Morocco: Culture and Society

  Morocco

Rabat

Term: Fall, Spring 
Dates: September to December/February to May

Description: The School for International Training's Study Abroad programs offer field-based study in over 57 countries. Students earn 16 semester credits on a 15-week experience designed to encourage a global awareness that enables people to live in an interdependent world. Groups of seven to 25 students are led by one or two academic directors.

Vibrant, diverse Morocco is known for its Atlantic and Mediterranean beaches, high mountains, Sahara Desert, imperial cities, and open-air souks. Its history and culture reflect the influence of a long succession of invaders and settlers--including the Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, French, Spanish, and Arabs--as well as the presence of the Berbers, Morocco's indigenous people, who make up half of the nation's population. Morocco provides unique opportunities to examine Islam as a religion and a system of thought, to study the Moroccan political system and monarchy, and to investigate current development issues.

From your base in the cosmopolitan capital of Rabat, you travel to the coastal and Saharan towns of Marrakech, Zagora, and Essaouira, as well as to rural Moroccan communities, gaining an in-depth understanding of this rich and rapidly changing society.

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites; however, students with a background in French will find ample opportunity for French language practice, while also learning Arabic.

Highlights: Eight-week homestay in Rabat and a one-week rural village homestay. Educational excursions to Marrakech, Fes and Meknes, and the Zagora desert area.

Cost in US$: contact sponsor

Experience Required: no

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

SIT Study Abroad's Mission Statement: SIT Study Abroad is the accredited higher education institution of World Learning, a private, nonprofit international organization promoting international and intercultural understanding, social justice, and economic development through education, training, and field projects around the globe. SIT prepares students to be interculturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens through SIT Study Abroad, undergraduate, field-based academic programs operating in more than 50 countries worldwide, and thorough short-term professional training and graduate degrees in language teaching, conflict transformation, international education, social justice in intercultural relations, management, and sustainable development.

Year Founded: 1932