Berlin Residential Fall Semester Program
Description
Nazareth College of Rochester, N.Y., and Studienforum Berlin offer a 15-credit, 16-week semester program in Germany's capital, taught in English.
The program is open to all undergraduate students who want to acquire U.S. credit. The program includes tuition, room and board (two meals), an on-site student coordinator, cultural events and excursions.
The program allows for the unique opportunity to immerse into Germany's capital, Berlin, observe the political, economic and cultural changes in Central Europe first-hand and to experience history in the making.
Highlights
Students take five courses: three liberal arts courses (45 h each), taught in English; orientation and an introductory German language course; and a four-week unpaid internship permitting use of English, at corporations, public institutions such as museums, schools, think tanks, NGO's in Berlin (the internship may be substituted by an independent research project or a second language course). Accommodation and board is in homestays.
The fall 2013 curriculum includes these courses: German History 1871 to the Present (history); European Business Economics (economics/polisci); 20th Century German Literature, Theater and Cabaret (literature or theater arts); Conflict Studies (political science, peace studies); Symphonic Music and Opera, Mozart to Mahler (music history); Global Sustainability (bio).
Excursions and field trips in the Berlin area to sites of historical and cultural importance as well as excursions to sites outside of the Berlin area (e.g. to Dresden, Weimar/Buchenwald, Prague) are an integral component of the program.