Summer 2009
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. See the program flyer here.
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 25
- Maximum Enrollment: 15
- Program Fee: $1,166 (includes room, partial board, activity fee, faculty expenses, and Office for International Programs non-refundable processing fee of $100)
- Tuition: $3,480
- Total Cost: $4,646 (includes tuition and program fee)
- Not Included: airfare (approx. $1,850 round trip); train fare, personal spending money, other meals, insurance, incidental expenses
- Program Director: Dr. Posner
- OIP Contact Person: Mary Theis
Spain: Spanish Language Immersion
This 4-week program provides students with a unique opportunity to study at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), on the island of Mallorca, a multicultural and bilingual region of Spain (Catalan and Spanish). Students will improve their Spanish while enjoying the great leisure and travel opportunities that the island of Mallorca provides. See the program flyer here.
Faculty: Dr. Jaime J. Gelabert a Loyola professor and native of Mallorca will be leading the tour and teaching a course. Other courses will be taught by the UIB faculty.
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 16 – June 13
- Maximum enrollment: 30
- Program Fee: $1,681 (includes home-stay (2 meals per day) activity fee, faculty expenses, Office for International Programs non-refundable processing fee of $100)
- Tuition: $3,480
- Total Cost: $5,161 (includes tuition and program fee)
- Not Included: airfare (approx. $1,200 round trip), outside travel, other meals, insurance or other expenses
- Program Director and Instructor: Dr. Jaime Gelabert
- OIP Contact Person: Mary Theis
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. See the program flyer here.
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
- May 31–June 20
- Maximum enrollment: 50
- Program Fee: $2,130 (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)
- Tuition: $1,740
- Total Cost: $3,970 (includes all in-country fees, 3-credit hours of Loyola summer school tuition, and $100 Office of International Programs processing fee)
- Not included: airfare, insurance, minor incidental expenses. (Entry visas are not required for U.S. citizens.)
- Professor and Program Director: Dr. Peter J. Schraeder, Political Science, assisted by two Loyola students who participated in one of the previous summer study trips to Tunisia.
- OIP contact Person: Mary Theis
Peru: Service Learning Program
The Summer Program at the Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya is a unique opportunity for any student that seeks an integral experience in a Latin American country. The program includes an intensive experiential learning component, an intensive Spanish class and a course on the Peruvian social and political reality. The Program's objectives are to: (a) encourage understanding of Peruvian social, economic and political realities and the challenges confronted by the population through study and experiences committed to service and the promotion of justice (b) strengthen language ability. See the program flyer here.
The Program is a six week program, five weeks will be spent in Lima and one will be spent in Cusco. The first two weeks offer the students an intensive introduction to the language and reality of Peru. The Experiential Learning activities will begin during the third week. The program ends with a trip to Cusco where the students will learn about and interact with Jesuit social projects. The visit to Cusco has been considered an opportunity for final thoughts and reflections on the program. For more information, view a complete program description and schedule.
The group will be accompanied by bilingual staff from the Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, with broad experience in education based on the principles of the Jesuit world view.
- Intensive Intermediate Spanish Language (Prerequisite: At least two semesters of college level Spanish)
- Peruvian Social and Political Reality
- Six credit hours
- May 17-June 27
- Program Fee: $2,085 (includes room & board, in-country excursions, travel to service learning sites, and Office for International Programs non-refundable processing fee of $100)
- Tuition: $3,480
- Total Cost: $5,565 (includes tuition and program fees)
- Not included: airfare, insurance, minor/incidental expenses, personal spending money, baggage insurance and excess fees.
- OIP contact Person: Mary Theis
Vietnam: Service Learning Program
This summer service-learning program is a unique opportunity for students who seek an integrated experience in Vietnam. Throughout this six-week program, students will participate in one three-hour course coupled with a service-learning project in either a rural or urban setting. See the program flyer here.
This program will enable students to increase their awareness and understandings of Vietnamese contemporary social, economic, religious and political realities through the integration of coursework and direct immersion in culture through community-based service.
Target students: Undergraduate students who wish to participate in a service-learning cultural immersion experience.
- Society and State in Contemporary Vietnam
- Three credit hours
- May 17-June 27
- Maximum Enrollment: 15
- Program Fee: $2,200 (includes room & board, activity fee, in-country excursions, travel to and from service learning sites, Office for International Programs non-refundable processing fee of $100)
- Tuition: $1,740
- Total Cost: $3,940 (includes tuition and program fees)
- Not included: airfare, insurance, incidental expenses, personal spending money, visas to enter Vietnam
- OIP contact Person: Mary Theis
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. Students have to confirm program participation by March 27, 2009.
- 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 (Visiting Students Only): Non-Loyola applicants have to submit an official transcript from their home institution. They should request that it 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.
- Deadlines: Submit your application with the application fee deposit by March 13, 2009. Note: Late applications will only be accepted if there is still space available in the program. Programs may fill prior to the application deadlines.
The Office for International Programs strongly recommends that students apply for their passports as soon as possible.
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 at abroadfinaid@luc.edu .
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.
