Alliances for Expanded Study in Overseas Programs (AESOP)

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Program Synopsis: The ruin mound of Tel er-Rub'a in northern Egypt marks the site of the ancient city of Mendes, one of the largest cities in the ancient world. The sometime capital of ancient Egypt (fourth century BCE), Mendes was a major trading center in contact with the eastern Mediterranean, Greece, and Rome. A riverine harbor is still in evidence, and the site boasts a temple to the Ram-god and a cemetery (ca. 2200 BCE) of nearly 9,000 internments. Occupied from prehistoric times to the present, though largely unencumbered by dwellings, Mendes offers an excellent prospect for excavation with a view to studying ancient urbanism, demographics, burial practices, and trade.

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Program Synopsis: This six-week program combines classroom lectures with field trips and fieldwork exercises to introduce students to Ghana's historical, social, political, economic and cultural environment.

Students enroll in Integration of Music & Arts with Culture, Politics & Healing Practices in Ghana for four credits in the first portion of the program During the second three weeks, students enroll in NUR 429 Health Care in Ghana for two credits. While Health Care in Ghana has a nursing designation, it is open to students from ALL majors. Health Care in Ghana covers topics on health care needs, as well as Traditional and Western health care delivery systems, and includes a three-day stay in a rural village interviewing Ghanaians about their health care beliefs and practices.

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Program Synopsis: The majority of participants in this nationally renowned program come from other institutions. MSID offers credit through coursework, research, and internships in this program focused on development, globalization, and contemporary social issues. The grassroots, development-focused community internship forms the centerpiece around which the rest of the curriculum revolves. The academic year program includes a major research project. Homestay housing. There is no language prerequisite, although Swahili is one of the required courses in the program. Fall semester, spring semester, or academic year.

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Program Synopsis: The Dakar, Senegal Summer Program is a five-week opportunity for students to get to know the culture, society, politics and language of West Africa by living and studying in the most vibrant, cosmopolitan and stable city in the region. The program is especially well suited for students with no or limited experience in Africa, providing a secure, well-guided first step introduction to this often misunderstood region. At the same time, the program also provides a base for more advanced students who are looking for a way to begin a longer period of study or research on francophone Africa, the Sahel region, or Islamic Africa (all this in one remarkably representative country). The program is a partnership among Indiana University Center for African Studies, the University of Oregon International Studies Program, and Senegal’s main university, the Université Cheikh Anta Diop.

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Program Synopsis: The majority of participants in this nationally renowned program come from other institutions. MSID offers credit through coursework, research, and internships in this program focused on development, globalization, and contemporary social issues. The grassroots, development-focused community internship forms the centerpiece around which the rest of the curriculum revolves. The academic year program includes a major research project. Homestay housing. Two prior years of French are required, and instruction is entirely in French; in addition, Wolof is a required part of the curriculum. Fall semester, spring semester, or academic year.

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Program Synopsis: Participants study at the Université Gaston Berger (UGB) in classes alongside of Senegalese students. During the year, students complete an academic fieldwork research project on an aspect of Senegalese life, culture, and the environment, as well as study Wolof, the most widely spoken local African language. The program begins with a four-week orientation in Dakar at the Baobab Training and Resource Center where students live with a host family while studying Wolof. In Saint Louis, students live with a Senegalese roommate in a university dorm. UGB is home to approximately 2,000 students. The university offers a modern campus designed in the traditional Sahelian style. Year program.

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Program Synopsis: Language and area studies program requiring no prior Spanish. All students take two Spanish courses and select two Latin American studies courses taught in English. Housing in apartments or homestays. Offered in cooperation with the Argentine branch of the Madrid-based Fundación José Ortega y Gasset. Fall or spring semester.

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Program Synopsis: The goal of this program is to foster a cross-cultural appreciation and understanding of the development and diversity of Brazilian society, with a special emphasis on its culture and its African roots. In addition, the students can study the most important issues related to Brazil's economy in the context of the Americas, and, if desired, they will have the opportunity to learn or develop their language skills in Portuguese while immersed in Brazilian society.

