2007 PIER Summer Institutes
2007 PIER Institutes | Eligibility | CEU Credits | Tuition & Fees | Housing | Location
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The MacMillan Center's PIER Summer Institutes
have been providing continuing education and professional development
for educators for more than twenty years.
The PIER institutes
are intensive, interdisciplinary programs. Each institute includes lectures
and seminars by leading scholars and experts from Yale and other institutions;
films; workshops; field trips and site visits; hands-on cultural activities;
teaching resource and strategy sessions; and sessions on technological
resources for teaching about these world areas.
2007
PIER Institutes
June 22-28 - French Immersion Workshop / Field study in Montreal and Quebec City
(Center for the Teaching of French)
July 8-August 19 - Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program in Ghana (African Studies)
July 6-12 - World War II in Europe (European Studies)
July 9-14 - A Search for Long, Healthy, and Creative Lives: Human Development in Latin America (Latin American Studies)
July 9-14 - Metropolis: City Living from Timbuktu to Tashkent (Middle East
Studies)
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Eligibility
Institutes are open
to educators, executives and media. (back
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CEU
Credits
All institutes are
designed in accordance with nationwide Continuing Education Units standards.
Yale is an authorized CEU provider (No. 716). Up to 8 CEU’s will
be awarded upon successful completion of any of the institutes. (back
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Tuition
and Fees
Tuition for the institutes
vary depending upon length of the program, and includes the cost of books
and materials. (See course listings for individual tuition/fee schedules).
Meals and parking are extra. Limited scholarship aid in the form of tuition
waivers may be available. Additional fees may be required to cover the
cost of group meals on field trips or special events. (back
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Housing
A variety of housing plans at local hotels or in Yale campus housing and
meal plans at Yale are available. (back to
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Location
The institutes are held on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
Most activities take place in Luce Hall, the home of The MacMillan Center, though other activities may take place
in the various libraries & galleries on campus as well as in other
locations. Most institutes include at least one off-campus field trip. (back to top)
