The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg – May Term

Students can spend springtime (mid-May to mid-June) studying in the heart of Western Europe during the May Term.

PLEASE NOTE:  For the Luxembourg Program please do NOT use the forms (e.g. medical) on this website.  The Luxembourg Program will send you different forms to fill out after you applied to the program.

THE MAY TERM PROGRAM

Each May Term, students can choose one of three courses offered by Holy Cross and Clark University professors. Each course features class time as well as field trips to regional sites, and to, depending on the course, nearby countries like Belgium, France, Germany, and/or The Netherlands. Whenever possible, an added dimension will be provided by guest lecturers from the European community. Each course carries one full unit of course credit, is taught in English, has no prerequisites, and can be used to satisfy a common area designation. All courses are open to first year students.

For more information, please visit Clark University's May Term website which will be fully updated by mid-September.

THE LURE OF LUXEMBOURG

Surrounded by France, Germany and Belgium, Luxembourg is located at the crossroads of European cultures and thereby uniquely situated to give students and scholars a varied and stimulating European experience. Mondorf-les-Bains’ own location in centrally located Luxembourg emphasizes this geographical advantage and the international character of the country: the border with France runs through part of the city. Students interested in languages will have an opportunity to practice French and German in their native settings.

GENERAL INFORMATION

2012 Luxembourg Session:

The May Term in The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will run from 21 May to 15 June, 2012.

Admission, Course Credit:
The program is open to all Clark and Holy Cross students whose studies have not been completed prior to the beginning of the May Term. The selection criteria for admission include: academic performance (transcript required), reasons for participation, and relevance of the course to the student's academic career. Enrolled Holy Cross students will receive normal day college credit (one full unit). Interested students can download and print application forms from the Clark Luxembourg program site or contact the History Department at Holy Cross (see below for contact information).

Tuition Costs and Financial Aid:
The program fee for students from Clark University and The College of the Holy Cross is $5,600.  Since only students from Clark and Holy Cross can be subsidized by Clark through the The Henry J. Leir Charitable Foundations, the fee for students from other schools is $7,100. The fee includes tuition for one course, roundtrip transportation between Boston and Luxembourg, accommodations, 14 set meals per full week, and all field trips associated with a course. Students may undertake optional travel and cultural events during their own personal time and at their own risk and expense. Financial aid is available to academically qualified students on the basis of need.

Courses to choose from in 2012 are:

Nutrition, Health, Aging & Life Styles in the U.S. and Europe (Biology 171) will be taught by Professor Thomas Leonard. This course will contrast European and American nutrition (including lifestyles and eating habits) with regards to nutrition's impact on health, aging, and disease. While the major focus will be the basic components of nutrition and their importance, diffused throughout the lectures will also be some elementary discussion of underlying genetic factors. File trips to nearby retirement homes will be included where elderly men and women will be interviewed. Trips to various marketplaces are also planned. 

This course is approved for the Gerontology Studies Program and the Natural Science requirement.

Beyond Armageddon: From Enmity to Amity in Europe (History 006) will be taught by Professor William Green. The course concentrates on the international history of Europe, commencing with the unparalleled disaster of the Great War, 1914 - 1918, and the ensuing, even more costly Second World War, 1939 - 1945. Paramount attention will be given to the conduct of warfare in the territories of Northern France, Western Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg (scene of the Battle of the Bulge). The class will visit sites of warfare undertaken in this region, some of them commemorative, some grisly, all of them important, including Verdun, the Maginot Line, and several military cemeteries - French, German, and American. The post war reconstruction of Europe, the onset and development of the Cold War, and the process of reconciliation among former wartime enemies, particularly France and Germany, will be treated. Consideration will be given to the creation of the European Community and its remarkable expansion at the end of the 20^th century. A visit will be made to Strasbourg, home of the European Parliament, crossroads of French and German culture, and principal city of Alsace.

This course is approved as a European history course for the History major.

Cultural Psychology of Urban Living (Psychology 157) will be taught by Professor Jaan Valsiner. Its focus is to provide students with skills of observational research and semiotic analyses of encounters with people in public settings - streets, parks, functional activity centers, etc. Research tasks will be set up for students in four cultural contexts - German, French, Flemish, and Luxemburgish (based on field trips). The general topic in 2012 is Interacting with Foreigners in Europe: How Language Establishes Relationships. Students will be immersed in the foreign language contexts with tasks of asking for directions and information from local inhabitants. No knowledge of a foreign language is required. During the Luxembourg stay in May Term, the students will carry out their individual observational studies of public conduct in culturally structured activity settings and will write a research paper based on their work.

This course is approved for the elective requirement for the Psychology major.

Deadline for applications to The May Term 2012 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is

Thursday, January 26, 2012.

For further information, contact Yolanda Youtsey, History Department, O'Kane 383, 508.793.2465; yyoutsey@holycross.edu

Information Meeting on Tuesday, OCTOBER 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm in Hogan Center, Rm. #519

For dates of additional informational meetings conducted by previous May Term 2011 students, please e-mail Ugertz@clarku.edu

To speak with students who participated in The May Term 2011 program, please contact:  Brendan Baldwin, Alison Bruno, Alison Bujold, Katelyn Candee, Thomas Cassavant, James Cavanagh, Daniel DeConinck, Janelle DiMartino, Daniella Donati, Rosemary Henry, Uygen Ho, Kathryn Holland, Patrick Horan, Natalya Krykova, Rebecca Larrabee, Daniel Loftus, Stephen Madsen, Johanna Mawson, Rachel Ravelo, Matthew Rogers, Stefanie Schefter, Garrison Schmitt, Joseph Tutino, and/or Elizabeth Watters

LLP-CU reserves the right to amend and/or terminate any of its programs/program elements at any time without further notice.