About College Year in Athens
Year Founded: 1962
College Year in Athens (CYA) is a study abroad program focused upon the history and civilization of Greece and the East Mediterranean region. Its mission is to offer each student an academically rigorous program of studies combined with the vibrant experience of day-to-day contact with the people, monuments, and landscape of Greece – a rapidly changing country with a uniquely varied past.
CYA offers semester, academic year, and summer programs in Greece. The curriculum covers a range of academic disciplines including Art and Archaeology, Environmental Studies, Ethnography, History, Languages, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, and Religion. Courses are taught in English and are held either on site (in and around Athens) or at CYA's Academic Center.
Students live in CYA apartments located in a safe and highly desirable neighborhood in Central Athens (students in CYA's summer programs are housed either in CYA apartments or in hotels, depending on the course).