Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 
International Programs

Summer Programs

Study Abroad Program

Summer programs are by far our most popular kind of program! Not only will you experience new worlds and live in new cultures, but you can take the exact same courses (with ERAU professors) you would take if you were to stay on campus, for half the price!! The savings on tuition help offset other costs of the program, helping students save money and potentially spend less by going abroad compared to staying on campus! So don't wait!  Apply TODAY! Spots are limited and fill up quickly. So don't risk missing out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel. A whole new world is just a summer away!!

Quick Overview

- All programs are 4-5 weeks long and transfer up to 6 credit hours
- Tuition for all our summer programs is half- price
- Financial aid applies for all programs
- All courses are taught in English, except language courses (no prior language skills required)
- Grades for all summer courses are Pass/Fail
- Most programs include 3-day weekends
- Field trips are included on all programs

Requirements

- At least Sophomore standing (exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis)
- At least a 2.5 GPA in most cases
- A valid Passport and/or required Visas (Passport number required by April 3, 2010)
- $100 ($75 refundable) deposit (refundable until March 13, 2010)
- An OPEN mind!!

Note: The deposit needs to be paid to the campus hosting the summer abroad program.
For Daytona Beach programs, please contact:
Bursar's Office
bursar@erau.edu
(386) 226-6280

For Prescott programs, please contact:
Bonnie Ryan
bonnie.ryan@erau.edu
(928) 777-3729

Applying

Applications are due on March 12, 2010. Deadline extended to April 2!! To apply you can download the form directly from our Applications page. Please read the Summer Program Application Instructions section within the application carefully. Incomplete applications will NOT be processed (if you don't have a Passport yet, apply for one immediately and give us the number as soon as you can) so be sure to carefully fill them out and follow all directions.  The $100 refundable deposit is required to process your application and must be paid at your school's cashier's office.  Make sure you specify the program(s) and terms(s) (Summer A, B, or A/B) you're paying for, and bring a copy of the receipt(s) to us along with any other applicable supplemental items to complete the application.

Acceptance Policy and Procedures


Every year, ERAU's summer abroad programs spark enormous interest among our students (for obvious reasons!), Furthermore, the international nature of our programs requires that only qualified, motivated, and responsible students participate to ensure not only a smooth -running program, but also to ensure their safety, and that of the entire group.  Finally, as can be expected, priority needs to be given to students who may not have another opportunity to participate due to their class status and impending graduation. Due in large part to these reasons, the following procedures and considerations will be taken when accepting applicants to all our programs:

1. Although a "First come, first served" will not be strictly applied, applicants who apply earlier and who meet the requirements set henceforth will have priority over those who apply later.

2. Students with a 3.0 GPA or higher will have priority until January 30, 2010.

3. Students with a GPA lower than 2.5 will be admitted at the International Programs Office's and professors' (ERAU professor(s) leading the program) discretion. Students with a GPA higher than 2.5 will have priority over students that have a GPA lower than 2.5 until the application deadline. Among students with a GPA lower than a 2.5, priority will be based on GPA.

4. All applications will be reviewed by both the International Programs Office AND the professor(s) who will be leading the programs. The professors will have the final word on who is to be accepted. Furthermore, each professor will be free to require supplemental information from the applicants if they so wish. If this is the case, the professor will contact the applicants after the applications have been reviewed.

5. Upperclassmen will have priority but ONLY until November 28, 2009. After this date, all applicants will have equal priority as far as student status is concerned.

6. Students from other universities may be allowed to participate in ERAU's summer programs. However, ERAU students will have priority until January 30, 2010. Furthermore, non-ERAU students will have to pay all lab fees and costs BEFORE the program starts at a date to be determined by the International Programs Office.

7. Participants who do not need the credits offered by the program and graduate before the program starts, will have to pay the program fees and costs BEFORE the program starts at a date to be determined by the International Programs Office.

Important Academic Information

1. Most programs include a language course. This course is usually a basic, survival language course with limited reading and writing assignments that does not constitute a typical humanities course. As such, language courses will be considered open electives and may not replace HU 14X series courses or lower-level humanities credit unless an optional project or series of projects assigned by a professor from the Humanities and Social Sciences Department is successfully completed. A $50 fee to cover professor costs will be assessed to those wishing to take advantage of this optional upgrade.

2. Courses that have been approved for EC (Economics) credit may be substituted for SS (Social Science) credit if desired.



