Description

Four week Summer program.

The curriculum uses environmental issues as a vehicle to examine and discuss the social and political challenges of the region, which are threaded throughout the curriculum to provide the context for the issues facing the region. Key topics will be taught by experts in their field. Drs. Key and Gordon will weave together the various topics of sustainability in evening seminars with students.

In addition to the environmental curriculum of the Arava Institute, the program will consider the social and economic structure of kibbutz living and the history of the kibbutzim movement in Israel. To this end, students will conduct small group community based research projects related to the desert environment and community at Kibbutz Ketura and Lotan.

The format includes classroom and field sessions, and students get hands-on community experiences including mud-building projects, organic gardening and work in experimental orchards.

Application Deadline has been extended! Please contact the Dickinson College Office of Global Education!

Highlights

Excursions:

Excursions to Timna Valley Park, the Dead Sea, Jerusalem and Eilat are included..

Housing:

Students live on the kibbutz and eat in the dining hall with kibbutz members and children, Arava Institute staff, volunteers and visitors. They use kibbutz facilities, such as the classroom, swimming pool, communal laundry and recycling facilities.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

USD 5,400

Program Fees Include:

* Tuition
* Full room and board
* Academic excursions
* In-country transportation related to the academic program

Airfare is not included; however a group flight will be arranged. Primary medical and accident insurance purchased in the U.S. is not included.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Scholarships are Available

Financial aid is available to eligible Dickinson students.