Study in India 2015 Brochure by The Alliance for Global Education

Study in India 2015 DELHI • MANIPAL • PUNE • VARANASI

DELHI

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TABLE OF CONTENTS MANIPAL Global and Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PUNE Contemporary India: Development, Economy, Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Summer in Pune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 VARANASI The City, the River, the Sacred . . . . . . . . . 12 NEXT STEPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DELHI — BEIJING Power, Politics, and Population . . . . . . . . 15

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India in Ascendance India is bursting onto the world stage, not only as a rising economic superpower, technology leader, and strategic partner, but also with its colorful culture and media boom in film, music, and style.

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Already the world’s largest democracy, soon to be the world’s most populous nation, and with a 3,000 year-old civilization that is continually redefining itself, India offers rich and varied avenues of study and inquiry for the intellectually ambitious, adventurous U.S. undergraduate.

Why the Alliance? The Alliance for Global Education offers a unique approach to the study of contemporary China and India, pulling together these wide and diverse subject areas through the lens of focused thematic and disciplinary areas.

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In all of our programs, the Alliance seeks to support highly-motivated, adventurous students as they develop into sensitive and sophisticated future leaders, with a nuanced understanding of complex local, regional, and international issues.

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Pre-Departure Services

Everything we do focuses on providing the highest level of programming excellence for our students based on the following pillars:

We are committed to offering superior pre-departure services that prepare students to make the most of their experience abroad—academically, experientially, and personally.

Arrival Services & Orientation

Academics

Our programs are academically challenging with classes taught to a high standard by local professors and experts in the field. Courses provide a structured blend of classroom and field-based learning.

After greeting students at the airport, we begin every program with a multi-day orientation that introduces their new home and equips them with important information to support their goals for the term.

On-Site Support & Staff

Insider Access

Our students interact with social entrepreneurs, artists, business leaders, policymakers, and health practitioners, learning directly from people who are both making change and preserving traditions.

Our programs are designed and administered by a team of study abroad and regional experts that include our Advisory Committee members and program staff in the U.S. and Asia.

“I never thought that I would be a person to say that study abroad changed my life, but it truly did. It instilled within me a passion and a focus that I would never have had otherwise and it opened my eyes, very literally, to the world. I would not have had such an amazing experience without the help of the Alliance staff in India. They really made my experience what it was and I will be eternally grateful to them for that.” — Kara Cumoletti Siena College

Health & Safety

Cultural Immersion

Housing arrangements foster integration into the host culture, while co-curricular activities and field study trips introduce students to people and places they would not otherwise see.

Through staff training, continuous monitoring, and ongoing assessment, the Alliance ensures that our programs provide the highest quality of care, oversight, and due diligence with regard to student health and safety abroad.

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“During our public health field visit, the health care workers weighed several children to show us the process of plotting them on growth charts. After spending most of the morning learning about different aspects of their programing, we spent some time playing around with the kids, listening to a few songs in both Hindi and English, and then we taught them the Hokey Pokey. A center that combines nutrition programs, supplementary food, and early childhood education: could it get any more tailored to everything I love?” — Athena Roesler American University

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Global and Public Health at Manipal University

The Global and Public Health program at Manipal University offers students a comprehensive overview of public health in India as well as a multi-disciplinary array of courses focusing on Indian culture, politics, and society. Based at one of India’s premier private universities, this program provides an integrated Indian campus experience and the unique opportunity to live and take courses with Indian peers. As part of their coursework, students visit local health clinics and academic centers dedicated to the practice of traditional and contemporary Indian medicine, as well as explore India’s traditional culture and contemporary ascendance on the world stage. Field visits integrated with the core course provide exposure to the regional complexity of Karnataka and its local religions, landscapes, livelihoods, and economies.

Manipal University Our program is based on the campus of Manipal University, known throughout India and around the world for its strong medical college and health science programs. With over 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students, including 2,200 international students, Manipal’s world-class faculty and facilities have set a new bar in Indian higher education.

