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Delhi Program

IES Delhi offers a rigorous academic program for semester and academic year students that focuses on contemporary India. The program offers a broad range o courses in the humanities and social sciences. Students can also pursue their academic interests in Delhi universities and colleges.

As the second most populous country in the world, India offers students the chance to study rapid development and change in an evironment of extraordinary diversity. As the capital and as a site of economic growth, Delhi attracts migrants from all over India who continue to maintain their customs, traditions, and religious practices. A core course on the Cities of Delhi introduces students to the many layers in the environment where they will be living and studying and provides an opportunity for individualized field research in an area of the student's interest. Field study is also a central feature of all of the Delhi course offerings.

Students normally enroll in the core course, a course in the Hindi language, and three other courses, one of which can be at an Indian University. University courses are available in a wide variety of fields including Engineering and Natural Science, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences, Fine Arts, Psychology, Business, the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Hindi language learning is reinforced through houseing arrangements, extracurricular activites, and contact with local staff and faculty.

Program Location

Delhi, the sear of the Indian government, is a city of contrasts. The winding streets and bazaars of Old Delhi and the magnificent monuments built by Delhi's Islamic rulers illustrate the city's long history and tradition. The stately governmental buildings and wide boulevards of British New Delhi have been the home of the Indian capital since independence in 1947. Modern office buildings, museums, theaters, night spots, and cafes, as well as rapidly growing bedroom suburbs, testify to a contemporary boom. This is a city where streets are shred by modern cars, scooter cabs, pedi-cabs, motorcycles, cows, and even elephants, and where men in dhotis share sidewalkds with men in modern business suits and women in jeans and saris.

Eligibility

Courses

Students must carry 15 to 19 credit hours per semester on the IES Delhi program. All students are required to take the core course Cities of Delhi that will include extensive field study in the Delhi metropolitan area. Courses are offered in the following areas:

Anthropology
Art History
Cultural Studies
Economics
Environmental Studies
Film Studies
Hindi
History
International Business
Literature
Philosophy
Political Science
Public Health
Religion
Sociology
Urban studies

University Course Offerings

IES students ordinarily will be permitted to enroll in no more than one course at an Indian university including Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Milia Islamia University, or the University of Delhi colleges.

Jawaharlal Nehru University
JNU is one of the five leading Indian universities commended by the Indian educational authorites for their leadership in research and rated by Asia Week as the top general university in India. The university has an attractive modern campus in a park setting in south Delhi. JNU offers courses in Arts and Aesthetics, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Information Technology, International Studies, Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and social Sciences. JNU is primarily a fraduate institution and offeres courses appropriate for advanced third and fourth year U.S. college students and M.A. candidates. Admission to courses is contingent on students having fulfilled the appropriate prerequisites. Students must have junior or senior standing at the time of enrollment. Interested students should visit the JNU website www.jnu.ac.in.

Jamia Milia Islamia University
Jamia Milia Islamia University is a progressive national institution originally founded 1920 by Muslim nationalist leaders in response to a request by Mahatma Gandhi. The university is one of sixteen "Central" universityies in India that are chrtered and supported by the Indian government rather than by state governments and offers degrees through Ph.Ds. Students can choose from courses in the Humanities, Fine Arts, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Narural Sciences, Computer Science and Communications. The Engineering and Communications programs have especially strong international reputations. The Academy of Third World Studies is also very well known. Jamia Milia Islamia pays attention to Islamic studies, and many of the faculty and staff are Muslims. It is secular in that the students and the faculty are diverse, multi-ethnic, and multi-religious. Admission to courses is contingent on students having fulfilled the appropriate prerequisites. Interested students should visit the JMI website jim.nic.in.

University of Delhi Colleges
Eighty colleges are affiliated with the University of Delhi, the largest University in India. IES is currently discussing enrollment possibilities with a number of leading colleges of the University. Further information about college enrollment will be available by contacting your IES Representative or at www.IESabroad.org.

Accommodation

Students are housed with Indian families throughout south Delhi. In homestays, students receive breakfast and one other meal per day.

Program Cost and Financial Aid

IES tuition ($11,170 for Spring 2008), plus IES room and board costs ($2,850 for Spring 2008), and IES health insurance ($180 for Spring 2008).

 The following forms of aid may transfer: Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant, Federal Stafford Loans, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal PLUS Loans, IL Monetary Award Program Grant (MAP), Alternative Loans, IES scholarships and need-based grants (for which students must apply). 

Additional Loyola Study Abroad Fees:

$1000 for semester and full year programs