Jointly-Sponsored Study Abroad Programs
The Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF) has established several jointly-sponsored programs with various universities and organizations. These programs have specialized curricula designed to meet the specific needs of the partner institution. While most of these programs involve instruction in Arabic, they also include other cultural and academic components not normally encompassed by ALIF’s regular programs. Details on each of ALIF’s current jointly-sponsored programs are listed below.
ALIF/University of Florida Summer Study Abroad
This is a six-week summer intensive course in Modern Standard Arabic. It is open to beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students, all of whom receive university credit from the University of Florida-Gainesville. (Students not currently enrolled at the University of Florida are welcome to apply to the program.)
For an application and more information contact:
Lauren Strange
Advisor, Study Abroad Services
University of Florida International Center
1765 Stadium Rd. Suite 170 Hub | PO Box 113225 | Gainesville, FL 32611
phone: (352) 273-1508 fax: (352) 392-5575
e-mail: lstrange@ufic.ufl.edu
Website: www.abroad.ufic.edu
ALIF/ Dartmouth College Foreign Study Program
This is a twelve-week program with a minimum of eight students. All students are enrolled in three courses: 1. "Arabic as a Cultural System" (Colloquial Moroccan Arabic); 2. A course on the city of Fez, "Discovering an Islamic City" , taught by an ALIF professor; and 3. A course taught by a visiting Dartmouth professor. This last course varies every year, depending on the specialization of the visiting professor: "Religion, Reason, and Reform in Morocco", "History, Politics and the Moroccan Novel", and "The Islam of Morocco", for example. Students receive university credit from Dartmouth College. Dartmouth Coordinator: Dr. Dale F. Eickelman, Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations, Dartmouth College.
For an application and more information contact:
Off-Campus Programs Office
Dartmouth College
44 North College St., Ste 6102
Hanover, NH 03755-3526
Fax: (606) 646-3838
e-mail: off.campus.programs@dartmouth.edu
Website: www.dartmouth.edu/~ocp
ALIF/ University of Leeds Year Abroad Program
This is an entire academic year of intensive Arabic for twelve undergraduate students from the University of Leeds, England. All students have completed one year of Modern Standard Arabic. Students study both Colloquial Moroccan Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic. They also have course components on translation, media, etc., and complete an extensive research paper in Arabic under the supervision of their ALIF supervisor. All students receive one year of university credit. (Students not currently enrolled at Leeds University may apply to the program).
For more information please contact:
Dr. Mustapha Lahlali, Dr. Radia Kasseirri
Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT, England
Telephone: + 44 ( 0) 113 343 3416; Fax: + 44 ( 0) 113 343 3426
E-mail: T.wragg@leeds.ac.uk
ALIF/Virginia Military Institute Summer Abroad Program
Earn up to nine credit hours in Arabic or French, and the "History and Culture of Morocco". Although subject to change, excursions traditionally include visits to the Imperial City of Meknes, Roman ruins at Volubilis, the holy city of Moulay Idriss, museums in Meknes and Fez, Islamic "Medersas", mountain Berber villages of Ifrane, Azrou, and Sefrou, as well as the Sahara desert at Merzouga.
For more information please contact:
Mjr. Cindy Irby
International Programs Coordinator
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Telephone: (540) 464-7350; Fax: (540) 464-7768
E-mail: oip@vmi.edu
Website: www.vmi.edu
ALIF/University of Minnesota Program
This is a year-round twelve-week program during the year and 6-9-week program in the summer, offering 13 to 16 credit hours. Arabic Language and Culture in Morocco covers a range of topics, including Arabic language, Islam and Women's Studies. Students will participate in a one-week orientation, homestay with Moroccan families, and selected cultural events and excursions.
For more information please contact:
Lindsey Lahr
Learning Abroad Center
University of Minnesota
230 Heller Hall
271 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0430
Phone: 612-626-9000
Toll-Free: 888-700-UOFM (8636)
Fax: 612-626-8009
Email: Umabroad@umn.edu
Website: www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/africa/morocco
ALIF/Fulbright Language and Culture Studies Program, ALCSP
This program is offered to all incoming American Fulbright scholars. Before beginning their year of research in Morocco, fellows spend five weeks studying Colloquial Moroccan Arabic and attending lectures on various aspects of Moroccan culture.
