Study at European College of Liberal Arts in Berlin Germany
European College of Liberal Arts (ECLA) is a college without departments, dedicated to the integrated study of values. In each academic programme, ECLA students work with faculty from different backgrounds on moral, political, epistemic, religious, and aesthetic questions, with the understanding that such questions are naturally and deeply connected. Possible areas of concentration are Art & Aesthetics, Ethics & Political Theory, and Literature & Rhetoric.
Students are taught in small discussions seminars and one-to-one tutorials by a select faculty from disciplines like philosophy, literature, political theory, art history, and film theory. Philantrophic grants allow the college to have a need-blind admissions policy, so no qualified student is turned away for lack of funding. Students and faculty come from all over the world and work together in English. They share the facilities of a small residential campus and the cultural riches of one of the most vibrant capitals in Europe.
B.A. in Value Studies
European College of Liberal Arts leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree, Students completing the programme receive a B.A. in Value Studies and concentrate in two of the following three areas: Art and Aesthetics, Ethics and Political Theory, Literature and Rhetoric. It is the first degree programme structured around the concept of value.
The Academy Year (AY) ECLA's first one-year programme was introduced in 2002, and continues today in a developed version as the Academy Year Programme. The main structural components of the curriculum are core courses and electives. Students may also study languages for extra credit if time permits. In 2009-10 the core courses are dedicated to Greek Thought and Literature on Education, Forms of Love: Eros, Agape and Philia, and The Values of the Florentine Renaissance. Seminars are usually composed of five to twelve students.
The Project Year (PY) Another one-year programme, The Students spend half their time in core courses, and divide the rest between electives and a year-long individual project after which the programme is named. Supervised by one or two faculty members with relevant expertise, the work culminates with a 25-page essay and an oral presentation of the project to the rest of the school. In 2009-10 the topic of the PY core course is The Idea and Ideal of Objectivity. Usually PY students have 3–5 years of relevant academic experience when they join the programme.
The International Summer University (ISU)
The theme for the 2009 ISU was "Montaigne and the Making of the Modern Self". Because of campus developments there will be no ISU in 2010.
Theodor Paleologu has been an assistant professor and director of the ISU between 2003 and 2006. David Durst, philosophy professor from the American University in Bulgaria was the ISU director from 2007 to 2009.
European College of Liberal Arts (ECLA) is a college without departments, dedicated to the integrated study of values. In each academic programme, ECLA students work with faculty from different backgrounds on moral, political, epistemic, religious, and aesthetic questions, with the understanding that such questions are naturally and deeply connected. Possible areas of concentration are Art & Aesthetics, Ethics & Political Theory, and Literature & Rhetoric.Students are taught in small discussions seminars and one-to-one tutorials by a select faculty from disciplines like philosophy, literature, political theory, art history, and film theory. Philantrophic grants allow the college to have a need-blind admissions policy, so no qualified student is turned away for lack of funding. Students and faculty come from all over the world and work together in English. They share the facilities of a small residential campus and the cultural riches of one of the most vibrant capitals in Europe.
B.A. in Value Studies
European College of Liberal Arts leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree, Students completing the programme receive a B.A. in Value Studies and concentrate in two of the following three areas: Art and Aesthetics, Ethics and Political Theory, Literature and Rhetoric. It is the first degree programme structured around the concept of value.
The Academy Year (AY) ECLA's first one-year programme was introduced in 2002, and continues today in a developed version as the Academy Year Programme. The main structural components of the curriculum are core courses and electives. Students may also study languages for extra credit if time permits. In 2009-10 the core courses are dedicated to Greek Thought and Literature on Education, Forms of Love: Eros, Agape and Philia, and The Values of the Florentine Renaissance. Seminars are usually composed of five to twelve students.
The Project Year (PY) Another one-year programme, The Students spend half their time in core courses, and divide the rest between electives and a year-long individual project after which the programme is named. Supervised by one or two faculty members with relevant expertise, the work culminates with a 25-page essay and an oral presentation of the project to the rest of the school. In 2009-10 the topic of the PY core course is The Idea and Ideal of Objectivity. Usually PY students have 3–5 years of relevant academic experience when they join the programme.
The International Summer University (ISU)
The theme for the 2009 ISU was "Montaigne and the Making of the Modern Self". Because of campus developments there will be no ISU in 2010.
Theodor Paleologu has been an assistant professor and director of the ISU between 2003 and 2006. David Durst, philosophy professor from the American University in Bulgaria was the ISU director from 2007 to 2009.