Program Name

Educational Voyage: A Cruise Line Experience

Instructor   

Wes Sanders

Program purpose

This class is focused on international cruise ship management and specifically as it relates to cruise management as the fastest growing component of the hospitality industry. This course, when integrated into the HRA experience, will offer students an international perspective on the importance of providing effective organizational management that recognizes the values of internal and external customer input as a vital part of management decisions and actions.

Program Cost per student

$1775.00

Dates of program

March 6 - March 13, 2010

Application deadline       

October 23, 2009

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

$300

Class          

HRA 400, 3 credits

What is included             

Airfare, all taxes associated with flight, transportation from airport to pier, accommodations, meals, cruise costs

What is not included       

Passport costs, personal gifts, entertainment, alcoholic beverages, souvenirs, clothing, gambling tokens. Medical expenses incurred from injury or illness, gratuities, travel protection plan

Program Name

Agriculture and International Development in Nicaragua

Instructor   

Mike Burton

Program purpose

The Agriculture and International Development Integregrated Service Learing (ISL) course is designed to provide students with each of three major learning dimensions: classroom education concerning the challenges to agricultural production in the tropics, classroom and interpersonal experience to promote understanding and respect for another culture (i.e. within a Spanish-speaking developing nation), and direct service assisting with family and developing community development through establishing owner-selected horticultural, agronomic and livestock practices to improve nutrition, health, income, and well-being. Prerequisite: AGA 105.

Program Cost per student

$1511.00

Dates of program

March 20 - March 27, 2010 (after spring break)

Number of students

12

Application deadline       

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

Class          

AGA 495 / Aga 798. Integrated Service Learning course.

What is included             

International airfare and transportation, lodging, and meals.

What is not included       

Tuition, personal expenses.

 Program Name

Intensive Spanish Study Program

Instructor   

Roger Dowdy

Program purpose

To provide students with intensive Spanish language training and cultural background in Spain, to give students an opportunity to visit many of Spain’s most significant urban and rural sites and monuments, and to use the Spanish language for communication and proficiency practice.  It also allows them to live with native families and experience the culture first hand.

Program Cost per student

$5150.00

Dates of program

May 23 - June 19, 2010

Number of students

20 - 26

Application deadline       

March 8, 2010

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

$300

Class          

- IDS 250, 2 credits (spring 2nd block)
- SAP 099 508, 6 credits (various Spanish language credit)

Students meet during the spring semester for the IDS class, while the Spanish language classes are taught during the summer session

What is included             

Airfare, land transportation to host school in Spain, tuition in Spain, SAP processing fee, accommodations, meals

What is not included       

Personal expenses, passport, tips and taxes, personal transportation in Spain, MSU tuition for IDS class, souvenirs.

Program Name

Archaeology Field School in Jordan

Instructor   

Beth Walker

Program purpose

This course gives students hands-on, practical experience in archaeological fieldwork abroad. It, moreover, is the first effort to build on the newly signed Memorandum of Understanding signed by our university and Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, which will be the foundation for future students and faculty exchanges and related programs in Jordan. It provides a unique opportunity for students to be intensively involved with the local communities and participate in a “live” research project.  It fulfills a real need among our students in anthropology, history, and religious studies, in particular for a living and research abroad experience in the Middle East, replacing the former archaeological excavation once offered in Oman.  Today, this will be the only study away program of MSU in Jordan and the only excavation abroad this coming summer.  As this faculty member is the director of the two archaeological projects that constitute the program, it is guaranteed that it will be running nearly every summer from 2010.  The program, moreover, gives our Arabic language students the opportunity to use and develop their language skills in an applied setting, as we live and work long hours in local communities.  For history, it is an initial step in furthering our initiatives in public history.  The skills learned in the field are those that can be applied to a variety of related jobs in the US as the students will learn to keep detailed field records, learn some Arabic, develop drafting and surveying skills, and learn to live abroad in a setting that is unique for study away programs.

Program Cost per student

$3755 for Hisban program only.  $4425 for Hisban and al-Turra

All students signed up for the program will participate in the Hisban site (5 weeks – four week dig and one week walking tour).  Up to 10 program participants can chose to participate in the al-Turra site.  Students not participating in the al-Turra site will return home after the 5-week Hisban component.  The al-Turra site will be a two week dig.  Students participating in both dig sites will be in Jordan for 7 weeks.

