Planned cruise tracks include Hawaii, Costa Rica, Alaska, and Tahiti. Students are strongly encouraged to apply now for the Pacific cruise track for fall semester 2001. A sampling of classes in the Ancient Greek Civilization track includes Aegean Archaeology, Sites and Monuments of Athens, Ancient Greek and Aegean Religions, Modern Greek language, The City-State in Ancient Greek History, and Attic Tragedy. Some courses in the East Mediterranean Area Studies track include The History and Politics of the Middle East, The Balkans in Our Times, Gender Roles in Mediterranean Studies, Byzantine Art and Architecture, and Religion and the State in the Contemporary Middle East. No knowledge of Greek is necessary before attending the program.
Instruction takes place in the classroom, in museums and at relevant sites, both ancient and modern.
Students live in apartments or hotel units with basic cooking facilities. One Albion alum who attended the CYA in the mid-seventies still views this program as a changing point in his life. Scholarships are available to US citizens enrolled at two and four year colleges or universities who wish to pursue specialization in area and language study, or to add an important international dimension to their education. Study outside the US is highly encouraged, but not required. Agriculture and food science, business, computer science, economics, engineering, health and biomedical science, history, international relations, political science, and applied science majors are especially encouraged to apply.