ECLA B.A. in Value Studies

  Germany

• Berlin: 
Berlin

Description: The B.A. programme in Value Studies at the European College of Liberal Arts is the first interdisciplinary degree programme worldwide to be structured around the concept of value. ECLA is a college without departments, where 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. The B.A. programme is designed for students with a strong theoretical bent, who want to combine their pursuit of special interests with a demanding studium generale. Available areas of concentration are Art and Aesthetics, Ethics and Political Theory, and Literature and Rhetoric. The programme provides good preparation for continued study in fields such as philosophy, literature, political theory, and art history; and excellent support for students interested in careers in politics, organizational work, public policy, law, journalism, or the art world.

ECLA students and faculty come from all over the world and work together in English. Students live together on an attractive, green campus in a residential district of Berlin. Financial Aid is available for all qualified students unable to pay the tuition fees. Classes begin in October.

Highlights:
* Original curriculum structured around the concept of value
* Integrated co-taught core courses, accompanied by electives and individual research project
* Reading-and writing-intensive courses
* Faculty-student ratio 1:8
* One-to-one tutorial meetings and small seminars
* Study trip to Italy
* Berlin programme (using the city as a classroom)
* State of the World Week (focus on global affairs)
* One year away from campus, arranged according to student's personal interests
* Residential campus
* International community

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: Approx. 19,000 USD per year (15.000 Euros)

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Germany Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 8-10

Scholarships are Available. ECLA has a need-based financial aid policy and is committed to giving all applicants who qualify for admission a chance to enroll, regardless of their financial means. Financial aid packages vary in amount and are based on applicants' demonstrated need.

Application Process Involves:

• Essay
• Letters of Reference
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

ECLA European College of Liberal Arts's Mission Statement: ECLA is a private, non-profit institution of higher education. Philantropic grants allow the college to have a need-blind admissions policy and no qualified student is turned away for lack of funding. Each year 40-50 students who are serious about their education live and study together in Berlin. They are taught in small seminars and one-to-one tutorials by a select, young faculty who believe that education can be more than the preparation for a job. ECLA believes that certain problems concerning politics, morality, art and knowledge have a claim on everyone's attention, and that rigorous and genuine dialogue concerning them is a real achievement. We pursue these dialogues in the classroom - through the close study of texts and works of art that have shaped or seek to shape the values we live by - and beyond the classroom.

Year Founded: 2000