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This summer, turn the world into your classroom. Immerse yourself in Italian culture; learn business practices firsthand in China, or The Netherlands; find yourself on the French Riviera or on the coast of Ireland, or learn to speak Spanish like a Spaniard, and much more.
An international experience benefits students by offering a global outlook that emphasizes the ties among nations and cultures. In addition, it enhances career preparation by teaching valuable cross-cultural and workplace skills that are extremely critical to employers in building their work force. Study abroad can be fun and educational. Much of the experience comes from coping with the challenges of, and learning to adapt to, a foreign environment. Living in another country fosters patience, changes attitudes, develops maturity and self-confidence, and enhances understanding of our complex world. A carefully chosen overseas study program can contribute not only to academic and personal growth but to career goals as well.
At Hofstra University, we pride ourselves on the diverse selection of study abroad programs available. Whether students choose to study abroad to enhance the level of a specific language or culture or to expand the knowledge of a specific concentration, they can find an appropriate program. Hofstra offers various program lengths, from one semester to a full year, or during the winter or summer sessions.
Students who would like to learn more about study abroad options are encouraged to visit the Office of Study Abroad Programs, 107 Roosevelt Hall, South Campus, or contact Professor Maria Fixell, Assistant Dean for Study Abroad, at (516) 463 4765 or Maria.L.Fixell@hofstra.edu.
Programs in
Programs Offered in HCLAS
China: May 17-June 15, 2010
The HCLAS Hofstra in China Program establishes its base in Shanghai and takes place at East China Normal University, which boasts the most beautiful campus in Shanghai. While taking courses in Chinese language, culture and literature, students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of cultural excursions. A two-and-a-half-day visit to Beijing constitutes a final highlight of the program.
Course offerings include ASST 11, LIT 87, and beginning, intermediate and advanced Chinese language classes. Students can take either three or six credits.
Participants in the Hofstra in China Program pay a program fee in addition to standard Hofstra tuition and fees for three to six undergraduate credits.
For further information about the program, please contact Dr. Zuyan Zhou, at (516) 463-5438 or Zuyan.Zhou@hofstra.edu.
France: May 25-June 26, 2010
The Hofstra in France program offers the unique opportunity to earn academic credits in French and English literature courses while experiencing Paris’ artistic and literary richness for three weeks and discovering the French Riviera, Monaco, and the nearby Italian Riviera during the final week.
The following French courses are offered: FREN 1-4, 110 and 142. The following courses are offered in English: FRLT 43 and 45 and RLLT 102. Students are required to take six credits.
Participants in this program will pay a program fee in addition to Hofstra tuition and fees for six undergraduate credits. For further information about the program, please contact the program director: Dr. Sabine Loucif, at (516)463 6572 or Sabine.Loucif@hofstra.edu.
Ireland: June 8-July 23, 2010
Spend four weeks in Galway on Ireland’s breathtaking Atlantic coast, experience Dublin’s emergence as a global city, hike along the Famine trail, and attend plays, films and music festivals.
Ireland is known as “The Island of Saints and Scholars,” and perhaps more famously for its theater, contemporary music, and poetry. Hofstra is pleased to offer an exceptional opportunity to study these aspects of Irish and Irish-American life, their convergent histories, and more in literature, writing, and interdisciplinary courses.
Courses include: CRWR 133; ENGL123, 198J; IRE 163; GAEL 1. Participants in this program will pay a program fee in addition to Hofstra tuition and fees for six undergraduate credits. For further information about the program, please contact the program director: Professor Patricia Navarra at (516) 463- 0234 or Patricia.C.Navarra@hofstra.edu.
Spain: June 30-July 31, 2010
The Spain Program is based in Santiago de Compostela, a UNESCO World Heritage City in northwest Spain. It is an exceptionally beautiful city and its medieval and Renaissance streets and architecture are enchanting.
Program participants have an opportunity to travel to Barcelona, and enjoy full tours of major cultural attractions. In addition students have the chance to experience the vibrant cultural scene that Barcelona has to offer.
The following undergraduate courses are offered: SPAN 1-5, 109, 120, 180; SPLT 51; HIST 20 and 107. Graduate courses include SPAN 224 and 225. Participants in this program pay a program fee in addition to standard Hofstra tuition and fees for six undergraduate or graduate credits. Participants in this program are required to take six credits. For further information about the program, please contact Professor Chad Rice at (516) 463-5487 or Chad.A.Rice@hofstra.edu.
Sorrento: June 24-August 2, 2010
Hofstra’s five-week summer program in Sorrento, a seaside resort town in southern Italy, provides students with the opportunity to study Italian culture and language in a full immersion environment. Sorrento is world renowned for its dramatic rock beaches, refined cafes, elegant shops, centuries-old artisan workshops, an international cinema festival, a summer Jazz festival, and its convenient proximity to the posh island retreats of Capri and Ischia, the archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the picturesque seaside town of Positano, and the breathtaking costiera amalfitana.