A university town, Manipal is surrounded by lush tropical backwaters away from the hustle and bustle of India’s mega-cities. Located in the heart of the coastal belt of Karnataka, between Goa and Kerala, Manipal offers stunning views of the Arabian Sea and the nearby Western Ghats, and provides an ideal location from which to study India’s public health challenges and rich cultural heritage.

Housing Alliance students at Manipal are housed in air-conditioned rooms in student hostels on campus, similar to U.S. dormitories. Students may choose to live in a single room or in a double room with an Indian roommate. All rooms include attached baths. The Manipal campus is modern, with stateof-the-art facilities including numerous colleges and institutes, classrooms, libraries, food courts, athletic fields, and a stunning indoor sports complex. Students come from all over India and the world to study at Manipal, and Alliance students are immersed in its thriving campus life, with numerous opportunities to participate in student clubs, festivals, and sports competitions.

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Co-curricular Activities

Semester Courses

To complement and reinforce the academic curriculum, students participate in a number of co-curricular initiatives. These activities may include:

(3 credits)

• Visiting Malpe’s fishing harbor and factory

as an example of local industry • Reflecting on India’s religious diversity

at the Thousand Pillars Temple, a Jain pilgrimage site • Discovering expressive culture forms such

as yoga or bharatnatyam (dance) • Giving back to the local community

alongside Indian students in the Manipal Volunteer Service Organization • Exploring local flora and fauna at the

Agumbe Rainforest Research Station By taking learning outside the classroom and engaging students on-site, Alliance programs bring together the best of both academic and experiential dimensions of study abroad.

Curriculum Students take one required core course specially designed to help them develop a broad understanding of the Indian context that their electives target in more specific ways. Global and public health options capitalize on the long-standing reputation of the university’s medical and health science programs. In addition, the university’s Study Abroad Programme (SAP) has drawn its most talented faculty from the departments of geopolitics, philosophy, and communications to teach a wide array of courses addressing India’s past, present, and future.

REQUIRED

SOCI 350 Contemporary Indian Culture ELECTIVES: CHOOSE FOUR*

(3 credits each, 12 credits total) *subject to availability and minimum enrollment Global and Public Health AYUR 300 Ayurveda and Indian Traditions

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of Healing

PUBH 210 Environment and Occupational

Health

CREDIT HOURS

PUBH 220 Maternal and Child Health

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PUBH 225 Global Health Problems PUBH 230 Surveillance of Infectious Diseases PUBH 240 Epidemiology in Developing

ACADEMICS Communications

Countries

Global and Public Health

PUBH 250 Public Health Systems and National

International Affairs

Health Policies

Political Science

PUBH 300 Basic Epidemiology

Sociology

Indian Studies COMM 350 Indian Media DIRR 380 Directed Research

HOUSING Student hostels, single or shared with Indian roommate

ENVI 400 Environment and Development

Communication

LANGUAGE

FILM 345 Cinema in India

English; Hindi available

HIND 100 Beginning Hindi HIND 200 Intermediate Hindi IAFF 360 Regional Security in South Asia IAFF 365 Strategy and Practice of Indian Foreign Policy IAFF 375 India’s World View POLS 380 Contemporary Indian Politics Study in India | 5

“Celebrating Holi was a beautiful occasion. Not only was it a chance to immerse even further into this ever-surprising culture, but it also helped lead me to my own realizations. Until I had five local college students gently rubbing colored powder called gulal on my face on the campus quad and shyly wishing me a happy Holi, I didn’t realize how much I had fallen in love with this country.” — Karen Davison Luther College

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Directed Research

Health Field Visits

Directed research students are paired with a faculty member appropriate to their academic area of interest—such as performing arts, journalism, tribal, environmental or women’s issues, global and public health, or text-based historical research—and are expected to produce a formal research paper as their final project.

