8 Course Options
As a participant on the Academic Year in Freiburg program, you have several options for courses:
AYF Program: Topics and intensive language courses are offered exclusively to AYF participants. These include intensive language courses utilizing texts and media on current events in Germany. The small class size and experienced instructors in these classes help students to improve their German language skills rapidly. Topics courses provide a broad survey of literary or historical periods. In the summer semester, a course offered to AYF students participating in the Internship Program focuses on intercultural communication.
SLI Courses: The Sprachlehrinsitut (Language Teaching Institute) offers language and culture courses in the target language, generally at the intermediate level, at the University of Freiburg. In addition to German, more than 20 other languages are offered. SLI German courses are frequented by international students from around the globe.
PH Courses: The local University of Education, Pädagogische Hochschule, offers teacher training and academic training in a student’s chosen field. AYF participants are often permitted to join PH courses, for example in the PH German Department, as guests. Many AYF students have found the PH a very worthwhile part of their studies in Freiburg.
University of Freiburg / Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (ALU): AYF students are full-time, non-degree seeking students at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. In their course selection, AYF students are not limited to a specific department or set of departments. With very few exceptions, all fields of study and all courses for which students are adequately prepared are open to AYF participants (closed-enrollment fields such as the Med School and Psychology are off limits, for example).
As an AYF student you put together a course of study in individual academic advising sessions with the Academic Director. Your personal course of study is designed to allow you to stretch and challenge yourself academically – while keeping it manageable at the same time.