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3,935 km east of Perth, Western Australia
South West coast, in New South Wales

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Highlights

Experience an affordable semester in Australia with tuition and program fees costing only $8,965 for 2017. The program provides unbeatable value compared to other semester study abroad options, as TEAN and its partner, the University of Kentucky (UK), strive to make a semester in Australia accessible to all students.

Earn 12 credits in a 12-week program designed to fulfill general education requirements with course offerings spanning film, literature, photography, economics, music and environment from an Australian perspective.

Take advantage of a unique academic structure that allows you to spend your final three weeks pursuing an independent research project or additional course.

Live in Sydney, with three weeks of the semester spent in Cairns by the Great Barrier Reef, to experience two dynamic and diverse locations and gain a firsthand understanding of Australia's society and environment.

Finish the semester by the end of March - this is ideal for students on the quarter system or those with summer commitments!

Benefit from TEAN's in-country staff who meet with you regularly and are available 24/7.

Academics

Overview

With courses taught in three-week blocks, students spend the first six weeks living and learning on the University of New South Wales campus taught by local faculty who are leaders in their fields along with UK faculty. Being based in Sydney over Summer you'll be able to soak up the sun and culture in this bustling capital of 4.4 million situated on the stunning Sydney Harbour. Take time to appreciate the city's impressive diversity, art and food scenes - there's always something going on!

From weeks seven through nine, students move to Cairns where they can study the unique features of this environment or take a photography course in one of the most photogenic locations in the world. More than just the tourist mecca of north Queensland, Cairns offers students unparalleled opportunities to study and interact with the region's unique environment and ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef.

Students then return to Sydney for a final three weeks and take their fourth course, while living off-campus in city accommodation.

2017 Courses

This is a 12-week semester consisting of four courses. Students take courses in block mode as modules, with each course being taught intensively within three weeks. This means that students only take one course at a time. All courses will appear on a University of Kentucky transcript.

Module One - Based in Sydney

All students take this course.

An Introduction to Australian Society (3 credits)
Taught by local Australian Faculty
This course is designed to introduce students to some of the main features of contemporary Australian society and cultural life, discussing how the present is shaped by Australia's distinctive history and by global trends. The course you will engage students in a traditional lecture format but also visit sites of cultural and social significance. Students will be introduced to the scholarly literature related to Australian society and the course will also use media resources, popular culture and experiential learning to reflect on key social issues and to examine a particular community group. The course deals with a wide range of social issues, and students will have considerable scope to focus on questions of interest to you. Some of the key features of Australian society discussed include multiculturalism, urban-rural distinctions, the political system and philosophies, inequality and exclusion, patterns of cultural consumption, and international linkages.

Module Two - Based in Sydney

Students will select one of the following courses:

Sport, History and Australian Culture (3 credits)
Taught by Professor Richard Cashman, University of Technology, Sydney
Australian sport provides a novel lens through which the history and culture of the country can be viewed. Sport enriches Australian culture, feeds into Australian identity and creates important imagined communities. Although Australian sport has many features in common with U.S. and global sport, it is accessed, appropriated in differing and even unique ways from other societies. The course will also explore why public bodies, including governments, invest so much in it. The course will also critically evaluate how Australian sport intersects with politics, commerce, gender, race and ethnicity. There will be discussion of controversies, debates and challenges that have faced and will continue to confront sport and Australian society.

Geography of the Global Economy (3 credits)
Taught by UK Faculty
This course reviews the globalization of the world economy as a historical process with specific local regional and national outcomes. It introduces students to the factors and dynamics of ongoing globalization of the economy.

Creativity and Innovation in Rock Music: History and Sociology (3 credits)
Taught by David Lewis, Australian Institute of Music
This class is intended to foster an appreciation of the arts, particularly rock music, and promote an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts within western civilization as well as provide a window into Australian culture. Students will learn to think about, describe, interpret, and analyze a wide variety of the musical genres and local Australian artists that they encounter on a daily basis. Students will also have the opportunity to create their own music or lyrics in connection to topics discussed in class.

Module three - Based in Cairns

Students will select one of the following courses:

Intro to Global Environmental Issues (3 credits)
Taught by UK Faculty
This course addresses environmental questions of global importance including population growth, resource consumption, environmental degradation, biodiversity conservation, toxic contamination, and environmental justice.