2010 Summer Programs

 



Summer A
Beijing, China

May 11 - June 10


Courses Offered:
  • HU/LCH 199 Conversational Chinese
  • SS/RS/HU 399 Exploration of China

Possible Included Field Trips and Activities: 

  • Visit one of the most famous wonders of the World: the Great Wall of China.
  • Enter the [once] Forbidden Palace.
  • Walk through the metropolitan city of Shanghai
  •  Admire the Terracotta Soldiers
  • And much, MUCH more!

* An optional trip to Tibet from June 11 to June 23 for an estimated cost of $900 may also be offered*

 


 Professor Contact Information:

Hong Zhan
E-mail: zhan121@erau.edu
Phone: (928) 777-3945

Note: Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.


Estimated Cost:


Estimated cost paid to ERAU plus personal travel costs:
$7665



Plan your trip and get informed:

NEW: Chinese language classes offered, with the possibility of obtaining a minor in Chinese! Full scholarship opportunities available! Contact your International Program Office for more information.

To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Prescott application and take it to your International Programs Office.

 




Summer A
Munich, Germany

May 8 - June 12


Courses Offered: 
  • HU/SS 199/399 German Language, Culture and Society
  • EGR 399 German Industry and Technology
  • AE 399 Control Systems Engineering and Design with Lab
  • EGR 399H MGDB Introduction to Helicopter Flight Dynamic with Lab
    EGR 399GMGDB Collaborative Projects with German Engineering
    Students

Possible Included Field Trips and Activities:

  • Visit the BMW headquaters,
  • Company visit to Siemens
  • Explore small German towns
  • Tour CERN, and possibly visit the Austrian/Swiss Alps
  • And much, MUCH more!
 Professor Contact Information:

Karl Siebold
E-mail: siebo6ed@erau.edu
Phone: (928) 777-3751

Note: Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.


Estimated Cost:

Estimated cost paid to ERAU plus personal travel costs:
$7800


Plan your trip and get informed:


To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Prescott application and take it to your International Programs Office.

 



Summer A
Israel
May 13 - June 16
NEW!!

Courses Offered:

  • SS 499/SIS 312 Criminal Justice Systems, Human Rights and Security
  • EC/BA/SS 399 History of Economic Thought

Possible Included Field Trips and Activities:

  • Take a trip to Petra, the city entirely built in a gorge and featured in an Indiana Jones movie
  • Dive back to one of history's most important times through a visit to the National Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Tour the shores of the Galilean Sea
  • Visit historic and religious landmarks like Nazareth and Jerusalem
  • Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the security at one of the world's safest airports: Tel-Aviv
  • and much, MUCH MORE!
Professor Contact Information:

Robert Baker
E-mail: bakere9d@erau.eduPhone: (928) 777-3937

Ricardo A. Carreras
E-Mail: ricardo.carreras@erau.edu
Phone: (928) 777-3717

Note: Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.


Estimated Cost:

Estimated cost paid to ERAU plus personal travel costs:
$9800


Plan your trip and get informed:


To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Prescott application and take it to your International Programs Office.

Japan program

Summer A
Niigata, Japan

May 14 - June 21

 Courses Offered:

  • HU NJDB 199 Japanese Language
    AND
  • SS 399 NJDB Studies of Japanese Culture, Language and Society (course in development; details may change)
    OR
    EGR 395 NJDB Studies of Japanese Industry,Technology and Engineering*

    * EGR 399 is available only for students in Junior standing at the time of the program  

 Possible Included Field Trips and Activities:  

  • Experience the Metropolitan Tokyo and the Old Capital of
    Kyoto (world Heritage)
  • Tour the Hiroshima Atomic War Memorial 
  • Visit the Toyota City in Nagoya
  • And much, MUCH more!!


Professor Contact Information:

Shigeo Hayashibara
E-mail: hayasd87@erau.edu
Phone: (928) 777-6982

Note: Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.


Estimated Cost:


$8100 - this includes tuition, airfare allowance, field trips, lodging, and food.



Plan your trip and get informed:

To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Prescott application and take it to your International Programs Office

Summer in Italy

Summer A
Siena, Italy

May 23 - June 18


Courses Offered:

  • HU 199 SIDB Italian Language 
  • HU 399 SIDB Italian Literature, Art and History

Possible Included Field Trips and Activities:

  • Visit the Chianti wine region. 
  • Explore Verona and/or take a side trip to enchanting Venice.
  • Travel to the heart of Tuscany: Florence
  • Participate in a traditional Tuscan food cooking class!
  • Walk down the ancient streets of Rome
  • And much, MUCH more!!


Professor Contact Information:

James Cunningham
E-mail: cunningj@erau.edu
Phone: (386) 226 -6634 

Alan Pratt
Email: pratta@erau.edu
Phone: (386) 226-7779

Note: Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.

