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T. E. C. H.  IN  INDIA 
(Technology in Education, Communication, and the Humanities)


A Summer Abroad in India :
A part of the T.E.C.H. initiative of the School of Literature , 
Communication , and Culture 


The six-week program in India (July 28 - Sept 5, 1997) will be preceeded 
by a week-long (July 19 - 25) orientation on the campus at Georgia Tech 
where professors Petraglia-Bahri and Philip will begin their courses as 
well as introduce students to aspects of everyday Indian culture such as 
etiquette and cuisine. This will enable students to adjust more quickly 
to the Indian setting and prepare them to continue their academic work 
upon arrival.  

Once in India, the Summer Program will employ local professors from the 
affiliated institutions to give daily language lessons in basic 
conversation 
and on a variety of cultural topics such as  Indian literature, 
local history, temple art, music and dance. 

All students in the summer program will earn nine credit hours through 
enrollment in the following three courses:
ENGL 4302: Development and Human Values
ENGL 4310: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Rhetoric of Inquiry
ENGL 4901: Understanding Appropriate Technology

In addition to academic field-trips to factories and villages in partial 
fulfillment of the course requirements of LCC 4901, the Summer program 
will take students on week-end excursions to areas of particular cultural 
significance. These will include:

Temple Tour : We will spend a weekend exploring some of the most famous 
temples of South India, including the Shore temples of Mahabalipuram, the 
Kancheepuram temple, and the Tanjore temple.
Mysore City Trip : Brindavan Gardens, Mysore Palace, Srirangapatnam 
temple.
Rainforest Trip : A visit to the tropical rainforest area of 
south-western India.


A distinctive dimension of our proposed Summer Program is its focus on 
science, technology and culture in the developing world, and 
specifically, India. 

The Summer Program in India has been developed by the School of 
Literature, Communication, and Culture to provide an international 
learning experience to advanced undergraduate students as well as an 
opportunity for graduate students interested in observing how issues of 
technology are culturally configured outside the United States. Working 
closely with the affilated Indian institutes of science, the Summer 
Program will provide a stimulating learning environment for students, who 
will experience university studies much as their non-American 
counterparts do, living and eating on campus, using campus libraries, 
enjoying campus cinema, drama and debate.

 Projected number of students and faculty
The Summer Program in India will enroll about 15 students.  If there is 
more demand for participation, it may be expanded (contingent on 
availability of accomodation) upto 35 students . They will be accompanied 
by two Georgia Tech faculty members, Joseph Petraglia-Bahri and Kavita 
Philip, who will be assisted by local faculty members of the Indian 
Institute of Science (Madras) and the Indian Institute of Science 
(Bangalore).
 
 Projected cost to each student
It is estimated that the cost of the program's week-long orientation in 
Atlanta, international travel to, and local transportation within, India, 
room and board at the host campuses, and all fees relating to instruction 
will cost approximately $3,712 (assuming students are Georgia residents 
paying regular summer session fees). Optional excursions to 
Kodaikanal-Madurai, Agra-Delhi, or Kathmandu may be arranged for $200-500 
extra (faculty will survey students to see if such excursions are desired 
and practical).

Program affiliations
The LCC's Summer Program will be hosted by two of the premier scientific 
institutes in India: the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras (IIT-M) 
and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore (IISc).
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For more info, please contact:

Dr. Kavita Philip: 
kavita.philip@lcc.gatech.edu

Dr. Joseph Petraglia-Bahri
joseph.petraglia@lcc.gatech.edu