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Program Synopsis: The Iowa Summer Study Abroad Program, based in Bahia, Brazil provides students the opportunity to study Portuguese language and explore the values, ideologies and symbolic content of an area of Brazil in which practices of African origin have enriched the culture. It offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced Portuguese language classses and structured exposure to Brazilian culture. Students are housed with host families.

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Program Synopsis: This program offers participants the chance to increase their command of French in a French-speaking environment and introduces them to the culture of Quebec, North America's largest francophone region. The program has both a summer and fall component:

Summer
During the summer, students receive 7 semester hours for work in intensive French courses designed for students from beginning to advanced levels of proficiency. Courses are taught by faculty at Laval University. Participants have the option of living with host families or in university dormitories.

Fall
During the fall component students can take up to 18 semester hours of credit at Laval University’s French for Foreign Students program. Courses options are based on the student’s language level. Advanced students may choose from classes in other departments of the university. Housing is with host families or in university dormitories.

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Program Synopsis: Students study a variety of health and nutrition-related topics through interdisciplinary field studies in the Dominican Republic. This program has two components:

Summer
This program consists of an intensive Spanish language course and a seminar focusing on public and environmental health in Latin America. Students also complete an independent field-based research project based on their area of academic interest. Open to students with 2 semesters of Spanish language study. Students earn 8 semester hours for this program. Housing is with host families.

Fall
Students enroll at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in Santiago. Students chose from advanced Spanish language classes, courses in health sciences, and elective courses for foreigners in social sciences. Participants also complete a field-based independent study project. Students can earn 12-18 semester hours. Open to students with 6 semesters of Spanish language experience. Students live with host families.

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Program Synopsis: Offering fall, spring, academic year and calendar year options. Students will take all courses at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), which is located in a suburb of Quito. Students are able to enroll in nearly any course at USFQ, providing they meet course requirements. Some courses will be all international students, others all local students and others a mix of both. Our resident director is very accessible and assists students with orientations, excursions, housing, academic concerns and volunteering placement. This is an exchange program therefore making it a very economical option.

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Program Synopsis: The majority of participants in this nationally renowned program come from other institutions. MSID offers credit through coursework, research, and internships in this program focused on development, globalization, and contemporary social issues. The grassroots, development-focused community internship forms the centerpiece around which the rest of the curriculum revolves. The academic year program includes a major research project. Homestay housing. Two prior years of Spanish are required, and instruction is entirely in Spanish. Fall semester, spring semester, or academic year.

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Program Synopsis: Two rather different tracks, both with homestay housing and no language prerequisite:
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE TRACK: Available semester or short-term. Semester students take three 4-week language courses (first through sixth semester levels) and have the option of a rural homestay for part of the time without need to interrupt language studies. Short-term students enroll in one or more of five 3-week options, one offered during winter break and the other four back to back from mid-May through early August. Students receive 23 hours per week of in-class language instruction (maximum 5 students per class) and complete a 5-credit first- or second-year language course each three weeks.
SERVICE LEARNING TRACK: Semester only. Students take Community Engagement in Mexico--a service-learning course that connects classroom discussion, readings, and assignments to service with local education and health organizations--plus two first-, second-, or third-year language courses

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Program Synopsis: The program provides opportunity to study Latin American literature and civilization while improving their Spanish skills and experiencing Mexican culture. Students earn up to 9 credits and choose from a variety of courses focusing on the Spanish language and Latin American culture and society at the University of Guanajuato. This program is open to students with 5 semesters of Spanish language experience. Housing is with host families.

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Program Synopsis: This eight-week summer Spanish language program takes place in Oaxaca, Mexico. Participants study Spanish language and participate in cultural workshops ranging from salsa dancing, cooking, weaving to pottery. Mexican faculty and the UW-Madison Faculty Director teach the courses offered on this program. The program works with local schools and organizations to place program participants in volunteer positions as well. Students have recently been placed in travel agency services, communication/radio station, education, health, children or women’s issues. Students live in host families, whom provide two daily meals. Excursions are part of the program providing opportunity to learn about many of the area’s ancient ruins, historic sites, and contemporary life. Past excursions have included Monte Alban, Hierve el Agua, Mitla and Puebla. Summer program.

