2009 Summer International Programs

Registration for these classes takes place in March during fall/summer pre-registration. Deposits are only refunded if the program does not "make."  Prices are subject to change.

ANT 450 Seminar in Anthropology (3 credits - may be taken with PSY or EDU) Tanzania mid-May til mid-June, $4000 without safari; $5000 with safari, does not include $100/credit hour fee. ($500 deposit due Nov. 5), download flier and application Faculty Director:  Dr. Anne Lewinson

BIO 383: Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation (4 credits) Costa Rica Introduces the basic physical and ecological concepts and principles pivotal to the sustainable management of tropical ecosystems.

BIO 480: Advanced Topics in Biology: Tropical Biomedicine (2 credits) Involves an intensive 3-week field experience focusing on the ecology of infectious disease and issues of public health in developing countries. Courses must be taken together.

Berry College:  May 11-15, Costa Rica: May 16 - June 5

Estimated cost:  $3650; $350 due Jan. 15, $600 due Feb. 15, balance due March 15.

Faculty Directors: Dr. Marty Cipollini, Dr. Chris Hall

COM 429 Studies in British Culture (3 credits) England and Ireland 2nd 7 weeks of Spring 2009 (Berry campus), June 2-17 (travel dates); $5300, $800 deposit due Feb. 15, balance due April 15. Examine the ways in which national identities are constructed through the differing ideologies of the Anglo-Irish conflict, with multimedia reporting component. Program description. Credit may be earned in COM or ENG. 

Faculty director:  Dr. Brian Carroll

EDU 222 - Exploration in Diverse Cultures (3 credits)
An analysis of the educational context of another culture. Application of various techniques to determine the relationship among family, society, health, and schooling in a culture other than the student's own. 

The following programs are offered:

China, May 11-25; $3,571 ($350 nonrefundable deposit); $1458 deposit due Jan 15, balance due March 15. Students will have the opportunity to observe and teach in private language school.

Faculty Directors: Dr. Dara Wakefield, Dr. Chang Pu

pending Costa Rica (music education, 3 credits) - tentative schedule:  May 12-22

Faculty director:  Dr. Glenn Garrido

Tanzania, (may be taken with ANT or PSY) (3 credits) mid-May til mid-June, $4000 without safari; $5000 with safari does not include $100/credit hour fee.  ($500 deposit due Nov. 5), download flier and application

Faculty Director:  Dr. Julie Johnson Pynn

ENG 305 Creative Writing - Encounters with Mexico (3 credits) May 10-31, $2600 ($800 deposit due Feb. 6, balance due March 27). Students will complete a travel essay, a literary souvenir providing a unique, personal and informed understanding of Central Mexico, of the complex natures of travel and the traveler, the native and the neighbor. Credits may be earned in ENG or LCS.

Faculty Director:  Prof. Mike Mejia  

ENG 436 - Studies in British Culture (3 credits) England and Ireland 2nd 7 weeks of Spring 2009 (Berry campus), June 2-17 (travel dates); $5300, $800 deposit due Feb. 15, balance due April 15. Examine the ways in which national identities are constructed through the differing ideologies of the Anglo-Irish conflict; program description. Credit may be earned in ENG or COM.

Faculty director:  Dr. Lara Whelan

GEO 152 Geology of Iceland - gen ed! (4 credits) or

GEO 350 Advanced Topics in Geology (4 credits) Iceland  Berry College:  May 12–16, Iceland: July 11–21, $4750; program description and photos from 2008!

Faculty Director:  Dr. Tamie Jovanelly

LCS 450 Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies - Encounters with Mexico (3 credits) May 10-31, $2600 ($800 deposit due Feb. 6, balance due March 27). Students will complete a travel essay, a literary souvenir providing a unique, personal and informed understanding of Central Mexico, of the complex natures of travel and the traveler, the native and the neighbor. Credits may be earned in LCS or ENG.

Faculty Director: Dr. Julee Tate

pending MKT 425 International Marketing (3 credits), BUS 460 Special Topics:  Brand Cultures (3 credits) Switzerland

Berry College:  May 12-15; Switzerland:  May 16-June 8

Price TBA ; $500 deposit due December 1, $800 due Jan. 16, balance due Feb. 27. Faculty Director: Dr. Kenny Bates

BUS 460 must be taken as a free elective.

PSY 435 Special Topics - Eco-psychology (3 credits) Tanzania (may be taken with ANT or EDU) mid-May til mid-June, $4000 without safari; $5000 with safari ($500 deposit due Nov. 5), download flier and application

Faculty Director:  Dr. Julie Johnson Pynn

REL 100 World Religions - gen ed! (3 credits), and/or REL 326 Seminar in World Religions (3 credits) - Bali

May 23 – June 14; $3937 based on 10 students, $4025 based on 8 students; $800 non-refundable deposit due Dec. 12, $1,500 deposit due Jan. 23, balance due March 15. This course will consist of lectures in Balinese culture and religion, and practice for music or dance or language. The students will be able to join Balinese peoples and take part of Balinese Hindu ceremonies.

Faculty Director:  Dr. Jeffrey Lidke

SPA 305 Living the Pura Vida (3 credits) - Costa Rica  May 14 - July 4 $1790.50 (subject to change due to tuition increase)  This course corresponds with an English teaching component and is supported by Fundacion Progreso Guanacaste.  

$600 non-refundable deposit due Jan. 16

$600 non-refundable deposit due Feb. 16

Balance due March 23.

Internship Berry College summer internship program in Dublin, Ireland (6 credit hours), May 26 - July 12

$3525 (based on 10 students); $700 deposit due January 28 Work 6 weeks full time in an organization in Dublin. Click for timeline.

Other summer programs 
Please contact IP to find out whether it's best to enroll as a Berry student or study as a transient.

Seoul Women's University Bahrom International Program, South Korea.  Apply for a scholarship to attend a 3 credit hour course (June 28 – July 24, 2009) on all aspects of Korean culture. Open to returning men & women students. Application Deadline: January 16.

SIT Study Abroad: Public Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Kunming, China. Early June to mid-July. Students study Mandarin Chinese and traditional Chinese medicine in the context of public health.

Business Europe Study Tours (BEST) - June 2009. Tour of the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and France. Students learn about European business and corporation while touring five European countries.

American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) - Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, Spain

AustraLearn - Australia and New Zealand - internships! Great Barrier Reef studies! Aboriginal studies!

International Studies Abroad (ISA) - Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, France, Mexico, Spain

Center for Cross-Cultural Study - Seville, Spain

Lorenzo de' Medici - Florence, Tuscania or Rome, Italy

Studio Art Centers International - Florence, Italy (Art majors)

University of Limerick Summer Schools in Irish Studies
Limerick, Ireland  Students choose one of five courses: Irish Life and Literature, Irish Politics in a Global Age, Sociological Perspectives on Irish Society, Visual Culture in Ireland, or International Technical Writing.

University of West Indies International Summer School - Study Caribbean culture and literature

Transient only

University System of Georgia European Council Program to Russia - check out scholarships!

Study in Salamanca through Augusta State University.

Check out other programs at iiepassport or studyabroad.com!

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