Public health courses include a field-based practicum alongside other Manipal students, with regular visits to the university’s rural health clinics and main hospital. These activities may include:

Examples of past student research include: • Sex Workers’ Lived Experiences of

Security and Health in India: A Pilot Case Study on Presumed Consequences of Prostitution Legislation • Assessing the Short-term Economic

Impacts of Malaria on the Household Level and the Barriers to Malaria Eradication in the Udupi District • Socio-economic Status, Expenditure

Patterns, and Health Awareness: Factors behind FPA India User Priorities • A Glimpse at Women’s Healthcare

Choices in India through DecisionMaking Models

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• Engaging staff and clients at the Rural

Maternity and Child Welfare Centre • Examining Indian health care through the

structure, organization, and functions of Manipal’s District Hospital • Seeing first-hand the preventative

measures for infectious diseases through visits to a water treatment plant and pasteurization plant • Observing occupational hazards through a

visit to a cashew factory • Learning about special needs treatment

and long-term care at the Manasa Centre for the Mentally Challenged

Field Excursion An organized week-long excursion brings to life the program’s core themes through exposure to major urban and rural locations throughout Karnataka, Kerala, or Tamil Nadu. By exploring the urban texture of Mysore, the booming industries of Bangalore, or the scenic flora and fauna of the Nilgiri Hills, students gain a deeper understanding of South India’s cultural and physical diversity.

A Student’s Perspective As a junior at The George Washington University majoring in International Affairs with a concentration in Public Health and a minor in Geography, Rebecca Engel studied on our Global and Public Health program in Manipal and completed coursework relevant to her diverse interests. Here’s what she has to say about her semester abroad:

What were you scared of before going abroad?

What was the greatest challenge you overcame abroad?

Before going to India, I was terrified of standing out. What if I messed up? What if I embarrassed myself? Everyone would see. After several weeks, being so noticeable became a fact of life and I began to embrace it. People were genuinely curious and wanted to get to know me. Standing out actually forced me out of my comfort zone and required me to interact with the people around me, which further immersed me in the culture. I couldn’t just sit back and watch my time in India fly by—I had to get involved.

Being a woman in India was difficult. We were constantly being watched and everyone was concerned for our wellbeing, but often in an overbearing, objectifying way. We had a curfew while the boys didn’t. We had to dress more conservatively. It was definitely hard to overcome the obstacles that were automatically put in place for me as a female, but I worked hard and eventually came to realize that being a woman in India was actually an amazing experience. Mothers and sisters are so valued and women are finally getting their voices heard and are excelling in all fields. It was great to see that and to be able to participate.

What was your favorite Alliance activity? Halfway through the semester the Alliance took us on a 10-day tour of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. We saw big cities, villages, and wild elephants while staying in cozy hill stations and open jungle bungalows. The trip was not only an amazing cultural experience but it was also a great bonding trip for our group. We were much closer after 10-hour bus rides and running to catch our train as it was pulling away!

“The Alliance gave me the basic skills that I needed to help make the experience my own. Through our group travel I learned how to take an overnight train and gained the confidence to be out on my own. I truly cherish our close relationships with our professors and classmates and I can’t imagine studying in India without the Alliance. “ — Rebecca Engel The George Washington University

What advice do you have for future study abroad students? Don’t take yourself too seriously and go in with an open mind! Living in India is not easy and things will not always turn out the way you want them to. Be patient and roll with the punches. No matter how calm, cool and collected your fellow study abroad friends might be, they too are experiencing unexpected challenges. Work together and remember that you are going through the same things!

