HIV Prevention and Counseling: Psychoeducational Perspectives
Location: London, England
Dates: January 6-19, 2008
Application Deadline: November 1, 2007
Students examine, analyze, evaluate, and apply current behavioral and educational theories and research as they relate to HIV primary and secondary prevention. Students will examine the HIV/AIDS epidemic as it is manifested in the United Sates and Western Europe and consider models for prevention and counseling across all developmental stages for those infected or as risk for HIV. The course is nested with educational, psychological, biomedical, and artistic theories.
As HIV prevention efforts in The United Kingdom are among on the best in the world, students will participate in on-site visits to local HIV and other communities’ agencies in London serving those affected by the disease as well as artistic endeavors concerning the HIV epidemic. Local area experts will provide guest lectures on the issues of prevention and counseling as they are undertaken in the United Kingdom. Students will conduct work within the community itself.
3 Points. Offered through Applied Psychology
Courses
E63.2450.095
Faculty
Dr. Perry Halkitis, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology
Accommodations
Students will stay at a hotel in the Bloomsbury section of London.
Costs
Tuition (Regular NYU Spring tuition plus fees), Housing Fee: $1250 based on double occupancy, Activities fee: $150
Only housing & activities fees due before the trip (Nov. 15th, 2007). Spring tuition due February 1, 2008.
Estimated airfare: $700-1400
Flight or Travel Information
You should arrive and check-in to the hotel before the mandatory orientation session at 6:00 pm on Sunday, January 6. The last day of classes is Friday, January 18, and a closing reception will follow. You may depart the night of January 18 or on Saturday, January 19.
Weather
In London, winter temperatures tend to be milder than in New York, usually in the 40’s. There is occasional rain and very little chance of heavy snow. Daylight savings time greatly shortens the amount of daylight, with the sun setting in the early evening.
For More Information
Dr. Perry Halkitis, Department of Applied Psychology, Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square East, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003-6680; (212) 998-5373; perry.halkitis@nyu.edu
Office of Special Programs, The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, 82 Washington Square East, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003-6680; (212) 992-9380; steinhardt.intensive@nyu.edu.