The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has launched a Modern Greek language summer program that would provide the two-year foreign language requirement for college graduation in the U.S.A.
The program lasts 12 weeks and the schedule is as follows: in the first year — beginning June 15, 2015, there will be two three-week sessions of four hours daily, comprising 60 academic hours per session, worth 3 academic credits, resulting in 120 academic hours for the six weeks, for 6 college credits. The following summer, the students will take the equivalent to a second-year study, thus completing the entire requirement.
The tuition for the first six-week sessions will be 600 euros, while attending an American university for two summer courses would cost about 3,000 dollars.
One of the advantages of this program is that instruction will be in a total immersion situation. The students will have the chance speak Greek and be in contact with both Greek-American fellow students and with the local people of Thessaloniki. They will also have the chance to participate in cultural activities, as the program will include excursions to sites such as the birthplace of Alexander the Great and his predecessors, to Meteora, to Mount Athos, and to the various Byzantine monuments found all over the city of Thessaloniki.
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