Overseas Study Intensives
The ACJC is known for its overseas courses which internationalise the student experience. Our courses are all intensive 12 credit units held during the winter or summer semester.
2011 - 2013 TIMETABLE
| Final Journey: Remembering the Holocaust | July 2012 - Prato Winter Semester |
| War and Peace: Models of Conflict Resolution | July 2012 - Prato Winter Semester |
| Seeking Justice: South Africa and Rwanda | July 2013 - Monash South Africa Winter Semester |
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If you have any questions about studying ACJC units in Prato, initial point of contact is: Cathy O'Brien Faculty of Arts If you need a specific response from ACJC – please email acjc@monash.edu |
Units on offer in 2012
Final journey: Remembering the Holocaust
An intensive Study Abroad unit that follows the road to Auschwitz
This two-week intensive study abroad unit explores the modern history of European Jews before the destruction. Students will travel to the major centres of interwar Jewish life in Italy, Germany, Poland and Lithuania and encounter the diverse heritage of Jewish life in each country. The unit will explore issues central to this period and the individuals who shaped their times. Students will visit museums, synagogues, cemeteries, destroyed ghettos, and sites of mass murder such as Auschwitz-Birkenau. We will ask what remains of the past, by looking at the ways in which the lost world of European Jews is being memorialised and renewed through tourism and return.
Dates: Friday 29 June - Sunday 15 July 2012
Itinerary 2012: Includes Berlin, Krakow, Lublin, Zamosc, Vilnius, Bialystok, Warsaw.
Instructors: Dr Karen Auerbach; Sue Hampel.
For: This unit is a level 3 and 4 Arts intensive unit for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Students undertaking further study at Prato are also eligible. Cross-institutional accreditation may be approved.
Eligibility: Monash students who will be chosen on the basis of early interest and academic merit. Priority will be given to postgraduate students. To be eligible to study overseas in one of our Arts programs in Prato you must meet the following requirements:
- Be 18 years of age or over at the time of the departure from Australia
- Have an active enrolment in a Monash undergraduate coursework degree program and have completed 48 Credit Points
- Have a Credit Average (60%) if taking more than 6 Credit Points*
- Have received course advice from your home faculty and approval/confirmation of eligibility to take Prato units for credit. A Course Advice Confirmation form is to be signed off by the Course Advisor. The form is included in the Monash Abroad International Study Program application form and must be submitted together with the application form.
- Students may be eligible to apply for Arts programs at Prato during Winter Semester if they are already undertaking overseas travel or exchange/study abroad programs, as long as you are able to obtain course advice from your home faculty and be eligible to enrol. You must also check with Monash Abroad for eligibility.
Program: available soon
To enrol: Download ISP forms (pdf). Submit to the Prato enrolment coordinator - Cathy O'Brien (see above).
To book travel and land package: CTM booking form
Information sessions:
- ACJC Overseas Units Information Session – Wed 26 October 4.30-5.30pm ACJC, Level 8, H bldg, Caulfield Campus
- Compulsory Group Meetings in March and June 2012: dates to be advised
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
Monash University students will be charged either full-fee or CSP according to their verified funding status. This applies to core and elective units.
Prato - Program Application Fee
Students taking ACJC overseas study units will have the Prato application fee (AUD$200) incorporated into their overall land and travel package organized by CTM travel, and so do not need to pay this independently.
Note: A full refund of the Prato application fee will be made in the case of ineligibility to enrol in the unit(s).
Funding
Financial assistance is available to current Monash students only.
Monash Abroad Funding:
Most Monash students who participate in short term international study programs receive Monash Abroad travel grants from the University. Many are also eligible for a range of other loans, scholarships and grants.
For further information please see: Financial Information for Short Term Programs.
University Financial Aid
The university will loan students up to $3000.00 through Financial Aid. The loan must be paid back by the time you graduate and carries no interest for the first 12 months.
Contact Health, Wellbeing and Development Student Financial Aid Service on (03) 9905 3156 for further information and to arrange an appointment to see a Student Advisor about a loan.
OS-HELP Loan
You may also wish to use OS-HELP introduced by the government, where you may be eligible for financial assistance in the form of a loan towards your Arts overseas study program.
Please ensure you meet all the eligibility requirements including the conditions of the loan as outlined in the OS-HELP Brochure on this website before applying.
OS-HELP Loan information and application form can be found here.
Centrelink Letters
The program is considered a Monash University course and therefore full time students may continue to receive payments. An enrolment verification letter can be requested from Monash Student Services Centre.
ACJC Travel Scholarships
For details of scholarships available go to: Scholarships and prizes
Other Useful Forms and Links
Frequently Asked Questions (available soon)
Monash Abroad OS-Help
Covermore Travel Insurance Information (available soon)
Pre-departure advice for international study programs [pdf 145kB]
War and Peace: Models of Conflict Resolution
An intensive Study Abroad Unit exploring peace, conflict and reconciliation
This two week intensive unit begins with a workshop on conflict resolution at the Monash Prato campus in Italy. Students will travel for the remaining period to areas that have experienced conflict to observe first hand the complexities of peace-building and reconciliation. The course focuses on the Arab-Israel conflict and investigates current attempts to mediate peace between Jews and Palestinians, the impact of the conflict on the lives of people, poverty, settlements and security issues, terrorism and counter-terrorism, Jerusalem and its holy sites. In some years, the course will also travel to alternate sites of conflict, such as Northern Ireland or the former Yugoslavia.