Introduction to Digital Photography (3 credits)
Taught by Daniel Linet, Australian Institute of Photography
Offered in Cape Tribulation and Cairns, Australia, Art Studio 300 is an introductory course in digital photography. Although it provides a thorough background in basic techniques that students may apply to any photographic approach, its primary emphasis is upon the practice of the medium as a fine art. Students receive technical instruction in cameras and lenses, exposure controls, digital processing of images, and presentation. Students should expect to spend at least seven hours per week outside of class time in shooting, processing, and printing/ preparing images. Fieldwork will be conducted in Cairns utilizing locations like the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage Rainforest in Cape Tribulation.

Module Four - Based in Sydney

Students will select one of the following courses:

Literature and Film: An Australian Perspective (3 credits)
Taught by Prof. Roslyn Jolly, University of New South Wales
This course explores the relationship between two creative traditions, literature and film, focusing on film adaptations of literary works for the screen. The course will be organized around three modules. The first module will introduce broadly some of the theoretical concepts related to the study of adapted texts, focusing on a classic novel and a dramatic text. The second module will explore a case of multi-generic adaptation, in which a modern novel adapted from a classic text has itself been adapted to film. The third module will focus on the adaptation of Australian texts, considering issues specific to Australian literature and the Australian film industry. Viewing of films outside class is required.

Approaches to Australian Art (3 credits)
Taught by Janelle Evans, The University of Sydney
This course introduces some of the preoccupations of Australian art in the years since colonisation. Issues to be discussed include: the notion of the artist as a recorder in the 18th and early 19th centuries; the ways in which art was marshalled into the fin de siecle search for a national identity; the changing perceptions of what 'legitimate' Australian art may be; the different (and changing) perceptions of gender in Australian visual culture; ideas of what may be 'modern' in an Australian context; the yearning of the colonial artists to succeed at international centres of Empire; the impact of non-British traditions on Australian art, the growth of an appreciation of different aspects of Indigenous cultures and their impact on how Australian art is seen today.

Australian Environment, Wildlife and Conservation (3 credits)
Taught by Dr. Rosalie Chapple, Blue Mountains Wilderness Institute
From its rainforests, coastlines and coral reefs to its arid interior, Australia offers a diverse range of natural and cultural landscapes and ecosystems to explore. Evolving from origins in ancient Gondwana and millions of years of geographic isolation, Australia boasts geographical and natural features found nowhere else in the world. This program allows an unparalleled opportunity for students to receive a first hand introduction to Australia's environment and wildlife through the eyes of local experts. This course is contextualized within the global ecological crisis and considers the development of environmental values and awareness and describes environmental controversies and how they are addressed. In consideration of these issues, Australia's unique flora and fauna are examined and the various climatically varied regions visited are highlighted throughout the course. The program outlines and exposes students to the challenges in managing natural and cultural heritage in the 21st century. Aboriginal perspectives of the Australian landscape and their cultural ties to the environment are explored, along with how these considerations are incorporated into management of natural parks.

Eligibility

Eligibility

2.5 GPA.

Currently enrolled in a two-year or four-year degree-granting institution.

Program Details

Housing and Meals

Students live in on-campus student dormitories for the first six weeks at the University of New South Wales where you will also have classes. This accommodation includes two meals per day. In Cairns and for the final three weeks in Sydney, you will be housed in off-campus apartments or student accommodation. Internet is provided in all accommodations.

Orientation

Upon arrival students are provided with a one-day Orientation program including informative sessions and cultural activities.

Cultural Activities and Events

Acknowledging the importance of experiencing the local culture, a variety of social and cultural activities are included in the program. These complement the included academic field trips within the courses. Events are a mix of arts, music and sports presenting a cross-section of Australian society. Students will enjoy a symphony at the Sydney Opera House, experience a professional rugby game, visit the New South Wales art gallery and attend a theatrical performance.

TEAN Services and Support

Upon arrival in Sydney, students are met by our on-site staff, who provide assistance throughout your time in Australia. Through informal meetups and excursions, our staff is readily available and able to assist students with any academic, social or cultural issues. For any urgent situations TEAN staff are available 24/7.

Locations

Locations

The program is based in Sydney for the first six weeks, followed by a three week module in Cairns and then returning to Sydney for the final three weeks.

Sydney

Soak up the sun and culture from this bustling capital of 4.4 million situated on the stunning Sydney Harbour.

Learn from some of Australia's leading professors in the fields of literature, economics, history and more.

