Summer in the Mediterranean: Music
Curriculum and Faculty
The curriculum consists of a Music course, and an elective, taught by host institution faculty. Students take two courses for a total of 6 credit hours. Attendance in musical and dance events during the summer is strongly encouraged.
All applicants should aim to receive course pre-approval from their home institution. Basic course descriptions can be found at the bottom of this page,
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.
Required Course
MUS-141: World Music Regional Studies I (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses (optional)
MUS-165: Greek Popular Music (3 credit hours)
GREK-101: Greek Language and Culture I (3 credit hours)
DES-260: Photography I (3 credit hours)
ART-281: History of Art (3 credit hours)
NOTE:
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.
Teaching Methods- All courses on the Summer in Mediterranean: Music 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 7 hours per week for the five weeks that students are in Cyprus for a total of 42 hours of classroom contact hours.
- While the travel portion is a required part of this program and linked to the curriculum, it is not-for-credit.
