Approved Summer Programs
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"Trees" Lesley Merz, CC'09 Denmark |
Please note that you will receive only language credit for the courses you take on these programs. You may have to take a placement test upon your return. If you are interested in participating in a summer language program not on this list, you may petition for approval from the OGP. You may only receive credit for language classes completed through an accredited university.
Summer Credit Approval Form (non-Columbia programs only)
Field Programs: Students from certain majors may undertake summer field studies program for credit toward the major. For example, and archeology student may participate in a summer dig, a Pre-Med student may do a summer program that focuses on Public Health. Interested students should seek the advice and approval of their major department.
For a list of approved programs, click on the regions below.
- AFRICA
- ASIA
- EUROPE
- LATIN AMERICA
- THE MIDDLE EAST
- FIELD PROGRAMS (by major, departmental approval required)
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“Rwandese
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AFRICA
Kenya
Yale
Swahili Program in Mombasa:An eight week intensive language and culture
program taught at the Fort
Jesus Museum.
Elementary Kiswahili is a prerequisite.
Tanzania
Georgetown
Summer Program in Dar-es-Salaam Based at the University of Dar-es-Salaam.
This program offers Intensive Swahili language and either Environment and
Marine Biology or Tanzanian Civil Society and Politics classes. Housing is in
local university residential housing.
Senegal
Summer at
Cheikh Anta Diop University . Sponsored by Indiana University.
This program offers Wolof language classes, as well as History, Culture and
Politics of West Africa coursework. Students must have at least 2 semesters
college-level French as a prerequisite.
South Africa
Penn Summer
Program- Intensive Intermediate-Advanced Zulu
A Fulbright-HAYS-sponsored program offered in collaboration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg. This
is an 8 week program in Zulu Language.
ASIA
China & Taiwan
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Columbia
University Summer Language Program in Beijing
An intensive
Chinese language program for students with at least 1 term of Chinese through
the 5-th year level. Students live in homestays or in residence halls. A 9 week
program from late June to late August.
Columbia
Summer Business Chinese & Internship Program
Based in Shanghai, this program offers Business Chinese at the 3rd, 4th & 5th year levels,
plus an internship at local organizations & companies. A 10 week program
from early June to mid-August.
Center for Chinese Language and Culture Studies (CCLC) at National Taiwan Normal University. A Summer Language Program in Taipei, sponsored by the EALAC department. All levels of standard and classical Chinese offered. Early June through August.
International Chinese Language Program
(ICLP)
An intensive program in Chinese language
taught at all levels. Offered by National
Taiwan University.
An 8 week program from early June through August.
Japan
KCJS:
Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies
Starting
summer 2009, this is an intensive Japanese language program for advanced (3rd
year) and classical Japanese students in Kyoto.
Hokkaido International Foundation
Intensive Japanese Language and Culture Program for students with at least 1
year of Japanese based in Hakodate. The program runs from mid-June through mid-August.
International Christian University
Summer Courses in Japanese language at the introductory through advanced levels in Tokyo.
A 6 week
program from early July to mid-August.
Inter-University Center for
Japanese Language Study:
In Yokohama, an advanced Japanese summer program for 6 weeks from mid-June to early August.
Princeton-in-Ishikawa
An intensive
language program for students with at least 1 year of Japanese in Kanazawa. An 8 week
program from late May to late July.
Korea
Ewha Women’s
University Korean Language Program
Intensive and non-intensive Korean language program at all levels in Seoul. Students may
take either a 3 or 10 week program.
Korea University
Korean language classes at all language levels offered by the Korean Language
and Culture Center at Korea University in Seaoul. A 10 week program from mid July
to mid September.
Seoul National
University
Beginner & Intermediate Korean classes offered by the Korean Language
Education Institute. A 10 week program: Late June to Late July.
Yonsei University
Intensive and non-intensive Korean language programs at all levels offered at
the Korean
Language Institute. Program runs from late June to early September.
India
American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)
Immersion language study for intermediate to advanced speakers of: Hindi
(Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Tamil (Madurai), Telugu (Vizag), Marathi (Pune),
Urdu (Lucknow), Malayalam (Trivendrum), Sanskrit (Pune); 10 week programs.
Tibet
Llasa (on hold)
University
of Virginia at Tibet University
For students with one year of Tibetan. An 8 week course: June to Mid July.
Vietnam
CET
Vietnam Immersion Program
A program in beginning to advanced Vietnamese language studies based in Ho Chi Minh City. Additional
courses offered in Vietnamese area studies. Program runs from mid June to mid
August.
