2. Making Sense of the GLS ExperienceThe Four-Year Journey Take two lefts, three rights, another left , four rights, two lefts, three rights, and you can’t miss it.
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4. How We Feel When We Realize It’s a Bit More Complicated
6. Looking Back: The Freshman Year Completed Coursework SF I-III; CF I-III; W I-II; Language, Science, Global Cultures Completed Transition(s) New York as Culture Center Tools for transition to freshmen year; reuse… Mentors/Advisors Colleagues/Friends
7. What’s Happening Now: The Sophomore Year Bridge Between the Foundations of Freshman Year and Independent Research Coursework CF/SF III; Sophomore Seminars; Language; remaining science Assessing the Ground: Subject Areas of Interest; Potential Minors GLS Monthly Meetings Co-curricular Activities
10. Looking Ahead: The Junior Year Junior Year Sites Berlin Buenos Aires Florence Madrid Paris Shanghai Tel Aviv Students spend the full year at each site to immerse themselves in local language and culture.
12. Tip One: Know Where You’re Going Familiarize Yourself with Your Destination and Junior Year Home Know What’s Going on Now: Read the News Know What’s There: Buy a Guidebook; check out online sites; get a map and post it on your wall Know What’s Happened there: Acquaint Yourself with the site’s history Look for an email with a site cheat-sheet with site-specific readings, films, and web-resources
13. Tip Two: Visit the “Embassy”: Cultural Centers at NYU NYU has cultural centers for each of the sites: La MaisonFrancaise DeutschesHaus China House Casa Italiana CLACS King Juan Carlos of Spain (for both BA and Madrid) Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies Get on their mailing list; start attending cultural events
14. Tip Three: Get Acquainted with the Locals and the Language Speaking Freely City-wide language meet-ups with native speakers and committed practitioners Cultural Exchanges: Request to meet NYU International Students from your site for language and cultural exchange
15. Pre-Departure Meetings October 2011: Spring Registration Advising November 2011: Site Rep Meetings (Week of Nov. 15) February 2012: Spring GLS meetings recommence Experiential Learning Culture Shock and Pre-departure Senior Thesis and Independent Research April 2012: Register for Fall 2011 Classes at Your Site Also, pre-departure orientations for your junior year home
17. Highlights of Your Itinerary Senior Thesis: Independent Research Upper-level Language Level Year-long global study and cultural immersion Experiential Learning: an improvement on and refinement of the traditional “internship” concept Global Networking: Peer-to-peer with classmates, mentors, advisors Interdisciplinary curriculum that exposes to you a wide variety of subject areas for research, as well as academic and professional study
18. Experiential Learning: Framing Your Immersion Abroad Language: Higher-level=more opportunity for immersion and options Variation among the Sites: Cross-listing, shared goals, and cohort List of Experiential Learning Placements: Projected for Spring Semester Meetings