Take advantage of Sydney's vast resources while studying abroad or pursuing your independent research study.

Appreciate the city's impressive diversity, art and food scenes - there's always something going on!

Cairns

More than just the tourist mecca of north Queensland, Cairns offers students unparalleled opportunities to study and interact with the region's unique environment and ecosystems.

Put your photo skills to the test capturing where the exotic rainforest literally meets the sea at Cape Tribulation.

Explore the remote outback during your three weeks studying in Cairns as well as the area's rich history and Aboriginal heritage.

Fees & Inclusions

Spring 2017

Tuition and Program Fee: $8,965
Accommodation: $4,250
Meal Plan: $1,250

What's Included

Full tuition

Housing and two meals a day for first 6 weeks

Medical, travel and accident insurance

Orientation program upon arrival in Sydney

Cultural events scheduled throughout the semester

Official University of Kentucky transcript at program conclusion for all courses

All course-related travel and transportation - including the flight to Cairns

All field experience related expenses (transport, accommodation, entrance fees etc)

Student utility fees

Airport reception and transfers from Sydney International Airport

Staff and resources available 24/7 to provide assistance and recommendations during emergencies

Suggestions for weekend activities and excursions

Pre-departure planning sessions and assistance from U.S.-based TEAN staff including pre-departure guidance for students and immigration visa assistance

What's Not Included

International flights to and from Australia

Passport fees, flight taxes and airport departure taxes

Textbooks and/or reading materials

Personal spending money

Meals in final 6 weeks

Sydney Tip

Blue Mountains

A train ride to the Blue Mountains is a really fun one day or weekend getaway. There are a lot of hikes you can do in the area, or you can plan and book activities like canyoning. There are plenty of accommodation options, including youth hostels if you want to make a trip out of it.

Where have you traveled through Asia Pacific?
I have traveled to Australia multiple times on work trips with TEAN. Outside of Australia I've had the incredible opportunity to visit Thailand and Singapore. We have a TEAN employee travel incentive program that encourages our team to spend holiday time in the countries where we work.

What has been a favorite memory from your travels?
During a free day while traveling with one of our summer programs in Australia, I swam in the Pacific ocean with sea turtles and tiger sharks. It was the first time I had scuba dived and it was so incredibly beautiful under the water. Our new Australian Orientation Excursion in Cairns includes an introductory dive on the Great Barrier Reef, so I hope all of our students get to share in the kind of experience I had.

What is your favorite travel or study abroad quote and why?
It's some variation on "Everything you learned while you were abroad doesn't stay where you studied. You will always have it with you and must apply it to your life back home." I heard it during an Lessons From Abroad conference re-entry session and it truly was a turning point in getting over my post-program reverse culture shock.

What is your advice for a student who is on the fence about studying abroad?
Get off the fence and get onto a plane! Jokes aside, my advice would be to absolutely do it, against all odds. Traveling in general, but specifically studying abroad, shakes up your world in a way that only leaving your home country can. Your entire foundation of who you think you are and what the world is like is tilted, and you're able to rebuild it all within completely new parameters. Studying abroad is still the most productive and transformative thing I've done.

What one song belongs on your 'study abroad soundtrack' and why?
If I have to give a shout out to only one; I'll say Ribs by Lorde (who is from Auckland, New Zealand by the way). The song is hauntingly nostalgic and contemplative around youth and hanging onto precious memories, particularly from childhood. It's a nod towards the days of being innocent. Studying abroad is akin to that same sentiment because it is a chance to be innocent, and new again, in your adult life. The experiences you have while studying abroad are invaluable and in the shock of it ending all you want is to get them all back to relive on repeat. The lesson is that you'll never lose them; like childhood memories, they'll always be with you.

Kate McSurley

Senior Program Manager

Sydney Tip

Sydney Fish Market

If you like seafood, you have to visit the Sydney Fish Market. They are open daily from 7am. You can get food to eat there, and they have a seating area. Or buy fresh seafood for takeaway.

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Highlights Experience an affordable semester in Australia with tuition and program fees costing only $8,965 for 2017. The program provides unbeatable value compared to other semester study abroad options, as TEAN and its partner, the University of Kentucky (UK), strive to make a semester in Australia accessible to all students.

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Australian coal-fired power stations produce levels of toxic air pollution that would be illegal in the US, Europe and China, and regularly exceed even the lax limits imposed on them with few or no consequences, according to an investigation by Environmental Justice Australia.