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The Contemporary India program pulls together a wide and diverse subject area through the lens of development studies, incorporating environmental issues, film, economics, social justice, and public health into a comprehensive curriculum that helps students better understand India’s unprecedented challenges and innovative solutions to them. “My internship at Deep Griha Society has been amazing overall. They have helped me understand myself better, helped me make a path for my future aspirations, and because of them, I have gained many new friendships with people from all over the world. I’ve grown tremendously, and I have come to understand the importance of health education in developing countries. I will be going to graduate school for public health instead of global affairs. I know I cannot change the world, but I know I can make a difference in somebody’s life through what I have learned here at Deep Griha Society.” — Channing Carney-Filmore Spelman College

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Pune, a vibrant, bustling city that has long been considered India’s academic center, offers an ideal location to study contemporary India. Only a short train ride from the booming metropolis of Mumbai, Pune is home to many of India’s top academic institutions and has a thriving student scene. Pune hosts many of the country’s most forward-thinking NGOs and is a striking example of the “new India,” with technology and international business rapidly bringing a new, fascinating dimension to its multi-faceted urban landscape.

Program Center Our program in Pune is based on the campus of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, one of the oldest and most prestigious research and training institutes in economics in India, located in the central Deccan Gymkhana neighborhood. Alliance students enjoy the best of campus life while utilizing a welcoming program office and modern classrooms dedicated to Alliance courses and activities.

Housing Students live with an Indian family in homestays that offer varying degrees of independence. Students are matched with housing according to stated preference and availability, and should be prepared to share a room with another Alliance student. Housing is located at varying distances from the program center, and most students make their daily commute by auto rickshaw.

Co-curricular Activities To complement and reinforce the academic curriculum, students participate in a number of co-curricular initiatives. These activities may include: • Examining social justice in India at the

home of Jotirao Phule, a renowned visionary against caste oppression • Investigating women’s issues through

discussions with a leader from the Indian feminist movement • Discovering expressive culture forms such

as tabla (drum) or bharatnatyam (dance) • Taking in Maharashtra’s natural environ-

ment at nearby waterfalls, caves, and hill stations • Exploring local commerce with the

long-standing copper makers of Tambat Ali By taking learning outside the classroom and engaging students on-site, Alliance programs bring together the best of both academic and experiential dimensions of study abroad.

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CONTEMPORARY INDIA

Internships

The program curriculum is built around a required core course with electives providing an in-depth examination of areas considered critical to India’s future. Field-based experiences pull together students’ coursework into a focused, sustained inquiry that takes learning outside the classroom while maintaining a traditional academic structure.

Students who choose the internship option are placed in NGOs, cultural organizations, multi-national businesses, IT companies, research institutes, and think tanks across Pune and work on issues related to social and economic development. All internships have a specific academic focus, involve a minimum of 155 contact hours, and are conducted under the supervision of a faculty guide.

Semester Courses REQUIRED

(3 credits) SOCI 360 Contemporary India REQUIRED: CHOOSE ONE FIELD STUDY

(3 credits) INTS 380 Internship DIRR 380 Directed Research FILM 380 Documentary Film ELECTIVES: CHOOSE THREE*

(9 credits total) *one elective must be relevant to the student’s field study focus ECON 390 Development Economics ECON 391 Social Entrepreneurship and

Interventions

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Examples of past placements include: • Deep Griha Society, an NGO advocating

for HIV/AIDS awareness and support • Ankur Vidya Mandir, a public school

promoting inclusive education • COPPRe, a creative collaboration

between local craftsmen and product designers • Janwani, an urban improvement

organization

CREDIT HOURS 15 (Semester)

ACADEMICS Development Studies Directed Research Documentary Film Economics

• Saheli, a sex workers’ collective

Environmental Studies

• Muktangan, an addiction rehabilitation

Film Studies

and resource program • CIPLA, a pharmaceutical company and its

corporate social responsibility program

Internship Public Health Sociology

ECON 392 Emerging South Asian Economies ENVI 380 Environmental Perspectives FILM 360 Nation, Caste, and Gender