Estimated Cost:


$8500 - this includes tuition, airfare allowance, field trips, lodging, and food.


Plan your trip and get informed:

To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Daytona Beach application and take it to your International Programs Office

Summer A/S Paris, Toulouse and Poitiers

Summer A/B
Paris, Toulouse and Poitiers
France

June 4 - July 17

NEW! Pilot track available as well! 20 flight hours included in package!

Application deadline is February 10, 2010
-- Program is available for upper-classmen engineering and Aeronautical Science students only --



Plan your trip and get informed:

Professor Contact Information:

Ray Bedard
E-mail: ray.bedard@erau.edu
Phone: (928) 777-6669 

Courses Offered:

The engineering track of the program contains the following academic modules:

  • Aircraft Structure and Structure Analysis
  • Fundamentals of Combustion
  • Flight Mechanics and Propulsion Systems
  • Air Transport, Air Traffic Operations, and Management
  • Cultural and language classes

The Aeronautical Science track of the program contains the following academic modules:

  • Aerodynamics
  • Turbine Engines
  • Air Transport, Air Traffic Operations, and Management
  • Cultural and language classes
  • Flight time

These academic modules will transfer back to ERAU as the following:

  • AE 399: Upper level technical elective  (3 credits)
  • ES 399: Upper level open/technical elective (3 credits)

    OR
  • AS 309: Aerodynamics (3 credits)
  • Open Elective
  • 20 flight hours (10 PIC and 10 in the back seat, IFR + Instructor)

Estimated Cost: $8600 - this includes tuition, airfare allowance, field trips, lodging, and food. For flight students, this also includes flight hours.

Note:
This program does not include 3-day weekends. A non-refundable deposit in the amount of EUR 1100 for the Aeronautical Science track will be required by the application deadline.

To apply for this program, please go to the applications page. For this particular program, both the ERAU Daytona Beach application as well as the GEA Application are required. Fill both of them out and take them to the International Programs Office.

 



Summer A
Buenos Aires, Argentina

May 15 - June 11
NEW!!

Courses Offered:

  • HU 199 Conversational Spanish
  • SS 399 Argentinian and Southern Cone Political History

Possible Included Field Trips and Activities:

  • Walk down the richly historic streets of the Paris of Latin America: Buenos Aires!
  • Visit politically historic landmarks associated with Juan and Eva Peron, the Dirty War and its "Disappeared", and more!
  • Try your dancing skills by taking Tango lessons - beginners wanted!
  • And much, MUCH more!!
 
Professor Contact Information:

Glenn Dorn
E-mail: dorng@erau.edu
Phone: (386) 226-7907 

Note: Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.

Estimated Cost:

$7500 - this includes tuition, airfare allowance, field trips, lodging, and food.


Plan your trip and get informed:

To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Daytona Beach application and take it to your International Programs Office

 




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Summer B
Int'l Aviation Appreciation Program
-England, France and Germany-
July 1 - July 14


Courses Offered:

  • SS 130 EUDB - History of Aviation 
  • AS/SS 399 EUDB - International Aviation Appreciation

Possible Included Field Trips and Activities:

  • British Science Museum
  • Farnborough (England) Air Show
  • Glider flying trip (Germany)
  • Paris Air and Space Museum
  • And much, MUCH more!
 


 Professor Contact Information:

Cass Howell
E-mail: howellc@erau.edu
Phone: (386) 226-6491

Note:
Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.

Estimated Cost: 

$7600 - this includes tuition, airfare allowance, field trips, lodging, and food.


Plan your trip and get informed:


To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Daytona Beach application and take them to your International Programs Office.



Summer B
Paris, France

June 30 - July 30


Courses Offered:
  • HU 199 PFDB - French Language
  • BA/EC/SS 399/699 PFDB - International  Business
    *** Program available for graduate student credit ***

Possible Included Field Trips and Activities:

  • Visit the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Sacre Coeur, Notre Dame, and many more city highlights.
  • Visit the Economic division of the US embassy
  • Enjoy the southern French warmth and beauty of Toulouse, the aerospace capital of Europe, while visiting the Airbus A380 assembly line 
  • Visit a french bakery and taste the real french baguette 
  • And much, MUCH more!

 
Professor Contact Information:

Norbert Zarb
E-mail: zarbb@erau.edu
Phone: (386) 226-7942
Note: Please contact your International Programs Office for information relating to the application process, program finances, financial aid, and credit transfer.


Estimated Cost:
 

$8000 - this includes tuition, airfare allowance, field trips, lodging, and food.


Plan your trip and get informed:

To apply for this program, please go to the applications page, fill out the Daytona Beach application and take it to your International Programs Office