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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 credits. Examinations, written work, hours of contact, and level of instruction fulfill the standards maintained at Rutgers. However, to ensure that students meet graduation requirements, participants should carefully plan their academic programs in consultation with their departmental 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 semester only are also 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 website at
http://studyabroad.rutgers.edu.
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