If you have been selected as a Fulbright fellow in Morocco,
for more information please contact:
Dr. James Miller
Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange
7 Rue Agadir, Rabat, Morocco
Tel: (212/537) 76 41 09 or 76 04 68; Fax: (212/537) 76 88 52
Email: j.miller@macece.ma
website: www.macece.org
ALIF/Wake Forest University Program
This six-week summer program concentrates on Arabic language study and an area studies course. Students receive 3 hours of Wake Forest credit for the area studies course and 6 hours of transfer credit for the intensive language course. Non-Wake Forest students who are applying for this program are encouraged to contact the Center for International Studies regarding how the courses are transcripted.
For more information, please contact:
Prof. Darlene May, Arabic Studies Department
Phone: (336) 758 5908
E-mail: maydr@wfu.edu
Website: http://studyabroad.wfu.edu
ALIF/DePaul University Summer Program
This six-week summer program offers an intensive language program for students interested in learning Arabic at the cultural and geographical connection point between two continents. Students partake in intensive language study in the centuries-old city of Fez, Morocco. The program begins with some pre-trip course meetings during Spring Quarter for a course on Moroccan society and culture taught by a DePaul faculty member.
For more information, please contact:
DePaul University Study Abroad Program
990 W. Fullerton
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: 773-325-7450
Fax: 773-325-7452
Email: abroad@depaul.edu
Website: http://studioabroad.is.depaul.edu
ALIF/St. Olaf College Program
This program, Term in the Middle East, is based in Turkey, Morocco, and Egypt, providing students with opportunities to experience the rich cultural achievements of the Turkish, Arab, Christian, and Muslim peoples. In Fez students study Colloquial Moroccan Arabic, and take two content courses, Social Change in Moroccan Society and another taught by the visiting St. Olaf professor.
St. Olaf offers a second month-long course in January, French Language and Moroccan Culture in Fes. Students participate in an immersion experience that includes home stays with local, French-speaking families. The course focuses on Moroccan culture yesterday and today, emphasizing the multicultural aspects of Morocco.
For more information, please contact:
Kathy Tuma
Associate Director
International & Off-Campus Studies
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Av
Northfield MN 55057-1098
Tel: 507-786-3228; Fax: 507-786-3789
Email: tuma@stolaf.edu
For more information about the French Language and Moroccan Culture program, please contact:
Patricia Van Wylen
Telephone: 507-786-3747; Fax: 507-786-3789
Email: vanwylep@stolaf.edu
ALIF/AHA International Program
This six-week summer program offers an intensive language program for students interested in learning Arabic in an exciting and natural setting. They are able to examine Moroccan culture through a focus on language and interpersonal interaction by living with a Moroccan family and studying modern Arabic language with local Moroccan professors, in addition to taking a course offered in English by a faculty member from a U.S. university.
For more information, please contact:
AHA International
1585 E. 13th Ave #333, Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: 541-346-5888 or 1-800-654-2051
Fax: 541-346-9100
www.ahastudyabroad.org
ALIF/University of Iowa Summer Program
This is a six/nine-week summer intensive course in Modern Standard Arabic. It is open to beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students, all of whom receive university credit. This program is run through the University of Minnesota, and participating students get university credit for Arabic language instruction and a Moroccan Language and Culture course.
For more information, please contact:
Learning Abroad Center
University of Minnesota
230 Heller Hall
271 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0430
Phone: 612-626-9000; Toll-Free: 888-700-UOFM (8636)
Fax: 612-626-8009
Email: Umabroad@umn.edu
ALIF/ The Darla Moore School of Business Program
This is a 12-week program where students can complete coursework, a minor, or a major in Modern Standard Arabic as part of an International MBA in business.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Shealy
Director, Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER)
Regional Director - Africa, Middle East & Italy
Office of International Activities
The Darla Moore School of Business
University of South Carolina
1705 College Street, Columbia, SC 29208
Email: shealy@moore.sc.edu
ALIF/ North Georgia University and State Program
This six-week summer program offers an intensive language program for students interested in learning Arabic and Moroccan culture. It is open to beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students, all of whom receive university credit from the University of North Georgia. The program consists of Modern Standard Arabic instruction and some lectures related to Moroccan culture and society. Some trips and other cultural activities are also included in the program.
