Description

NYU Summer in Berlin allows students experience a cosmopolitan city that holds a complex and crucial place in modern European history. One can encounter this past not just in the city's many museums and in the memories of its inhabitants, but also in its architecture: the palaces of the baroque, rococo and romantic periods, the monumental government buildings and workers' tenements of the Wilhelminian Empire, the modernist structures of the Weimar Republic, the massive ministries and Olympic Stadium of the Third Reich, ruins from World War II, the showcase developments-and the Wall-constructed during the Cold War.

Today, Berlin is at a particularly exciting moment of transition, reclaiming its historical role as Germany's capital and as the political, cultural, and economic intermediary between Eastern and Western Europe. Massive construction projects reflect this development and offer some of the most exciting new architecture in the world. Berlin is a thoroughly modern but affordable city with outstanding museums and a lively theatre and music scene; it also has an efficient public transportation system, an international cuisine, and a vibrant nightlife.

Highlights

Aside from excursions in and around the city of Berlin, students will take a day trip to Dresden and a weekend trip to Prague. In Prague, students will explore the traces of three cultures-Czech, German, and Jewish-on a three-day weekend. A remarkably preserved city, Prague combines medieval, baroque, and modern influences. Located on the river Vltava, the city's thousand years of architectural and artistic history are reflected in its stone facades and cobblestone streets. Students will visit Kafka's house, the old Jewish cemetery, or just experience the city's lively atmosphere and its contemporary cultural scene.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

• Architecture
• German
• Intensive Language
• Literature

Cost in US$:

USD6504

Program Fees Include:

tuition, program fee

Experience Required

no

New York University - Summer's Mission Statement

Whether you want to fulfill requirements, explore another area of study, accelerate your degree program, take a graduate course, learn a language, or fulfill your lifes ambitions, New York University is the place for you. Get a taste of the excitement, dynamism, diversity, and rigor that is NYU Summer.