Semester in Europe

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Curriculum and Faculty

Overview

A high quality, interdisciplinary academic curriculum is at the heart of our Semester in Europe program. Students develop a comprehensive view of Europe and the European Union through courses that complement each other and the travel component of the program.

Taken as a whole, the curriculum allows students to understand the background and context of what the EU is today and what trends are shaping its future as it potentially emerges as a unified world superpower.

We select some of the best faculty at the University of Nicosia to teach Semester in Europe courses and our professors have consistently received very positive feedback from students. Key faculty have included Dr. Mihalis Attalides, the former Cypriot Ambassador to the European Union and Dr. James Leigh, a Royal Geographic Society Fellow. Dr. Andreas Polemitis, the Academic Dean of the University of Nicosia, supervises faculty selection and overall academic quality.

Academic Curriculum

All applicants should aim to receive course pre-approval for the core curriculum of the program from their home institution.

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.

Course Curriculum

Elective Curriculum

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

Any of these two courses can be optionally substituted for any of the five core curriculum courses by any student on this program.

* 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 Semester in Europe 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 35 days of on-the-ground travel to key political, economic and cultural institutions in 12 EU countries (e.g. European Commission, Council of Europe, the Louvre, etc.). We endeavour to have relevant experts leading these sessions and, additionally, provide guides for general city and sightseeing tours.
• While the travel portion is a required part of this program and linked to the curriculum, it is not-for-credit.