HOUSING Homestays

through Film

HIND 100 Beginning Hindi HIND 200 Intermediate Hindi

LANGUAGE English; Hindi available

PUBH 300 Public Health SOCJ 365 Social Justice

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“As part of our Alliance excursion to Mumbai, we visited Dharavi—the largest slum in Asia. Being able to finally situate all the information we have been learning in our classes in an actual framework gave me an entirely new picture of India in my mind. We are students here to study Indian society. In every class we have discussed slums and the living conditions in them and I believe the only way to really comprehend and place the information we are learning into context is to experience it first-hand.” — Isabelle King University of Pittsburgh

Directed Research

Documentary Film

Directed research students are paired with a faculty member appropriate to their academic area of interest—such as tribal, environmental or women’s issues, public health, economic development, or text-based geopolitical research—and are expected to produce a formal research paper as their final project. Examples of past student research include:

The documentary film option allows students to conduct and present research through a visual rather than a written medium. Working closely with a faculty member who is a film professor and director, students are trained in the art and technique of documentary filmmaking, and are expected to produce a short film on their selected subject area.

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Examples of past student films include:

Right-to-Education (RTE) Act • Exploring the Grass-Roots Impact of

Micro-Finance Self-Help Groups on Rural Women’s Quality of Life • How the Synthesis of the Four Yogas

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• Predictors of Health-Seeking Behavior in

Pregnant Women of Rural Maharashtra • Estimating the Out-of-Pocket

Expenditure on Healthcare During Pregnancy in Pune’s Urban Slums • The Use of Protection by Informal

Sector Solid Waste Workers

• Pune and the Bicycle, a documentary about

cycling access and use in Pune • Transgenders, an exploration on the

transgender or hijra community in Pune • A Women’s Game, a meditation on the

challenges, barriers, and rewards to playing sports as an Indian woman • An Artistic Dialogue, a film that considers

sustainability and accessibility of Indian art forms for the common person • The Child Leading the Child, a collection of

stories about Pune’s street children

Field Excursions Two organized long-weekend excursions during the semester highlight the differences between urban and rural life that characterize contemporary India. In a rural village, students choose to take an in-depth look at issues surrounding either public health or economic sustainability. Venturing to the nearby mega-city of Mumbai exposes them to the staggering extremes of financial hubs, Bollywood film studios, and vast slums.

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SUMMER IN PUNE The Summer in Pune program offers an intensive summer version of the Contemporary India semester program, incorporating the required core course and a field study component into a seven-week seminar.

Field Excursion Students visit the farming village of Baramati and witness first-hand the social, economic, and environmental issues of livelihood development and agricultural cultivation.

Summer Courses REQUIRED

(3 credits) SOCI 360 Contemporary India REQUIRED: CHOOSE ONE FIELD STUDY

(3 credits) INTS 380 Internship

SUMMER SNAPSHOT CREDIT HOURS 6 (Summer)

ACADEMICS Development Studies

DIRR 380 Directed Research

Directed Research

Directed research students are paired with a faculty member appropriate to their academic area of interest—such as performing arts, journalism, tribal, environmental or women’s issues, public health, or text-based historical research—and are expected to produce a formal research paper as their final project.

Internship

See examples of past internship placements and directed research projects listed under the Contemporary India semester program.

English

Sociology

HOUSING Homestays

LANGUAGE

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The City, the River, the Sacred

The City, the River, the Sacred program challenges students to examine the urban context and geography that define Varanasi and place it in a greater context of national and global currents. An intricate mosaic of cultures and a magnet for scholarship on South Asia, Varanasi offers ample opportunities for academic study, cultural immersion, and personal reflection. “Within two Kathak dance classes I’ve learned twelve moves which I practice one after the other in sets of four, all the time stepping from foot to foot and reciting my mantras. My head doesn’t always tilt, or I forget to follow my hand with my eyes, but I can’t help but feel an immense sense of accomplishment. Leaving class with this emotional high, by far my favorite part of the week is my cycle rickshaw ride home after class. Ten blissful minutes of feeling cool breezes and flying above the crowds, everything softly illuminated under the dark night sky surrounded by Varanasi’s bustling daily evening life.” — Elise Ahrens Emerson College

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In Hindu mythology, the city is known as Kashi, a center for enlightenment on the banks of India’s sacred river, the Ganges. While the British name of Banaras still lingers, in Hindi and Urdu today it is Varanasi. Among the holiest of places for Hindus, it is also home to a vibrant Muslim population and only a few miles from Sarnath where the Buddha preached his first sermon. A window into India’s past, Varanasi continues to foster traditional silk weaving, classical Indian forms of music, and other artistic traditions unique to this region.

