| Consider
Your Off-Campus and
International Academic Options ONE
YEAR
Study in
Japan at Seinan Gakuin. This exchange program lets you take your OBU award money
with you. Instruction in English; you will start learning Japanese; courses transfer
to OBU. Appropriate for students of any major. ONE
YEAR OR ONE SEMESTER
Study in Hong Kong Baptist University. Instruction
is in English; courses transfer to OBU; you will have a course in Mandarin but
will also pick up some Cantonese. Appropriate for students of any major. ONE
SEMESTER - Latin
American Studies Program Language (home stay), culture, ecology, politics,
economics, and religion in Costa Rica.
- Honours
Programme, Oxford A semester at Oxford University, studying in one of many
fields available.
- China
Studies Program Based in Xiamen (S.E. China), study Chinese language, history,
culture, economics, and religions.
- American
Studies Program Working in Washington, D.C., combine classroom instruction
with hands-on internships; relate a Christian perspective with policy analysis
and real-world experiences.
- Russian
Studies Program Study Russian history, culture, and language (home stay)
in Moscow, Petersburg, and Nizhni Novgorod.
- Middle
East Studies Program Based in Cairo, study Islam, Arabic, and Middle Eastern
cultures.
SIX
WEEKS - Cultural
Interaction in Xinjiang, China Work with Xinjiang University English majors
to teach English to high-school students. See China through the eyes of natives.
ONE
MONTH - Summer
Institute of Journalism Be a reporter in Washington, D.C., have your work
critiqued by experts and then sent to your local newspaper. 4 weeks.
- L.A.
Film Studies Center Combine classes with an internship in your area of interest
in the film industry. 4 weeks.
- Oxford
Summer Programme Tutorials in history, literature, and theology. 3 weeks.
- Spanish
Immersion and Comparative Civilization (Mexican) Lower-division Spanish
through the Instituto Miguel de Cervantes, upper-division Spanish and Comp. Civ.
through the University of Guanajuato.
JANUARY
TERM
Each January, OBU study groups go abroad. Venues generally include: - London:
- Mass
Communications in Britain
- London
Theatre
- SociologyThe
Streets of London
- Religion
in the British Isles
- Paris:
French language and culture
- Spain:
Spanish language and culture (Madrid and Barcelona)
- Haiti:
Nursing practicum
- German:
German language and culture (Germany and Austria)
- Europe:
Humanities in Italy and Austria
- Mexico:
International Business
Teacher
Education graduates may teach in the Moscow Economic School. With
enough lead time, OBU can probably place any qualified student in any study in
any country at least we try to do that. |