Dates of program

May 14 - June 13, 2010 for Hisban site 

May 14 - June 28, 2010 for Hisban and al-Turra sites

Minimum # of Students  

8-20 for Hisban

No more than 10 students for al-Turra

Class          

HST 397 or HST 697, 3 credit hours

This class is offered for undergraduates as well as graduates

Program Name

London In the Movies

Instructor   

Jaime Bihlmeyer

Program purpose

The purpose of this course is to study the depiction of London in the movies by means of lectures, screenings of British films, and discussions of British culture accompanied by fieldwork in London at the British Film Institute, film studios and at locations featured in the screened films.  Experiencing British culture first-hand while comparing and contrasting it to the cultural depictions on film is an integral aspect of the course.  The selected movies consist of a cross section on period and contemporary depictions of London and its citizens by world-class filmmakers.

Program Cost per student

$2925.00

Dates of program

May 29 - June 5, 2010

Number of Students        

10

Application deadline       

April 12, 2010

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

$100

Class          

MED 300

What is included             

Airfare, land transportation, accommodations for 8 days, field trips, SAP fee

What is not included       

MSU tuition for 3 credit hour class, passport, souvenirs, meals/food

Program Name

London’s Artistic Past and Present

Instructor   

Amy Muchnick

Program purpose

To gain knowledge of the basic elements and tools an artist uses to create a work of art and to develop awareness and appreciation of the history and ideas in dramatic, musical, visual arts through the study (class lectures) and experiences (London) with these arts.

Program Cost per student

$2950

Dates of program

May 18-27 2010

Number of Students  

4 - 10

Application deadline       

February 1, 2010

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

$100

Class          

MUS 241 or MUS 399 or IDS 250 or IDS 397

Students choose to receive credit for one 3-hour class

Program Name

Portugal: History, Religion & Culture

Instructor   

Stephen Berkwitz

Program purpose

This course is designed to expose students to the history, religion, and culture of Portugal through an intensive study tour based in Lisbon.  The country of Portugal has influenced the world through its naval explorations and colonial presence in maritime regions throughout the globe.  Its history as a seafaring power is matched by its influence in promoting Catholicism through missions to Asia, Africa, and Latin America.  This study tour will reconstruct the country’s history as an Iberian country and a member of the European Union.

Program Cost per student

$2777

Dates of program

May 18 – 31, 2010

Number of Students  

10 - 16

Application deadline       

April 1, 2010

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

$100

Class          

REL 397 or REL 550 or IDS 397 or HST 397

Students choose to receive credit for one 3-hour class

What is included             

Airfare, accommodations, ground transportation, metro and bus pass, train tickets between Lisbon and Sintra, bus transportation between Lisbon and Fatima, admission and transportation for site visits and excursions, dinner at Clube do Fado.

What is not included       

Meals (other than dinner at Clube do Fado), passports, luggage fees, visa expenses, souvenirs, admission to sites other than those included in program, city travel expenses on May 29, any additional personal expenses.

Program Name

Eastern Canada: Its Environment and People

Instructor   

Dr. Mario Daoust and Dr. Paul Rollinson

Program purpose

The principle objective of this course is to illustrate some of the methods and techniques for collecting and processing field data in Geography. During the course, students will research, collect, and analyze data using a number of techniques. These techniques will include census data, quantitative survey research data, and more qualititative techniques including behavioralism and participant-observation.

Program Cost per student

$790.69

Dates of program

August 4 – August 14, 2010

Number of students

10 - 15

Application deadline       

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

Class          

GRY 470  (Field Study in Geography), 2 credit hours

What is included             

Organized activities, lodging, breakfasts in Quebec city

What is not included       

Tuition, travel from Springfield to Montreal, meals

Program Name

Interior Design and Architecture in China

Instructor   

Dr. Jeannie Ireland

Program purpose

The principle objective of this course is to illustrate some of the methods and techniques for collecting and processing field data in Geography. During the course, students will research, collect, and analyze data using a number of techniques. These techniques will include census data, quantitative survey research data, and more qualititative techniques including behavioralism and participant-observation.

Program Cost per student

TBA

Dates of program

May 15 – May 29

Number of students

10 - 20

Application deadline       

Deposit (Applied to program cost)

Class          

HID 344, 346, or 349.

What is included             

Airfare, ground transport, lodging, site entry

What is not included       

Tuition, meals, personal expenses