Islam and Islamic Culture in Morocco--RELI4310
Moroccan Dialectical Arabic-- ARAB 4000
Students and faculty
Faculty: 2 full-time faculty members (Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp, an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, Department of Religion, is the director in charge of program content. He spent 20 years in Morocco as a student and teacher. See Dr. Honerkamp's website for a more complete biography. Dr. Alan Godlas, also an Associate Professor of the University Georgia Department of Religion, is the administrative director; he has travelled, lived, studied, and worked in various countries of the Muslim world, including Morocco. See Dr. Godlas' biography as well as his Webby nominated-website for more information about him. Both Dr. Honerkamp and Dr. Godlas will be the on-site directors of the program in Morocco. They are specialists in Islamic Studies and Arabic and have particular expertise in Sufism. They will be assisted in Morocco by one native speaking Moroccan language instructor; local experts in various subjects such as women, Sufism, music, and art and architecture; and one on-site administrative and program assistant: Mr. Michael Fitzgerald, Director of the American Language Center in Marrakech. .
Costs
Cost per each student includes the following: a) program fee; b)tuition; c)airfareNote that the program fee includes the cost of classes, internet and computer access, meals, accomodations, group activities, and transportation within Morocco. Students, however, will also need to budget for individualized expenses while in Morocco. See below for "Answers to Questions about Costs" for more about this.
Costs for students who are either currently attending a UGA system school or who are residents of Georgia:
A) Program fee: $3300 ($200 deposit, plus $3100)
NOT
including airfare to and from Morocco and not including tuition.
The full amount of this program fee must be paid (by check payable to "University of
Georgia - Morocco") by February 1 and received by Dr. Godlas no later
than February 8.
B) Estimated Tuition:
Tuition for undergrads who entered prior to Fall 2006: $1560 total
($1539 plus
mandatory $21 tech fee)
Tuition for freshman who entered in the Summer or Fall 2006: $1488 total
($1467
plus mandatory $21 tech fee)
Tuition for freshman who entered in the Summer of Fall 2007: $1713 total
($1692 plus $21 mandatory tech fee)
--(For students on HOPE scholarships, HOPE will cover this. UGA students should contact the
financial aid
office for more information.) This may vary slightly for UGA
students not in the Franklin College of Arts of Sciences. This is paid when registering
for classes on Oasis (whenever your OASIS date occurs).
For NON-UGA students who are regular students at another USG institution, your HOPE
scholarship
will cover your tuition for the UGA Morocco program if you take the following steps:
(1) you must contact an advisor in your Financial Aid office while you are applying for this
UGA
study abroad program, informing him/her of your desire to have HOPE applied to your UGA study
abroad tuition.
(2) In your application you must including the following information:
Name of advisor in your Financial Aid office with whom you have spoken______________.
Date on which you spoke with this advisor_____________________.
Direct phone number (plus extension, if any) of this advisor___________________.
Fax number of this advisor____________________.
Email address of this advisor_________________.
(3) Then immediately after being accepted into the UGA study abroad program, you
must inform the advisor of your acceptance so he/she can arrange for your HOPE to cover your
UGA study abroad tuition.
(4) Then following this second conversation of yours with your Financial Aid advisor, you
must email Dr. Godlas at godlas@uga.edu , informing him of your recent conversation with
your financial aid advisor.
For Georgia residents who are non-UGA students and who wish to apply
your HOPE scholarship to the tuition, your application will not be
complete without the above information.
C) Airfare:
The fare (a group rate) is estimated as being $1250
round
trip from Atlanta. Our travel agent is currently determining the exact fare and date
by which it must be paid.
Note that for residents of Georgia with HOPE scholarships, tuition will in many cases be paid directly by HOPE when registering for the classes; but check with the Financial Aid Office about this. Students not on HOPE scholarships must pay the tuition when registering for the Maymester classes on OASIS. Students can also pay TUITION by check at Bursar's office (phone: 706-542-1625) of the university, where tuition can normally paid.
