Summer 2008
Loyola's own Programs
Loyola offers a broad selection of its own summer study abroad programs. Each of these programs provides a unique educational opportunity for students that involves cultural appreciation and learning. The academic component of each program is closely integrated with the country's culture.
- Centers
- Loyola Faculty-led Undergraduate Programs
- Pre-professional Programs
- Professional Programs
- More Programs (Affiliate, Exchange, IES, USAC)
France: French Language Immersion
This three-and-a-half week summer program in Aix-en-Provence is an intensive immersion experience. Students are taught by resident French faculty at all levels, from elementary French to advanced courses in culture and civilization, and receive six credit hours. They live in French university dorms, and mingle with a small cohort of students from around the world whose one common interest is progress in the language. A Loyola University Chicago faculty administrator is on hand at all times to accompany students on numerous excursions and cultural events, and to ensure the success of their experience in France.
Target students: Students who wish to major or minor in French or to participate in a French Language Immersion experience.
- Selection of French Courses
- Six credit hours
- July 1 – July 26
- Maximum Enrollment: 15
- Program Fee: $1,145 (includes room, partial board, activity fee, faculty expenses, OIP non-refundable processing fee of $100)
- Tuition: $3,300
- Total Cost: $4,445 (includes tuition and program fee)
- Not Included: airfare; train fare, other meals, insurance, incidental expenses
- Program Director: Dr. Andrew McKenna
- OIP Contact Person: Shannon Olson
Spain: Spanish Language Immersion
Modern languages faculty offer a one-month intensive Spanish program at the University of Alcala de Henares in Spain. Students attend classes on language, literature and culture in this architectural jewel—a UNESCO-declared international historical landmark. A new home-stay experience has been added to this year's program. Students will be living with local Spanish families, making this a true language and culture immersion. There will also be ample time to travel on the weekends. This program is open to students at all levels of language.
Target students: Students who wish to major or minor in Spanish, or to participate in a Spanish Language and Cultural Immersion experience.
- Selection of Spanish courses
- Six credit hours
- May 30 – June 27
- Maximum enrollment: 30
- Program Fee: $2,130 (includes home-stay (3 meals per day and laundry service once a week) activity fee, faculty expenses, OIP non-refundable processing fee of $100)
- Tuition: $3,300
- Total Cost: $5,430 (includes tuition and program fee)
- Not Included: airfare, outside travel, other meals, insurance or other expenses
- Program Director and Instructor: Dr. Alrick Knight
- OIP Contact Person: Shannon Olson
Tunisia: The Arab World, Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy
This special summer study trip offers a unique experiential understanding of the Arab world, Islam and U.S. foreign policy through the case study of Tunisia, an Arab country in North Africa that serves as the present-day embodiment of the Carthaginian Empire. A unique combination of site visits, lectures by group leader Professor Peter J. Schraeder and guest presentations by renowned Tunisian scholars will focus on the politics of democratization in the Arab world, the role of women in Muslim societies, Arab perceptions of U.S. foreign policy, U.S. perceptions of Tunisia’s role in the global war on terrorism, and the history of Islam and the Roman Empire in North Africa. The first five days of the program are spent in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, where, in addition to visiting sites throughout the city, students take part in joint sessions with English-speaking Tunisian students from the University of Tunis and attend presentations at the U.S. Embassy. The vast majority of this 22-day trip, however, is spent visiting sites of political, religious, historical and social significance throughout all regions of Tunisia, ranging from the Great Mosque of Kairouan and the Roman Coliseum in El Jem, to an overnight camping experience in the Sahara Desert, complete with a camel trek, in Southern Tunisia. For more information, view a complete course syllabus.
Target students: Undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in Middle East Studies, African Studies, International Studies, United States Foreign Policy, History and Politics of the Arab World and Islam And Classical Studies (Roman and Carthaginian Empires).
- Political Science, PLSC 300 (cross-listed with Black World Studies, International Studies, Islamic World Studies and Peace Studies)
- Three credit hours
- June 7–June 28, 2008
- Maximum enrollment: 30
- Program Fee: $2,160 (includes all in-country travel expenses, entrance fees to all sites, shared occupancy in four- to five-star hotels, three meals a day and bottled water at all meals, expenses for faculty and assistant, local tour guide and local lecturers and OIP non-refundable processing fee of $100)
- Tuition: $1650
- Total Cost: $3,810 (includes tuition and program fees)
- Not included: airfare, insurance, minor incidental expenses. (Entry visas are not required for U.S. citizens.)
- Instructor and Program Director: Dr. Peter J. Schraeder, Political Science, assisted by Brian Wright, senior at Loyola University Chicago, who participated in the 2007 summer study trip to Tunisia
- OIP contact Person: Shannon Olson
Application Instructions
- Eligibility: To be eligible for summer study abroad programs, students generally should have at least a 2.75 GPA, a good disciplinary record and completion of at least 30 credit hours before particiption in the program.
- Application Forms: All applicants should complete a summer study abroad application and return it to the OIP at the address indicated on the form with the additional items listed below. In addition, non-Loyola applicants must submit an online undergraduate summer program application to Loyola, available at: www.luc.edu/summer.
- Fees and Tuition: Please submit a $500 program fee deposit with your application (includes non-refundable $100 OIP processing fee). This amount must be paid by check or money order to Loyola University Chicago. Credit cards cannot be accepted for this deposit. The remaining balance of the non-refundable program fee for costs associated with each program is due March 28, 2008 and should be submitted to the Office of the Bursar. Tuition is billed separately.
- Faculty Recommendation: Submit a faculty recommendation from one of your professors, which comments on your independence, maturity, communication skills and other characteristics that may contribute to your success in a study abroad program. Faculty may choose to write a letter instead of using Loyola's Faculty Recommendation Form. Students should request of the faculty that the recommendation be submitted by the program deadline.
- Transcript: Applicants should request that an official transcript be sent to the OIP. Loyola applicants may order one through LOCUS. Non-Loyola applicants should request that the official transcript be sent to the mailing address at the top of the summer study abroad application form.
- Dean of Students Recommendation: Please submit a Dean of Students Recommendation Form to Room 100, Centennial Forum Student Union, Lake Shore Campus, or if you are not a Loyola student, submit the form to your institution's disciplinary dean's office. Students should request of their deans that the form be submitted by the program deadline.
- Proof of Passport: Applicants must submit either a photocopy of their valid passport or proof that their application for a passport is in process.
- Deadlines: Submit your application with the application fee by March 14, 2007. Note: Late applications will only be accepted if there is still space available in the program. Programs may fill prior to the application deadlines.
Additional Information
Acceptance: After OIP reviews applications, students are notified of their admission status. Accepted students also receive packets with necessary preparation materials.
Financial Aid: Students should contact a financial aid advisor for more information about the use of financial aid abroad.
In conjunction with our exchange partners, affiliate partners, program providers, USAC and IES, Loyola also offers several other summer study abroad programs. Courses are taught by instructors local to the host country, and course credits easily transfer back to Loyola. Check out the complete list of summer programs to see where these programs are offered.