The report reveals evidence that operators of coal power plants in Australia have been gaming the systems that monitor the deadly pollution, while others have reported figures the federal government says are not reliable.

EJA's investigation reveals further cases of allegedly misleading behaviour. In Victoria, regulators are investigating one case in which a representative of a coal power plant allegedly said it regularly "simplifies" reporting during periods of excessive pollution by just reporting the figure allowed by its licence, rather than the actual amount.

Pollution from coal power plants kills hundreds of people each year in Australia. In Sydney alone, about 130 premature deaths are thought to be caused each year by coal-fired power stations, with worse impacts in regions near the stations.

Nationally, the health effects from the pollution emitted by coal-fired power plants are estimated to cost $2.6bn - a figure that would amount to $13.20 a megawatt hour if it were added to power costs.

Researchers at EJA collected the individual pollution limits allowed for 10 of Australia's 17 commercially operating coal-fired power stations, chosen for their high levels of pollution and proximity to populated areas.

Standardising the limits for comparison and collating them with regulations in the US, Europe and China, they found that in almost all cases Australian coal power plants were allowed to emit more toxic pollution.

Mercury emissions compared particularly badly. Coal-fired power is the second biggest Australian source of mercury, which accumulates in the environment, causing significant harm to people.

Some coal-fired power plants in New South Wales were allowed to emit 666 times what would be allowed in the US, and 33 times what is allowed in the EU and China.

Fine particle pollution, which causes hundreds of premature deaths each year, also compared very badly. Every coal power station in Victoria is allowed to emit more particulate pollution than power stations in any of the other three jurisdictions examined, and all in NSW were allowed to emit more than the Chinese limit.

Emissions limits comparison

Australia has no national standard, with each power station having its own limits. But the EJA researchers found even those limits were poorly monitored, often exceeded and rarely enforced.

Many power stations were required to monitor their pollution levels only once or twice a year, the investigation found. Allegations uncovered by EJA, that one power station was gaming the system by putting less polluting coal into the generator when the levels were measured, sparked an inquiry by the NSW Environmental Protection Agency in May.

Levels of particulate pollution reported to the National Pollution Inventory revealed changes in pollution levels from year to year that the federal Department of the Environment and Energy said were "not reliable".

One station, Mount Piper in NSW, recorded a fall in emissions of 90% between 2014 and 2015, which the department told Guardian Australia was "unlikely".

EJA uncovered a previously unpublicised EPA investigation into the coal-fired power station at Yallourn in Victoria, operated by Energy Australia. A representative of the power plant told the EPA it did not report when pollution levels were exceeded, just that the plant emitted at the limit.

A spokeswoman for Energy Australia would not say how long the practice went on, or why the company did it. But in a statement to Guardian Australia, she said: "To be clear, the Yallourn power station is compliant with strict EPA Victoria requirements relating to air pollution monitoring and in addition establishes, monitors and meets its own internal targets to protect local ambient air quality."

Fine particulates

The investigation also attempted to clarify how many of Australia's coal-fired power plants were using the best available technology to limit toxic emissions. The researchers asked the operators of all 10 power stations studied what technology they had in place. Partial information was received for just six of the power stations.

Between the responses and the actual pollution data, the researchers concluded that none of the 10 stations had the latest technology. That includes "wet scrubbers" that can remove 99% of sulfur pollution and "catalytic reduction methods" that can reduce nitrogen pollution.

"All power stations are emitting significantly more pollution than they would if they had these technologies installed," the report concludes.

It notes that if the pollution limits in the power stations licences were reduced, they would be forced to use the technology.

"Australia's air pollution laws are weak, outdated, poorly monitored and inadequately enforced," said EJA lawyer Nicola Rivers, a co-author of the report.

The report also compared the toxic pollution from Australia's old coal-fired stations to that of the newest "ultra supercritical plants," finding that if current best technology were applied to the existing stations, new plants would not reduce pollution significantly.

The report called for urgent action to reduce deaths, including the introduction of binding national emission standards requiring international best practice, and emissions reduction programs run by the states for fine and coarse particle pollution, and sulfur and nitrogen pollution.

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Australian coal-fired power stations produce levels of toxic air pollution that would be illegal in the US, Europe and China, and regularly exceed even the lax limits imposed on them with few or no consequences, according to an investigation by Environmental Justice Australia.