2009 Summer School Abroad
Summer Program in Wittenberg
Immerse yourself in German language and culture in historic Wittenberg, Germany. Perhaps most well known as the cradle of the Lutheran Reformation, Wittenberg has been host to an impressive number of historical figures.
This 5-week program includes homestays, content-based language instruction, grammar instruction, and travel to regional sites (see itinerary). After completing the program, you will receive 1.5 Concordia Courses in German (six credit hours, two of which will come in as transfer credit). Prerequisite for participation: German 112 or equivalent.
Cost
The cost of the program has been set at $ 7,500. This price includes airfare to Berlin and back. For this amount you will also receive:
* Instruction at the Institute of German Language and Culture
* Home stays with German families
* Breakfast and dinner (with German families)
* All trips and tours, including museum costs
* 1 Concordia College Course Credit (four credit hours)
Additional costs are lunches (5 Euro/day or less) and other personal expenses (film, souvenirs, etc.).
For more information: Please e-mail Dr. Stephen Grollman (grollman@cord.edu)
University of Oslo
International Summer School
Oslo, Norway
Open to any major (no language requirement)
Estimated cost: Please contact the Office of Global Education
The International Summer School (ISS) is an academic center for learning in an international context, and a forum for fostering intercultural understanding. Every summer from late June to early August the ISS welcomes some 500 students from more than 90 countries to its distinctive variety of graduate and undergraduate courses, mostly within the liberal arts and social sciences. Living and studying together at the University of Oslo, students may choose undergraduate courses in Norwegian language or English courses in culture, literature, history, art history, politics, international relations, contemporary social issues and gender equality. Graduate courses (also taught in English) are offered in media studies, international community health, special needs education, energy planning and sustainable development. In addition to its emphasis on academic achievement and international good will, the University of Oslo International Summer School offers many cultural and social activities, including excursions into the beautiful Norwegian countryside and the fjords of western Norway, and outstanding recreational activities and cultural events. Open to any major, the program requires the completion of the first year of college and a good academic standing. Classes run for six weeks from late June through early August.
Integrating Health and Spirituality in China
Nursing 401 or Religion 338J | Prerequisites: Enrolled in the nursing major and eligible to take Nursing 401 or open to students across all disciplines for Religion 338J
Dr. Polly Kloster, Nursing
Dr. Tamara Lanaghan, Religion
May 5-31, 2009
Estimated seminar cost: $5,350 plus tuition: $2,645
Over the millennia, Chinese health care practices have been shaped and influenced by Taoist and Buddhist thought. This summer study abroad experience will focus on the influence of spirituality and culture on community health in three distinct regions of China: Hong Kong, the Henan Province and Beijing. An understanding of these rich traditions will be developed through interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue with Chinese students, faculty, and health care providers. Students will engage in service learning or clinical experiences at elementary schools, a deaf school and an orphanage. We'll walk the Great Wall; explore Tiananmen Square, the Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City; experience Chinese theater and art; barter in outdoor markets; and enjoy a traditional tea ceremony. With the ever-growing importance of China in the global context, this experience will give you the opportunity to broaden and enhance your awareness of how China influences your own academic discipline. Includes full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) most days.
Mexico Summer Study Program
Dr. Viann Pederson de Castañeda and Dr. Pedro Meléndez, Spanish
May 5-June 3, 2009
Estimated seminar cost: $4,390 plus tuition: $2,645
Learning about a culture is integral to learning a second language. The Mexico Summer Study Program provides a month-long immersion experience in language and culture for you to improve your Spanish proficiency and cultural competence. You can either enroll in Spanish 321 (Composition and Conversation in Cultural Contexts, 1.0) or a combination of Spanish 413 (Topics in Latin American Literature, 0.5) and Spanish 363 (Mexican Culture, 0.5). Those in 321 have the option to add the 363 course by paying tuition for the additional 0.5 course. All courses are taught by Concordia faculty on the campus of the University of the Americas in Mexico City. At the university you will have opportunities to make friends through organized afternoon conversation groups with Mexican students. You will also have unlimited access to all facilities including the library, computer labs, cafeteria and exercise equipment. Extended family stays are a key component of the language learning process. In addition to morning classes, you have afternoon and weekend excursions to historical sites in Mexico City, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, and the pyramids of Teotihuacan. Host families will also take you to visit additional museums, theater productions, markets, and sites of cultural and historical interest. We fly home from Cancun after a day at the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza. Mexico Summer Study Program costs include airfare, hotels, family stays, all museum entrances, all meals and excursions. You may also extend the program to fulfill the semester-abroad requirement for the Spanish major by enrolling in Practicum 490 during June and July. Practicum students pay an additional tuition for 1.0 course plus housing.
South Africa after Apartheid: Summer Courses in South Africa
Religion 339J or Sociology 328
Dr. Jan Pranger, Religion
Dr. Nick Ellig, Sociology
May 5-29, 2009
Estimated seminar cost: $5,350 plus tuition: $2,645
Imagine completing a course where your classroom is South Africa! You can have this experience completing one of these courses that combine classroom instruction with a significant experiential component that engages you with the people and places of South Africa. "World Christianity" will survey the diversity of Christianity in the non-Western world by means of a comparative methodology and illustrate essentially historical, cultural, socio-political, theological and methodological issues in the study of non-Western Christianity. "Class, Race and Ethnicity" will use South Africa and the U.S. as illustrative cases when introducing students to issues of inequality and to the sociological approach useful for studying and understanding these issues.
These courses also will enable you to understand the extent to which the hopefulness accompanying the end of formal apartheid is being realized at present in South Africa, and what obstacles remain in the path towards creating a just society with equal opportunity for all. This largely peaceful transition gave great hope among the people of South Africa for a new multiracial future - a rainbow nation as Bishop Desmond Tutu called it - with freedom and opportunities for all. However, from the beginning it was clear that the new nation was facing tremendous challenges as the social, racial, and economic divisions that had grown over centuries were not simply being erased overnight and the inequalities and injustices of the past would continue to create despair in the present. There also will be stops in Amsterdam and London.
Office of Global Education
inted@cord.edu
218.299.3927
2009 Summer School Abroad