For more information, please contact:
Daniela Martinez Kahn
Coordinator, Project GO, Flagship, and Language Training Center
University of North Georgia
321 Barnes Hall, Dahlonega, GA 30597
Telephone: 706-867-2464
Find us on Facebook: Project GO & Flagship
Email: daniela.martinez@ung.edu
ALIF/ University of Mississippi Program
This is a nine-week intensive language program. Stay in the cultural capital of Morocco, Fez, as you study intensive Modern Standard Arabic at ALIF. You’ll have interaction with locals while staying in a home stay with Moroccan families and navigating the language and culture of Morocco. Excursions to Volubilis and Meknes, plus a 3-day trip to the desert, are included.
For more information, please contact:
Blair McElroy
Assistant Director
The University of Mississippi
Study Abroad Office
P.O. Box 187
318 Martindale
University, MS 38677
Phone: 662-915-1508; Fax: 662-915-6798
Email: blair@olemiss.edu
ALIF/Duke University Summer Program
This program, called Duke in the Arab World, consists of six weeks of Arabic instruction and a numbers of cultural events.
For more information, please contact:
Ellen McLarney
Hurford Family Fellow
National Humanities Center
Assistant Professor
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Duke University, Box 90414
Durham, NC 27708
Email: ellenmc@duke.edu
Website: http://globaled.duke.edu/Programs/Summer/Duke_in_the_Arab_World
ALIF/University of Southern Denmark-Odense
This is a year-long program from September to May. Students take 3 six-week intensive Modern Standard Arabic courses and 3 tailored content courses taught in Arabic. Participating students can take part in ALIF’s cultural events and excursions.
For more information, please contact:
Hjørdis Albrektsen
Special Consultant, Department of Business Economics and Foreign Languages/Faculty of Humanities, University of Southern Denmark
Telephone: +45 6550 3273
Email: hal@sdu.dk
Address: Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
ALIF/Bloomsburg University Summer Program
Bloomsburg University students earn up to 9 credits studying Modern Standard Arabic for six weeks in Morocco at ALIF. The program is intensive and open to students at all levels. Students immerse themselves in Moroccan culture and are welcome to participate in a variety of activities that ALIF organizes.
For more information please contact:
Yahya Laayouni
Assistant Professor
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
400 E 2nd St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Telephone: 570-389-4071
Email: ylaayoun@bloomu.edu
Website: www.bloomu.edu
ALIF/University of Florida Summer Study Abroad
This is a six-week summer intensive course in Modern Standard Arabic. It is open to beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students, all of whom receive university credit from the University of Florida-Gainesville. (Students not currently enrolled at the University of Florida are welcome to apply to the program.)
For an application and more information contact:
Lauren Strange
Advisor, Study Abroad Services
University of Florida International Center
1765 Stadium Rd. Suite 170 Hub | PO Box 113225 | Gainesville, FL 32611
phone: (352) 273-1508 fax: (352) 392-5575
e-mail: lstrange@ufic.ufl.edu
Website: www.abroad.ufic.edu
ALIF/ Dartmouth College Foreign Study Program
This is a twelve-week program with a minimum of eight students. All students are enrolled in three courses: 1. "Arabic as a Cultural System" (Colloquial Moroccan Arabic); 2. A course on the city of Fez, "Discovering an Islamic City" , taught by an ALIF professor; and 3. A course taught by a visiting Dartmouth professor. This last course varies every year, depending on the specialization of the visiting professor: "Religion, Reason, and Reform in Morocco", "History, Politics and the Moroccan Novel", and "The Islam of Morocco", for example. Students receive university credit from Dartmouth College. Dartmouth Coordinator: Dr. Dale F. Eickelman, Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations, Dartmouth College.
For an application and more information contact:
Off-Campus Programs Office
Dartmouth College
44 North College St., Ste 6102
Hanover, NH 03755-3526
Fax: (606) 646-3838
e-mail: off.campus.programs@dartmouth.edu
Website: www.dartmouth.edu/~ocp
ALIF/ University of Leeds Year Abroad Program
This is an entire academic year of intensive Arabic for twelve undergraduate students from the University of Leeds, England. All students have completed one year of Modern Standard Arabic. Students study both Colloquial Moroccan Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic. They also have course components on translation, media, etc., and complete an extensive research paper in Arabic under the supervision of their ALIF supervisor. All students receive one year of university credit. (Students not currently enrolled at Leeds University may apply to the program).
