Berlin

DATES

Winter 2020: 18-19 January – 11-15 April
Sp/Su 2020: 16-17 May – 8-12 August
Fall 2020: 12-13 Sept. – 5-9 December

HOUSING

Students will live in an apartment and are responsible for providing their own meals. Accommodations include a refrigerator, dishwasher, and cooking and laundry facilities.

COURSES

Students are required to enroll in a minimum of twelve credits during a semester and should register for the following classes:

GERM 311R Advanced Conversation (5 variable credit hours)
GERM 399R Academic Internship (3 credit hours)
IAS 380R Proofs of Cultural Immersion (3 credit hours)
IAS 399R Academic Internship: International (7 variable credit hours)

If students are not a German major or minor, they are encouraged to earn additional credit from their major and minor areas.

Participants may not take any other courses on this program, including BYU Online courses, without approval by the program director and ISP.

COST

$5,200–5,700: winter, spring-summer, or fall semester
Includes: BYU Latter-day Saint undergraduate full-time tuition, housing, internship placement, international health insurance coverage

Accompanying spouses: $2,900-3,400: winter, spring-summer, or fall semester
Includes: BYU Latter-day Saint undergraduate 3 credits of tuition, housing, internship placement, international health insurance coverage

Not included: international airfare, meals, personal expenses, passport

PREPARATION

Students do not necessarily need prior experience in the German language to do an internship in Berlin.

Students are required to participate in the prep course, IAS 369R, during the second block of fall semester for the winter program, and during the second block of winter semester for the spring, spring-summer, and fall programs.

Accompanying spouses need to be credit-bearing participants on the program.
Spouses will also need to apply online and take the preparation course.

FUNDING SOURCES

Regular BYU tuition scholarships and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to international programs. Pell Grants may be applied to fall, winter, and sp/su semesters.
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.

Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants. Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/student/scholarships).
Students majoring in the Humanities who complete the preparation course and register for 3 hours of GERM 399R qualify for a College of Humanities program discount that ranges from $1500-2500, depending on one’s FAFSA score. Students minoring in the Humanities who fulfill the aforementioned requirements receive half support. Contact Dr. Brown for details.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply.
The application requires a $35 fee.
Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program.

Deadlines

Winter: 18 October 2019
Sp/Su, Fall: 1 February 2020

FACULTY

Tony Brown, Professor of Russian, directs the internship program.
3093 JFSB
(801) 422-7012
tony_brown@byu.edu

SCHEDULE AND TIME COMMITMENT

Students may remain in the Schengen Treaty Zone (most of Western Europe) for up to ninety days without a visa.

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.