International Summer Institutes
MSU Faculty Led Short-Term Study Abroad Institutes
This hybrid course will acquaint you with the adventure stories, tales of monsters and beasts, stories of witchcraft, superhuman feats and fantastic love stories all contained in the ancient Greek mythologies and plays. The gods, mortals, family connections and power of place will be understood through exploration of the very sites in which the heroes of the mythologies resided and visit the theatres for which the plays were written.
The travel itinerary, which includes 8 nights in Athens, 3 nights on the island of Spetses and 1 night in Nauplion, allows participants to explore a wide range of historical sites important to Greek mythology and theater. Led by the faculty directors and an experienced bi-lingual representative from the Athens Centre, participants will spend several days in Athens visiting the Theatre of Dionysus, the Acropolis and the National Museum. A charter bus will take the group to Thebes where the stories of the Bacchae, Oedipus and Antigone take place. In Delphi, once considered the center of the earth, we will visit the oracle and the ancient temples and theatre. The group will also go to Mycennae, a site central to the stories of Odysseus and the House of Atreus, and continue to Epidavros, a magnificently preserved ancient theatre. Visits to the beautiful islands of Spetsos, Naphlion and Hydra are also included in the trip.
The Athens Centre, the local coordinator, has been bringing talented poets, artists, scholars, writers, and performers to Greece from the time of its founding in 1969. The Centre has organized workshops for sculpture on Naxos, art in Aegina, Spetses and Athens, and poetry in Athens and the islands. Their experienced and knowledgeable staff accompanies the groups for all field trips outside Athens, facilitating travel logistics and selecting the best possible local sites and guides.
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Prof. Debra Otte (Associate Professor of Design) in Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University will be the faculty director. Debra has taken students to the Prague Quadrennial, Budapest, Greece, Cyprus, London, and Edinburgh (Fringe Festival) in previous years. Her research interests include new work in performance and visual literacy.
Prof. Georgia McGill is a director and playwright whose productions and adaptations of Greek dramaturgy have toured the world, appearing on stages in Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, Scotland, and Germany. She is the Chair of the Speech and Theatre Dept. at CUNY/QCC, where she teaches theatre, and is the National Chair of the New Plays Program of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
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Academics
Students register for either of the following courses:
THTR 432 Special Topics in Theatre: Ancient Greek Theater and Mythology
GNHU 285 Mythology
Participants will complete readings to test their new knowledge of the Greek mythologies, genealogies and geography through the online portion of the course prior to travel. During the trip lectures and discussions will take place at each site.
Study Abroad programs can fulfill GNED 303 Global Issues (one of the Contemporary Issues "Core" courses in GenEd 2002). Credit and grades for faculty led programs appear in the MSU transcript as MSU Summer Sessions courses.
A limited number of non-students will be accepted for the trip only, for an additional administrative fee of $300. |
Accommodations and Meals
Participants will stay in centrally located hostels and hotels in Athens, Spetses, Hydra and Nauplion in triple, quad or larger rooms. Double rooms are available for an additional fee of $225. Breakfasts are provided in the hostels and hotels, and one group dinner is included. |
Estimated Program Costs: $3,600
This program includes
- Round trip airfare
- Triple or quad hostel and hotel accommodations
- All breakfasts and one farewell dinner in Athens
- Entrance fees to all sites and museums
- Ground transport to and from airport
- Private bus transport for field trips outside Athens
- Ferry transfers to and from Spetses and Hydra islands
- Guest lectures on sites and in museums by Athens Centre archaeologist
- Use of the Athens Centre Library of Greek Studies and computer labs
- Bilingual Athens Centre representative on all field trips outside Athens
- 24 hour Athens Centre emergency support as needed
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Payment Schedule:
The payment schedule for program costs is as follows:
| Application fee by January 15 (Non-Refundable): |
$100 |
| By February 15: |
$1200 |
| By March 15: |
$1200 |
| Final Payment by April 15: |
$1200 |
Make checks payable to “Montclair State University”.
Participants should plan to cover other meals and Atlas Travel Insurance (approximately $40). Program costs are based on 15 participants and current airfare and exchange rates and are subject to change. |
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Application procedure:
All participants are required to submit:
1) Pre-enrollment form confirming interview and approval by the faculty director;
2) Reference form completed by a faculty member other than the faculty leading that program; and
3) $100 application fee.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling admissions basis but the recommended deadline is February15 to ensure sufficient space.
The minimum GPA is 2.75 and students must be in good academic standing and not be under disciplinary action.
Summer programs are open to non-MSU students and high achieving high school seniors who demonstrate special interest. Non-MSU students, new transfer students and high school seniors will need to submit two references forms, an official transcript from their home institution(s) and an additional $100 administration fee. Telephone interviews with the faculty will be accepted for out of state students. After completion of the program, non-MSU students will need to request an MSU transcript for submission to the home institution.
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Montclair in Athens
