BestSemester.com is the portal for the off-campus study programs offered by the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU). There are a total of eleven semester programs and one summer program designed to serve the academic interests of CCCU member institutions.
Programs
American Studies Program | Australia Studies Centre | China Studies Program | Contemporary Music Center | India Studies Program | Latin American Studies Program | Los Angeles Film Studies Center | Middle East Studies Program | Oxford Summer Programme | Russian Studies Program | Scholars' Semester in Oxford | Uganda Studies Program | Washington Journalism Center-
Programs
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American Studies Program
American Studies Program
Since 1976, the American Studies Program has been the educational laboratory for participants seeking to explore national and international issues in public policy seminars.
Program highlights:
- + Earn 16 semester hours of credit
- + Participate in seminars led by faculty & Washington professionals
- + Engage in service learning opportunities
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Australia Studies Centre
Australia Studies Centre
Since spring 2004, the CCCU has partnered with the Wesley Institute in Sydney, Australia to offer the Australia Studies Centre. Throughout the semester, students study theology, global justice issues affecting Australia, Indigenous cultures and the arts. Additionally, students choose electives in theology/ministry, music, drawing/ graphic design, dance and/or drama.
Home stays, service learning and travel around Australia are important components of the ASC. Students observe Australia’s beautiful landscape, live in the cosmopolitan melting pot of Sydney, connect with the poor of Sydney’s multi-cultural ghettos, and engage the political capital Canberra and its power players. Students also come to know the traditions of Aboriginal people during an Outback excursion and spend the last week of each semester traveling to New Zealand to meet with Maori people.
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China Studies Program
China Studies Program
The China Studies Program enables students to engage China’s ancient history and intrigue from an insider’s perspective. While immersed in Chinese culture, students participate in seminar courses on the historical, cultural, religious, geographic and economic realities of this strategic and populous nation.
Students choose between completing a broad Chinese Studies Concentration or a Business Concentration. Students also study standard Chinese language and apply their skills by serving in an orphanage or tutoring Chinese students in English. The program begins and finishes the semester in Hong Kong and introduces students to the diversity of China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and Xiamen. This interdisciplinary, cross-cultural program enables students to communicate and understand the unique culture and people of China with an informed, Christ-centered perspective.
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Contemporary Music Center
Contemporary Music Center
The Contemporary Music Center provides students with the opportunity to live and work in the refining context of community while seeking to understand how God will have them integrate music, faith and business.
The CMC offers three tracks: Artist, Executive and Technical. Students within each of the tracks receive instruction, experience and a uniquely Christ- centered perspective on creativity and the marketplace, while working together to create and market a recording of original music. Each track includes coursework, labs, directed study and a practicum.
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India Studies Program
India Studies Program
"Unity in Diversity" is the hallmark of the nation of India. There are 28 states and 7 union territories, 22 officially recognized languages and numerous dialects, about 9 religions and nearly 2000 ethnic groups across India. The India Studies Program offers a unique opportunity to encounter one of today's most fascinating and diverse cultures. This diversity, as well as the call to be an obedient witness for Christ throughout the world, provides a rich and engaging setting to equip students to be servant-leaders in a pluralistic world of beliefs, cultures and needs.
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Based in San Jose, Costa Rica, the Latin American Studies Program introduces students to a wide range of experiences through the study of the language, literature, culture, politics, history, economics, ecology and religion of the region. By living with local families, students become a part of the day-to-day lives of Latin Americans.
Students also take part in a practicum/internship and travel to nearby Central American nations. Students participate in one of four concentrations: Latin American studies; advanced language and literature; international business; and environmental science. Depending on their concentration, students travel to nearby Central American nations including Nicaragua, Guatemala and Panama.
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Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Founded in 1991, the Los Angeles Film Studies Center trains students to serve in various aspects of the film industry with professional skill and Christian integrity. The curriculum consists of two required seminars, Hollywood Production Workshop and Theology in Hollywood, focusing on the role of film in culture and the relationship of faith to work in this very influential industry.
In addition, students choose one elective course from a variety of offerings in film studies. Internships in various segments of the film industry provide students with hands-on experience. The combination of the internship and seminars allows students to explore the film industry within a Christian context and from a liberal arts perspective.
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
Based in Cairo, Egypt, the Middle East Studies Program offers students a unique opportunity to explore and interact with the complex and strategically important world of the modern Middle East.
Students explore diverse religious, social, cultural and political traditions of Middle Eastern peoples through interdisciplinary seminars. They also study the Arabic language and may work as volunteers with various organizations in Cairo. Through travel in the region (typically Israel, Jordan and Turkey), students are exposed to the diversity and dynamism of the local culture. At a time of tension and change in the Middle East, MESP encourages and equips students to relate to the Muslim, Eastern Christian and Jewish worlds in an informed, constructive and Christ-centered manner.
