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- Güzelyayla, Turkey
- Summer Session
- No language prerequisite
- Freshmen & above
- Dorms
- Sponsored by Penn State
Description
This archaeological survey project will focus on the largely undocumented and unexplored Gulf of Iskenderun (Hatay, Turkey), where the Cilician plain narrows to fifteen kilometers and combines three topographic features: seacoast, plain, and mountains.
Cilicia, the largest plain in the eastern Mediterranean, functioned for millennia as an interface in the cultural and economic exchange between Aegean and coastal centers in the West and the interior empires of Anatolia, Syria, and Mesopotamia in the East. This region, a favorite haunt of pirates, has formed part of the Hittite, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Armenian, Crusader, and Ottoman empires.
Open to freshmen and above with 2.5 GPA.
Applications reviewed until November 20th deadline.
Curriculum
The fieldwork goals of this program include the creation of an inventory of archaeological sites in the Issos and Iskenderun Bay coastal plains and a comprehensive database that documents natural and human-generated features of the landscape. The students will be trained and will participate in intensive archaeological surveys in selected landscapes, analyses of satellite and aerial photos, geomorphological studies, and GIS mapping.
Field trips to nearby archaeological sites, museums, and historic cities, such as Antioch, will be led by the project directors or Turkish archaeologists and scholars.
Courses offered include Landscape Archeology, GIS for Archaeologists, and Advanced Landscape Archaeology. Typical credits: 6 for Summer Session.
Academic Fit with a University of Minnesota Degree Plan
With good academic planning this program can fit well into
the degree plans for many majors. Search for courses that fulfill Liberal Education
Requirements or submit a course you want to take for review.
Study Abroad
in Your Major advising sheets explain why study abroad is important for a
major, indicate what the department wants students to consider when selecting
a program, and provide academic planning hints. This program may appear as a special
recommendation on an advising sheet. If your major is not listed, talk to an adviser—this
program may still fit your academic, career, and professional goals.
Estimated Cost
Students from the University of Minnesota participating
on this program are charged a program fee that is inclusive of the cosponsored
program's fee and a University of Minnesota fee to cover the cost of application
processing, advising services, orientation, course registration, grade transfer
and posting for resident credit, assistance with financial aid, and international
health insurance. This administrative fee ranges from $500 to $1,500 and varies
by program. The cosponsored program's portion of the program fee can be used to
assist in estimating cost and is available at the program site linked below. In
most cases, airfare, field trips, meals, and personal expenses are additional.
An adviser in the Learning Abroad Center can help you find complete cost information.
See Financial Resources
to find resources about comparing costs.
Financial
Aid & Scholarships
Most financial
aid may be applied to study abroad. In addition, University of Minnesota students
are eligible for more than $500,000 in study
abroad scholarships. Visit the financial
resources web page for additional information on using financial aid and scholarships
for study abroad.
Program Contact
For further information or questions about studying
abroad as a University of Minnesota student, please call 612.626.9000 or 888.700.8636,
email UMabroad@umn.edu or visit our online
staff directory.
For specific program questions, contact the program directly.
More Information
To apply, go here or for more information
on this program, or visit Penn State's
program website.
Last modified on November 4, 2009 |