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Hebrew off-campus study opportunities
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While the Dartmouth LSA+ in Jerusalem is temporarily on hold, DAMELL encourages students who have completed one year of Modern Hebrew (or equivalent) to take an off-campus transfer credit program in Hebrew Studies. There are recommended programs at various Israeli universities (in Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel-Aviv and Beer-Sheva), at Oxford University, and in the USA.
NOTE: Transfer credit can not be used in fulfilment of the Dartmouth language requirement.
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We have a special relationship with two overseas programs:
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The Hebrew University language program (Jerusalem)
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Dartmouth students should take a self-adminstered placement test provided at the Hebrew University website. Most Dartmouth students are likely to be placed in Level Bet, or occasionally in Level Gimel.
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The Hebrew University summer language program (Jerusalem) combines two summer sessions to earn three transfer credits in Modern Hebrew language, at whatever level (lower intermediate or above) that the student is placed at:
The first half is for 6 weeks (160 hours) from the end of June to the first week in August and the second half is for 6-7 weeks from the beginning of August until mid-September, finishing a little earlier in time for the start of Dartmouth Fall quarter (about 200 hours).
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The Hebrew University semester language program (Jerusalem) is equivalent to up to 3 Dartmouth credits. Beside the core language courses on six levels, there are elective courses, designed to improve specific language skills, such as composition, conversation, and newspaper reading.
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The Hebrew University WINTER ULPAN is equivalent to 1 Dartmouth credit. This is an intensive Hebrew language course for 140 academic hours, 5-6 hours a day, Sunday through Friday.
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The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies one-term program
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The Oxford program is for one nine week term (Fall, Winter or Spring), to earn three transfer credits. Students will take 50 hrs of Modern Hebrew, 50 hrs of Biblical Hebrew, and one non-language course in Hebrew literature in consultation with DAMELL. Students will live on the Oxford Centre's campus at Yarnton Manor, a delightful village a few miles from Oxford, connected with Oxford by a shuttle bus. They will take their Hebrew language courses at Yarnton and their other course in Oxford at the Oriental Institute. All courses are Oxford University-approved courses. As they will not be be registered for an Oxford University degree, students will receive a transcript with an Oxford Centre grade, namely a grade given by teachers in the University of Oxford. The fee per student as of 04/05 is £5,000 per term, which covers tuition, accommodation, Yarnton facilities and the Oxford shuttle.
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New semester course at Ben Gurion U:
Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice
(combined with Hebrew ulpan)
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This pioneering track of study enables students interested in environmental
studies, development studies, and religious studies to pursue these fields in a
unique socio-economic and socio-political context: the Negev desert of Israel.
The program presents a holistic and comprehensive perspective on the Negev
desert, considering ecological, economic, social, cultural, demographic and
political aspects of this desert region. It also offers an exceptional
opportunity to experience Israel in light of the challenges it faces in
developing the Negev; its largest remaining wilderness. In addition to ulpan and
academic courses, students will participate in workshops, discussion groups,
field trips, volunteering activities, and environmental fieldwork that will
introduce them to the sustainable development challenges of Israel's periphery.
The track offers a unique "hands-on" Israel experience: meaningful social
encounters in a distinctive desert environment, all within an academic
framework. Students will engage the social, developmental and environmental
challenges that, in the 21st century, face the region that David Ben-Gurion
called the future of the Jewish State. They will receive the tools, training and
experience to effectively analyze the complex interplay of factors promoting or
hindering sustainable development in the Negev and in general, and they will
gain an in depth understanding of one of Israel's greatest challenges: that of
developing the Negev into a socially, economically, and environmentally
sustainable element of the State and people of Israel.
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Summer programs in the USA
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As an alternative within the USA, students may take an intensive summer program in Intermediate Hebrew (equivalent to one course of transfer credit and to a year of Intermediate Hebrew) at one of the following programs:
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1. The Hebrew University's ulpan at the Columbia/Barnard Hillel in NYC
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2. Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) Brandeis Hebrew Language Summer Institute
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3. The Jewish Theological Seminary, NYC
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4. Hebrew College, Newton MA
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5. Middlebury College, VT
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http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/
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Middlebury College and Brandeis University have announced the
establishment of the Brandeis University- Middlebury School of Hebrew, which will open in the summer of 2008 as the tenth language school at
Middlebury's Vermont campus. The curriculum of the seven-week session
will focus on modern Hebrew, and enrolled students will adhere to the
Middlebury College Language Pledge, a formal commitment to speak the
language of study and no other for the entire summer session. The
school will also offer optional coursework for qualified students
interested in developing their linguistic skills in classical Hebrew.
For more detailed information, contact Middlebury College Language
Schools Director of Institutional Collaboration and Marketing Jamie
Northrup at
802-443-5856 or jnorthru@middlebury.edu
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