• Academic Field(s)

      Arts and Sciences

    • Destinations

      Zurich, Heidelberg, Wurzburg, and Vienna

    • Duration

      10 days

    • Accommodation

      3-star hotels in Zurich, Heidelberg, Wurzburg, and Vienna

    This study abroad opportunity will introduce students to the importance of key European cities significant to the field of psychology. The history of psychology will be presented to students through site visits, guest speakers, museum visits, and discussions.

    By exposing students to a variety of psychological theories outside the regular classroom, the program will allow them to examine and compare what they have already learned.

    The program ends in Vienna, the birthplace of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and numerous other legendary psychologists.

    • DAY 1

      • Overnight flight to Zurich, Switzerland (group flight can be booked separately)
    • DAY 2: ZURICH

      • Orientation session by your on-site CEPA coordinator
      • Guided walking tour of Zurich
      • Welcome dinner at a Swiss restaurant
    • DAY 3: MANNHEIM- HEIDELBERG

      • Visit of an institute to learn about the Jungian psychology
      • Train from Zurich to Mannheim
    • DAY 4-5: HEIDELBERG

      • Guided walking tour focusing on a German physician and physicist
      • Admission to the Heidelberg castle including the German Pharmacy Museum
      • Free time to explore the city
    • DAY 6: WURZBURG

      • Visit the Psychology Department at a renowned university for a presentation
      • Visit the Adolf-Wuerth-Center of the History of Psychology
      • Group dinner at a German restaurant
    • DAY 7: ROTHENBURG O.D. TAUBER - NUREMBERG - VIENNA

      • Guided walking tour
      • Admission to the Medieval Crime Museum
      • Train from Nuremberg to Vienna
    • DAY 8-10: VIENNA

      • Guest lecture about the life and work of Anna and Sigmund Freud
      • Audio-guided tour of the Sigmund Freud Museum
      • Visit the Vikor Frankl Institute, a Austrian neurologist and founder of logo therapy
      • Visit an association founded by Sigmund Freud
      • Farewell dinner at an Austrian restaurant

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