For more information please contact:
Dr. Mustapha Lahlali, Dr. Radia Kasseirri
Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT, England
Telephone: + 44 ( 0) 113 343 3416; Fax: + 44 ( 0) 113 343 3426
E-mail: T.wragg@leeds.ac.uk
ALIF/Virginia Military Institute Summer Abroad Program
Earn up to nine credit hours in Arabic or French, and the "History and Culture of Morocco". Although subject to change, excursions traditionally include visits to the Imperial City of Meknes, Roman ruins at Volubilis, the holy city of Moulay Idriss, museums in Meknes and Fez, Islamic "Medersas", mountain Berber villages of Ifrane, Azrou, and Sefrou, as well as the Sahara desert at Merzouga.
For more information please contact:
Mjr. Cindy Irby
International Programs Coordinator
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Telephone: (540) 464-7350; Fax: (540) 464-7768
E-mail: oip@vmi.edu
Website: www.vmi.edu
ALIF/University of Minnesota Program
This is a year-round twelve-week program during the year and 6-9-week program in the summer, offering 13 to 16 credit hours. Arabic Language and Culture in Morocco covers a range of topics, including Arabic language, Islam and Women's Studies. Students will participate in a one-week orientation, homestay with Moroccan families, and selected cultural events and excursions.
For more information please contact:
Lindsey Lahr
Learning Abroad Center
University of Minnesota
230 Heller Hall
271 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0430
Phone: 612-626-9000
Toll-Free: 888-700-UOFM (8636)
Fax: 612-626-8009
Email: Umabroad@umn.edu
Website: www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/africa/morocco
ALIF/Fulbright Language and Culture Studies Program, ALCSP
This program is offered to all incoming American Fulbright scholars. Before beginning their year of research in Morocco, fellows spend five weeks studying Colloquial Moroccan Arabic and attending lectures on various aspects of Moroccan culture.
If you have been selected as a Fulbright fellow in Morocco,
for more information please contact:
Dr. James Miller
Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange
7 Rue Agadir, Rabat, Morocco
Tel: (212/537) 76 41 09 or 76 04 68; Fax: (212/537) 76 88 52
Email: j.miller@macece.ma
website: www.macece.org
ALIF/Wake Forest University Program
This six-week summer program concentrates on Arabic language study and an area studies course. Students receive 3 hours of Wake Forest credit for the area studies course and 6 hours of transfer credit for the intensive language course. Non-Wake Forest students who are applying for this program are encouraged to contact the Center for International Studies regarding how the courses are transcripted.
For more information, please contact:
Prof. Darlene May, Arabic Studies Department
Phone: (336) 758 5908
E-mail: maydr@wfu.edu
Website: http://studyabroad.wfu.edu
ALIF/DePaul University Summer Program
This six-week summer program offers an intensive language program for students interested in learning Arabic at the cultural and geographical connection point between two continents. Students partake in intensive language study in the centuries-old city of Fez, Morocco. The program begins with some pre-trip course meetings during Spring Quarter for a course on Moroccan society and culture taught by a DePaul faculty member.
For more information, please contact:
DePaul University Study Abroad Program
990 W. Fullerton
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: 773-325-7450
Fax: 773-325-7452
Email: abroad@depaul.edu
Website: http://studioabroad.is.depaul.edu
ALIF/St. Olaf College Program
This program, Term in the Middle East, is based in Turkey, Morocco, and Egypt, providing students with opportunities to experience the rich cultural achievements of the Turkish, Arab, Christian, and Muslim peoples. In Fez students study Colloquial Moroccan Arabic, and take two content courses, Social Change in Moroccan Society and another taught by the visiting St. Olaf professor.
St. Olaf offers a second month-long course in January, French Language and Moroccan Culture in Fes. Students participate in an immersion experience that includes home stays with local, French-speaking families. The course focuses on Moroccan culture yesterday and today, emphasizing the multicultural aspects of Morocco.