UGA students who are currently receiving other forms of financial aid such as Pell Grants may possibly be able to use this aid to cover certain costs of UGA-Morocco Maymester program. To enquire about this, please call Mr. Robert Tucker in the Financial Aid Office at (706) 542-6147 and press #1.
Costs for non-Georgia residents not attending a school in the University System of Georgia
Students who do not attend a school in the University System of Georgia and who are not Georgia residents must pay an additional "non-Georgia resident" fee of $250 to be added to the tuition. In addition, for all non-UGA students, a separate check should be made out for $50 covering the cost of processing of the Transient Student application. (See "Applying" in the table of contents for more information about the Transient Student application.)
A) Program fee: $3300 ($200 deposit, plus $3100) (updated Oct. 21, 2007)
NOT
including airfare to and from Morocco and not including tuition.
The full amount of this program fee ($3300) must be sent by February
1 and received no later than February 8 (by check
payable to "University of
Georgia - Morocco" and sent to Dr.
Godlas.
B) Transient student application fee: $50 (by separate check payable to the "University of
Georgia"; see Transient Student Application under
"Applying" in the table of contents)
C) Tuition: $250 (out-of-state fee) plus the following:
Tuition for undergrads who entered prior to Fall 2006: $1560 total
($1539 plus
mandatory $21 tech fee)
Tuition for undergrads who entered as freshman in the Summer or Fall 2006: $1488 total
($1467
plus mandatory $21 tech fee)
Tuition for undergrads who entered as freshman in the Summer of Fall 2007:
$1713 total
($1692 plus mandatory $21 tech fee)
To be paid by check payable to "University of Georgia" and sent to
Dr. Godlas by February 1, so that he receives it by February 8.
D) Airfare:
The fare (a group rate) is estimated as being $1250 round trip from Atlanta. Our
travel
agent is currently determining the exact fare and date by which it must be paid. The
fare will be reduced for students who meet the group at JFK airport in New York.
Answers to Questions About Costs and Payments
a. What is covered by the program fee and tuition? Covered by the student program fee and tuition are the following: All living accomodations (both on site and on the road), including food, homestays, and hotel costs (when outside of Marrakech); specialist native speaker teacher of Moroccan Arabic; lectures by local experts in women, Sufism, music, art and architecture; also included are costs of cultural performances, classroom building use, all transportation (excluding free days), admission to monuments, insurance, administrative costs and supplies, salaries of all faculty and guest speakers.
b. What
other expenses might be incurred by the student? Laundry,
souveniers, postage, entertainment. How much can a student expect to spend
on a weekly basis for these other expenses? $100 per week.
Applying
Note: Students enrolled in any university will be given priority, but applications from the interested public may be considered if space is available.Note as well that the deadline for applying is January 15, 2008, although late applications will be accepted until April 1, 2008 if space is available.
2)Fill
out the linked application for the program Application and apply
immediately, since applications
will be considered on a "first come, first served" basis.
Make
certain that you provide a phone number where you can be
reached, especially one where we can reach you during the last
few days before our flight leaves, just in case there are last
minute changes.
3) Visas and Passports
No visas to Morocco for American passport holders are needed. If you are
not an American citizen, however, you will need to inquire from the
Moroccan embassy in Washington, D.C. or check the Moroccan
consulate's webpage to see if Morocco requires that citizens of
of your country obtain a visa.
If you do not have a valid passport (that will continue to be valid until June 10), you should obtain one immediately, because there may be a backlog of applicants and a long time-delay when you apply.
