IES Abroad Istanbul - Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies

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Location

Turkey: Istanbul

Description

The cultural adventure of a lifetime awaits you in the beautiful and historic city of Istanbul!

Everywhere you turn in Istanbul is a new opportunity to learn more - chatting with a local over tea on the Bosphorus, exploring the winding streets on a field study visit... Welcome to study abroad!

Istanbul will be your classroom. Turkey, once the center of the Ottoman Empire and now a modern country with an Islamic tradition, provides an ideal vantage point from which to study the Middle East.

Immerse yourself in the fascinating history and dynamic present of Turkey and the Middle East through courses on the Ottoman Empire, the Arab Spring, the Palestine-Israel conflict, and more.

We also want you to feel at home in Istanbul, so we will do everything we can to help you integrate into life in Turkey, and organize events to help you make the most of your time. Plus, IES Abroad will take you beyond Istanbul to explore areas like Amman, Jordan; Ephesus, and Cappadocia.

Highlights

Our mission is simple: to provide you with the best study abroad program possible - which includes the highest quality academic and cultural experiences.

You begin the semester with a three-week intensive Turkish language course worth 2 IES Abroad credits, taken alongside a Turkish culture and civilization course, worth 1 IES Abroad credit. (You can continue the Turkish language course throughout the rest of the semester and earn 2 more IES Abroad credits, for a total of 4 IES Abroad credits.)

After your first three weeks, you begin your semester-long courses. You create your own academic experience by selecting from the following components:

* One to two courses at our partner university, Yeditepe University (3 credits each):

We encourage you to enroll in Contemporary History of the Middle East at Yeditepe - a unique course taught by the IES Abroad Istanbul Center Director for local and IES Abroad students. Transportation to and from Yeditepe University is provided by IES Abroad for this course.

To explore other course offerings at Yeditepe University, visit the undergraduate faculty webpages that interest you. All undergraduate courses offered at Yeditepe are open to you. Final courses offered in a given semester are announced a few weeks before the program begins.

* IES Abroad Area Studies Courses (3 credits each)

* Optional Continuation of IES Abroad Turkish Language Course (2 credits - in addition to the 2 credits earned in the first three weeks of the program)

You enroll in a total of 15-19 IES Abroad credits for the semester.