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Program Synopsis: Dispelling cultural stereotypes through immersion in the daily life of Mexico is the thrust of the summer program in Puebla. Studying the arts, culture, and history of central Mexico creates the context for the program. Living with carefully selected Mexican families helps Penn State students develop their language skills while experiencing firsthand the cultural treasures of Mexico. This 9-credit program offers students a unique, creative environment and exposure to a variety of experiences.

Puebla was established by Spaniards in 1532 and is known for its Spanish colonial architecture.

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Program Synopsis: Language and area studies program set in Mérida, a state capital and university city high in the Venezuelan Andes. No language prerequisite. Most participants have at least two years of prior Spanish and take courses taught entirely in Spanish; however, lower-level Spanish language courses and a limited number of Latin American or Venezuelan studies courses taught in English make it feasible for students at the beginning or intermediate language level as well. This program draws nationally. Housing in homestays. Fall or spring semester, academic year, or either or both of two 6-week summer sessions.

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Program Synopsis: 'Culture, Politics and Globalization' is a new Summer Study Abroad program based in Chennai, South India.
Over the month of July, students undertake two courses for 8 credits. The program includes field excursions to important historical and political centers in South India and engages leading local scholars as guest faculty. It is unusual in that it offers structured coursework in the social sciences in an Indian context, where most programs are focused on language and arts learning.

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Program Synopsis: The majority of participants in this nationally renowned program come from other institutions. MSID offers credit through coursework, research, and internships in this program focused on development, globalization, and contemporary social issues. The grassroots, development-focused community internship forms the centerpiece around which the rest of the curriculum revolves. The academic year program includes a major research project. Homestay housing. There is no language prerequisite, although Hindi is one of the required courses in the program. Fall semester, spring semester, or academic year.

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Program Synopsis: This ten-week summer program immerses students in a variety of Indian performing arts: dance, drama, and vocal music, as well as Indian martial or meditation arts. All participants take a 3 credit course on the “Peoples and Cultures of South India”, as well as select one or two of the following fields of study in Theatre & Drama:
• Kathakali - Kerala’s indigenous dance-drama enacting texts based on the epics
• Mohiniattam - Kerala’s indigenous form of female “classical” dance
• Bharata Natyam - Tamil Nadu’s form of “classical” dance
• Kalarippayattu - Kerala’s indigenous form of martial art
• Yoga
• South Indian (Karnatak) Vocal music
• South Indian (Karnatak) Instrumental music

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Program Synopsis: This program offers students the opportunity to study for the academic year in either Madurai or Varanasi, India - each site highlighting India’s ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity. Both sites feature intensive language study and allow students to learn about their surroundings firsthand by completing an in-depth, year-long fieldwork project. Students are required to be in Madison for ten weeks in the summer (Mid June - Mid-August) to study language and participate in an in-depth orientation. In addition to the fieldwork, students study language study and subject tutorials. Course instruction in India is provided by local faculty and experts. Various on-site staff members assist in administrative and academic aspects of the program as well as daily concerns. The onsite staff help students locate their own housing. Students eat two daily meals at the program house throughout the academic year.

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Program Synopsis: The CYIT program is offered during the academic year or fall semester at Chiang Mai University (CMU) in Thailand. Participants study Thai language and subject tutorials (taught in the English language) in subject areas of interest. Year participants also conduct an academic fieldwork research project. CMU faculty conduct all classroom and tutorial instruction in Thailand. Participants study Thai language during the summer session at UW-Madison before the start of their program in Thailand. The CYIT Academic Director, UW Professor Robert Bickner, help prepare students through an intensive summer orientation program as well as overseeing their academic interests in the program. Students live with a Thai family during the first month before selecting their own housing for the remainder of the program. The local CYIT staff assist students with administrative and academic aspects of the program, as well as finding suitable housing options.