Dates: Friday 29 June - Sunday 15 2012
Itinerary 2012: Prato, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ramallah, Hevron, Bethlehem.
Instructors: Assoc. Professor Mark Baker, Director of Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Professor Simon Adams, Director, Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect, New York.
For: This unit is a level 3 and 4 Arts intensive unit for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Cross-institutional accreditation may be approved.
Eligibility: Monash students who will be chosen on the basis of early interest and academic merit. Priority will be given to postgraduate students. To be eligible to study overseas in one of our Arts programs in Prato you must meet the following requirements:
- Be 18 years of age or over at the time of the departure from Australia
- Have an active enrolment in a Monash undergraduate coursework degree program and have completed 48 Credit Points
- Have a Credit Average (60%) if taking more than 6 Credit Points*
- Have received course advice from your home faculty and approval/confirmation of eligibility to take Prato units for credit. A Course Advice Confirmation form is to be signed off by the Course Advisor. The form is included in the Monash Abroad International Study Program application form and must be submitted together with the application form.
- Students may be eligible to apply for Arts programs at Prato during Winter Semester if they are already undertaking overseas travel or exchange/study abroad programs, as long as you are able to obtain course advice from your home faculty and be eligible to enrol. You must also check with Monash Abroad for eligibility.
Program: available soon
To enrol: Download ISP forms
Download ISP forms (pdf). Submit to the Prato enrolment coordinator - Cathy O'Brien (see above).
To book travel and land package: CTM booking form
Information sessions:
- ACJC Overseas Units Information Session – Wed 26 October 4.30-5.30pm ACJC, Level 8, H bldg, Caulfield Campus
- Compulsory Group Meetings in March and June 2012: dates to be advised
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
Monash University students will be charged either full-fee or CSP according to their verified funding status. This applies to core and elective units.
Prato - Program Application Fee
Students taking ACJC overseas study units will have the Prato application fee (AUD$200) incorporated into their overall land and travel package organized by CTM travel, and so do not need to pay this independently.
Note: A full refund of the Prato application fee will be made in the case of ineligibility to enrol in the unit(s).
Funding
Financial assistance is available to current Monash students only.
Monash Abroad Funding:
Most Monash students who participate in short term international study programs receive Monash Abroad travel grants from the University. Many are also eligible for a range of other loans, scholarships and grants.
For further information please see: Financial Information for Short Term Programs.
University Financial Aid
The university will loan students up to $3000.00 through Financial Aid. The loan must be paid back by the time you graduate and carries no interest for the first 12 months.
Contact Health, Wellbeing and Development Student Financial Aid Service on (03) 9905 3156 for further information and to arrange an appointment to see a Student Advisor about a loan.
OS-HELP Loan
You may also wish to use OS-HELP introduced by the government, where you may be eligible for financial assistance in the form of a loan towards your Arts overseas study program.
Please ensure you meet all the eligibility requirements including the conditions of the loan as outlined in the OS-HELP Brochure on this website before applying.
OS-HELP Loan information and application form can be found here.
Centrelink Letters
The program is considered a Monash University course and therefore full time students may continue to receive payments. An enrolment verification letter can be requested from Monash Student Services Centre.
ACJC Travel Scholarships
For details of scholarships available go to: Scholarships and prizes
Other Useful Forms and Links
Frequently Asked Questions (available soon)
Monash Abroad OS-Help
Covermore Travel Insurance Information (available soon)
Pre-departure advice for international study programs [pdf 145kB]
Units on offer in 2013
Seeking Justice: South Africa and Rwanda
This unit will bring together students from Monash campuses in Australia and South Africa to study the contemporary histories of post-genocide and post-conflict societies, through two specific cases: the South African approach after apartheid; and local and global responses to the Rwandan genocide. Held in the winter semester as a two-week intensive, students will spend a week in Johannesburg and a week in Rwanda exploring public debates on memory and justice through visits to memorial sites and museums. Places to be explored include Soweto, the Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, the Murambi genocide memorial and a Gacaca village trial.
Dates: On offer July 2013
Instructors: Assoc. Professor Mark Baker, Director of Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Professor Simon Adams, Director, Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect, New York.
For: This unit is a level 3 and 4 intensive for undergraduate students of International Studies, History, Jewish Studies and graduate students of Global Studies, History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Cross-institutional accreditation may be approved.
Eligibility: Monash students who will be chosen on the basis of early interest and academic merit. Priority will be given to postgraduate students.
Financial Support: Financial support available through the Monash Abroad Travel Grants Scheme.
For further information see http://www.monash.edu.au/students/studyabroad/grants/short-term/travel.html
ACJC Travel Scholarships: For details of scholarships available to students enrolled in Jewish Studies Abroad units, see Scholarships and prizes and CSU links.
Related Faculty/University Pages
- Undergraduate (Entry Requirements, Course Structures, How to Apply etc.)
- Scholarships and Prizes - undergraduate
- Monash University Handbooks