Program Center Our program center in Varanasi is located in the heart of the Assi Ghat neighborhood, only a short walk from the Ganges River. Alliance students encounter lively and crowded street markets filled with fruit stalls, rickshaws, cows, and hundreds of small shops selling everything from bike parts to spiced nuts. Banaras Hindu University (BHU), one of India’s top research institutions, is a nearby resource for Alliance students as they go about their studies.

Housing Students live with an Indian family in an embedded homestay. Students are matched with housing according to stated preference and availability, and should be prepared to share a room with another Alliance student. Housing is located at varying distances from the program center, and most students make their daily commute by foot or by rickshaw.

Co-curricular Activities To complement and reinforce the academic curriculum, students participate in a number of co-curricular initiatives designed to enhance language learning and cultural fluency. These activities may include: • Witnessing daily aarti rituals at sunset

during a boat ride on the Ganges River • Participating in a Buddhist meditation

retreat at Sarnath • Interviewing staff and residents at Uttar

Pradesh’s only government-sponsored home for elderly women • Exploring Hindu celebrations in honor

of Lord Shiva and Varanasi-born Dalit saint Ravidas By taking learning outside the classroom and engaging students on-site, Alliance programs bring together the best of both academic and experiential dimensions of study abroad.

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Curriculum

Culture in Practice

Our curriculum is built around an interdisciplinary core course with electives that explore the intersections between religious life, urban studies, and the environment. Students study either Hindi or Urdu language and complete a field-based component that allows them to practice the cultural forms that they would otherwise only study in theory.

This field-based component provides the rare opportunity for students to engage with the local community and study under a master teacher or guru. Students select from the areas of music and dance, yoga and yoga theory, or artisanal apprenticeship. Examples of past subjects include: • Textiles • Pottery

Semester Courses REQUIRED

(6 credits total) SOCI 360 Varanasi: City of Confluence CLTR 280 Culture in Practice REQUIRED: CHOOSE ONE

(3 credits) HIND 100 Beginning Hindi HIND 200 Intermediate Hindi URDU 100 Beginning Urdu URDU 200 Intermediate Urdu ELECTIVES: CHOOSE TWO

(6 credits total) GEND 320 Women, Development, and

• Kathak dance • Sitar • Yoga

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Directed research and internships are available upon request.

HOUSING

Field Excursion

RELG 350 Living Religious Traditions in India

An organized week-long excursion introduces students to the cultural diversity and colonial history of West Bengal. Students explore the striking monuments and bustling markets of Kolkata, India’s third most populous city, as well as the local tea plantations and natural beauty of Kurseong, Darjeeling, and other small communities nestled in the Himalayas.

The Indian Experience

CREDIT HOURS

Weekly lectures provide the academic framework in which students learn about the theory and history of their Culture in Practice choice. The remaining two-thirds of class hours are spent ‘in practice’ focusing on a specific aspect of their respective art or trade first-hand through one-on-one or small group lessons with their teachers. Regular assessments are conducted by the instructor throughout the semester.

Environment

PEAC 380 Peace and Conflict Studies:

SEMESTER SNAPSHOT

ACADEMICS Fine Arts Gender Studies Peace and Conflict Studies Religious Studies Sociology

Homestays

LANGUAGE English; Hindi or Urdu required

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Take the Next Step Follow these five steps in order to determine which Alliance program is the best fit for you, and then make study abroad a reality!

SELECT YOUR PROGRAM

It’s important to find the right program to help you meet your personal and academic goals. Reach out to current or past Alliance students to hear more about their experiences!

