Since the program is offered as an integrated module of materials, all students must enroll in both Special Topics: The European Union and in Comparative Government: Great Britain, or their graduate equivalents.

HOUSING:

Students stay in furnished apartments in the FSU London Study Center (or comparable accommodations outside the center) and in a hotel in Brussels.

ELIGIBILITY

The program is open to undergraduate/graduate students in International Affairs of related disciplines.

DATES AND FEE

The date indicates the first night in housing until the morning of the program’s last day. All fess are subject to change.

July 6 – August 1, 2003 (4 weeks) $3925

Fee includes: all registration and instructional costs for up to 6 credit hours; housing; program excursions and activities; health insurance; international student ID card; T-shirt or cap; full-time academic and administrative support.

Not included: round-trip international airfare; passport; food; books and supplies; personal travel/activity/spending money.

COURSE OFFERINGS

CPO 3123 British Politics
CPO 5127 Seminar in Comparative Government and Politics: Great Britain
INR 3932r Special Topics: The European Union
INR 5936r Selected Topics: The European Union

For more information about the European summer program for International Affairs majors or any of FSU's study-abroad opportunities, contact the Office of International Programs [Link]. Please note that students should consult with the International Affairs Program Director about the study abroad programs they wish to pursue. Coursework taken in overseas locations must be approved in advance for credit toward the major. Some examples of other study abroad opportunities available to International Affairs majors are the following:

CROATIA: DUBROVNIK
Summer Program

In this region, over thirty years ago, Florida State University established an educational linkage with Yugoslavia. The link grew into a nine-university consortium to explore issues in Southeast Europe. It continues today, as the former Yugoslavia and other Balkan nations find themselves in the direct path of democratic and free-market movements. This study program is an exceptional opportunity for participants-working within an international scholarly enclave-to learn about, analyze, and discuss both the region's cultural-historical background and its contemporary political issues of transition and security.

Through its long-standing relationship with the Balkan region-including collaboration with the 300-year-old University of Zagreb-FSU is able to offer this timely program at the historic Inter-University Centre (IUC). Founded in 1971 at the height of the Cold War, this distinguished international institution is co-sponsored by some 200 member universities. As an independent center for advanced studies, the IUC became a seminal venue for exchange of ideas among scholars of the East and West. In the twenty-first century, the IUC continues its dedication to independent scholarship, while promoting communication in an increasingly pluralistic region and world. A focus is specialized postgraduate education that bears both on regional concerns and the challenges of globalism. Its international agenda, notably in the social sciences and humanities, is now informed by issues of post-communism, European integration, and the stabilization of Southeast Europe.

The IUC's location is apt for its multinational purpose. Dubrovnik's first-millennium roots and varied cultural heritage offer a fertile ground for modern explorations of identity, government, and culture. It is, moreover, a beautiful, cosmopolitan city that few Westerners know firsthand.

COURSEWORK AND EXCURSIONS

Classes, taught by faculty from FSU and prominent regional European universities, will meet for approximately half the day. Students will enjoy use of the facilities of the Inter-University Centre. Program excursions will include trips to coastal islands, where monasteries have existed for as long as two millennia.

HOUSING

Program participants will look out over the azure Adriatic waters from their popular vacation hotel. Breakfast is included.

DATES AND FEE

The dates indicate the first night in housing until the morning of the program's last day. Dates and fees are subject to change.

June 18 - June 29, 2003 (2 weeks) $1750

Fee includes: all registration and instructional costs for up to 3 credit hours; housing; program excursions and activities; health insurance; international student ID card; T-shirt or cap; full-time academic and administrative support.

Not included: round-trip international airfare; passport; food; books and supplies; personal travel/activity/spending money.

COURSE OFFERINGS

CPS 4321 Contemporary Policy Studies: Introduction to Contemporary Economic / Political/Social/Legal Systems: Southeast Europe
CPS 4905r Directed Individual Study
CPS 5424 Comparative Politics and Administrative Organization
CPS 5911r Supervised Research

For more information about the Dubrovnik summer program or any of FSU's study-abroad opportunities, contact the Office of International Programs [Link]. Please note that students should consult with their Program Director about the study abroad programs they wish to pursue. Coursework taken in overseas locations must be approved in advance for credit toward the major or degree.

VIETNAM: HO CHI MINH CITY
Summer Program

A small country which has loomed large on the world's stage, Vietnam is an ancient civilization of distinctive identity-both preserved and transformed as many cultures have clashed over its soil. The Vietnam study program is a singular educational opportunity at a singular historical moment. No previous Vietnamese language study is required. Distinct among Southeast Asian countries, twenty-first-century Vietnam has preserved its ancient and colonial architecture and pristine coastline. Today, so much of the exotic and beautiful remains, yet so much is changing, new, and exciting as this friendly Asian society reinvents itself and its economy.

COURSEWORK AND EXCURSIONS

Students will both live history and study it: witnesses of a transformation in progress, scholars of a complex culture. FSU's affiliation with Vietnam National University in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) ensures exceptional courses in Vietnamese civilization and language. Another highlight is the Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music's collaboration in a study of Asian musical traditions.

Excursions near and distant will bring classroom topics alive. Class schedules allow for field trips to the city's cultural treasures (Independence Palace, the history and military museums, Notre Dame Cathedral, Chinatown, and much more). Weekend guided trips to the Mekong Delta, the Cu Chi tunnel complex, the Cao Dai Temple at Tay Ninh, and other major sites open a panorama of natural and human wonders: river and farm life, mountains, sculpture, the mausoleums of monarchs.

HOUSING
Students will live in a full-service, five-star hotel in Saigon (double occupancy) and will enjoy a full breakfast buffet daily. The hotel offers excellent exercise facilities, including a pool, as well as several restaurants.

DATES AND FEE

The dates indicate the first night in housing until the morning of the program's last day. All fees are subject to change.
May 9- June 20, 2003 (6 weeks) $4325

Fee includes: all registration and instructional costs for up to 9 undergraduate or 6 graduate credit hours; housing; breakfast; program excursions and activities; visa; health insurance; international student ID card; T-shirt or cap; full-time academic and administrative support.

Not included: round-trip international airfare; passport; food (except as noted); books and supplies; personal travel/activity/spending money.

COURSE OFFERINGS

FOL 3930r ----------------Experiments in Modern Language: Vietnamese Language
HUM 3930r -------------- Humanities: Special Topic: Vietnamese Civilization and Culture
MAN 3600--------------- Multinational Business Operations
MAR 3023 --------------- Basic Marketing Concepts
MAR 4156 --------------- Multinational Marketing
MUH 2051xW----------- Music Cultures of the World: Southeast and East Asia
MUS 3934r -------------- Special Topics: Ethnographic Fieldwork in Music
SOW 4935/5938 -------- Cultivating Peace through Social Action

For more information about the Vietnam summer program or any of FSU's study-abroad opportunities, contact the Office of International Programs [Link]. Please note that students should consult with their Program Director about the study abroad programs they wish to pursue. Coursework taken in overseas locations must be approved in advance for credit toward the major or degree.

For a complete list of study abroad opportunities, please visit the Office of International Programs.