If you are accepted into the program, please follow the instructions listed below:
1) If you are a UGA student you should **FIRST** contact your advisor and find out when the earliest date is when he/she will be able to clear you for SUMMER registration. If possible, make an appointment for that date. Then after your advisor clears you, you should register immediately for all three classes (Arabic 4000, Religion 4310, and Religion 4311) of our program on OASIS.
Registering for Maymester abroad classes is different than registration for ordinary classes. See the instructions especially prepared for our program by the registrar's office at registering_oasis.html (for online reading); or at registering_oasis.doc (for an MS Word document that is downloadable)
If you are not a UGA student, you
must follow the instructions
for
transient
students (fixed 4 May 2008) at this link, in addition to the
instructions
below. NOTE: Do not fill in the application online. Instead, you must print
it
out, fill it in, and together with the $50 transient student application
fee, send it to the following address:
Dr. Alan Godlas
Co-Director
UGA-Morocco Program
Religion Dept.
Peabody Hall,
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-1625
Note for non-UGA students: At the above link, you will find a link to the Mandatory Certificate of Immunizations. You must also fill that in (with your Dr.'s or health care provider's signature) and (if at all possible) FAX it to the UGA Health Center at 706-542-4959. Then, immediately after you FAX it, call 706-542-8617 in order to confirm that your certificate has been received. If you don't have access to a FAX machine, then make a copy of your certificate (in case it is lost in the mail) and send the original to the UGA Health Center at the address on the form (but then you will need to allow five days or so for your certificate to arrive, after which time you should call the above number to confirm that your certificate has arrived and that you have been cleared). Additional instructions are given in detail at the above link. This Certificate of Immunization is very important and must be received by the Health Center for you to become registered. If you are applying to your university's financial aid office for assistance, they may not take any steps toward granting you aid until you have become registered. So if the UGA Health Center has not cleared you, that will hold up your registration, which will in turn hold up your financial aid package. Right after you have faxed (or about five days later if you have sent it in) to the UGA Health Center your Mandatory Certificate of Immunizations along with the various required signatures, call the Health Center at 706-542-8617 to confirm that they have have cleared you. Then email Dr. Godlas at godlas@uga.edu , letting him know that you have been cleared.
2) Both UGA and non-UGA students, as soon as you have been accepted into the UGA-Morocco program, please reread **the information about costs** and (assuming you have already paid the $200 deposit at the time of the submission of your application) either personally hand a sealed envelope with a check for the balance of your program fee (which balance is $3400 for the year 2009 -- this does not include your tuition and not your airfare) and provide your name to the Religion department office manager (Zinetta) or the secretary (Kim), signing on their sheet that you have given them the balance of your program fee; or send it in (either by certified or express mail, so you have a record of it in case it is lost in the mail) before the deadline (postmarked February 1, 2008 if sending it by certified mail; or if you are handing it in or sending it by express mail it must be in our hands by February 8, 2008). Exceptions to these deadlines will be made for late applicants if there is still space available. Note: please carefully make your checks out in accordance with the instructions. (Instructions concerning the airfaire will be emailed to participants as soon as the airline informs our travel agent of the discounted group fare.)
In addition UGA students should register on OASIS and pay tuition as soon as registration on OASIS becomes available. Non-UGA students (except those on HOPE scholarships) should send in tuition to Dr. Godlas as indicated at the above link. If you are a UGA student and have a HOPE scholarship, you must fill out the Financial Aid Office's form http://www.uga.edu/osfa/cia_summer_0708.html which is the Change of Aid form (updated April 6, 2008) and submit it electronically in order for HOPE to pay your tuition. If you are not a UGA student but are on HOPE, you must fill out "HOPE Scholarship Eligibility Certificate for Transient Study" from your university and have it sent to the UGA financial aid. It may be available on your Financial Aid Office's website, and you may be able to submit it online at your institution's website.
Please click on the following documents to download them, then fill them out, sign them, and then send them in or bring them in to Dr. Godlas, or FAX them to him at 706-542-6724, if you have not already done so.
http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/agreement.doc
http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/health.doc
A detailed tentative itinerary will be emailed after April 5.
The following letter is for your parents, spouses, or relatives, or concerned friends:
http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/parents.doc
Note also the emergency numbers that are included on the website of the program:
http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/emergency.htm
And note as well the contact information of the American Language Center in Marrakech, which will be our home base.
American Language Center
3, Impasse du Moulin,
Gueliz
Marrakesh, MOROCCO
Telephone (from abroad): (212) 44 - 44-72-59
Fax: (212) 44 - 43-07-24
E-mail: alcmarr@wanadoo.net.ma
The following is the url of the orientation handbook, please read it before the orientation, noting down any questions you might have so that you can ask these questions during the orientation. You can download it by clicking on the following link
http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/handbook.doc
or you can read the handbook online by clicking here http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/handbook.html
Also please read over our description of the homestays, which includes a note on alcoholic beverages and on gifts. You can download it by clicking on the following link
http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/homestays.doc
or click on the following link http://www.uga.edu/islam/morocco/homestays.html in order to read online the description of homestays.