Faculty of Arts Study Abroad Opportunities

Fieldwork in Anthropology

There are numerous opportunities for fieldwork across Canada and around the world, working with your professors on their research projects. For example, how about working on a 4,000 to 6,000-year-old hunter-gatherer cemetery in Siberia, Russia? You'll travel 36 hours on the Trans-Siberian Railway followed by a seven hour ferry ride across Lake Baikal just to get close to the actual dig site. Contact the Department of Anthropology.

Archaeological Digs
Travel during the summer months to places like Greece, Italy or Northern Africa to help U of A professors unearth archaeological sites dating back over 2,000 years. Spend three to six weeks learning skills such as on-site drafting, excavation and cataloguing techniques. Contact the Department of History and Classics.

Ghana Summer Study Abroad Program

This summer program, entitled "West African Music, Dance, Society, and Culture", comprises social science, humanities, and performing arts components and is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Undergraduate students will take courses that formally equate to *9 at the University of Alberta as follows:
•West African Music Ensemble (Music x44)
•Introduction to Ethnomusicology (Music 365), and
•Middle Eastern and African Studies (MEAS 300)

Graduate students will take courses that formally equate to *9 at the University of Alberta as follows:
•Area Studies in Ethnomusicology (Music 565)
•West African Music Ensemble V (Music 544), and
•Topics in Comparative Interdisciplinary Research in Middle Eastern & African Studies (MEAS 500).

The program includes study at the University of Ghana, travel throughout Ghana, and an extended residence in a small Ghanaian village for field study and musical/linguistic/cultural immersion. Music and dance performance is central, but no musical experience or talent is required to succeed!

UPDATED! New program funding available. The Ghana program has been awarded $16,500 in scholarship funding, up to a maximum of $750 per student, as follows:

$10,500 in scholarship funds from Campus Alberta Grant for International Learning are available for any Alberta resident who has been registered full-time for at least two semesters of post-secondary education, up to a maximum of 14 such students.
$6,000 in scholarship funds from Education Abroad, available for any full-time University of Alberta student who is not an Alberta resident, up to a maximum of 8 students.

Please contact Education Abroad for details on how to apply for fellowships, which will be awarded to eligible students on a first-come first-served basis.

If you are interested, please contact: Xiao Zhang ((780) 492-1578) in Education Abroad for inquiries regarding study abroad, and Michael Frishkopf for program content.

The U of A Russian Studies Program

An intensive year-long Russian language program. Spend four months in preparatory coursework at the U of A, then travel to Russia for four months of study at either the Pushkin Institute of Moscow, the Moscow Pedagogical University, or Saint Petersburg University. Contact the Division of Slavic and East European Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies.

French in La Rochelle, France

Study French in a rich cultural and historic setting, famous for its architecture, scenery and cuisine. Students at this annual term-abroad program, which takes place in June, achieve fluency of a level that enables them to proceed with literature, translation and composition courses. For more information, contact the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at 780.492.4926.

Ukrainian in L'viv, Ukraine

The Ukrainian Language and Literature Program is pleased to announce this year's annual travel-study courses in L'viv, Ukraine. UKR 300 and UKR 400 are intensive courses designed to enhance practical language skills through a direct experience of current life in Ukraine. The courses employ contemporary popular culture and media, taking maximum advantage of the urban L'viv environment to expand vocabulary and comprehension. All instruction is in Ukrainian. For more information, visit the Ukrainian Culture, Language & Literature Program (MLCS).