Teaching Study Abroad And Study Away

Are you considering redesigning a course for a study abroad or study away experience?

If you just want to put your toe in the water of incorporating internationalism in your course, then visit our international media page. A simple classroom activity is to have students research a course topic in the English language papers from around the world listed here and then reflect on how the world view compares to what they obtain from media at home.

Ready to go abroad or on a trip within the USA? information can be found from the Office of Study Abroad and Global Learning or from the Study Away program.

Here are some examples of Study Abroad syllabi from other faculty.

Study Abroad Course Syllabi

Course (Syllabus is linked in rtf format)	Instructor	Country Visited	Program
Agricultural Education 475-675 Trade, Development and Social Issues in Ecuadorian Food Production	David Coffey	Ecuador	independent
Social Problems & Solutions of Ecuador	Holli Drummond	Ecuador	KIIS
Marketing 420 International Marketing	Rick Shannon	Australia	CCSA
Political Science 460 – Transitions to Democracy	Roger Murphy	Poland, Czech Republic, Germany	independent
Political Science 460/580 – Politics in the Baltic States	Roger Murphy	Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland	independent
Psychology 302-70 Topics in Cross-Cultural Psychology: USA v. Japan	Tony Paquin	Japan	KIIS
Psychology 302-71 Impact of Culture on Organizations and Behavior	Tony Paquin	Japan	KIIS

CCSA stands for Cooperative Center for Study Abroad, a higher education consortium of colleges and universities. The deadline for submission of course proposals for the summer programs is in February. Faculty are notified of CCSA's decision in mid- to late March.

KIIS stands for the Kentucky institute for International Study, also a Kentucky-based higher education consortium of 20 colleges. Proposals are submitted a year in advance.

If you would like to share your Study Abroad or Study Away syllabus with other faculty, email us at facet@wku.edu

 

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