International Honors Opportunities

International Track for Honors Program Students

The International Track for Honors Program Students consists of a combination of courses in a chosen language, study at a Notre Dame International Program sponsored and recommended by the Office of International Studies (OIS), and a research experience that involves the target language. The Recommended International Programs are listed below. Honors Program Students interested participating in the International Track are encouraged to enhance their competency in the target language by enrolling in language courses each semester during their first two years at Notre Dame. This will qualify them for direct enrollment programs in Paris, Bologna, and Puebla, for example, in which they take regular university courses with students from the host country. It will also prepare them for advanced language courses in the programs in China, Egypt, Japan and Russia. A participant in the International Track is asked to:

1) do research abroad in the target language in the summer after their study abroad, and
2) incorporate research from sources in the target language into the Senior Honors Thesis.

Admission to the Recommended International Programs is competitive. Successful applicants provide evidence of excellence as students in their major field of study, as students in the target language, and as residents on campus. Because of limited availability, the OIS cannot guarantee that Honors Program applicants will be admitted to the programs of their choice. However, the OIS will make every effort to accommodate qualified applicants.

A Word of Advice: If you take advantage of the International Track for Honors Students, you will be away from the Notre Dame campus for a semester or two. It is therefore important that you meet with your academic advisor as early as you can to discuss the time line for completing the requirements of your major (and any remaining university or college requirements that you still have to meet).

For Information about the Recommended International Study Programs as well as the Application Process and Deadlines, see http://www.nd.edu/~ois/.

Grants for the language/summer research experience abroad are available through:

The Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures (CSLC). See the information about the Summer Language Abroad Grant Program on the site http://cslc.nd.edu/.

The Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA). See Undergrad Research (UROP) on the site http://isla.nd.edu/.

The Kellogg and Kroc Institutes. See http://kellogg.nd.edu/students/grants/index.shtml.

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies Center. See Grants and programs for Undergraduates on the site http://www.nd.edu/~nanovic/programs/undergraduates.html.

The Glynn Family Honors Program. See Research Opportunities and Grants on the site http://glynnhonors.nd.edu/.

The Notre Dame Office of Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Fellowships offers a host of additional suggestions for funding. See http://www.nd.edu/~fellows/.

 

Recommended International Programs:

The following programs are recommended by the OIS within the International Track for Honors Program Students. Please note that these programs as well as their locations are subject to change. The OIS will inform the Honors Program of such changes.

For more information about study abroad for students in the Honors Program please contact Dr. Claudia Kselman ckselman@nd.edu Program Manager of the OIS.

ARABIC

Cairo, Egypt
One semester or an academic year.
Notre Dame's program in the Middle East is at the American University of Cairo (AUC). Our students at AUC have a unique opportunity to study with Egyptian and Arab students under the guidance of some of the best scholars in the fields of Middle Eastern studies, Egyptology, Islamic Art and Architecture, and Arabic language. International Honor's program students will take a six credit Modern Standard Arabic class at the appropriate level at AUC's Arabic Language Institute, and may also take Colloquial Egyptian Arabic for 3 credits. Other courses are taught in English.

CHINESE

Beijing, China
One semester or academic year.
OIS offers its principle Mandarin Language program through the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE); its program is at Peking University. CIEE offers students an opportunity to improve their fluency in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese through intensive language training of twenty hours a week. Courses in the program satisfy requirements for a Chinese major or supplementary major or minor.

Hong Kong, China
One semester or academic year.
The University of Notre Dame and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) began a bilateral exchange program in Fall 2008. CUHK is a leading research university with seven faculties and a bilingual and bicultural student body. Courses are offered in English and in Chinese. International Honors Program students will take Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua) and courses in their majors in English. The program can accommodate students in many majors.

FRENCH

Paris, France
Academic year only.
Program at L'Institut d'Études Politiques (Sciences- Po). Notre Dame developed an exchange program at Sciences-Po ten years ago. Sciences- Po, Paris is the most famous third level institution for training France's future diplomats, government administrators and business elites. It is highly selective, accepting the top 10% of French applicants. Notre Dame students enroll in courses with French and international students on the Sciences Po exchange program. OIS looks for students who are majoring in Political Science, International Relations, Modern History, Economics, or Sociology.

