Arabic-L:PEDA:Oregon Study Abroad Program in Tunis

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1) Subject:Oregon Study Abroad Program in Tunis

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Date: 01 Apr 2010
From: "Hamdy, Karim" <karim.hamdy at oregonstate.edu>
Subject:Oregon Study Abroad Program in Tunis

Dear colleagues:
 
I am pleased to forward to you the link to the Oregon University System study abroad program in Tunisia (OUS Tunisia Program). This program, which takes place in Tunis every Fall term (Sept – Dec), was launched in 2004 by Oregon faculty with long-term ties to Tunisia, and offers intensive language instruction in
 
Beginning Arabic
Second year Arabic
Second Year French
 
Students attend classes at the flagship language school in Tunisia, the Institut Supérieur des Langues de Tunis (ISLT, 5500 students, 10 languages taught) – a unit of the Université du 7 Novembre à Carthage. Two teams of ISLT faculty specialists in foreign language instruction teach Arabic and French in this program. Advanced students are occasionally immersed with Tunisian students in regular university classes. Internships can be arranged by the program directors for those participants who choose to spend more time in the country after the end of the program. These internships can be with international organizations, local NGO, local private corporations, etc. Included in the program are three elective courses taught in English by program faculty directors from Oregon: (i) North African Women’s Literature; (ii) Environmental cases studies course entitled, “Tunisia: Development in Conditions of Environmental Scarcity,”  and (iii) Cultural Studies course - on Tunisian and Mediterranean cultures with a cross-cultural communication component. This elective is based on assigned texts, guest lectures, and thematic cross-cultural conversations with groups of Tunisian university students. All three electives integrate the twelve days of field visits to landmark sites around the country into the syllabi of the three electives.
 
Housing, program costs and other pertinent information are listed on the program web site. In addition to candidates from the seven public universities of the Oregon system, the program is open to qualified candidates from all other colleges and universities. Applicants must have sophomore status or higher, and be in good academic standing with at least a 3.0 GPA. Students of French must have at least one year of university French to apply. Students enrolled in past programs have come from Dartmouth, Fordham, Barnard, Yale, University of Chicago, William and Mary, University of Illinois, and Georgetown. Students wishing to obtain semester credit can arrange to do extra research assignments. Samples of syllabi for Arabic, French, and the elective courses are available upon request. Applications and more information on OUS’s Tunisia program can be found at: http://oregonabroad.ous.edu/countries/tunisia/index.html
 
For more information, please contact Paul A. Primak, Director, Oregon University System International Programs, 444 Snell Hall, Oregon State University campus, Corvallis, OR 97331-1642 Email: paul.primak at ous.edu Phone (541) 737-6469, Fax (541) 737-6482.
 
I hope you will encourage students from your institution interested in study abroad to participate in the Tunisia Program of Oregon University System.

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