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Program Synopsis: This archaeological survey project will focus on the largely undocumented and unexplored Gulf of Iskenderun (Hatay, Turkey), where the Cilician plain narrows to fifteen kilometers and combines three topographic features: seacoast, plain, and mountains. Cilicia, the largest plain in the eastern Mediterranean, functioned for millennia as an interface in the cultural and economic exchange between Aegean and coastal centers in the West and the interior empires of Anatolia, Syria, and Mesopotamia in the East. This region, a favorite haunt of pirates, has formed part of the Hittite, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Armenian, Crusader, and Ottoman empires.

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Program Synopsis: Each summer since 1981, IU's summer program in Graz has given students the opportunity to spend six weeks in one of Austria's most charming cities, residing with Austrian host families and immersing themselves in Austrian culture and the study of German language. An IU German Department professor and two advanced graduate students accompany the group to Graz, provide all instruction, and arrange a lively program of afternoon and weekend trips throughout Austria.

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Program Synopsis: This French language program was developed to provide an ideal environment for intermediate-level students to advacne their oral language proficiency.

Participants enroll at Centre de Linguistique Appliquee, part of the University of Franche-Comte.

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Program Synopsis: This program, taught entirely in French by French faculty, draws many students from throughout the US. Dorms, apartments, or homestays.
FALL/SPRING/ACADEMIC YEAR: For the semester program, at least one year of French is a prerequisite. Students with less than two years of prior French study language intensively at Paul Valéry University’s Institute for Foreign Students; more advanced students take advanced topics courses at the Institute, advanced language courses, and regular university courses in any of a wide variety of disciplines. A pre-session (fall and academic year only) strengthens students’ language skills before the semester begins. Internships offered.
SUMMER: Four or eight weeks of language instruction beginning anywhere from the first- through the sixth-semester level. No language prerequisite.

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Program Synopsis: Business-focused program with no language prerequisite. Depending on their language level, students may opt for courses taught in English, in German, or some in each. Required pre-session consists of a 4-credit German language course. During the semester participants then take a combination of at least two courses at the Berlin School of Economics and two IES courses. A 3-credit post-program business internship (at extra cost) is available to students with at least four semesters of language study plus the pre-session. Students live in apartments shared with Germans.

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Program Synopsis: The Academic Year in Freiburg (AYF) program offers students the opportunity to improve their German language skills while taking AYF program classes and regular university courses at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität. The program begins with a one month orientation period consisting of an intensive German language course and sessions designed to acclimate students to life in Germany. The program runs from early September to late July, and includes a two-month break from mid-February to mid-April between terms when students are free to travel. An academic internship option is available for a small number of participants during the second semester. Students live in a single room in university dorms. Academic year program.

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Program Synopsis: - Courses in Greek language and history taught by Athens Centre staff (3 credits each)

-6 credit core course on the historical monuments of Greece, taught by a Penn State faculty member and an independent instructor engaged on-site.

-Additional courses which vary year to year, depending upon the discipline of the accompanying Penn State faculty member. This assignment rotates among the departments of Art History, History, Excercise/Sport Sciece, Speech Communication.

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Program Synopsis: Representing the Irish Landscape is a program for students interested in the culture of contemporary Ireland and how its artists depict the Irish experience through visual arts and literature. Open to students at all levels of experience, the program includes classes in visual arts, Irish literature, and an interdisciplinary course in which the students respond to the Irish landscape. The Penn State faculty teaching the program will be joined by visiting artists and writers for special presentations.

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Program Synopsis: Fall semester, spring semester, or 3-week May term. Semester program offers Italian language instruction plus courses taught in English by Italian faculty contracted by our on-site partner, CAPA, in art (several courses offered), art history, cross-cultural psychology, history, international business, literature (in translation), and Italian culture. A second, advanced track in the semester program requires two prior years of Italian and combines an internship with Advanced Italian for Interns, literature and culture courses taught in Italian, and the option to take one course from the curriculum in English. Housing in homestays or apartments (homestays only in advanced track). May term program is faculty-led and consists only of fifth-semester Italian.

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Program Synopsis: This summer program provides students with the opportunity to study the Italian language for one month at the Università Italiana per Stranieri di Perugia (UPS). The program can accommodate both beginners and those with more advanced Italian skills. Participants will study with other international students at UPS in courses taught in Italian by university professors who are experts in their fields. A UW-Madison faculty member also serves as the Resident Director of this program, providing academic and administrative support to students. Participants can have the program arrange housing for them in local apartments or find their own accommodations. UPS organizes optional weekend trips to the most important cities in Italy and to the beautiful beaches of the Adriatic coast as well as guided visits to historical and artistic monuments of Perugia and the surrounding region.

