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LOYOLA HIMALAYA ADVENTURE SUMMER PROGRAM IN PASSPORTS AND VISAS

All program applicants must provide the Center for The Loyola Program in offers students the International Education (CIE) a photocopy of their DHARAMSALA, INDIA opportunity for summer study in regions of passport on or before February 24. Students accepted that are striking for their cultural diversity, natural beauty, into the program are responsible for obtaining a tourist JUNE 29 - JULY 29, 2016 and historical richness. The program will be based in visa which is valid for six months from the date of issue. Dharamsala, located in the Kangra Valley in the shadow Apply online: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html of the Dhauladhar range of the . Dharamsala is the center of India’s Tibetan refugee community and MEDICAL CONCERNS the seat of the Tibetan Government in Exile. Students will also visit , one of India’s largest and most historic The Center for International Education (CIE) will be happy cities and India’s capital; the in ; to discuss health care concerns you may have related to and , important pilgrimage sites on the study abroad. Integration into a new culture and learning River; , site of the Sikh ; and Tso environment creates particular challenges, both mental and Pema, the “Lotus Lake” sacred to Buddhists, , and physical, for an individual. For this reason, if you are currently . Students will visit social services programs to receiving treatment for any chronic illness it is strongly learn about their work. They will visit Hindu, Buddhist, recommended that you talk with the CIE director or your and Jain temples, Sikh gurudwaras, Tibetan Buddhist doctor about plans to manage your health condition abroad. monasteries, a Sufi shrine, and hear talks by traditional Tibetan teachers. Students should consult with a physician to determine which vaccinations for India recommended by the Center for Disease The Summer Program in Dharamsala, India, is open to all Control should be received. To view the recommendations, students in good standing at Loyola or their home go to http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinationIndia.aspx. university. Students will take the courses, Cultures of North India and Tibet, and the Development of Social The program’s activities include long walks, climbing up steep Thought. Lodging in Dharamsala will be in comfortable hills and stairs, and an optional five-hour trek from about double rooms in a Tibetan guesthouse. In Delhi, we 6,560 feet (the highest altitude in Dharamsala) to about 9,500 will explore the Ganj (old bazaar), visit the feet to spend two nights on Triund mountain. If you have any Digambar , and the Nizam ud-Din Dargah concerns about your ability to perform any of these activities (tomb and shrine for a famous Sufi saint). A day trip to or have other special needs or disability related concerns, Agra will take us to see the Taj Mahal. On the trip to Tso please contact CIE. Pema, we will visit cave-dwelling Tibetan nuns, Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, Hindu temples, and a Sikh gurudwara. In Mandi we will see Hindu temples and FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THE have clothes made by Indian tailors. In and around ONLINE APPLICATION Dharamsala, we will visit the Main Temple of the Dalai Lama, the Tibet Museum, the Tibetan Children’s Visit: http://studyabroad.loyno.edu/?go=LoyolaIndia Village, and take an optional trek up Triund mountain to Contact: Dr. Marcus Kondkar spend two nights in a rustic lodge in an alpine meadow. [email protected] Before leaving for India, each student will be paired with a Tibetan mutual learning partner in Dharamsala. The Dr. Catherine Wessinger partners will exchange messages before our departure, [email protected] and meet for conversations in India. This will introduce the students to Tibetan culture and help the Tibetan partners practice their English and counts towards service learning.

The program is co-directed by Dr. Marcus Kondkar in Sociology and Dr. Catherine Wessinger in Religious Studies. 6363 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118 PROGRAM COSTS COURSES Michael Smith, Instructor and Program Coordinator, has LING O294: Cultures of North India and Tibet a Master’s degree in Social Work and a Master’s degree The program costs $5,200, which covers health insurance, This course will support the students in the program by in Public Health from Tulane University. He speaks airfare, lodging, group meals, transportation in India, and providing them with a more in-depth understanding of the Tibetan and , and has conducted ethnographic credit for two Loyola advanced common curriculum courses. cultures of the Indian and Tibetan populations with which research in on a Fulbright Scholarship. A deposit of $520 along with the on-line application are due they will be interacting. This course contains a service on February 24. Participants selected for the program learning component, the bulk of which will be completed ORIENTATION MEETING and those on the waiting list will be announced by March by participation in Lha Charitable Trust’s Mutual Learning 7. The balance of $4,680 is due by April 8. The deposit Partner Program in Dharamsala. The course will provide There will be a mandatory meeting with students accepted will be refunded to students not selected for the program. opportunities to process the experiences through for the program on April 26 from 12:30 - 2.00 p.m. (location Checks should be made out to Loyola University New of issues related to international group to be announced) to discuss courses and trip information. Orleans. education, and experiential cultural exposure to Indian and Tibetan peoples in northern India. CLASS SCHEDULE Plane tickets will be purchased shortly after April 8. There There will usually be 75 minutes of class time each day will be no refunds after the plane tickets are purchased. SOCI O240: Development of Social Thought for each course. The schedule will vary according to This course focuses on the original of the demands of the travel itinerary. In addition, all study abroad students must pay four key social theorists: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max the university study abroad fee of $300. This amount Weber, and Georg Simmel. Their ideas emerged in will be billed separately through Student Finance. response to changes affecting modern Europe, but they ACADEMIC POLICIES have a timeless, universal quality about them. They help Students should bring to India approximately $500 to us make sense of contemporary and historical patterns of Loyola’s general academic policies apply to study cover additional meals, incidentals and Indian clothing. social life and social change in our local and global abroad programs. Students must attend all classes and Students will need to purchase inexpensive contexts. For this summer program, the course will trips (except in case of illness) to fulfill the requirements for readymade Indian clothing in Delhi to wear to visit examine the central tenets of the four theorists in the the courses. Communications with the mutual learning religious places of worship and to meet religious Indian context. partner before and during the trip are part of the learning teachers. Students should bring additional money if experience and are required. There will be written they want to shop for souvenirs and gifts. assignments that are graded. FACULTY Students must check with their academic departments Marcus Kondkar, Associate Professor and Chair of or university to determine that the credits and/or grades Sociology, has a Doctoral degree in Sociology from the will be accepted toward graduation requirements. Any University of Virginia. He has travelled extensively in student currently enrolled and in good standing at an Southeast Asia. His research interests include accredited institution may apply for the India program. criminology, sociology of law, and sociological theory.