The Odyssey in Athens program is a wonderful semester, or year-long program, offered through the University of Indianapolis-Athens, Greece (UIndy-Athens), which is the ONLY accredited American University in Greece completely owned and controlled by its US parent. Accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association is complimented by other prestigious specialist accreditations such as the ACBSP in Business.
All courses are taught in English by highly qualified group of faculty and students received a transcript at the end of their semester abroad. One factor that distinguishes the Odyssey program from other study abroad programs is that students take courses along side Greek and other international students at the UINDY Athens campus. This helps to facilitate cultural integration. Also, students are able to choose from a variety of classes each semester and therefore do not need to interupt their program of study.

Students participating in the Odyssey program come from all over the US, with a variety of majors. Graduate students have also participated in the program.

UIndy-Athens is a liberal arts institution offering 42 bachelor’s and 11 master’s degrees. This means that there are a wide variety of courses to choose from - over a hundred offered each semester. To get an idea of the courses offered in different semesters, see the UIndy web page at address: http://www.uindy.gr/current_students/schedules/index.html . Students take up to 17 undergraduate credits per semester and 7 credits in the intersession. Graduate students are entitled to take up to 10 credits per semester and up to 4 credits during the summer and intersession.

The University and its housing are centrally and conveniently located in the up-market Plaka area of Athens. Apartments are fully furnished with refrigerator, stove, washing machine, cooking utensils, pots, pans, dishes, beds, desks, television, AC, ADSL wireless internet and telephone. The apartments are walking distance to the school and some have an amazing view of the Acropolis!!!

The program fee includes tuition of up to 17 credits for undergraduate students and 10 credits for graduate students, housing, airport-pick-up, orientation, transcript and excursions to some of the archaeological sites and islands of Greece……plus, of course, all the University facilities such as the library, computer lab and the University’s Culture Center. Students are responsible for their own airfare, books, insurance (health/accident), food and supplies and other travel not included in the program.

In addition the Odyssey students have participated in the various activities from traditional Greek dancing and Greek cooking classes to the Community Service learning course where they volunteered at various sites around Athens, such as a refugee center and a rescue center for injured sea turtles. This was really a unique experience for some of them. Some of them even took advantage of a unique Scuba diving course offered only at University of Indianapolis Athens.

Check out the Odyssey in Athens link on the University of Indianapolis Athens web page at: http://odyssey.uindy.gr/

See the photo section to give you an idea of some of the sites visited during the excursions.
http://odyssey.uindy.gr/photos.html