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Program Synopsis: Rome, "the eternal city," is a magnificent example of cultural continuity. Now more than 2,700 years old, Rome is the heart of classical civilization and antiquity in the Western world. Evidence of life throughout these years, and many thousands before, are found in the modern city: a Roman bridge with an archaic Latin inscription; a modern wall built right into a medieval wall, then built into a pre-Roman wall; a column from a Roman temple holding up the ceiling of a medieval church; richly decorated tombs of pre-Roman peoples, the Etruscans; and remains of entire public areas and human works — places of worship, entertainment, leisure, business, and pleasure. The city of Rome and its environs hold all of these and more, and they are waiting for students who enroll in the Rome program.

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Program Synopsis: 6-week summer program offering Italian language at first- through fourth-semester levels plus a small range of area studies courses, all taught by faculty from on-site partner, Accent. Students may take two 3-credit area studies courses or one such course plus one 5-credit language course. Housing in apartments or homestays.

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Program Synopsis: Program offers nine or ten academic credits in Italian language and the arts. All students take the same set of courses, but these courses are offered at both a beginning an an advanced level. Course content is Italian language, art history, and visual arts.

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Program Synopsis: This program is open to artists and aspiring artists at all levels. It offers participants the opportunity for serious artistic development in drawing and printmaking influenced by the artistic and cultural resources of Venice and the surrounding area. Workshop and classroom facilities will be provided at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia, located in the heart of Venice. Students enroll in two courses: Drawing- Using Venice as a Source and Intaglio and Relief. Courses involve mostly independent work led by the program director. Students are housed in shared apartments with other program participants.

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Program Synopsis: Students interested in entering the justice professions or studying internation criminal justice, this program explores the design, rationale, and implementation of the Dutch criminal justice system, changing patterns of crime in the Netherlands and in the region and societal attitudes and responses to crime.

A special study of the Dutch method of handling juvenile offenders and vice. Also, discusses transnational crime particularly in the shipping business. The program is designed in cooperation with faculty at the University of Leiden.

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Program Synopsis: This program is an in-depth exploration of the process of European integration. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the history, institutions, and policies of the European Union. They will also explore contemporary issues such as the eastward expansion of the EU and the question of European identity. This is an intensive course in which the students will be immersed in the subject matter through readings, lectures, and class discussions. During the study tour the students will have the opportunity to visit a number of the institutions studied during the part of the program held in Maastricht. The stops on last year’s study tour included Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Strasbourg, Paris, and Brussels.

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Program Synopsis: The University of Minnesota is the AESOP port of entry for this program offered by the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA). Oslo-based program specializes in experiential programs focused on issues of inequality and social justice. This program explores the values, culture, and history that have shaped the industrialized welfare states and social democracies in Scandinavia, as well as Scandinavian strategies for social change. Participants learn through readings, lectures, discussions, group study projects, volunteer work, field experiences that invite interaction with people involved in social change, and comparative field study in selected regions of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Instruction is in English; no prior Norwegian is required. Fall semester.

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Program Synopsis: The University of Minnesota is the AESOP port of entry for this program offered by the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA). This Oslo-based program examines the origins and development of the European Union (EU) and its relationship to globalization and the human dimensions of development. Scandinavia and Poland are used as case studies throughout the semester, which includes a two-week field trip to Poland. Seminars include experiential projects where students interact outside the classroom with diverse groups including politicians, community activists, university faculty, and local citizens. Instruction is in English; no prior Norwegian is required. Spring semester.

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Program Synopsis: This semester or year program provides students the opportunity to learn Portuguese at the Universidade de Coimbra. Participants can take Portuguese language courses at the beginning, intermediate, or advance level with other international students at the Portuguese Language and Culture program. Students with advanced Portuguese language skills are able to directly enroll in one or two regular Universdade de Coimbra courses with Portuguese students. A Program Faculty Director in Portugal assists students with administrative and academic matters. The program can arrange housing in university dorms or make their own arrangements off-campus. Year or semester program.

