Culture and Health in Austria SUMMER: May 19 - June 11, 2009
Enjoy learning about health and wellness in Bad Gleichenberg, Austria. Live in the foothills of the Alps while you learn from Austrian experts about cultural and social influences on health care and health promotion. You’ll have the opportunity to experience firsthand a European lifestyle and you’ll be challenged in the classroom to apply your observations to health promotion in the American context. We’ll visit the Sigmund Freud museum in Vienna, curative mineral baths, and other health-related venues.
Weekends will be free for your own travel plans. Accessible cities include Vienna, Salzburg, Budapest, among other cities in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Slovenia. We will be hosted by FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences, and thus accommodations will include student apartments, families, or dormitories.
This program provides an opportunity to study health-related issues in another country to become familiar with how different cultural, social, and economic factors shape health, wellbeing, and lifestyle.
Application Deadline: February 15 for guaranteed consideration. Late applications are often taken. There is a non-refundable fee of $250 to secure a spot.
Applications may be taken after February 15 if a position is available; contact the International Programs Office about available positions. Late applicants may have a higher airfare cost.
Go to the Applications page to find out how to get an application.
Most seminars are open to all majors and minors, not simply those whose field/s matches the department/s granting credit. For continuing UWSP students a minimum GPA of 2.25 is required.
Priority is given to regularly registered UWSP students, but students from other universities and community members are welcome to apply. All participants will be registered in a college course, for credit or audit at the same cost, and will be expected to participate in the program at an intellectual level.
Approximately $4,450 - 4,950 Estimation for approximately three weeks based on 15 fully-paying participants.
Cost Includes:
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This trip carries one course option for three transferable UW-Stevens Point credits. HPHD students will enroll in the course title that pertains to their major.
The course will compare and contrast health and lifestyle issues in America and Austria by examining the following:
Students will also be able to discuss issues with Austrian students enrolled in the course. There will be a 3-day field experience during which students will be immersed in a small mountain village to experience the lifestyle of the local people, including their food ways, physical activity habits, and outlets for leisure and culture. Students will share this experience with Austrian students taking part in the trip. Course options, subject to approval, are:
Please discuss the academic requirements of this trip with academic leader, Dr. Annie C. Wetter directly.
Dr. Annie C. Wetter awetter@uwsp.edu 715-346-2108
Wetter is an Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics in the School of Health Promotion and Human Development. She has lived in several different European countries and has traveled extensively, including Africa.
Up to ten weeks before the start of the program, all fees except the initial $250 deposit will be refunded. After the time, tuition, airline, tour costs and housing charges are assessed. If the program would be cancelled, all fees will be refunded. Because exchange rates and airline prices fluctuate, International Programs reserves the right to cancel, surcharge, or to alter the program.
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