Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, offers a program of
junior year studies in 12 foreign countries: Australia, Britain,
France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, South
Africa, and Spain. Although the program is intended primarily for
students majoring in foreign languages and literatures, admission is
open to majors in all disciplines within the humanities and the social
sciences. Participants are selected from the various divisions of the
university, as well as from other colleges and universities throughout
the United States. Competence in the target language--both oral and
written--is of paramount importance, and is therefore required; before
departure, participants must have completed at least two years of
college-level study (or its equivalent) in that language. An
introductory course in the literature of the target language is highly
recommended as preparation for the usually advanced-level offerings
abroad.
The program is designed for 30 credit hours. Examinations, written work, hours of contact, and level of instruction meet in
full the standards maintained at Rutgers. However, to ensure that
students meet graduation requirements, participants should carefully
plan their academic programs in consultation with their department
advisers and academic deans. In the foreign country, a member of the
university faculty is in residence to serve as director of the program
and as an academic counselor to the students. Opportunities to study
abroad for a summer or one term only also are available.
For
more information, students should contact the Department of Classical
and Modern Languages and Literatures on the Newark campus or visit the
Study Abroad web site at http://studyabroad.rutgers.edu.
