Term: Winter 2025
Date: January 7-20, 2025
Credits: 3
Program Cost: $4,060 for NJ residents; $4,490 for Non-NJ residents
Cost includes tuition, hotel housing, most meals, excursions, emergency medical access abroad and administrative fees.
Cost excludes airfare.
Application Deadline: October 1st, 2024 - Rolling Admission Apply Early!
OPEN TO ALL MAJORS & STUDENTS, INCLUDING GRADUATE STUDENTS - Earn 3 credits (Included)
This course introduces the time-honored Mediterranean lifestyle, a cluster of habits and practices that have been associated with various health benefits, to students of the modern era, through observing traditional practices and undertaking experiential activities.
The course Lifestyles of the Mediterranean aims to introduce the traditional Mediterranean lifestyle patter to students of the modern era, through observing traditional practices and undertaking experiential activities. Students will have the opportunity not only to study but also to observe and experience the concept of the Mediterranean lifestyle in Greece, where this traditional lifestyle pattern has been implemented for thousands of years.
The course combines theoretical lectures, field trips, excursions and interactive educational activities to cover the fundamental principles and components of the Mediterranean lifestyle, i.e., the adoption of the Mediterranean diet, the promotion of a physically active lifestyle, and other lifestyle habits that have been found beneficial for health.
Faculty Director Profile
Dr. Sidossis is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health. He is a native of Greece and has spent the past 30 years researching the role of lifestyle factors i.e. diet and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of various diseases including obesity, insulin resistance and dyslipidemias.