India

Social Work in the Context of a Developing Country:  The South Indian Experience

Focus:

• Practice of social work in the context of a developing country
• Introduction to the culture, history, and society of India

Field Trips and Activities:

• Social work agencies
• Sites of cultural, historical, and social interest and importance

Location: Madras School of Social Work, Chennai (Madras), India

Date of Program:  Summer Quarter - July 24 to August 16, 2010

Information Meetings:

• All Social Work programs - 1pm, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, McMillin Room, 115 Stillman Hall
• India program - 1:30pm, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, 440 Stillman Hall

Resident Director:  Dr. Shantha Balaswamy

Application deadline: February 1, 2010 via Buckeye Link

For more detailed information on the India program and study abroad, see the OIA Study Abroad website.

• OIA India program information sheet
• OIA Study Abroad

India Photo Album (pdf 916K)