While in Sorrento, students live in shared apartments with fully equipped kitchens or can elect to live with host families carefully chosen by the staff of our host school in Sorrento. Host family arrangements include breakfast and dinner every day.
The following ITAL courses are offered: ITAL 1, 2, 3, 4, 105, 109, 110 and 170D. The following courses are offered in English: ITLT 42 and ITST 141. Students must take six credits. Participants in the Hofstra in Sorrento program will pay a program fee in addition to Hofstra tuition and fees for six undergraduate credits. For further information, please contact the program director: Dr. Gregory Pell, at (516) 463-5437 or Gregory.Pell@hofstra.edu.
Peru: May 26-June 26, 2010
This program gives students the opportunity to take classes and enjoy Peru’s incredibly rich and compelling archaeological heritage and great natural beauty. Students travel to Lima, Cuzco and Machu Picchu.
The following undergraduate courses are offered: SPAN 1-5, 109, 113B, 180; SPLT 52; LACS 1. Graduate courses include SPAN 221 and 222. Participants in this program pay a program fee in addition to standard Hofstra tuition and fees for six undergraduate or graduate credits. Participants in this program are required to take six credits. For further information about the program, please contact Dr. Miguel-Angel Zapata, at (516) 463-4766 or Miguel-Angel.Zapata@hofstra.edu.
Japan: 2010 Dates Vary—See Below
Discover traditional and modern-day Japan through a five-week study abroad program. For the first time, the program offers students three options with respect to program duration. Students can complete a maximum of six credits regardless of option choice.
- Option 1 (July 1-23) three-week program
- Option 2 (July 1-31) four-week program
- Option 3 (July 1-August 5) five-week program
The following courses are offered for all students: ASST 21; PSC 145; ASST 150 and JPAN 1Z. Participants in the Hofstra in Japan Program pay a program fee according to the selected option in addition to standard Hofstra tuition and fees for three or six undergraduate credits. For further information about the program, please contact Dr. Takashi Kanatsu at (516) 463-5602 or Takashi.Kanatsu@hofstra.edu.
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Programs Offered in SOEHHS
Italy: May 29-June 13, 2010
Our exciting 16-day study abroad program during Summer Session I is based in the picturesque town of Sorrento, Italy, located on western Italy’s Amalfi Coast at the southern tip of the Bay of Naples. This graduate study abroad program is open to students in the counseling and related human-services programs. It will expose students to the precepts of conflict transformation as used in interpersonal, group and systemic conflict resolution, including training in various mediation procedures used in both domestic and international settings with a special focus on conflict resolution strategies in the Italian culture.
In addition to participating in daily class sessions and course-related field trips, students have the opportunity to visit incredible sites in the region, including the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Mount Vesuvius, Rome, Naples, Positano, and the island of Capri and its Blue Grotto. The program provides a wonderful sampling of Italian art, architecture, cuisine and culture. Mount Vesuvius overlooks everyday life in Sorrento, and the local landscape offers fascinating geological and ecological adventures. By simply walking down the cliff-side from the Piazza de San Francesco outside their classroom, students find several beachfronts where they can enjoy swimming, sunbathing and getting to know the locals, in this ultimate Mediterranean atmosphere. The program will spend three days in Rome, Italy and tour central Rome as well as visit the Roman Forum, the Coliseum, St. Peter’s Cathedral/Vatica, the Vatican Museum, Trevi Fountain and Pantheon.
Our two exciting 17-day study abroad programs during Summer Session II travel to several different areas in Italy. During the first eight days, our programs are based in the picturesque town of Sorrento, Italy, located on western Italy’s Amalfi Coast at the southern tip of the Bay of Naples. Students have the opportunity to visit Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Positano, Paestum and the island of Capri. The trips provide a wonderful sampling of Italian art, architecture, cuisine and culture. The Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius offer fascinating geological and ecological adventures. The remainder of the trip will be split between Florence and Rome with an optional day trip to Venice. All three cities have always inspired awe in its visitors, but its particular attraction is that they have managed to preserve impressive monuments and ruins from their varied past and incorporate them into the present. All are living museums and an archaeological archive of Western culture.
Participants in these (SSI and SSII) programs pay a program fee in addition to standard Hofstra tuition and fees. The program fee includes: round-trip airfare; ground transportation to-and-from major cities; housing accommodations; field trips that are part of the program; an array of special events; and use of the facilities at the Sorrento Lingue, our host institution in Sorrento. In Sorrento, students are housed in local, traditional apartments, with full kitchen facilities and double rooms. In Rome and Florence students are housed in hotels, two students per room. Guest lecturers, field visits to schools and briefings with local educators are part of the program.
The program fee for all participants is subject to change due to international currency fluctuations. For further information, contact the Office of Professional Development Services, 119 Hagedorn hall, (516) 463-5750. Professional development hours and/or in-service credit may be available through a teacher’s school district. District purchase orders are accepted.
London: June 30-July 11, 2010
This study abroad program will give pre- and in-service teachers the opportunity to study adolescent literature from the United Kingdom within the many rich and resonant contexts in which it was written and/or set. Readers will walk where the characters walked, see what they saw, and learn the principles of bringing fiction and non-fiction literature to life for the students they teach. Participants will select readings from among choices that include contemporary, classical, and historical literature written by authors living in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and/or Wales.
