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Program Terms
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Summer
Program
Participants
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Undergraduate
(College)
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Graduate
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Subject Areas
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Humanities
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Interdisciplinary
Studies
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Liberal Arts
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Quick Look
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Location:
Berlin - Germany
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Language of Instruction: English
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Academic Credit Available: Yes
Overview
The European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin will begin its 9th International Summer University (ISU) on 7 July 2008. The programme offers a possibility for students, who are serious about their education, to discuss problems concerning politics, morality, art and knowledge. It features a common, interdisciplinary, team-taught core course, excursions, site visits to important cultural centers in Berlin and frequent guest lecturers which help to insure a breadth of learning opportunities. The student-body and faculty form a close-knit international community which lives on the college campus throughout the 6 summer weeks.
The themes of the 2008 ISU are taken from Dostoyevsky’s novel The Demons. During the six week program, students and faculty will explore some of the numerous moral, religious, and political implications of this book: the historical and metaphysical roots of terrorism, its various embodiments from state terror to individual violence and, more generally, the ‘death of God’, the ‘deification of man’, nihilism and existentialism. Along with The Demons, students will study and discuss a variety of philosophical, literary, and historical texts, including Camus’ The Stranger, Pascal’s The Provincial Letters, Nechaev’s Catechism of a Revolutionary, Diderot’s The Nun, Schopenhauer’s Dialogue on Religion, and Plato’s Gorgias. Films and museum visits will complement the readings.
Academic Credit
Academic credit is available.
Academic credit is available. Students who have successfully completed all requirements are awarded a certificate of completion and a transcript. In addition, credits for ECLA coursework are awarded by Bard College, an accredited liberal arts college in New York, USA, and may be transferred to most accredited academic institutions.
Eligibility
Applicants must have a secondary school diploma, and very good English skills( proven by a verbal SAT score , TOEFL, or other)
Housing/Accommodation
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Dormitory
Program Costs
he comprehensive fee for the International Summer University is 4,500 EUR.
Costs
Include: The fee covers tuition, accommodation and food, public transportation within Berlin (during school terms), emergency health insurance coverage for non-German students, access to a sports and fitness center and computer and Internet access. Books may be purchased or borrowed from ECLA.
Financial Aid
Yes.
ECLA’s financial aid program complements the means available from students and their families in order to secure one of the central objectives of the college: to enable selection of applicants on the basis of academic excellence and personal merit without regard to their ability to pay. All financial aid at ECLA is need-based. The awards vary widely according to the financial situation of the applicant.
Dates
7 July - 15 August 2008
Application Deadline: 10 April 2008
Contact
European College of Liberal Arts
Platanenstrasse 24
13156 Berlin
Germany
Tel:
+49 (0)30 43733 0
Fax:
+49 (0)30 43733 100
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