Orientation
Students begin the year with the orientation program to prepare for the academic and cultural life in Geneva through intensive language review and mini-courses in Swiss Francophone literature, culture, society and art. Students have the opportunity to become acquainted with Geneva and the francophone part of Switzerland through program excursions and cultural activities. They are introduced to the city of Geneva, its institutions, its museums, and, in particular, to the University and its various Institutes and libraries. An excursion to the Château de Chillon and the Rochers-de-Naye (near Montreux) concludes this phase of the program.
The Academic Program
Though students in the Geneva program are fully matriculated students in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the Université de Genève, they may take courses and seminars in other affiliated institutes of the University, such as the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the European Institute. Students are required to take one French language course per semester at the Smith Center, taught by Swiss-French professors and tailored to meet the language needs of the group. Because the course catalogue for the Université de Genève is not available before late August-September, students arrange their final course selections with the assistance of the resident faculty director after arriving in Geneva. Students are encouraged to sample the variety of courses offered in the different faculties and institutes, to follow their own interests and to pursue independent academic work.
Laboratory science courses are generally unavailable to Smith students, due to a shortage of laboratory space. Prospective students with specific academic needs should consult the Office for International Study at Smith College.
A Smith College faculty member, serving as director in residence for the academic year, oversees students' academic and general welfare and acts as a liaison to the university system and Swiss officials.
Sample Courses
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Art History:
Introduction to Renaissance Art
Introduction to Medieval Art
The Image of Nature in Contemporary Art
Sociology of Art and Images
Computer Science:
Database Analysis and Design
Elements of Theoretical Information Systems
Information Systems I
Economics:
Analysis of Economic Policies of the European Union
Economic History of Third World Countries: Africa in the 19th century and 20th centuries
Economic Relations between Switzerland and the European Union
Evolution of Economic Thought
Government:
Comparative Political Systems
Cooperation and Conflict Among Developing Countries
Economic Relations Between Switzerland and the European Union
Europe in Search of its Security
Europe and the Third World
European Institutions and European Integration
Federalism vs. Resurging Nationalisms
Individual and Society in Political Science
Interdisciplinary Introduction to Regions
International Humanitarian Law
International Law and International Organizations
National Identities and European Institutions
Political Doctrines and Modernity: The Case of Conservatism and Marxism
Rawls' Theory of Justice
Regional Geography: The Formation of Europe
Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Europe
Violence and Non-Violence
History:
The Abbasid' Civilization
Contemporary History: Crises of Democracy and Attempts at Authoritarian Rule
Diplomatic History and International Relations: Europeans Expansion
History and Memory in the 20th Century
History of the Roman Empire
The History of Women in the Middle Ages
The Origins of the 20th Century
Regional Geography: The Formation of Europe
Revolution in France (1789-1890) and in Russia (1905-1991)
Roman History from 133 B.C. to A.D. 14
The Thousand-Year History of the Middle Ages
Linguistics
Comparative Syntax
Introduction to Linguistics
Sociolinguistics I
Techniques in Analysis of Language
Literature:
English Literature:
Beowulf
Medieval English Translation
The Secrecy of Fiction and the Fiction of Secrecy in the Native American Novel
The Theme of the Blue-Stocking: Women, Intellectual Life and Society
Voltaire: Novels and Short Stories
Writers and Politics
French Literature:
La Farce de Maitre de Pathelin
Pantegruel et les Quart Livres
Lettre a' d'Alembert
Music:
Neo-Classicism in the 20th Century
Philosophy:
General Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Sciences and Societies
Psychology:
Child and Adolescent Psychology
Psychology of Education
Religion:
Introduction to the Religions of Greece and Rome
What is Ethics?
Women in the New Testament
Sociology:
Power and Society in the Middle East and North Africa
Regional Media and Identities
Sociolinguistics I
Sociology of Art and Images
Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement (IHEID)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/
Comparative Economic Systems
Contemporary Topics in International Relation Theory
Dragons and Tigers: The Accelerated Development of Asian Countries
Economic Construction of Europe since 1945
Economic Transition: The Case of Russia
European Economic Integration
European Economy 1918-1993
Evolution of the International Political System from 1871 to 1939
Famine, Food and Strategies of Humanitarian Assistance
Historical Epistemology: Audio-Visual Sources of History
Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Contemporary World
International Relations Since 1945
International Trade and Development
Introduction to European Law
Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia; Regional Dynamics and the Restructuring of the International System
Nationalism and Integration
The CSCE Process: From the East-West Schism to Post-Communism
The European Union and the United States
Trade Policies, GATT and the World Trade Order
Institut européen
http://www.unige.ch/ieug/index.html
L’Ecole de Traduction et d’Interprétation
http://www.unige.ch/eti/index.htlm
L'Ecole de Langue et de Civilisation Françaises
http://www.unige.ch/lettres/elcf/
Contemporary France
Francophone Switzerland
Francophone Traditions and Cultures in America
From the End of the Third to the Dawn of the Fifth Republic
Geneva and Its History
Haute Ecole d'Arts Appliqués
http://www.hesge.ch/heaa/
Drawing
Painting
Conservatoire de Genève
http://www.cmusge.ch/cmg/fr/default.asp
Harmony
History of Music |