For more information, please contact:
Kathy Tuma
Associate Director
International & Off-Campus Studies
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Av
Northfield MN 55057-1098
Tel: 507-786-3228; Fax: 507-786-3789
Email: tuma@stolaf.edu
For more information about the French Language and Moroccan Culture program, please contact:
Patricia Van Wylen
Telephone: 507-786-3747; Fax: 507-786-3789
Email: vanwylep@stolaf.edu
ALIF/AHA International Program
This six-week summer program offers an intensive language program for students interested in learning Arabic in an exciting and natural setting. They are able to examine Moroccan culture through a focus on language and interpersonal interaction by living with a Moroccan family and studying modern Arabic language with local Moroccan professors, in addition to taking a course offered in English by a faculty member from a U.S. university.
For more information, please contact:
AHA International
1585 E. 13th Ave #333, Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: 541-346-5888 or 1-800-654-2051
Fax: 541-346-9100
www.ahastudyabroad.org
ALIF/University of Iowa Summer Program
This is a six/nine-week summer intensive course in Modern Standard Arabic. It is open to beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students, all of whom receive university credit. This program is run through the University of Minnesota, and participating students get university credit for Arabic language instruction and a Moroccan Language and Culture course.
For more information, please contact:
Learning Abroad Center
University of Minnesota
230 Heller Hall
271 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0430
Phone: 612-626-9000; Toll-Free: 888-700-UOFM (8636)
Fax: 612-626-8009
Email: Umabroad@umn.edu
ALIF/ The Darla Moore School of Business Program
This is a 12-week program where students can complete coursework, a minor, or a major in Modern Standard Arabic as part of an International MBA in business.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Shealy
Director, Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER)
Regional Director - Africa, Middle East & Italy
Office of International Activities
The Darla Moore School of Business
University of South Carolina
1705 College Street, Columbia, SC 29208
Email: shealy@moore.sc.edu
ALIF/ North Georgia University and State Program
This six-week summer program offers an intensive language program for students interested in learning Arabic and Moroccan culture. It is open to beginning, intermediate, and advanced Arabic students, all of whom receive university credit from the University of North Georgia. The program consists of Modern Standard Arabic instruction and some lectures related to Moroccan culture and society. Some trips and other cultural activities are also included in the program.
For more information, please contact:
Daniela Martinez Kahn
Coordinator, Project GO, Flagship, and Language Training Center
University of North Georgia
321 Barnes Hall, Dahlonega, GA 30597
Telephone: 706-867-2464
Find us on Facebook: Project GO & Flagship
Email: daniela.martinez@ung.edu
ALIF/ University of Mississippi Program
This is a nine-week intensive language program. Stay in the cultural capital of Morocco, Fez, as you study intensive Modern Standard Arabic at ALIF. You’ll have interaction with locals while staying in a home stay with Moroccan families and navigating the language and culture of Morocco. Excursions to Volubilis and Meknes, plus a 3-day trip to the desert, are included.
For more information, please contact:
Blair McElroy
Assistant Director
The University of Mississippi
Study Abroad Office
P.O. Box 187
318 Martindale
University, MS 38677
Phone: 662-915-1508; Fax: 662-915-6798
Email: blair@olemiss.edu
ALIF/Duke University Summer Program
This program, called Duke in the Arab World, consists of six weeks of Arabic instruction and a numbers of cultural events.
For more information, please contact:
Ellen McLarney
Hurford Family Fellow
National Humanities Center
Assistant Professor
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Duke University, Box 90414
Durham, NC 27708
Email: ellenmc@duke.edu
Website: http://globaled.duke.edu/Programs/Summer/Duke_in_the_Arab_World
ALIF/University of Southern Denmark-Odense
This is a year-long program from September to May. Students take 3 six-week intensive Modern Standard Arabic courses and 3 tailored content courses taught in Arabic. Participating students can take part in ALIF’s cultural events and excursions.
For more information, please contact:
Hjørdis Albrektsen
Special Consultant, Department of Business Economics and Foreign Languages/Faculty of Humanities, University of Southern Denmark
Telephone: +45 6550 3273
Email: hal@sdu.dk
Address: Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
ALIF/Bloomsburg University Summer Program
Bloomsburg University students earn up to 9 credits studying Modern Standard Arabic for six weeks in Morocco at ALIF. The program is intensive and open to students at all levels. Students immerse themselves in Moroccan culture and are welcome to participate in a variety of activities that ALIF organizes.
For more information please contact:
Yahya Laayouni
Assistant Professor
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
400 E 2nd St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Telephone: 570-389-4071
Email: ylaayoun@bloomu.edu
Website: www.bloomu.edu
