fee reduction.
To learn more about Pell or to see if you are eligible, please visit: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/grants-scholarships/pell
The CLI Summer in Sarajevo program fee of $2,200* covers:
- 60 hours of instruction
- 3 academic credits
- 4 weeks housing
- excursions and activities
- cell phone
- rides to and from Sarajevo airport
- insurance
It does not include:
- international travel
- meals
- local transportation
- personal expenses
*All prices and descriptions on this page subject to change. Participants are responsible for checking current prices and details before signing billing, housing, or meal contracts.
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