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Ferria de Corpus Christi, Michael Charley, CC '09 Spain |
EUROPE
Bosnia/Serbia/Croatia
University of Novi Sad. International
Summer School
Three week
intensive Serbian language program at the Faculty of Philosophy at Novi Sad University. All levels of Serbian.
Housing is in student dormitories.
University of Zagreb. University School of Croatian Language and Culture
The “Little summer school of Croatian language” Given at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb.
Czech Republic
Charles University Institute of Slavonic Studies
Summer
School of Slavonic Studies (the LŠSS). A 4 week Czech language program for
beginners through advanced levels. Housing is in student residence halls.
Harvard Summer Program in the Czech Republic
5-week course in intensive Czech language and Bohemian culture; 6 wks- mid-Jun
to late July.
Eurasia
American
Councils ACTR/ACCELS Eurasian Regional Language Programs
Programs in Buryat in
Ulan Ude; Georgian and Chechen in Tbilisi ;
Kazakh in Almaty; Kyrgyz in Bishkek; Tajik, Persian, and Uzbek in Dushanbe; Ukrainian in
Kyiv. Programs are also available for the study of Armenian, Belarusian, Dari,
Pashtu, Romanian, Russian, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuvan, and Yakut. Please note that
some languages are offered in more than one country.
France
Reid
Hall
Columbia’s program in Paris
for students with at least 1 year of French. Offers French language and area
studies classes.
Bryn Mawr College
Advanced French language and culture program
based in Avignon, France. Students may live in home
stays or in pensions.This program is
for students with 3+ years of French.
University
of MN in Montpellier
French language program based at the University Paul Valery. Offers French
language classes from the beginning to the intermediate levels. 4 or 8 week
programs.
Boston
University Language and Liberal Arts Program in Grenoble
Intermediate and advanced French language program for students with 3-4
semesters of prior study. Additional classes in French regional studies. A 7 week
program from early June to late July.
Human
Rights and Conflict Resolution in Strasbourg (Syracuse University)
French
language study with a focus on human rights. Program offers lectures by human
rights activists and field trips to relevant sites around Strasbourg. A 5 week program from the end of
May - early July. Housing in local home stays.
Institute for American Universities
With programs in Aix-en-Provence
and Avignon,
these program offer French language studies for students from the beginning to
advanced levels.
Aix: Beginning-advanced
French language courses, content courses in French and English Avignon: Site
geared more towards those with prior French study.Both programs run 6 weeks from mid June to late July, housing is in home stays.
Penn-in-Tours,
France
Intensive
Intermediate & Advanced French language program. Additional course work in French history and media.
Germany
FUBIS: Frei Universistat Berlin
German
language classes at all levels based at the FUBerlin. See Richard Korb of the
German Department for details & for scholarship opportunities
Harvard
Summer Program in Munich
An intensive German language and culture program
for students with one year of college-level German.
University of
Wisconsin- Madison at Bonn University
German
language program for students with at least 1 semester of German. Program is
usually for the month of August.
Goethe Institute
A language
institute with 16 locations in Germany.
4 and 8 week programs open to students at all language levels.
American College of Thessaloniki
One month in Northern Greece. Up to two NEASC
accredited courses. Cultural and academic studies.
Institute for Balkan Studies (IMXA)
International Summer School for Greek Language and History. Intensive program of modern Greek at all levels, with optional history& literature courses. Based in Thessaloniki.
Aristotelian University of
Thessaloniki, School of Modern Greek Language
Greek language program for students with at least one semester of prior study.
IASTE participant.
Cornell University
Summer Session
Cultural immersion program in Crete,
Greece. Program
offers field trips. Usually runs from May-June.
Summer
Modern Greek Language Program (College Year In Athens)
Sessions
in the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels of Modern Greek. Sessions
are held in Athens,
Paros & Karystos.
Hungary
Lexia
International (Budapest)
Summer program in Budapest based at the Eötvös Collegium. Hungarian at 3 levels and regional studies
elective (in English.). Housing is in local student dorms.
Italy
Columbia
in Venice
Italian
Language program including cultural studies and art history in Venice at Ca’Foscari.
Vassar College: Summer in Siena
Italian
language program for Italian language students of all levels & Italian
studies courses based at the University
of Siena.
Harvard
Summer School Program in Abruzzo (Chieti and Vasto), Italy
Programs focuses on history and sociology of Italian gastronomy and language.
For students with at least one year of Italian. 5 week program.
