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Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies

Chicago, Illinois

Schedule

Spring 2012

Full semester option

Quarter/trimester option

February 5 - May 19, 2012

March 11 - May 19, 2012
Sun, Feb. 5, 2012: Students arrive in Chicago
 Sun, Mar. 11, 2012: Students arrive in Chicago
Mon, Feb. 6, 2012: First day of classes Mon, Mar. 12, 2012: First day of classes
Fri, May 18, 2012: Last day of classes Fri, May 18, 2012: Last day of classes
Sat, May 19, 2012:

Students depart

 Sat, May 19, 2012: Students depart
(Students may stay in apartments through Sunday, May 20.)

Fall 2012 

September 3 - December 15, 2012

Monday, September 3, 2012: Students arrive in Chicago
Tuesday, September 4, 2012: First day of classes
Wednesday, December 11, 2012: Last day of classes
Thursday, December 11, 2012:

Students depart
(Students may stay in apartments through Saturday, Dec. 15.)

Spring 2013

Full semester option

Quarter/trimester option

February 3 - May 18, 2013

March 10 - May 18, 2013
Sun, Feb. 3, 2013: Students arrive in Chicago
 Sun, Mar. 10, 2013: Students arrive in Chicago
Mon, Feb. 4, 2013: First day of classes Mon, Mar. 11, 2013: First day of classes
Fri, May 17, 2013: Last day of classes Fri, May 17, 2013: Last day of classes
Sat, May 18, 2013:

Students depart

 Sat, May 18, 2013: Students depart
(Students may stay in apartments through Sunday, May 19.)

Sample Weekly Schedule

Students participating in the Chicago Program typically follow the schedule below:

 

 MONDAY

TUESDAY

 WEDNESDAY

 THURSDAY

FRIDAY

 MORNING

 

Internship

Seminar

Internship

Independent Study Project

 

Core Course

 AFTERNOON

 

Internship

Independent Study Project

Internship

Seminar

Core Course

 

Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies

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Sophie Johnson The ACM Urban Studies program was the best thing I did for myself in my life. I thought I just wanted to get into a city for a while for a change of pace, but I ended up learning so much about race, class, and urban politics that I changed the very direction of my life. Since doing Urban Studies, I've worked at the local newspaper in my college town, The Nation Magazine, and am completing my first year as a Teach for America Corps member in New Orleans. None of this would have been possible without the Urban Studies program. It was hands-down the most life-shaping experience I've ever had, and I'll be forever grateful.

—Sophie Johnson, Chicago Urban Studies, Fall 2006

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News
  1. Colorado College Professors William Davis and Eric Perramond to Lead the Fall 2013 Newberry Seminar (Posted: May 17, 2012)
  2. Papers by Students on the Tanzania Program Are Published in Scholarly Journal at Monmouth (Posted: May 11, 2012)
  3. ACM To Launch New Off-Campus Program in the Middle East in Fall 2013 (Posted: May 10, 2012)

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ACM calendar
  1. Jun 4–6ACM Directors' Conference
  2. Jun 6–7ACM Admission Directors meeting
  3. Jun 27–28ACM Advisory Board of Deans Meeting

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Who we are

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) is a consortium of independent, liberal arts colleges in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.