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Program Synopsis: This 7-week program is designed by the University of Iowa and the world renowned Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO), where students will study. This program will provide students with a comprehensive and balanced curriculum, that combines classroom instructions with field trips, language partnerships, and extra curricular activities.

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Program Synopsis: Offering fall, spring and academic year options. Students will take courses at the Centro Granadi de Espanol (CEGRI), located in the city center of Granada. The courses, which focus on language and culture (including Culture of Islam), range from intermediate to advanced. Students in the spring are eligible to take 1-3 courses at the Universidad de Granada with local students. Housing is with host families. Full-time resident director and assistant are responsible for the orientation, excursions and act as a liason with CEGRI. Very economical option due to program cost and cost of living.

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Program Synopsis: Language and area studies program taught entirely in Spanish and used by many other US institutions. Delivered on-site by the Fundación José Ortega y Gasset, perhaps Spain’s most prestigious research institution in the social sciences and humanities. Courses on Spain or Latin America in a wide variety of fields in the social sciences and humanities, in addition to Spanish language and linguistics. Credit-bearing internships offered. Homestay and dorm options. Fall or spring semester, academic year, 3-week May term, or 6-week summer.

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Program Synopsis: Experience Swiss and European hospitality for five weeks and reside in the midst of the breathtaking Swiss Alps and along Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), in the center of Europe. This program is ideal for hospitality management students from any college or university in North America. The students live in an international environment and learn about the hospitality field in a uniquely European fashion. Penn State offers 6 advanced undergraduate credits to students who complete this program; check with the registrar at your school to find out whether you can apply these credits to your course of study. The class meets from three to four days a week at the Hotel Institute Montreux in beautiful Montreux for five weeks. During the time the class does not meet, the students may travel, independently, almost anywhere in Europe. They can visit Austria, Florence, Munich, Paris, the Riviera, Rome, Spain, and Switzerland.

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Program Synopsis: Offered in cooperation with CAPA and three other US consortium partners (Pitt, SUNY Oswego, U Mass Amherst). Broad array of studies courses taught by British faculty for US students, plus internships linked to an internship seminar. Housing in apartments or homestays. Fall or spring semester or either or both of two 6-week summer programs.

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Program Synopsis: The University of Minnesota is the AESOP port of entry for this program offered by the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA), of which the Minnesota is a charter member. This Belfast-based program examines the historical political and religious roots of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the progress being made toward peace and reconciliation. Participants learn through readings, lectures, discussions, an 8-credit internship, group study projects, and field experiences that invite interaction with people involved in social change. Spring semester.

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Program Synopsis: Students choose between two options: OPTION A and OPTION B. Actual start dates will depend on location, the respective Australian university's calendar, and parliamentary sitting schedules (in the case of parliamentary placements).

OPTION A (17-20 weeks) combines a part-time internship experience with concurrent semester-long courses taken at one of several cooperating Australian universities. Under OPTION A, students may enroll for either of the Australian semesters.

OPTION B consists of a full-time internship experience of 8-10 weeks, plus 1-1½ weeks of orientation (no concurrent course enrollment).

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Program Synopsis: Offered in cooperation with the Center for Academic Programs Abroad (CAPA). Australian studies courses taught by Australian faculty, plus internships linked to an internship seminar. Summer offering consists of internships only. Students may choose between homestays and a dorm-like hotel. Fall or spring semester or 6-week summer program.

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Program Synopsis: MSU offers a unique educational opportunity for college students who consider themselves athletes or sports enthusias. The program defines "college athlete" as anyone who currently participates on any sanctioned university intramural sports team, any varsity student-athlete or any sports enthusiast who competed in sports at the high school level.

The program offers a solid rigorous academic program together with high-level sports training and an opportunity for integration with local Australians.

Students attend classes, study, train, and compete with Australians for five weeks in Sydney and Cairns. The program fosters international competition and cross-cultural understanding. This program is five weeks in length and offers Kinesiolgy and Social Science courses.