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We are pleased to announce the 5th International Summer University at Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany), which will take place from July 20th through August 16th 2002. THE PROGRAM FUBiS is an intensive four week summer program offering seventeen fully-credited courses covering topics on Berlin, Germany, and Europe. The disciplines represented in the course offerings are drawn from the fields of Contemporary History, Political Science, German Studies, Film Studies, Urban Studies, Modern Languages, Art History and German as a Foreign Language. Except for the language courses and the course on German literature the language of instruction of all other course is ENGLISH. All courses include excursions within the Berlin area either as part of the presentations or as an additional offer. In concluding colloquia ,students will discuss the themes of the courses in an interdisciplinary setting. COURSE OFFERINGS 1 Berlin: East meets West 2 Architecture in Berlin in the Course of History 3 The Power of the Original: Art and Thought in Renaissance Germany 4 "Dad's movies are dead!" - The New German Cinema 1962 - 82 5 Brecht, Benn, Kafka: Im Berlin der Goldenen Zwanziger Jahre 6 German Language Instruction for Absolute Beginners 7 German Language Instruction for Advanced Beginners 8 Intermediate German Language Instruction 9 Advanced German Language Instruction 10 Creative Writing - Travel Memoir 11 Multiple Ways to Democracy: German and European History after World War II 12 The Third Reich: Seduction and Terror 13 Immigrants in the World City Berlin 14 A Peoples' Union? European Integration and the Nation State 15 A Peoples' Union? European Integration and External Relations of the EU 16 Global Politics - New Challenges, Opportunities, Risks, Concepts 17 Fundamentals of Preventive Medicine (Intensive Course) Course descriptions for the above mentioned classes can be found at: http://www.fu-berlin.de/fubis/4_program_org/4_1_program_org.html CREDITS Participant will receive for the completion of each course an official transcript granting 4 credits, which can be transferred to his/her home university. ELIGIABILITY Admission requirements are two years of college / university education. COSTS The tuition fee for each course is EUR 613,55, except for the 'Preventive Medicine Intensive Course' which is EUR 1200.-. There is an additional onetime registration fee of EUR 76,69. HOUSING FUBiS offers its students housing options in single-occupancy apartments. The rent for the duration of the Summer University varies according the equippment of the apartment between EUR 360,-- and 440,--. Furthermore we will offer also a limited number of homestay opportunities with German host families. For more information on summer university housing please follow this link: http://www.fu-berlin.de/fubis/8_residential/8_1_accommodation.html APPICATION The application deadline is May 15, 2002. Later registrants cannot be guaranteed a place given the limits on course participation. A online registration form is available on Internet at http://www.fu-berlin.de/fubis/10_application/10_5_online_application4.html MORE INFOMATION For more information and application, please have a look at our home page on the Internet at: http://www.fu-berlin.de/fubis/ or contact our Summer University Office by email: [log in to unmask] CONTACT PERSON Mr. Jens Westerfeld Director International Summer University Freie Universitaet Berlin International Office Kaiserswerther Str. 16-18 14195 Berlin Germany Tel.: +49 30 838 73 445 Fax: +49 30 838 73 442 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Please visit the FUBiS web site at: http://www.fu-berlin.de/fubis/