The program will meet in London for 10 days and will feature day trips to literary, cultural, and historical sites such as: Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, Queen Victoria Monument, the Mall, #10 Downing Street, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Bird Cage Walk and Hyde Park Corner, the Charles Dickens Museum, Thames River Cruise from Westminster Pier to the Thames Barrier and back to St. Katherine’s Pier. The group will also travel to Bath and have a Blue Badge guided walking tour of “Austen’s Bath,” Pump Room and Roman Baths. Students will visit the London Eye (flight optional), Millennium Bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, tour the British Museum’s most famous artifacts, the British Library, Canterbury Cathedral, secret war tunnels tour of Dover Castle, Tower of London, and attend a performance of a Shakespeare play at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Participants in this program pay a program fee in addition to standard Hofstra tuition and fees. The program fee includes: round-trip airfare; ground transportation to-and-from major cities, hotel accommodations (double-occupancy), all transportation, all excursions, daily breakfast, and two group meals. Most lunch and dinner meals are not included. The program fee for all participants is subject to change due to international currency fluctuations. For further information, contact the Office of Professional Development Services, 119 Hagedorn Hall, (516) 463-5750. Professional development hours and/or in-service credit may be available through a teacher’s school district. District purchase orders are accepted.
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Hofstra Accounting in Rome: May 18-June 26, 2010
Hofstra Accounting in Rome allows business, especially accounting, students entering their junior year a chance to have a meaningful study abroad opportunity while keeping up with the normal sequence of courses in their major. Students take two courses during a five-week summer session which includes Financial Accounting Theory and Practice I (ACCT 123) required for all accounting majors and sometimes taken by finance students. This course will be taught by a Hofstra accounting professor. For their second course, students may take any summer course offered by John Cabot University, a Middle-States accredited college located in Rome. All John Cabot University courses are taught in English. Students will live in apartments in Rome and will participate in trips and excursions that John Cabot University makes available to all visiting summer students.
For further information regarding Hofstra Accounting in Rome, please contact Dr. Daniel Tinkelman, Department of Accounting, Taxation and Legal Studies in Business, 206A Weller Hall, (516) 463-6993, or Daniel.Tinkelman@hofstra.edu.
Budapest: June 10-22, 2010
Hofstra in Budapest offers students the opportunity to integrate their knowledge about international business and marketing gained in the classroom by exposing them to the real-life business environment in a rapidly-growing region of the world. Through such field experiences, students gain valuable insights and perspectives that enhance and supplement their learning at Hofstra University. Excursions take students to sites related to culture and methods for conducting business in Hungary. Undergraduate students will enroll in Introduction to International Business (IB 150); graduate students, in International Marketing (MKT 220). For students who may have taken these courses, tutorials will also be offered. Accommodations will be at a 4-star hotel located on the Buda side of Budapest.
For further information regarding Hofstra in Budapest, please contact Dr. Rick T. Wilson, Department of Marketing and International Business, 124 Weller Hall, (516) 463-5175, or Rick.T.Wilson@hofstra.edu.
China: May 19-June 22, 2010
The Zarb School’s program in China offers Hofstra business students the opportunity to integrate their knowledge about international business/marketing gained in classrooms by exposing them to real-life business environment in China. Through field experiences, students gain valuable experiential insights and perspectives that enhance and supplement their learning at Hofstra University. Students take MKT 170/220 International Marketing in two stages: they attend three weeks of classes on campus where they learn about international marketing, and then they travel to China to experience the subject firsthand and attend more lectures at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. Students will visit businesses and learn about business practices in China. Local scholars and company personnel will give guest lectures to expose students to the local environment. For further information about Zarb School in China, please contact Dr. Yong Zhang, Department of Marketing and International Business, 127 Weller Hall, (516) 463-5713 or Yong.Zhang@hofstra.edu.
Hofstra’s Exchange Program With the University of Amsterdam
The Zarb School of Business offers students the opportunity to travel to The Netherlands to take classes either on a full-time basis during a regular semester or on a part-time basis during the summer at the University of Amsterdam. Students from the University of Amsterdam also benefit from this exchange program and may take courses at Hofstra. For more information about the School of Business’ exchange program with the University of Amsterdam, please contact Ms. Gioia Bales, Assistant Dean, Third Floor Weller Hall, (516) 463-5703.
Hofstra’s Exchange Program With Erasmus University
The Zarb School of Business in cooperation with Erasmus University offers an exchange program for graduate students majoring in finance. Under advisement, Zarb School students may register for courses offered as part of the Master in Financial Management program at Erasmus University, and Erasmus students may register for courses in the Master of Science in Quantitative Finance program and other graduate finance courses at Hofstra. For further information about Hofstra’s exchange program with Erasmus University, please contact the Department of Finance, 221 Weller Hall, (516) 463-5698 or MSQF@hofstra.edu.
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