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1) Subject: UofChicago Summer Program

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Date: 19 Jan 2000
From: "Kenneth J. Garden" <summer-arabic at uchicago.edu>
Subject: UofChicago Summer Program

The 2000 University of Chicago
Intensive Summer Arabic Program
June 19-August 18

The University of Chicago is pleased to announce its 2000 Intensive Summer
Arabic Program from June 19-August 18.  For application materials or to ask
further questions about the program, please write to :
Ken Garden
Intensive Summer Arabic Program
		EITHER
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Chicago
5828 University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
		OR
summer-arabic at uchicago.edu

The Program:

Instruction in Modern Standard Arabic will be offered at five levels:
Elementary, Intermediate, High Intermediate, Advanced and Reading the
Classical Texts.  Reading the Classical Texts is open to those who have
completed the equivalent of High Intermediate Arabic. For the first three
levels, the primary textbooks will be the EMSA books published by the
University of Michigan.  Some instructors will supplement these with the
al-Kitaab books by Brustad, al-Batal and al-Tonsi.  Additionally, the
Intermediate and High Intermediate classes will supplement the textbooks
with reading materials.  The Advanced level will concentrate on reading
selections and advanced grammar.  Reading the Classical Texts will focus on
reading the Qur'an, Hadith, Tafsir, fiqh and other texts from the classical
period.
In addition to classroom instruction, there will be weekly lectures in
Arabic (the Arabic circle) and English on topics related to the Middle East
by leading experts in the field.  Additionally there will be
extra-curricular activities that will give students additional opportunity
to use their Arabic.  These include drama, poetry, story-telling, debate,
and newspaper groups.

Credit, Tuition, and Fees:

The tuition for the 2000 program is still being worked out and will be made
available as soon as it been finalized. Tuition levels will vary according
to category of participation (full credit, auditing and so on).  Students
will be assessed University Health Service and Student Activities fees and,
if they lack a personal health insurance plan, a Student Health Insurance
Fee.

Scholarships:

Thanks in part to a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation, a number of
scholarships for full or partial tuition and/or living accommodations will
be available to qualified applicants on a merit basis.  To be considered
for financial aid, fill out the scholarship application that is included
with all application forms sent out and return it with supporting materials
by April 14, 2000 to the program address given above.  Notification of
awards will be made in early May.
Supporting materials for scholarship application consist of:
1) An official transcript from your current university (or, if you think,
for whatever reason, that transcripts from other institutions will give a
better picture of your capabilities, then also from other institutions
attended)
2) A brief statement of purpose outlining the importance of Arabic to your
future plans, academic or otherwise.
3) Two letters of recommendation, one from a current or past Arabic
instructor if applicable.  If you have never studied Arabic before or
cannot for whatever reason contact a past Arabic instructor, then submit a
letter of recommendation from another language instructor.  If you have
never before studied a foriegn language, then a second letter of
recommendation from any professor will do.
4) A non-refundable $35 application fee, UNLESS you have ever before
applied to the University of Chicago, in any capacity, i.e. for an
undergraduate, graduate or professional program, or previously to the
Summer Arabic Program.  In this case, you are not required to pay the fee.
Intensive Summer Arabic courses are also open to students via the Committee
on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Traveling Scholar Program, and Foreign
Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) fellowship awards.  The CIC application
deadline is April 14. Please note that CIC students mush register through
their home institutions.  For more information about CIC and FLEP, contact
the CIC office at your institution.  Foreign Language Area Studies
(FLAS/Title VI)awards also may be applied.

Accommodations:

Participants are encouraged to reside in University Housing selected for
the program.  The program will also gather sub-let advertisements from
around campus and make them available to students requesting them.
Thank you for your interest and, once again, to request application
materials or to ask further questions, please contact me either by email or
at the above address.

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