COURSE INFORMATION:

Students choose two courses (six credits total) from the following:

AFST 202: Understanding Contemporary Morocco Through Literature - 3 credits
FREN 361: Current Issues in Morocco - 3 credits
FREN 490: Special Topics - 3 credits
LTFR 250: French Literature in Translation - 3 credits
POLI 359: Morocco & Contemporary Africa - 3 credits

PROGRAM INFORMATION:

The CofC in Morocco program is a twenty-three day program that immerses students in the history, culture, politics, languages, and geographical location of this unique African country. The first portion of the program will take place in Tangier, where students will be housed in a three or four-star hotel in the heart of the city, including breakfast and either lunch or dinner. During this time, students will attend formal classes in the morning, and the afternoons and weekends will include guided excursions of Tangier, its surrounding cities and landmarks (such as the Medina, Azila, and the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal environments).

The second part of the program will be a guided tour of the major imperial Moroccan cities (Volubilis, Meknes, Fez, Ouarzazate, Marrakesh, Casablanca, and Rabat, etc.) where students will discover the historical impact of each site. In addition, the tour will traverse the extremely diverse natural environment of Morocco including its alpine, desert, and mountainous terrains. The tour will feature an air-conditioned van, and during the trip accommodations will include three or four-start hotels, two meals a day, museum fees and tips, as well as one night in desert tents.

The final part of the program will be back in Tangier and may include a day trip to Tarifa in Andalusia, Spain to complete the students' understanding of historical Morocco during the 700-year rule of the Moorish Empire in Spain.

Students should expect frequent hiking and walking, and heavy traveling on this program.

PROGRAM DIRECTORS:

Dr. Abdellatif Attafi
Department of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies
attafia@cofc.edu
843-953-5706

Dr. Attafi is a Professor of French and is originally from Tangier, Morocco. He has vast experience with study abroad programs, having directed the French summer study abroad program for over ten years and the CofC semester program in La Rochelle for five years. He is very familiar with Morocco and its culture, history, and languages.

Dr. Jack Parson
Department of Political Science
parsonj@cofc.edu
843-442-2096

Dr. Parson is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former Director of International Education and Programs. He lived in Uganda and Botswana a total of ten years and has traveled extensively on the African continent. He previously taught in the CofC summer program in France and in the spring semester program in Trujillo, Spain.

Dr. Attafi and Dr. Parson have directed this summer program to Morocco the past eleven years.