Angers, France
Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Integration Track
Academic year only.
A year-long direct enrollment program is available to a limited number of students with high proficiency in French language and who have a positive recommendation submitted with the original application from a professor of French at Notre Dame. This option is by invitation only and invitees will be interviewed. In this option, students matriculate directly in the Université Catholique for the two regular semesters of the academic year, where they study alongside students from France and from other member states of the European Union. ND students have taken courses in the institutes of Foreign Languages, History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Literature, Psychology and Theology.

GERMAN

Berlin, Germany
Spring semester or academic year.
Notre Dame's Office of International Studies (OIS) offers the opportunity to
study in Berlin, Germany through the Berlin Consortium for German Studies
(BCGS) of Columbia University. Based at Freie Universität Berlin and managed
by Columbia University, the Berlin Consortium for German Studies presents an
intellectually challenging and diverse program of study meeting the highest
academic standards. The Freie Universitat Berlin offers a wide range of courses in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. All instruction is in German.

ITALIAN

Bologna, Italy
Spring semester or academic year.
Participants will study at the University of Bologna through Indiana University's Bologna Consortial Studies Program (BCSP), of which Notre Dame is an associate member. During each semester of the academic year students enroll in one or two regular University of Bologna courses with Italian students, or a minimum of three for the full academic year. Students may also take special courses in Italian literature, language, art history, film studies, civilization, and contemporary politics that are arranged by the BCSP for program students. All instruction is in Italian.

JAPANESE

Nagoya, Japan
One semester or academic year.
Notre Dame's program in Nagoya, Japan, is at Nanzan University's Center for Japanese Studies. Students take 8 credits of Japanese language courses per semester as well as related courses in Japanese business, literature, history, art and politics, taught in English. Satisfies requirements in the Japanese major, supplementary major and minor.

PORTUGUESE

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fall semester or academic year.
Through Brown University's Brown in Brazil program, OIS offers Notre Dame students of Portuguese the opportunity to study at Pontificia Universidade Catolica in Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). During the academic semester/year students enroll in four courses per semester in of the various departments of PUC-Rio, provided that pre-requisites are met. All courses are taught in Portuguese. Subjects available to Brown in Brazil participants include: History, Political Science, Literature, Anthropology, Economics, Sociology, Art History and Studio Art.

 

RUSSIAN

Moscow, St. Petersburg or Vladimir, Russia
Fall or spring semester.
The Notre Dame program in Russia is operated by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) which is affiliated with the American Councils for International Education. The Council program has three locations in Russia and the curriculum is similar in each. Besides a variety of Russian language classes selected on the basis of each student’s abilities in Russian, there are a number of area study courses dealing with contemporary Russian society, Russian history, literature and the arts, and the popular press in Russia. These are taught in Russian but will be aimed at students who are in the midst of developing their language skills.

SPANISH

Puebla, Mexico
One semester or academic year.
Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico
A direct enrollment program, UDLA offers many of the same majors as Notre Dame, and is especially strong in Anthropology and Archeology of Mesoamerica, Spanish and Latin American Literature, and Political Science and International Relations. Pre-medical students are encouraged to apply to the Puebla program in the fall semester which offers Notre Dame's General Physics course and an internship in Puebla hospitals as well as a wide array of AL courses. They may also take a pre-approved course in Ecology. The fall and spring semester programs are open to students in all majors. All instruction except for the ND Physics course is in Spanish.

Santiago, Chile
One semester or academic year
Pontificia Universidad Catolica (PUC), Universidad Alberto Hurtado
This program offers direct enrollment in courses at the PUC. The Chile program also offers a special 5-credit course designed in conjunction with Notre Dame's Center for Social Concerns called "Approaches to Poverty and Development" which includes a 2 credit field placement. Students will also enroll in a 3 credit course titled "Chilean Politics and Society" taught by the ND program director. The Chile program is especially suited for Political Science, Theology, and Spanish majors. All instruction is in Spanish.

Toledo, Spain
Fundacion Ortega y Gassett and Universidad Castilla La Mancha
Spring semester or academic year.
The Office of International Studies is piloting an integration track in its program at the Fundacion Ortega y Gasset in Toledo, Spain. Selected students take courses at the Fundacion Ortega y Gasset and add a direct enrollment option through one or two courses with Spanish and other European students at the Universidad Castilla LaMancha. Students must have completed at least five semesters of Spanish and must state their interest in the UCLM option in their applications to the Toledo program.

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