4)For All Non-UGA Students: Transient Student Application
In addition to submitting our program's application available
through this website, all non-UGA students (even if you are students at other schools
in
Georgia) must submit (to Dr. Godlas) a
transient
student application, available at
http://www.uga.edu/oie/satransient.htm
by January 15, 2008. (Send it together with your application to the UGA-Morocco
program.) If you have already sent in an official undergraduate
transcript
with your application, please include a note stating that your undergraduate transcript
has already been sent. Please mail this to
Dr. Godlas-UGA/Morocco Program
Dept. of Religion
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-1625
Mandatory Certificate of Immunization for Transient Students As noted on the Transient Student web page, transient students must also fill out the Mandatory Certificate of Immunization which MUST BE SIGNED BY A PHYSICIAN certifying proof of immunization for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), and a current Tetanus shot http://www.uhs.uga.edu/documents/immun_history.pdf and send it to the following address: Health Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602 by March 1 at the latest. Without this, it will be impossible for you to register. You should follow up this, and about five days after you have sent in the form call the Health Center at 706-542-8617 and ask if you have been cleared. Email Dr. Godlas at godlas@uga.edu , after the Health Center has informed you that you have been cleared.
Homestays
Students stay with Moroccan families when we are in Marrakech. See our information sheet on homestays.Special Dietary Needs
Special dietary needs and food allergies cannot always be accomodated while travelling. Therefore, if you have such needs and still desire to participate in the program, while travelling be prepared to eat simple meals. For example, if you are a vegan, it will be a good idea, when we are travelling, for you to go the Moroccan markets (before we leave) and stock up on foods that you can take with you and eat. Fortunately for vegans and vegetarians, dried fruits and nuts as well as fresh fruits and vegetables are plentiful.Program affiliations
Post-acceptance Documents
If you have been accepted into the program, click on the following link, download the MS Word documents linked on that document, and follow the instructions there: Post-acceptance instructionsOn the "agreement of participation" found at the previous link, you will be instructed to read the itinerary (which you will be emailed shortly after March 8; you can find previous year's itineraries at the beginning of this page) and read the Consular Information Sheet (link updated Jan. 20, 2008) published by US Embassy in Morocco. We have linked it here for your convenience.
Security and travel arrangements
After acceptance into the program, all students must download, sign, and mail in the forms (to Dr. Godlas at his address listed above) accessed at the following link [updated March 8]: Post-Acceptance Documents
Note that the tentative itinerary noted on the program agreement and waiver will be emailed to students after March 8.
Airline carrier and dates of travel: Group discount air travel is currently being arranged. Tentatively, the group will leave from Atlanta on May 9, 2008 and return to Atlanta on June 4, 2008. Since it is possible that we will switch planes at JFK airport in New York, students may be able to join the group at that time if they do not begin with us in Atlanta. Before planning on this, however, students should check with the program directors to determine our flight's itinerary. Students in Georgia or the Southern U.S. are strongly urged to travel with the group. If you do not travel to Morocco with the group, we encourage you to arrive at the Casablanca airport before our flight arrives, so that you can travel with us to Marrakech. Otherwise, you will be responsible for arranging and paying for your own transportation to Marrakech from Casablanca. (Since the airport is not in Casablanca proper, this generally means taking an hour-long train from the airport into Casablanca proper; then waiting a while; then taking another five hour train ride from Casablanca to Marrakech. It can be a difficult process is one has not done it before. Hence we do not recommend that you do it.) Similarly, if you do not travel with us on our return to Casablanca, you will be responsible for arranging and paying for your transportation there. We generally recommend that participants travel with the group.
All
Moroccan group travel is by chartered van. Outside of Marrakech
various hotels will be stayed in.
Homestays and meals
arranged by the affiliated institution, The American Language Center. We will
attempt to honor requests such as
a homestay with a primarily Arabic speaking family or, on the other hand, a family
that has at least one or more English speakers, for example. The sooner such requests
are made, the more likely they will be able to be accomodated.
The deposit will be refunded if the applicant
is not accepted.Full refunds will
be given if the program is cancelled.In
the event of student cancellation after the program fee has been paid,
if no replacement student can be found, $600 will be refunded.
While in Morocco, Dr. Godlas, the administrative director, can be reached at godlas@uga.edu.
Dr.
Honerkamp can be reached at
hnrkmp@uga.edu .
Trip Cancellation and Refund Policies
Destination Details and Contact Numbers and
Addresses in Morocco
Information about
how to contact the directors in
Morocco
Informative Websites