Brown
University: Bologna, Intensive Elementary Italian
Program includes 90-hour intensive beginning course in Italian and a film
course in English. Program usually runs for 6 weeks.
Boston
University Language and Liberal Arts Program in Padova
Program offers beginning to advanced Italian language courses and two content
courses in English. Offers a literature course for advanced students. Students
will live in home stays, and program runs for 6 weeks.
Penn-in-Florence
Program
offers Italian language courses at the beginning and intermediate levels, and
Art history & history courses in English.
Norway
University of Oslo International Summer School
Norwegian language, culture and society, courses taught in English; varied
courses available; dorm housing provided, 6 wks- late June to early Aug
Poland
Arizona State University
Summer Practicum at the Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan).
3 week
intensive Polish program for students with at least 1 year of Polish.
Jagiellonian University (UJ).
Summer School of Polish Language and Culture (Krakow).Three-,
four- and six-week programs in Polish language with optional regional electives
in English & Polish. Housing is in local student dorms.
Russia
American
Councils (ACTR/ACCELS)
Advanced Russian
Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP)
All levels
of Russian taught at three sites: Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Vladimir.
Students stay in residence halls or home stays; Program runs from the second
week of June to the first week of August
American
Councils (ACTR/ACCELS)
American
Councils Business Russian Language and Internship (BRLI) Program
Program
focuses on the language of Russian business with an internship averaging ten to
fifteen hours per week at a multinational company, business, or non-governmental
organization agency in Russia.
Moscow International
University and the Russian State
Pedagogical (Gertsen) University in St.
Petersburg host this program. Advanced speakers only.
CIEE
Summer Russian Program in St. Petersburg.
For students with 4 semesters of
Russian. Advanced language classes with regional studies in English. Home stay
with a Russian family
Dickinson
College. Russian Language Immersion Program
The Moscow/St.
Petersburg Summer Immersion Program is an intensive five-week language and
culture course given at the Russian
State University
for the Humanities. In addition to language study, a series of English-language
lectures given by experts in their fields will focus on recent developments in
Russian culture, society, politics, art, architecture, and theatre. For
students with 1 term of Russian and more.
Slovenia
University
of Ljubljana. Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language
2 or 4 week course in Slovene language in July. Beginners through advanced
levels. Housing in local student residence.
Spain
University of
Pennsylvania (Alicante)
Program offers Spanish language, culture and
civilization courses. It runs for 5 weeks from late June to the end of July.
For students with at least one year of Spanish.
Summer Institute
of Hispanic Studies/Hamilton College (León)
Spanish language, grammar and
culture program for students with at least 2 semesters of prior study at the
intermediate level, or four or more semesters at the advanced level. Program
runs for 5 weeks from late June to the end of July.
BU
Madrid Language and Liberal Arts Program
Intensive
Spanish language at intermediate and advancedlevels. Students live in home stays.
Program runs for six weeks at the Instituto Internacional en España.
Arcadia
University- Summer in Spain [Fundación José Ortega y Gaset, Toledo]
Program
offers Spanish language and culture courses for 6 weeks from mid-June to late
July. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least 3 semesters of prior
study in Spanish. Students live in home stays or dorms.
Summer
Literature and Contemporary Spain Program at Universidad de Málaga
(IFSA-Butler)
Intensive Spanish language program for intermediate and advanced students.
At least 3 semesters of prior study is required. Offers area studies and
language courses in Spanish. Program runs for six weeks, and students live in
home stays.
Sweet Briar in
Seville
Program
offers intermediate level Spanish classes for students with at least one year
of prior study in Spanish. Runs for five weeks with 90 hours of in-class
instruction. Students live in home stays.
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LATIN AMERICA
Argentina
Institute for Study Abroad--Butler in Buenos Aires
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A summer language and culture program. Offers Advanced Spanish language courses as well as area courses in Spanish. A six week program. Students live in home stays.
Harvard
Summer School in Buenos Aires
Program offers courses in Latin American culture and Spanish language, and runs
for 5 weeks. Students live in home stays.
Penn-in-Buenos
Aires
An
intensive Spanish program for intermediate speakers. Program offers Spanish
classes, Argentine Literature and Argentine History classes. The program runs
for 5 weeks in partnership with the Universidad Torcuato di Tella. Students
live with host families.
Mexico
Universidad de Guadalajara
Program
offers intensive language courses at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced
levels with the Centro de Estudios para Extranjeros. It also offers content
courses on Mexican literature and economic and political history, as well as
courses in Latin American literature, Pre-Hispanic art, and Mexican cinema.
