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Programs in Europe
Off-Campus Study Programs in Europe

Denmark
England
England and Italy
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Russia
Scotland

Denmark: Danish Institute for Study Abroad (A DIS Program)
DIS is a selective Danish educational institution offering high-quality study abroad programs taught in English, and located in Copenhagen. DIS meets the expectations of students who want to study abroad in order to enhance their majors, broaden their intellectual and cultural horizon, and achieve intercultural competencies for the global world including skills for the international job market. It offers a broad range of curriculum with coursework in the humanities, social sciences, and cutting edge work in the natural and personal interests. Students wishing to participate in the DIS program need only complete the Knox Application for Approval to Study-Off campus.  

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DIS Website

Robert Seibert, Program adviser

England: London Semester (IES Program)
The London Program offers three options: International Relations, Humanities and International Business. The International Relations Program concentrates on the economic life and public policy in the new industrial society of Western Europe from the British point of view. The Humanities Program concentrates on British history, British painting, British architecture and British literature. The International Business Program issues related to the EC, European business law, international marketing and international finance.

All students must take two courses in one of the programs and a tutorial related to their major field of study. To earn full credit, students may select additional courses from any of these three programs or an internship. The London program also offers a special program whereby qualified students are able to take one of their courses at a University of London college.

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Richard Stout
, Program adviser

England and Italy: London and Florence: Arts in Context (ACM Program)
The London and Florence Program compares the artistic achievements of two historically prominent cities. Participants study the historical and political context of art, architecture, literature and theatre as well as Italian language. Visits to museums, galleries, theatres, short trips to other areas of England and Italy, and discussions with local scholars supplement this course work. Students spend eight weeks in each city and enjoy a week-long mid-semester break. An optional intensive course in Italian language is offered every January in Florence.

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ACM London Florence Website
Nicholas Regiacorte, Program adviser

Germany: Flensburg University (Reciprocal Exchange Program)
This program provides the opportunity to join in the life at a small German university. Flensburg is a port town on Germany's northern border with Denmark. Its teachers' college has two-thousand students and has university status granted by the state of Schleswig-Holstein. Its new facilities overlook the quaint town, fields and harbor. Its size allows it to provide a highly personalized international student support network, as well as an unusually high level of student interaction with internationally known professors and scholars. Students attend regular classes and live in residence halls with German students.

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Xavier Romano, Program adviser

Germany: Humboldt University, Berlin (IES Program)
The IES Berlin program provides semester and full-year opportunities for rigorous undergraduate study in German language, social sciences, humanities and business. The program, organized in cooperation with Humboldt University, follows an American-style university calendar. Students enroll in a German language course and four area studies courses each semester. Language courses are held on the Humboldt University campus; area studies courses in art history, business, economics, history, literature and politics are held at the IES Center. All courses are taught in German by native German faculty. Students have access to numerous University facilities including libraries and University Mensas (cafeterias).

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Michael Schneider, Program adviser

Germany: Magdeburg University (Reciprocal Exchange Program)
This program gives students an opportunity to study on their own at a major German research university with some of Germany's pre-eminent physics and medical research laboratories. The university also hosts a College of International Management and Business, in which courses are conducted in English and are oriented towards the economic opportunities in Eastern Europe.

Magdeburg is the capital of Sachsen-Anhalt, formerly in the German Democratic Republic, and therefore offers daily, practical exposure to the myriad economic, social, cultural and political changes in Germany since reunification.

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Xavier Romano, Program adviser

Greece: College Year in Athens
Although the primary focus of the Athens Program is on classical Greek studies, attention is given to Byzantine and contemporary Greece as well. Courses are offered in history, literature, art and archaeology, philosophy, and classical and modern Greek. In addition to coursework in Athens, the program offers field trips to other parts of Greece. In special cases, students may participate in only the first or only the second semester of the program.

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Stephen Fineberg, Program adviser

Hungary: Budapest Semester in Mathematics
This program may be taken for one semester (either fall or spring) or for an entire year. Students typically take three courses in mathematics and one intercultural course—all taught in English by Hungarian faculty—a semester. Language instruction in Hungarian is available on an optional basis.

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Dennis Schneider, Program adviser

Italy: Florence Semester (ACM Program)
The Florence Program provides an excellent opportunity to study Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture, history, and literature for students interested in art, history, Romance Languages and the humanities. Italian language instruction, a studio art course, and courses providing a broad perspective on Italian contributions to world civilization facilitate the study of Florentine artistic and cultural heritage. Visits to museums and galleries, short field trips to other cities throughout Italy, and discussions with local scholars supplement this course work. Staying with Italian host families enriches participants' awareness of modern Italian life as well as the academic study of Italian Renaissance culture.

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ACM Florence Program Web site
Stephen Fineberg, Program adviser

Italy: Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome
This is an intensive program designed for classics majors. All participants are required to take a two-credit course called "The Ancient City"—an in-depth study of Roman history and archaeology including frequent field trips. In addition, students take two or three courses in such fields as intermediate or advanced Latin, intermediate or advanced Greek, or Renaissance art history.

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Brenda Fineberg, Program adviser

Russia: St. Petersburg Cooperative Russian Program (CIEE Program)
This, the oldest and most well-known program for American students in Russia, offers students the opportunity to study in St. Petersburg and live with Russian students in Russian dormitories. Students are selected through examination, including a telephone interview in Russian.

Scotland: Exchange Program with the University of Aberdeen
Located in Aberdeen, a city of 250,000, the University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495 and is one of Scotland's oldest universities. Knox students choose coursework from all of the departments at the University. They are housed in University residential facilities which are often located some distance from campus. 

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Rob Smith, Program adviser