Summer School?

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NUS-IN-YALE 2009

We are happy to inform that application for NUS-in-Yale 2009 is now open. An important part of your NUS education is to have significant global experience, interacting with the best and brightest around the world.  NUS-in-Yale gives NUS undergraduates an Ivy League experience during the Yale Summer Session. Through this five-week summer programme , ten selected NUS students will study and interact with Yale students. You will stay at Yale residential colleges and experience many aspects of Yale undergraduate life. 
 
Course Information:
 
The program will start on 1 June  and end on 3 July 2009.  Students will select two from a list of modules within the broad focus areas of Economics, Politics and Philosophy, and Human Relations.  The relevant modules will be made known later to selected students  :
 
The full course listing can be accessed via the link below. Note that the NUS-in-Yale programme only takes place during Session A. 
http://www.yale.edu/summer/courses/subject/guide.html
 
Below is a sample of previous year's courses :
 
AMST S-428/FILM S-228, Film Noir and the American Cinema of the 1940s
ANTH S-288, Anthropology of Religion
CGSC S-110/PSYC S130, Introduction to Cognitive Science
E&EB S-122, Principles of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
ECON S-159, Game Theory
ENGL S-456, Investigative Journalism
HIST S-213, Renaissance Culture and the Printing Revolution
HIST S-312, Political and Cultural Transformation in Twentieth-Century China
PHIL S-114, Free Will, God, and Suffering
PHIL S-367, Evil
PLSC S-263, The American Presidency
SOCY S-141, Sociology of Crime and Deviance
STCY S-176, Introduction to the Study of the City
 
More details on the Yale Summer Session can be obtained from the following website: http://www.yale.edu/summer
 
Financial Assistance:
There will be a student grant to cover the expenses including fees, airfare, accommodation and visa.  However, each student will have to co-pay SGD$2,000 to participate in this program.
 
Objectives :
We aim to have students sustain and amplify this Ivy League experience after their return to NUS.
USP students will further develop what they have learnt at Yale through supervised independent study as part of their USP Advanced Curriculum.
 
Eligibility :
This is open to 1st and 2nd Year students of USP and USP partner faculties.  Do note that priority will be given to Year 2 students.
 
For USP students,  substitution credit will be given for one 1st tier USP module.  The two modules taken at Yale may substitute for major/faculty requirements upon approval by the department or faculty; approval may be sought through the usual procedure for SEP module substitution.
 
Selection
Shortlisted students will be notified by 2 February 2009 and are required to attend an interview in mid February. Students who are unable to attend the interview will not be considered for selection.
 

!!! Okay, what I'm really excited about is that John Crowley is teaching a class on sci-fi writing. :\ Darn, I shouldn't have forwarded my Hawaii application to FASS LOL. But oh well. That's not really a big problem. I'll still apply to NUS-in-Yale and see how things turn out. USP doesn't like me so yeah.

But John Crowley! Actually just standing in the English Department's building would be good enough for me. I hope I get this. Will be S$2000 poorer though :\ Going to write a kick-ass essay and kick the ***'s elitist butt!