Post sessions offer students an opportunity to study abroad outside of the academic year. Most offer some form of credit, however each program is structured differently and planned by individual faculty members. For information about any post session program, please contact the faculty member as listed for each program.
Offered every summer.
The Chicago Center for Urban Life offers the diverse city of Chicago as the setting for its eight and a half week summer program, or the three and a half week May term. Students enter into internships in their vocational field of choice. The center has networked with over 300 different organizations to offer a broad support system and to ensure your successful placement within the community.
For more information, contact Professor Steve Hey and The Chicago Center's website. Program information is also available in the Office of International Education.
Currently unavailable due to US government travel restrictions.
The Center for Cross-Cultural Study, a study abroad program provider not affiliated with Willamette, offers a winter intercession as well as two summer post-sessions in Cuba.
The Ecuador Spanish language post session planned for summer of 2008. The intensive Spanish study program in Ecuador is located in the capital city of Quito, high in the equatorial Andes. Applications available in the Office of International Education and are due March 14th (12:00, noon)
Details include:
Questions?
Regarding program, contact: Martha Gavilanez, mgavilan@willamette.edu
Regarding advanced Spanish courses, contact: John Uggen, juggen@willamette.edu
Regarding the application, contact: Stacy West, swest@willamette.edu
May 13 –June 5, 2008
Application deadline October 5, 2007.
The Greece post-session centers on a field study in the museums and important historical/cultural sites throughout the mainland of Greece and the Mediterranean islands of Aegina and Crete. This one-credit course explores the origins of Western rhetoric through the exploration of archaeological ruins, the readings of Pericles, Lysias, and Isocrates, and the visualization of changes in Greek art, architecture, and lifestyle. Anticipated cost is $4,600 which includes housing, breakfasts, dinners, program related air and ground transportation within Greece, entrance fees, and 1.0 WU Writing Centered Credit. Flights to and from Greece are not included in program price. Click here to download a tentative daily schedule.
For information, please contact Professor Jeanne Clark or Professor Catherine Collins.
There are currently no plans for an Italy post-session in the summer of 2008.
You are invited to spend 22 days in Italy for a thorough study of the art and literature of the golden age of Florence. Students will spend twenty days in Florence, a weekend in Venice, and will also visit Padua, Fesole, Siena and Assisi. In addition, you may extend your session to include four nights in Rome.
For more information, please contact Professor Roger Hull.
There are currently no plans for a South Africa post-session in the summer of 2008.
Here is a description of the post-session to South Africa in 2007: Examination of social movements in twentieth-century and contemporary South Africa. Topics include the legacy of colonialism, the struggle against apartheid, the transition to a nonracial democracy, current social movements, and the prospects for change in the new South Africa. Students travel to Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, and Grahamstown to visit museums, townships, community centers and development projects, theater and sports events, nature reserves, universities, and an orphanage. There will be regular lectures and discussions, a series of guest lectures, and readings on South African history, culture, and politics. Students will experience social movements in action by participating in a number of community projects, including helping build a home in Soweto with Habitat for Humanity, gardening and distributing food in Cape Town, and meeting with student, church, and community organizations.
** Although there are no plans for a 2008 post-session, it is beneficial for the Office of International Education to know if there is a high level of interest in a South Africa post-session for future sessions. If you are interested please email Stacy West. **
Click here for information about an academic semester in Grahamstown, South Africa.
