Global Semester: World Cultures

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Curriculum and Faculty

Overview

The curriculum of this study abroad program consists of host institution courses open to local students. Courses are taught by host institution faculty and include subjects like: Cultural Heritage, World History, Cultural Geography, Art History and European Cultures. The curriculum provides the framework for the whole semester and for integrating the co-curricular activities.

Course Curriculum

Students on the Global Semester: World Cultures will take the following four courses.

To download a syllabus* and faculty bio for a course in PDF format, please click on a course number. If for any reason a course syllabus file is unavailable online, please contact us to request it.
The courses for this study abroad program will be taught by home institution faculty at the University of Nicosia.

Elective Curriculum

Please select one of the following courses to complete five courses on the program.

GREK-101: Greek Language and Culture I (3 credit hours)
DES-260: Photography I (3 credit hours)

* NOTE: The University of Nicosia appears on the syllabi under its former name - Intercollege.

Course Schedule

Please download the course schedule below to view the day and time that each course is offered to ensure that your selected courses do not conflict with each other.

Teaching Methods

• All courses on the Global Semester: World Cultures study abroad program are University of Nicosia courses taught by University of Nicosia faculty using University of Nicosia syllabi on the University of Nicosia campus. The University of Nicosia issues the transcript for this program.
• Courses are taught on an intensive schedule and meet for approximately 5 hours per week for the eight weeks that students are in Cyprus for a total of 42 hours of classroom contact hours.
• Students complement their in-class instruction with about 4 weeks of on-the-ground travel to important cultural and archaeological sites in Athens, Rome, New Delhi, Bangalore, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.
• While the travel portion is a required part of this study abroad program and linked to the curriculum, it is not-for-credit.