Program runs for 5 weeks (50 hours).
International
Studies Abroad: Universidad de
Guanajuato
The first
summer session runs from May 25-June 28; the second one runs from July 6-August
9. Program offers intensive language course at all levels of proficiency. Includes
courses in Latin American history and literature for students at the
intermediate and advanced levels. Program runs for 5 weeks.
Bolivia
Harvard
Summer Program in Sucre, Bolivia
Program offers two courses in regional Bolivian studies, as well as
anthropology, language, art and literature courses in Spanish. Runs for 5 weeks
from early June to August. At least 2 years of Spanish is required. (Be advised there is a
U.S. State department travel
warning for Bolivia)
Brazil
Harvard
Summer Program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Program encompasses Brazilian Portuguese and Brazilian culture at the
intermediate level. Runs for five weeks from early June to early August.
Students live in home stays.
Yale
Summer Portuguese Language and Literature Program
Program
offers beginning Portuguese language, literature and culture and runs for 3
weeks from early June to late July, with 4 weeks in New
Haven, CT and 4 weeks in Paraty, Brazil.
Brazilian
Language and Culture Program in Rio
The University of Florida/Georgetwon University offers a six-week Brazilian
Language and Culture program in Rio de
Janeiro. The program is hosted by the Instituto
Brasil-Estados Unidos (IBEU) in Copacabana. Students will study
Portuguese language and Brazilian culture, live with homestay families.
The program offers Portuguese Language
at the intermediate and advanced levels and Brazilian Culture and
Civilization course.
Venezuela
University
of Minnesota in Mérida
Offers
language classes at the beginning to advanced levels with the Venusa College of
International Studies and Modern Languages. The summer session runs for 6 weeks
from late June to early August.
Dominican Republic
CIEE/
Santiago, Community Public Health Program
Advanced
Spanish Language program for Pre-Med and Public Health students. Program offers
coursework on Public Health issues in the context of the Dominican Republic.
There is a fieldwork component. The program runs for 7 weeks—with 6 weeks of
coursework—from early June to late July. Two year of Spanish and at least one
public health course is required.
THE MIDDLE EAST
Egypt
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Center for Arabic Study Abroad
(CASA) at the American University in Cairo
Program offers training in the Arabic language for students with at least two
years of prior study in Arabic.
Arabic Language
Institute (ALI), American University in Cairo
Program
offers intensive courses in both modern standard and Egyptian colloquial
Arabic. The summer session runs from June 7 to July 26.
Lebanon
American University of Beirut (on hold)
Center for Arab and
Middle Eastern Studies
Program offers
intensive language courses for students of all levels, including course in
colloquial Arabic. Program runs for 6 ½ weeks from late June to August. (Be advised there is a
U.S. State department travel
warning for Lebanon)
Morocco
Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF)
(Morocco)
Program
offers intensive language study at all levels in modern standard Arabic and
Egyptian colloquial Arabic. The Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF) offers
three and six-week courses in all levels of Modern Standard Arabic and
Colloquial Moroccan Arabic throughout the year.
SIT Intensive Arabic in Rabat
Program
offers courses in intensive modern standard Arabic (Fus’ha) and an introduction
to Moroccan culture and Moroccan Arabic (Darija) through cultural and
linguistic immersion.
Arabic
Language and North African Studies Summer Program
This
program is sponsored by Binghamton University (SUNY) at Al-Akhawayn University
in Ifrane. Offers courses in Arabic language at all levels, as well as colloquial
and regional courses. Runs from 4-8 weeks at various start dates.
Syria
University of
Damascus Arabic Language Center
Program offers courses in modern standard Arabic, Syrian colloquial Arabic, and
calligraphy Arabic for students with at least one year of prior study. Courses
run for four weeks.
(Be advised there is a
U.S. State department travel
warning for Syria)
Institut Francais d'Etudes Arabes
Damas (IFEAD)
Offers
courses in modern standard Arabic and Syrian colloquial Arabic. French is
helpful, but not required. Program is for students with at least one year of
prior study in Arabic. Courses are intensive and run for four weeks
Yemen
Yemen Language Center
(Sana'a)
The Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies offers courses in beginning to
advanced Arabic language. Program runs for five weeks and has various start
dates.
(Be advised there is a
U.S. State department travel
warning for Yemen)
Israel
University of Haifa/Department of Overseas
Studies
ULPAN
offers Hebrew language courses at all levels.
Hebrew
University Summer Arabic Session
ULPAN
offers Hebrew language courses at all levels.