MANIPAL

Study abroad doesn’t have to be expensive! It’s important to plan ahead and talk to your campus financial aid office. Visit the Alliance website to learn about our need-based scholarships and more funding opportunities!

• Global and Public Health

PUNE • Contemporary India:

Development, Economy, Society

Program Fees

• Summer in Pune

Program fees are published on the Alliance website at www.allianceglobaled.org. Scholarships are available for all programs and terms based on financial need.

VARANASI • The City, the River, the Sacred

What’s Included

BEIJING – DELHI

The program price includes tuition and fees, housing, pre-departure materials, guidance on applying for a visa, orientation, cell phone, weekly activities, field study trip and/or long weekend trip varying by term and program, textbooks, the services of a full-time resident staff, and medical and evacuation insurance. Visit our website for a breakdown of estimated additional expenses.

• Power, Politics, and Population

CONSIDER FINANCIAL AID

TALK TO YOUR STUDY ABROAD ADVISOR

Once you’ve selected a program, make an appointment with your study abroad advisor on campus to discuss the credit transfer and degree requirements that will help you determine the best time for study abroad in your college career.

2015 Program Dates

Transcripts

Spring — mid-January to early May Summer — mid-June to late July Fall — mid-August to mid-December

Transcripts are issued by Butler University, based on grade reports from host institutions.

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ADMINISTRATION

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

Shannon Cates Executive Director

The Alliance’s online application portal is ready when you are! Don’t forget to ask if your campus has an earlier deadline or additional requirements.

Uttaraa Jadhav Director for India Programs INDIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE Michael Dodson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History Director of Dhar India Studies Program Indiana University

Application Deadlines Summer — March 1 Fall — April 15 Spring — November 1 Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible to apply. The Alliance operates on a rolling admission basis. Visit our website for application instructions and requirements.

Sara E. Dumont, D.Phil. Director, AU Abroad – Abroad at AU American University

PREPARE FOR DEPARTURE

Once you’ve confirmed your place in an Alliance program, it’s time to start planning! Our Student Services Managers will share how to apply for your student visa, when to buy your plane tickets, and what to pack for study abroad.

Nick Iammarino, Ph.D. CHES Chair, Department of Kinesiology Rice University Laura McKeon, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Study Abroad Williams College Kelly McLaughlin Deputy Director Center for International and Professional Experience Yale University Kalpana Misra, Ph.D. Dean, Kendall College of Arts and Sciences University of Tulsa Christian Novetzke, Ph.D. Associate Professor of South Asian Studies and Comparative Religion University of Washington – Seattle Andy Rotman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Religion Smith College Steve Seaworth Vice President, University Relations IFSA-Butler

BEIJING–DELHI (two countries, one semester)

Power, Politics, and Population China and India are increasingly commanding global attention as rising economic powerhouses and strategic partners. Their rapid growth provides the foundation for the Power, Politics, and Population program. Through the lens of their capital cities, Beijing and Delhi, students examine the regional and international power dynamics, domestic politics, and population pressures that are shaping these nations’ ascendance on the world stage.

With eight weeks in each country, this 15-credit semester program features a comparative core course and four countryspecific courses, a rich slate of co-curricular field-based activities, and unparalleled insider access to the people and institutions driving change in these Asian superpowers. Visit the Alliance website at www.allianceglobaled.org/beijing-delhi to explore this unique opportunity!

Harleen Singh, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Literature and Women’s and Gender Studies Brandeis University

The Alliance recognizes the following students who contributed photography to this publication: Allie Barteldt (Elon University), Merita Bushi (Macalester College), Rebecca Engel (The George Washington University), Jill Fecteau (Arcadia University), Danielle Pelaez (The George Washington University), Marlee Rosenthal (Brandeis University), Amy Thornton (Simmons College), Sarah Webber (Boston College), and Gabriela Weigel (Georgetown University).

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