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January 15, 2015
American University of Armenia
Contact: Gaiane Khachatryan
E-mail: [email protected]
AUA and UCLA Announce Joint Summer Program
Los Angeles, CA: In a ceremony held at UCLA on January 15, the
American University of Armenia (AUA) and the University of California
at Los Angeles (UCLA) announced an AUA-UCLA Summer Intensive Program
in Armenian Studies. Offered for the first time in summer 2015 at the
AUA campus in Yerevan, the program will comprise language courses in
Eastern Armenian at the introductory and intermediate levels, a survey
course on Armenia in the context of history of civilizations, and an
undergraduate research seminar-workshop. The program will start on
June 15 and last for 5 weeks. Visits to historical sites,
participation in cultural events, and interaction with prominent
artists and scholars in and around Yerevan during the week and guided
weekend excursions to other regions of the republic will add a further
dimension to the summer school's immersion experience. Each course
will carry 3 to 5 quarter units (equivalent to 2 to 3 semester units)
of credit. The courses are designed jointly by AUA and UCLA faculty
and the units are transferrable since both universities are accredited
by the same agency[1]. Dr. Anahid Keshishian Aramouni, Lecturer in
Eastern Armenian, and Prof. Gregory Areshian of UCLA, a Foreign Member
of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia,
together with AUA faculty will provide the instruction. The courses
are open to students from any UC campus, other US universities, and
institutions of higher learning worldwide. For further information
about this program, visit admissions.aua.am, email [email protected]
or contact fb.com/AUAadmissions.
The summer school initiative with UCLA has been developed in the
context of a wider range of collaborative projects proposed by Peter
Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, which is planned to be
incorporated within a Memorandum of Understanding between the two
universities. An affiliate of the University of California (UC) since
its founding in 1991, AUA is also developing relations with other UC
campuses. An agreement of collaboration with the University of
California at Irvine (UCI) was signed at the ceremony on January
15. It is hoped that these collaborations will lead to a rich and
diverse interchange between the students and faculty of these
universities.
Present at the meeting were President Armen Der Kiureghian as well as
President Emeriti Mihran S. Agbabian and Haroutune Armenian of AUA,
Dean Georges Van Den Abbeele of UCI, Professors Peter Cowe, Gregory
Areshian, Ann Karagozian and Dr. Anahid Keshishian Aramouni of UCLA,
as well as other faculty, staff and students from the three
universities.
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[1] AUA and UCLA are both accredited by the WASC Senior College and
University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501.
Gaiane Khachatrian
Associate Director of Development
American University of Armenia Corporation
300 Lakeside Drive, 7th Floor, Room 701
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 987-9453
Fax: (510) 208-3576
Email: [email protected]
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[1] AUA and UCLA are both accredited by the WASC Senior College and
University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501.
January 15, 2015
American University of Armenia
Contact: Gaiane Khachatryan
E-mail: [email protected]
AUA and UCLA Announce Joint Summer Program
Los Angeles, CA: In a ceremony held at UCLA on January 15, the
American University of Armenia (AUA) and the University of California
at Los Angeles (UCLA) announced an AUA-UCLA Summer Intensive Program
in Armenian Studies. Offered for the first time in summer 2015 at the
AUA campus in Yerevan, the program will comprise language courses in
Eastern Armenian at the introductory and intermediate levels, a survey
course on Armenia in the context of history of civilizations, and an
undergraduate research seminar-workshop. The program will start on
June 15 and last for 5 weeks. Visits to historical sites,
participation in cultural events, and interaction with prominent
artists and scholars in and around Yerevan during the week and guided
weekend excursions to other regions of the republic will add a further
dimension to the summer school's immersion experience. Each course
will carry 3 to 5 quarter units (equivalent to 2 to 3 semester units)
of credit. The courses are designed jointly by AUA and UCLA faculty
and the units are transferrable since both universities are accredited
by the same agency[1]. Dr. Anahid Keshishian Aramouni, Lecturer in
Eastern Armenian, and Prof. Gregory Areshian of UCLA, a Foreign Member
of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia,
together with AUA faculty will provide the instruction. The courses
are open to students from any UC campus, other US universities, and
institutions of higher learning worldwide. For further information
about this program, visit admissions.aua.am, email [email protected]
or contact fb.com/AUAadmissions.
The summer school initiative with UCLA has been developed in the
context of a wider range of collaborative projects proposed by Peter
Cowe, Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies, which is planned to be
incorporated within a Memorandum of Understanding between the two
universities. An affiliate of the University of California (UC) since
its founding in 1991, AUA is also developing relations with other UC
campuses. An agreement of collaboration with the University of
California at Irvine (UCI) was signed at the ceremony on January
15. It is hoped that these collaborations will lead to a rich and
diverse interchange between the students and faculty of these
universities.
Present at the meeting were President Armen Der Kiureghian as well as
President Emeriti Mihran S. Agbabian and Haroutune Armenian of AUA,
Dean Georges Van Den Abbeele of UCI, Professors Peter Cowe, Gregory
Areshian, Ann Karagozian and Dr. Anahid Keshishian Aramouni of UCLA,
as well as other faculty, staff and students from the three
universities.
--------------------------------------
[1] AUA and UCLA are both accredited by the WASC Senior College and
University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501.
Gaiane Khachatrian
Associate Director of Development
American University of Armenia Corporation
300 Lakeside Drive, 7th Floor, Room 701
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 987-9453
Fax: (510) 208-3576
Email: [email protected]
_____
[1] AUA and UCLA are both accredited by the WASC Senior College and
University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501.