West Bank (on hold)
International Summer Program (ISP)
(West Bank, Palestine)
Birzeit University
Continuing Education Department; PO
Box 14
Birzeit, West Bank, via Israel
ULPAN offers Hebrew
language courses at all levels.
FIELD PROGRAMS (by major, departmental approval required)
Students in certain majors may participate in field programs during the summer. Departmental permission is required.
Archeology
Kenya
Rutgers University
(Koobi Foora Field School)
Program
includes a paleo-archeological dig and courses in evolutionary studies.
Spain
Mediterranean
Archaeological Field School (BU)
Program
includes fieldwork, lectures, museum visits and laboratory work. Runs for six weeks
from late May to early June. Students live on site. No prior study in Spanish
language is required.
Ecuador
Pambamarca
Archaeological Project
The UCLA
Field-School in the Andean Highlands investigates ancient, historic and living
landscapes in Pambamarca, Ecuador. The two classes, Archaeological Fieldwork and Laboratory
Training, and Ecuador Past and
Present, will provide students with the field work, methods and historical
and sociopolitical context of their experiences.
Honduras
Harvard
Summer School in Copán
The Field School in Classic Maya Archaeology and Epigraphy offers a this four
week program in English.
African Studies
Kenya
Peace & Conflict Studies in Kenya (University of Toronto)
Summer program in Nairobi, Masa Mara & Mombassa. And interdisciplinary course, "Conflict in Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Response" with UToronto Faculty, local experts & NGOs.
Arts
Ghana
Urban Ethnomusicology(SIT)
Program is
based in Accra with excursions to the Volta
region and Kumasi.
Students study the influence, impact, and evolution of musical forms in Ghana. Program
offers an ethnomusicology seminar and practical workshops.
Environmental Majors
Brazil & Dominican Republic
Summer
Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)
Field ecology program includes lectures and independent study.
Iceland
Renewable Energy, Technology,
and Resource Economics(SIT)
In Reykjavik,
Akureyri and the western fjords, students explore how Iceland’s renewableenergy policy and resources fit into the
larger national agenda. Students visit significant geological and energy sites
in northern Iceland.
Program offers an intro course in Icelandic language.
Malaysia
Harvard
Summer School in Borneo
Program explores the biodiversity of Malaysia, and runs for 5 weeks from
late June to late August. Students stay in hotels and bunkhouses.
School for
Field Studies (SFS)
Program
includes month-long field programs in Kenya,
Australia, Costa Rica, and Turks & Caicos.
Human Rights
Balkans
State Building and Human
Rights in the South Balkans(SIT)
Program is
in Kosovo, Montenegro,
Serbia & Macedonia, and
is a field based program exploring state-building and minority rights in a
Balkan context. Includes a two week community project with a Roma community in Macedonia.
Chile
Advanced Field Research in
Chile and Argentina(SIT)
Based in Santiago, students conduct
advanced field research in the social sciences, environmental policy,
education, or public health. Students take a methods course, Contemporary
Chilean issues and undertake a research project. In Spanish.
Switzerland
International
Studies, Organizations, and Social Justice(SIT)
Based in Geneva, the program examines the history and
development of international organizations, the role of international
organizations in the new millennium, and NGOs, as well as a critique of
organizational strategies, mandates, and resources Culminates in a student
research project.
Uganda & Rwanda
Peace and Conflict Studies in
the Lake Victoria Basin (SIT)
The program examines the historical,
political, and social dimensions of the conflicts in the Lake
Victoria Basin with a
focus on northern Uganda and
Rwanda.
The program utilizes the resources of Makerere University
and the peace-building and NGO community to study the root causes of Rwandan
genocide and conflict.
Public Health & Medicine (for pre-med students)
China
Community Health and
Traditional Chinese Medicine(SIT)
Based in
the city of Kunming and run in conjunction with
the Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the program
provides an introduction to the ancient philosophy, theory, history, and
practices in traditional Chinese medicine, placing it in the social context of
public health in China.
Offers Mandarin language and Chinese culture courses.
Dominican Republic
CIEE
Community Health in the Dominican Republic
Spanish-language
program for pre-med students. Offers Advanced Spanish and 2 public health classes
and includes urban and rural service projects. Students live in home stays.
Argentina
CIEE
summer Public Health
Intensive
Spanish language training with a focus on medical terminology. Program offers interdisciplinary
courses in public health and includes field experience to learn about
healthcare in Argentina
guided by local practitioners. Students live in home stays. Course are taught
in Spanish.
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