Study Abroad in Austria and Germany:
Culture and Psychology

June - July, 2008

Spend 10 days in Europe
Visit historical and cultural sites
Come and see where psychology started
Learn about its latest developments at famous Max Planck Institutes and Universities
Meet psychology students and world-renowned scientists

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This Study Abroad Program focuses on Culture and Psychology in Austria and Germany. A group of about 16 students will travel to four cities and visit locations that detail the origins of Psychology, institutes that are most famous and well-acclaimed in modern Psychology, and historical sites of world cultural importance. Most importantly, there will be many opportunities provided to interact with students and professors in the two countries.

Students earn three credit hours for the course “Culture and Psychology” which count toward satisfying the UNF requirement for a major elective in Psychology. Students must be at least 18 years old and possess a valid passport.
Map of Austria Map of Germany

ITINERARY

We will fly from Jacksonville to Vienna, Austria. On our trip through Europe, we will travel by bus and sleep in hotels. Vienna is the capital of Austria and as the former center of the Austro-Hungarian empire, it has been a bridge between Eastern and Western Europe. In Vienna, we will visit the Freud museum, the place where the founder of Psychoanalysis lived and worked. We will also see the Hundertwasser-House, which is one of the most original architectures worldwide. Part of the program is a meeting with students and faculty at the Universität Wien.

After 4 days in Austria, we will drive to Munich, Germany. On the way there, we will stop in Salzburg, Austria the town where Mozart lived most of his life and where the real story of the movie, the Sound of Music, took place. On the next day, we are scheduled to visit the world’s most famous castle, Neuschwanstein, which was built by the ‘crazy’ king Ludwig II of Bavaria. Neuschwanstein served as inspiration for the sleeping beauty Disney world castle.

While in Germany, we will visit the Dachau concentration camp built by the Nazis under Hitler. This is a place of horror.

Then we drive to Bamberg, Germany which is a world cultural heritage site as declared by the UNESCO. Bamberg is also known as the Rome of Frankonia, since it has many churches and is built on seven hills.

Most visitors of Neuschwanstein and Bamberg describe the sites as from fairytales. We will meet students and faculty members of the Psychology department of the Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg founded in 1647. After Bamberg, we will drive to Leipzig, which is located in former Eastern Germany. This is the town where the first psychology laboratory was built in 1879 by Wilhelm Wundt. In Leipzig, we will visit two of the worlds’ most renowned research institutions of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology. We will get a guided tour through the zoo to see extraordinary primate research. This is our last stop and we will then fly back to Jacksonville.

THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Students register for the Summer term for SOP 3742 “Culture and Psychology”. Tuition is paid through normal procedures. Cost of the tuition is not included in the price of the program. Credit-earning students are given registration priority. All others must register under a Special Student status.

Culture and Psychology, taught by the UNF faculty leader, examines the historical and cultural roots of psychology in Europe and the influence of culture on peoples’ thinking and behavior. Through project-based and experiential learning students will develop tolerance and gain respect for cultural diversity. The first part of this course will be taught at UNF, and introduce essential concepts in the field of Cross-cultural and Cultural Psychology. The second part will be the visit of historical and cultural sites in Europe with many opportunities to meet people. Students will experience cultural similarities and differences in the various locations and meetings.

COSTS

	Coverage	Amount
Student Payment	Airfare, hotel overnights, local transportations by bus, breakfasts, emergency assistance insurance, overseas health insurance, entrance fees to sites visited	about $3,700
Scholarship Award	Transformational Learning Opportunity Grant (Güss & Tuason)	about $1,000
Estimated Personal Costs	Lunch and dinners; and personal purchases; could be more or less depending upon one’s own spending habits	about $500
Total Cost		about $3,200

Total estimated cost (minus UNF tuition) is therefore $3,200. The price of the program may rise due to outside factors.
NOTE: UNF tuition must be paid separately when registering for the Summer term.
Deadlines: (some deadlines and amounts may change, contact the faculty advisor)
* Application and deposit: Jan 14, 2008 ($1,000)
* Second payment: Feb 4, 2008 ($1,000)
* Final payment: Feb 25, 2008 ($700)
All participants must attend at least two orientation meetings - time/date/place TBA.
For an application and for further information, contact the course faculty leader: