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Berlin: Capital of Modernity
Berlin, Germany: June 22 - July 20, 2013 (four weeks)
Fredric Smoler, Adda Bozeman Professor of International Relations, Sarah Lawrence College
TRAVL-UG 9500
Priority application deadline: March 15, 2013
Programs fill on a rolling basis and may fill without notice. Students are encouraged to apply early and only completed applications are reviewed.
This course is open to Undergraduate students of all NYU and Non-NYU schools. Applicants must have completed at least two full-time undergraduate college semesters and be currently enrolled in a college or university during the summer 2013 term.
Note: This course fulfills 4 units of the Interdisciplinary Seminar and the Humanities foundation requirements.
Course Description
Some of the most thrilling, momentous, and terrible events of the 1900's occurred in Berlin, and today its streets, buildings, and cultural monuments offer tales of warning and inspiration to the present century. This four-week course will take in many of the sights and sounds of old and contemporary Berlin, but our course will focus on the involvement of twentieth-century, Berlin-based politicians, activists, artists, architects, bohemians, writers, and intellectuals with the causes, experience, and consequences of World War II.
Berlin's streets, buildings, memorials, and cultural monuments offer cautionary tales about the folly of nationalist ambition; inspiring sagas of intellectual and physical courage; cold testimonials of crime and retribution; lyrical ballads of brutal honesty; personal records of hope and despair. From one perspective, all of these narratives are episodes in an epic whose grand and central scene is World War II and that is the point of view to be adopted in this four-week interdisciplinary seminar set in Berlin. Our period of study begins just before the outbreak of World War I and ends during the astonishing building boom of the post-Wall 1990s and early 2000s.
Classes, taught in English, meet four days a week. Group site visits occur throughout the week and on weekends, but students will be given ample opportunity to explore Berlin and develop their own individual projects. Survival German language courses will be offered daily. Students will live in apartments conveniently located near our classroom. Students will provide their own meals. Field trips encompass the rich resources of the city's museums, neighborhoods, historical sites, memorials and cultural monuments.
Students are required to live in program housing provided by NYU Gallatin.
Expenses
- Tuition for 4 credits: 3225
- Deposit (applied to program costs, non-refundable): 400
- Program Fee (includes some meals, entrance fees): 450
- Housing Fee: 1200
- Incidental Costs: Round–trip Airfare (student purchases his/her own airfare)
- NYU Registration and Services Fee: TBA, usually 300-500 (estimate based on past semesters)
Application Requirements
Priority Application Deadline: March 15, 2013
- Online application
- Personal statement
- Letter of recommendation
- Transcript
- Interview with the program director
Personal statement and electronic transcripts should be submitted through the online application. Materials also can be mailed or delivered to the address below, or e-mailed as attachments to gallatin.global@nyu.edu.
Admission decisions are based on strength of academic performance, interview, personal statement, and space remaining in the program. If offered admission to the course, an initial non-refundable deposit of $400 must be submitted in order to secure your place.
Mailing address:
Brandon Green
Gallatin Office of Global Programs
411 Lafayette St., 3rd floor
New York, NY 10003
Transcript
NYU students may provide an unofficial copy printed from Albert. Students can either submit the transcript through the online application, mail or deliver it to the address above, or e-mail it as an attachment to gallatin.global@nyu.edu.
Letter of Recommendation
Please submit a letter of recommendation from a faculty member or primary academic advisor that speaks of your academic standing and ability to study away in an intensive format. Letters may be mailed or hand delivered to the address above, or e-mailed as attachments to gallatin.global@nyu.edu.
Interview
Once we have received all of your materials (application, personal statement, transcript and letter of recommendation) the Gallatin Office of Global Programs will contact you to arrange an interview. Please note that not all applicants may be interviewed due to limited space in the course, which fills on a rollling basis.
Financial Aid
Gallatin students may apply for a Dean's Scholarship for Winter and Summer Travel Courses. To apply, please complete and submit this application. Deadline for Winter is Oct. 14; the deadline for Summer is March 15.
For information on additional financial aid opportunities, please visit the NYU Office of Financial Aid.
Information for Admitted Students
Gallatin students participating in travel courses must submit information relating to his or her travel to Gallatin's Office of Global Programs. Click here to access Travel Forms for admitted students.
Faculty Profile
Karen Hornick, Professor, Berlin: Capital of Modernity
Karen Hornick teaches courses that integrate the study of literature, media, philosophy, cultural history, and writing. At Gallatin, she has taught writing seminars and interdisciplinary seminars on gender and feminist theory, modern cultural history more>
Check out these photos from Gallatin's Travel Course to Berlin:
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