Course Title:  Europe in Transition

Credit Hours: 6

Dates of the Course: May 17 – June 3, 2009

Instructors:  Dr. Jason Lin, Dr. Debra Cartwright

Course Description: Europe in Transition is an international study program combining field trips related to the economic changes of the European Union, as well as cultural and historical aspects.  This year's program will take students to Amsterdam, The Netherlands; to Brussels, Belgium; to Lyon, France; and to Venice and Rome, Italy.

For more information, please contact Dr. Lin or Dr. Cartwright

Course Title:  Democracy and Human rights in South Africa

Credit Hours: 6

Dates of the Course: May 14 – June 5, 2009

Instructors:  Dr. Elaine McDuff

Course Description: The purpose of this study abroad program is to give students an opportunity to live and work in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Cape Town, while studying the multiple concerns facing South Africa, as it strives to become one of the world's most progressive democracies. The heart of the program will be a service-learning opportunity that will immerse students in the living history of South Africa by directly involving them with institutions that are wrestling with South Africa's trouble past and helping create a modern, democratic civil society.

For more information, please contact Dr. McDuff

Course Title:  Bethsaida Archaeological Dig and Israel Study Tour

Credit Hours: 3

Dates of the Course: May 21 – June 6, 2009

Instructors:  Dr. Mark Appold

Course Description: A three hour credit course with hands-on training and experience in archeology at Bethsaida, Israel, one of Antiquity's most important Biblical sites. Living in a Jewish Kibbutz students work on the excavation site from 5:30 A.M. until 12:30 P.M. Afternoons are devoted to "pottery reading" and evenings to a lecture series on historical-cultural and archeological topics by scholars in the field. Representative sites throughout the Galilee and Judea are visited and studied within the context of two weekend excursions. Following the archeological experience, students travel to Jerusalem for a stay at ecce Homo Convent. Daily study tours in the Old City, the Judean Desert, and the West Bank provide exposure to historical sites and contemporary points of cultural. religious, and political/social interest. Contacts with Palestinian students and families are provided and volunteer work on a Palestinian farm are all part of the time spent in Bethlehem and Hebron.

For more information, please contact Dr. Appold

Course Title: The Afro-Brazilian Music of Bahia

Credit Hours: 3

Dates of the Course: June 8 - June 30, 2009

Instructor: Dr. Marc Rice

Course Description: This course examines the music of Bahia, the center of Afro Brazilian culture. Located in Brazil's Northeast coast, Bahia was the focus of South America's slave trade. This history has left a dynamic legacy of music that survives to this day. Through in-class lectures and field trips to museums, musical performances, and other cultural activities, students will have first hand experience with Candomble rituals, Capoeira classes, samba dancing, and modern popular music within their social contexts. They will also acquire the tools of musical analysis so that they can examine specific musical repertories, in order to trace the musical development of these genres.

 For More Information, please contact Dr. Marc Rice

INFORMATION ON OTHER SUMMER 2009 PROGRAMS WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE