Vienna

Study Abroad Fall 2010

What Is Study Abroad?

One of the main benefits of studying abroad is the opportunity to work closely with BYU professors. As a result of small class sizes and students/professor interaction, you will get to know your professors well. Furthermore, each course features learning experiences designed to actively involve you with the people, history, arts, attitudes, and traditions of your host country.

While studying abroad, an important part of your educational experience will include visiting sites related to your course work. Visits to cultural sites as well as field trips to places like museums, cathedrals, monuments, and theatres related to your course work will be enhanced by studying about the places before and discussing them after your visits.

Vienna, Austria

We will visit the historically and present-day important cities of Bratislava, Prague, Dresden, and Budapest. We will also take day trips to Melk, Mauthausen, Hallstatt, Dorfgastein, St. Wolfgang, Salzburg, the Vienna Woods, and other sites. While visiting Prague and Dresden, we spend a day at the temple in Freiberg, Germany, doing baptism and endowment sessions. Living with host families in Vienna offers opportunities to internalize one’s language skills and observe couple and family dynamics in Austria. Attending classes at the AAIE and the LDS Outreach Center in the heart of Vienna provides easy access to the city’s cultural offerings.

Semester    Dates
Fall             Approximately 30 August–9 December 2010

Program Details

• The program is designed for all students with an interest in European culture and family life, regardless of their major.
• Classes on history, German language and literature, and the fine arts will focus on Austria’s cultural legacy. 
• On-site visits to important cultural sites offer a rare learning environment.
• Classes on family and mate-selection processes in contemporary Europe will focus on the dynamics of romantic relationship formation, family processes, and strengthening families within contemporary European cultural contexts. 
• Visits with family professionals and to family-serving agencies will demonstrate how Europeans approach family-strengthening issues.
  

Course Requirements

The course offerings are designed to meet the needs of three groups of students: 1) any students interested in European culture and who need to fill GE requirements; 2) students majoring in German who need to fill GE requirements, want to learn first-hand about Austrian history, culture, and families, or who want an experience doing qualitative research with Austrian young adults; and 3) School of Family Life majors interested in mate selection and family life in Europe. Except for German-language courses, all courses will be taught in English. All students will enroll in 12 of the following credit hours:

• GERM 102 Second Semester of First-Year German (4 credit hours)
• GERM 201/202 Intermediate German (4 credit hours)
• GERM 490R Directed Research in German Studies (1–3 credit hours)
• SFL 160 Introduction to Family Dynamics (3 credit hours) (Fulfills GE Social Science requirement)
• SFL 403R Family Research Practicum: Relationship Formation and Mate Selection in Contemporary Europe (1–3 credit hours)
• IAS 201R Experiencing Vienna (1 credit hours)
• REL C 350 LDS Church in a World Setting (2 credit hours)
• EUROP 336R Austrian History and Politics (3 credit hours) (Fulfills GE Global and Cultural Awareness requirement)
• FNART 270R European Fine Arts (3 credit hours) (Fulfills GE Arts requirement)
  

Where Do Students Live?

• The Austro-American Institute of Education (AAIE) in Vienna arranges home-stays with Viennese families. Arrangements can usually be made for students to have a roommate.
• The host family provides breakfast daily and one evening meal weekly. Otherwise, students are responsible for their meals. 
• AAIE offers a kitchenette where students may prepare simple meals. Grocery stores make sandwiches to order. An open-air market offers many choices, and a university cafeteria serves hot, complete, midday meals at reasonable prices.
  

Preparation For Study Abroad

• All students who are accepted into the program are expected to register through ISP for a one-credit, pre-departure preparation class.
• The class is held on Wednesdays from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. during the second block of winter semester 2010. 
• Part-time BYU students and non-BYU students will need to pay an additional $185 tuition fee for enrolling in the required pre-departure preparation class.
  

What Funding Sources Are Available?

• Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell Grants, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to Study Abroad programs.
• Students who submit the financial aid section of the ISP application and who have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for a Study Abroad scholarship.
• German majors and minors are eligible for need-based scholarships.
  

Application Process

• Complete the ISP online application at https://kennedy.byu.edu/isp/online/app/home.php.
• Contact the director for an initial interview once your application is complete.
• The application deadline is Thursday, 29 January 2010. 
• ISP reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or to make any adjustments to the preliminary cost estimates due to conditions beyond its control.
  

How Much Does This Cost?

• Approximately $7,800–8,200
• Includes LDS, undergraduate full tuition (increased cost for graduate and non-LDS students).
• Does not include airfare, personal expenses, or meals on excursions.
  

Interested Students Should Contact:

Thomas B. Holman, professor of family life, received a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in German, a master’s in recreation and youth leadership, and a doctorate in family studies. Holman has taught at BYU for twenty-three years. His research interests are relationship formation, mate selection, marriage, family leisure, and interventions to strengthen premarital, marital, and family relationships. His wife, Linda, is an elementary school teacher with an emphasis in reading and will be Holman’s able assistant.

Tom Holman
(801) 422-6704
thomas_holman@byu.edu

ISP
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu

College of Humanities | Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages