Semester in Cyprus
Curriculum and Faculty
This
study abroad program is based at the University of Nicosia, our host institution. All courses are accredited and taught in English by our host institution's regular faculty. Students that successfully complete their coursework will receive a University of Nicosia transcript.
You can select up to five courses from any
University of Nicosia courses being offered during the semester in which you are enrolled.
All applicants should aim to receive course pre-approval 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 Schedule
Students choose 4 to 5 courses from the catalog of regularly scheduled Spring and Fall semester courses offered at the University of Nicosia for a total of 12-15 credit hours.
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.
IMPORTANT: If you are applying for Fall or Spring , you can use the corresponding previous year's course schedule below as a guide to which classes will be offered. The University of Nicosia will release the final Fall course schedule in May and the Spring course schedule in December, however, typically most of the classes offered in the previous year will be offered again. When selecting courses for credit pre-approval, you should select and pre-approve as many alternates as possible, to avoid conflicts when the actual schedule is announced.
NOTES:
- The Education (code EDUC), and Social Work (code SOWK) courses are only in Greek, and thus not available to study abroad students
- Undergraduate students are only eligible for course numbers 100-499
- Practicum courses are approved on a case-by-case basis only
- When using the class schedule on the University of Nicosia website, make sure to select 'undergraduate' when filtering for types of courses
Students can also take
COMM-280: Intercultural Communications. This is a
3-credit, online course offered by the
University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Students will attend the course online, and the University of Nicosia will issue the transcripts.
University of Nicosia Subjects of Study
Here is a list of subjects of study at the University of Nicosia:
- Accounting
- Architecture
- Art & Design
- Banking & Finance
- Business
- Communications
- Computer Science
- Dance
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Humanities
- International Relations
- Language & Literature
- Life & Health Sciences
- Management
- Marketing
- Music
- Psychology
- Sciences & Engineering
- Social Sciences
- Sports Science
Course Syllabi
Below is a list with the subjects of study at the University of Nicosia, as well as a link with all the course syllabi.
University of Nicosia Course Syllabi
Teaching Methods- All courses on the Semester in Cyprus 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 study program.
- Students complement their in-class instruction with 7 days of in-country travel in Cyprus.
- While the travel portion is a required part of this program and linked to the curriculum, it is not-for-credit.
