2008 PIER Summer Institutes
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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.
2008
PIER Institutes
June 21-23 - Immersion Program: French West Africa / Focus on Senegal (Center for the Teaching of French)
July 7-18 - The Teaching of Africa (African Studies)
July 7-16 - The European Union: Contemporary Challenges (European Studies)
July 7-12 - The Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay (Latin American Studies)
July 7-16 - From Sand to Sea: Cultural Exchange through Trade on the Silk Road (Middle East
Studies / East Asian 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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Registration 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)
