NUS-IN-YALE SUMMER PROGRAMME 2007

We are happy to inform that application for NUS-in-Yale is now open. An important part of your NUS education is to have significant global experience, interacting with the best and brightest around the world. NUS-in-Yale gives NUS undergraduates an Ivy League experience during the Yale Summer Session. Through this five-week summer programme, ten selected NUS students will study and interact with Yale students. You will stay at Yale residential colleges and experience many aspects of Yale undergraduate life.

Course Information:

The program will start on June 4 and end on July 6.  Students will select any two from a list of modules within broad focus areas each year.  The focus areas this year are Economics, Politics and Philosophy, and Human Relations.  The relevant modules are listed as follows :

AMST S-260/ENGL S-290, Modern American Literature, 1910–1952

14 March, 2008=200702&subject=AMST&heading=American%20Studies">AMST S-428/FILM S-228, Film Noir and the American Cinema of the 1940s

AMST S-449/FILM S-247/HIST S-187, Film, Video, and American History

ANTH S-123, Forensic Anthropology

ANTH S-288, Anthropology of Religion

CGSC S-110/PSYC S130, Introduction to Cognitive Science

E&EB S-122, Principles of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

E&EB S-123, Laboratory for Principles of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

ECON S-159, Game Theory

ENGL S-456, Investigative Journalism

HIST S-201, Communities of Women in Early Modern Europe

HIST S-213, Renaissance Culture and the Printing Revolution

HIST S-222, The Second World War

HIST S-493, Espionage and Economic Intelligence

HIST S-312, Political and Cultural Transformation in Twentieth-Century China

PHIL S-114, Free Will, God, and Suffering

PHIL S-220, Eastern Philosophy

PHIL S-367, Evil

PLSC S-151, International Dimensions of Democratization

PLSC S-263, The American Presidency

SOCY S-109, Globalization: A Critical Introduction

SOCY S-141, Sociology of Crime and Deviance

STCY S-176, Introduction to the Study of the City

More details on the Yale Summer Session can be obtained from the following website: http://www.yale.edu/summer/. 

Note that the NUS-in-Yale programme only takes place during Session A.

Financial Assistance:
There will be a student grant to cover the expenses including fees, airfare, accommodation and visa.  However, each student will have to co-pay SGD$2,000 to participate in this program.

Objectives :
We aim to have students sustain and amplify this Ivy League experience after their return to NUS. USP students will further develop what they have learnt at Yale through supervised independent study as part of their USP Advanced Curriculum.

Eligibility :
This is open to 2nd Year and exceptionally well-qualified 1st Year students of USP and USP partner faculties.

For USP students,  substitution credit will be given for one 1st tier USP module.  The two modules taken at Yale may substitute for major/faculty requirements upon approval by the department or faculty; approval may be sought through the usual procedure for SEP module substitution.

Selection
Shortlisted students will be notified by 23 Feb 2007 and are required to attend an interview.

Application
In support of the application please write an essay of about 1000 words explaining why you are interested in the field of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics OR Human Relations. This essay:

• Must be freshly written for this application and must not have been submitted previously;
  
• Must explain how your participation in the NUS-in-Yale Programme will further develop your interest in this field (compared to an exchange programme to other Universities in either the U.S. or elsewhere); and
  
• If possible, suggest how participation in the programme could benefit your future research projects (like ISMs, honours theses)on your return to NUS.
  

https://usp3.scholars.nus.edu.sg/ems/registrationUSP.jsp

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Enquiry
Please contact Daniel Lee (Tel :6516 4730/ Email : ) or Ms Rohayu (6516 5206/ ) on any query.