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Study Abroad - Programs
Summer 2003
Alaska, USA
June 9, 2003 - June 29, 2003

This program has been cancelled for 03J. Check with the faculty director for more information
Please note that this program has an early application and first deposit deadline of March 3, 2003.
Program Overview

Compare the cuisines and health of current residents in Alaska and Western Canada by listening to a variety of health professionals in the US and Canada. Experience Alaska's wilderness and life in British Columbia's Vancouver and Victoria.

The program will provide traditional lectures, offer visits to health centers, universities, local parks, and museum and agricultural tours. Excursions will include sites in Anchorage, Denali National Park, Fairbanks, Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria. Enrollment will be required in NTDT 475: Transcultural Foods and Cuisine for 5 credits. Course meets multicultural requirement. This program encourages all majors to apply.

Students will reside in hotels of multiple occupancy. Some meals may be provided, details to be announced at interest meetings.

Participate in this program and compare and contrast the food, health, and dietary habits of people in America's far north and adjacent areas in western Canada. Students will complete structured abstracts, journals, sensory evaluation of foods. Essay questions will integrate knowledge gained from scheduled program events.

Courses
Students must enroll in all courses for credit and a grade; pass/fail and audit registration is not permitted.

Honors credit may be available. Check with the faculty director and the Honors program for prior approval (before departure).

All students must enroll in 5 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course.

NTDT475 - Transcultural Foods and Cuisine (5 cr.)
Travel study of transcultural food habits: attitudes, beliefs, customs and taboos. Visits to major food industries and health organizations and interaction with indigenous population.
Prerequisite:NTDT 200 or equivalent course or permission of instructor
Satisfies the following requirements:
Multicultural
Requirements
Applicants should have a G.P.A. of at least 2.0 (on a 4.00 scale). We encourage freshmen to apply! For all participants, a formal application is necessary, including a deposit, one transcript (non-University of Delaware students only), and one recommendation. An interview may be conducted in person or by telephone.

Study abroad at the University of Delaware is highly competitive. See here for an overview of the acceptance process. If you are not selected for your first choice program, we recommend moving your application and deposit to another program (by emailing your request to studyabroad@udel.edu).

Alaska, USA Program Costs
Participants in the Alaska, USA program will be charged University of Delaware tuition for one Summer Session and the program fee. The program fee usually covers round-trip airfare, housing, and all excursions but does not include transportation to/from the group's initial departure airport. Your specific program fee may or may not include these and other items, check with the faculty director for details.

A $200 deposit towards the program fee must be paid by no later than March 3, 2003 , although we recommend that you pay your deposit within three working days of submitting your application. The deposit is non-refundable if you are admitted into the program. The program acceptance list will be available approximately two weeks later. See below for additional program fee and tuition payment deadlines.

UD students pay all program fee deposits by direct bank transfer via this website: http://www.udel.edu/studyabroadpayments. Non-UD students should send a check, payable to the University of Delaware, to CFIS, Elliott Hall, 26 East Main Street, Newark, DE 19716. Credit card payments are not accepted.

  DE Resident Non-DE Resident
Final Tuition based on current year 888 2476
Estimate Program Fee
 3560 3560
UD Registration & Activities Fee 35 35
Estimate Total 4483 6071

Please note that final program fees are subject to change until the group's departure date. Final program fees may be increased due to airline taxes, fuel surcharges, exchange rates, or changes in the group size.

Scholarships
Need- and merit-based scholarships are available to UD undergraduates on a competitive basis. For more details and to apply for a scholarship, go to our scholarships page (and be sure to submit scholarship materials by the deadlines).
Deadlines
All payments and application materials are due by 5:00pm on the dates listed below:
  • Application and $200 deposit deadline: March 3, 2003
  • $1236 deposit deadline: March 21, 2003
  • Final program fee balance due: May 2, 2003
  • Tuition and Registration Fee due: mid-May, 2003
Contact Information
Marie Kuczmarski
Faculty Director
Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
226 Alison Hall
Phone:(302) 831-8765
Email: mfk@udel.edu