Imagine living in the city where Mozart and Beethoven, Franz Joseph, Maria Theresia, Freud, and Semmelweis lived and worked. Vienna once lured people from all over the Austro-Hungarian Empire and still attracts tourists and students from around the world. We will arrive in Vienna at the most beautiful time of year; the last of the summer flowers will be in bloom, and soon we will watch as the trees on the grand Ringstrasse and in the Vienna woods reveal their autumn colors. We might catch the first snow before we depart. Vienna, the long-time capital of Austria, is the place to immerse oneself in the language, history, art, music, and culture.
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DATES
14 September–11 December 2018
HOUSING
The Austro-American Institute of Education in Vienna arranges housing with non-LDS Viennese hosts for pairs of students, providing insight into Austrian culture. The host will provide breakfast daily and one evening meal each week.
COURSES
No prerequisites; 12 credit hours required.
GERM 102 Second Semester of First-Year German (4 credit hours)
GERM 201/202 Second-Year German (4 credit hours)
GERM 311R Advanced Conversation (3 credit hours)
FNART 270R European Fine Arts (3 credit hours)
IAS 201R Experiencing Vienna (2 or 3 credit hours)
EUROP 336R Austrian History & Politics (3 credit hours)
REL C 350 LDS Church in Germany and Austria (2 credit hours)
REL C 510R Internship in Religious Studies [Family History] (3 credit hours)
HIST 496R Internship in Family History (3 credit hours)
Other internships as approved by the advisor of the student’s major program (1–3 credit hours)
COST
$8,300–8,800 (Approx.)
Includes LDS undergraduate full tuition (increased cost for graduate and non-LDS students ) and international health insurance.
The basic program cost includes a weekend trip to Salzburg, Mauthausen Concentration Camp and Berchtesgaden, a week-long trip to Berlin, Prague, Dresden, Freiberg (LDS Temple), and a one-day excursion to Melk Monastery with a bike ride along the Danube River. Students may travel away from Vienna in groups on three other weekends.
The program cost does not include airfare, lunches in Vienna, most meals on excursions, or personal expenses such as souvenirs. Low-cost meals are available in Vienna, including two dinners per week in the LDS Outreach Center.
PREPARATION
Accepted students are required to participate in an international, cross-cultural preparation course (IAS 201R, 1 credit hour). This class will be held Thursdays, 4:00–6:00 p.m., during the second block of winter semester 2018.
Accompanying spouses need to be credit-bearing participants on the program. Spouses will also need to apply online and take the preparation course.
Part-time BYU students and non-BYU students will pay an additional tuition fee.
FUNDING SOURCES
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 and may be considered for other scholarships. They must indicate on their original online application that they want to be considered for financial aid.
Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants.
Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
APPLICATION PROCESS
Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply. The application requires a $35 fee.
Applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete.
Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program.
The first payment is due upon acceptance. Please refer to the 2018 Payment Information document for payment schedule (see kennedy.byu.edu/isp-forms/ISPpaymentInformation2018.pdf).
Deadline: 16 February 2018
FACULTY
A professor of Germanic family history, Roger Minert has spent four years in Germany and two years in Austria. Minert has written more than one hundred books and articles about those countries. His wife Jeanne has lived one year in the Netherlands, more than two years in Vienna, and is also fluent in German. They look forward to their third semester in Vienna with BYU students.
270K JSB
(801) 422-2370
rpm@byu.edu
SCHEDULE AND TIME COMMITMENT
This program is 89 days long. Students who wish to stay in Europe longer than 90 days must obtain a Schengen visa on their own.
Parents, friends, and others are only allowed to visit students before or after the official program time period.
Students should not plan to arrive after 14 September or depart before 11 December; they must stay the entire duration of the program.
INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT
International Study Programs
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
kennedy.byu.edu/isp
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
ISP reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost estimates due to conditions beyond its control.