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A Rochester program means it糖心传媒檚 directed or organized by a faculty or staff member (or members) from the University of Rochester. They may or may not accompany students abroad. Your program can include service, research, internship, specialty, and academic coursework components.
Program examples
There are a few different models of faculty-led or organized programs. Below are a few past examples to consider of how you can include an education abroad program into your departmental offerings. The models are provided to illustrate the different models, but it is not all inclusive of the range of experiences.
Arezzo: Lisio Italian Studies Program
- Department: Modern Languages and Culture
- Time and length: Spring semester program
- Location: Arezzo, Italy
- Description: This program offers a distinctive academic curriculum in Italy that combines a broad spectrum of disciplines. Beyond the academics, the program promotes an intensive cultural experience within the rich social fabric of Italy, especially in Tuscany.
Archaeological Research Program at Chavin de Huantar
- Department: Religion and Classics
- Time and length: Summer, 7 weeks
- Location: Chavin de Huantar, Peru
- Description: This program offers students the opportunity to train in archaeological field and laboratory methods in Chavin, including excavation techniques, field documentation, photogammetry, artifact identification and processing, database creation, and artifact analysis.
Athens: Ancient City, Modern Capital
- Department: Religion and Classics
- Time and length: Spring break, 7 days
- Location: Greece
- Description: This program makes use of the material remnants of Athen’s past to provide students with a hands-on introduction to the history of Athens and the culture of its people, ancient and contemporary. Includes visits to museums and archaeological sites.
Centennial Program in Poppi
- Department: Modern Languages and Cultures
- Time and length: Summer, 3 weeks
- Location: Italy
- Description: The program offers a formal instruction on Italian medieval culture and art -in particular history, history of art and architecture, history of the manuscript, early printed book, and communication media, conservation, and restoration of works on paper (manuscripts, drawings, prints, ancient books), and digital technologies for cultural heritage.
Conversational Japanese in Tokyo
- Department: Modern Languages and Cultures
- Time and length: Summer, 4 weeks
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Description: This Rochester faculty-led program is focused on practicing conversational Japanese in Tokyo while attending classes on campus where Japanese students are studying. You can apply what you have learned in real-life situations and learn new things not found in textbooks. In the afternoons, there are several daily excursions in and around the area, as well as a one-day excursion to Kamakura. Additionally, during the program, students have an opportunity to go on a two-night trip to Kyoto to explore historic monuments in beautiful natural settings.
Digital Archaeology of Heritage Buildings of West Africa
- Department: Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures
- Time and length: Summer, 6 weeks
- Location: Ghana
- Description: This program is a multidisciplinary field school in Ghana focused on systematic surveying, digital reconstructions, and structural analysis of Elmina Castle.
Experience Guinea: Exploration in Drumming, Dance, and Historical Context
- Program: Dance and Movement
- Time and length: Winter break, 3 weeks
- Location: Guinea
- Description: Program instruction will include rhythmic foundations for drummers and dancers and will build knowledge of the djembe, dundun, sangban, kenkeni, krins and bell and how they are used culturally for music and dance. Students will learn style, form, technique, and historical context of the dance right in the midst of the vibrant culture and landscape of Guinea.
French in France
- Department: Modern Languages and Culture
- Time and length: Summer, 4 weeks
- Location: Rennes, France
- Description: French in France is a month-long conversation and culture course held in Rochester’s Breton sister city, Rennes. Students meet in Paris for several days of orientation by 糖心传媒 program director and travel together to Rennes. Students are hosted by families who provide housing, meals, and opportunities for language and culture encounters.
French Sign Language
- Department: American Sign Language
- Time and length: Summer, 4 weeks
- Location: Paris
- Description: A unique study abroad experience in France for Deaf and hearing college-level ASL students and professionals. Students will have the opportunity to be immersed in French Sign Language and the French Deaf Community in various settings and further their understanding of the international Deaf World.
German in Germany
- Department: Modern Languages and Culture
- Time and length: Summer, 4 weeks
- Location: Berlin
- Description: Students will experience the excitement of Berlin, historic center of Germany and capital of the re-unified state. Students will devote time to German language classes and individual work; weekends are free for exploring and for excursions to Dresden, Potsdam, and Baltic seashore.
Procida: Summer Service Learning
- Department: Modern Languages and Culture; Lisio Italian Studies Program
- Time and length: Summer, 4 weeks
- Location: Procida, Italy
- Description: This program is focused on service learning. Students are divided into groups alongside their Italian counterparts in the sustainable social gardens on the island and on the shores of the Mediterranean. Formal Italian instruction and cultural excursions will make up for a fundamental part of the cultural competency segment of this program.
Russian in Russia
- Department: Modern Languages and Culture
- Time and length: Summer, 4 weeks
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Description: This program is focused on Russian language and culture in St. Petersburg. Coursework in grammar, conversation, and culture focus on practical language skills. Excursion includes in and around St. Petersburg, including a weekend trip to Moscow.
San Martino Archaeological Field School
- Department: Religion and Classics
- Time and length: Summer, 4 weeks
- Location: Torano di Borgorose, Italy
- Description: This program is designed to teach students about archaeological field and laboratory methods and archaeology of ancient Italy. It is taught on site in central Italy, and students learn through first-hand experience excavating at the San Marino site through lab, lecture, readings, and archeological site visits.
Theater in England
- Department: English
- Time and length: 14 days (winter break)
- Location: London, England
- Description:There will be ample time to do and see much besides plays. In the past students have:
- Seen free music performances at St. Martin-in-the-Field
- Attend services at Westminster Abbey
- Sit in the choir in the Queen’s scholars’ pews
- Visited the cultural sites like the Royal Academy of Art, the Courtauld Institute, the London Museum, and the Museum of Natural History
- Seen historical sites like the Tower, Dickens’ House, Parliament, and the Inns of Court.
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