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Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford Summer Programme
The Oxford Summer Programme allows students, as affiliate members of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, to do intensive scholarship in the oldest university in the English speaking world. During the five-week programme, students hone their research and writing skills and delve into the areas that interest them most while exploring the relationship between Christianity and the development of the British Isles. Seminars and tutorials are given on specialized topics under expert Oxford academics in the areas of English language and literature, history, including the history of art and history of science, philosophy, and theology and the study of religion. The programme is structured for applicability to rising college sophomores, juniors, and seniors, graduate and seminary students, non-traditional students, teachers, and those enrolled in continuing education programs.
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Russian Studies Program
Russian Studies Program
The Russian Studies Program strives to give students a broad learning experience in the largest nation in the world. RSP students are exposed to the depth and diversity of Russian culture through encounters with the Federation’s three largest cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhni Novgorod.
The majority of the semester is spent in Nizhni Novgorod (Russia’s third largest city). Students live on the campus of Nizhni Novgorod State University while they complete intensive language learning and live with a host family in the second half of the semester. Additionally, students complete course requirements in Moscow, the heart of both medieval and modern Russia, and St. Petersburg, the Russian “window to the West."
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
The Scholars’ Semester in Oxford is designed for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard. Students develop their academic writing and research skills and explore the disciplines and interests of their choice. As Visiting Students of the University of Oxford and members of Wycliffe Hall, students study in the oldest university in the English speaking world. SSO students enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in the case of second term students), and the British landscape course. Students group their work in a concentration so that all elements of their programme work together. SSO is designed for students interested in classics, English language and literature, theology and the study of religion, philosophy, and history, though all majors may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving students and must have at minimum a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the programme.
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
The Uganda Studies Program provides students with both immersion in a local community and broad exposure to a variety of people and places in Uganda and Rwanda. Students in the Uganda Studies Emphasis (USE) live on campus at Uganda Christian University in Mukono, Uganda, sharing their lives with university students from Uganda and other parts of Africa. Students in the Intercultural Ministry & Missions Emphasis (IMME) live with host families within walking distance of the university. All USP students take classes from UCU professors and share meals with UCU students. These relationships give students a first hand perspective as they explore issues such as poverty, aid and missions, and as they seek to reconcile the realities of East Africa with their Christian faith. Students also spend time in Rwanda and rural Uganda. In addition to the core experiential course, students will choose from an approved selection of courses from the UCU curriculum to earn up to 16 hours of credit.
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Washington Journalism Center
Washington Journalism Center
The Washington Journalism Center is a semester-long study program in Washington, D.C., created for students interested in the field of journalism. While in Washington students take classes focusing on their personal writing skills and on the history and future of the media. These classes—Foundations for Media Involvement; Reporting in Washington; and Washington, News and Public Discourse—combined with an internship at a top news publication help students learn to integrate their faith in a journalism career. Students also participate in service learning opportunities as part of the WJC experience. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit. Students live in the Dellenback Center in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
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Locations
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Africa
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
Centered in Egypt, MESP bridges the continents of Africa, the Levant, and the Euro-Asian area of modern Turkey, capturing the worlds of all three Abrahamic faiths.
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
The country of Uganda is located in the heart of East Africa. It borders a large portion of Lake Victoria, the "pearl of Africa," as Winston Churchill referenced it. Hedged in by both jungle and plains, and boasting the source of the Nile River, Uganda presents a unique visual and cultural setting for study and experience. Wildlife reserves, waterfalls, cultural centers, you will have access to them all. Unique recreational activities include white water rafting down the Nile, going on safari, and camping on Lake Victoria's many islands. In addition, you can study a wide range of topics from politics to literature to religion, but all with a distinct focus on Africa. Unique artistic and educational activities such as the university's Cultural Gala give USP students a rare and exciting chance to see Africa through a new lens.
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Asia
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China Studies Program
China Studies Program
The Chinese studies program is based at Xiamen University, a seaside city directly across from Taiwan. Xiamen, frequently called the Garden City, is famous throughout China but little known by most Americans. As one Calvin College student commented, "Xiamen kicks Beijing's butt any day!" Still, during the program, you will see more of China than most Chinese see, with a week of Orientation in Hong Kong, a two-week History module in Xi'an, and sight-seeing in Beijing and Shanghai. There are several free weekends when you can travel on your own, either in our own Fujian province, or fly to someplace of particular interest to you.
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India Studies Program
India Stuides Program
"Unity in Diversity" is the hallmark of the nation of India. There are 28 states and 7 union territories, 22 officially recognized languages and numerous dialects, about 9 religions and nearly 2000 ethnic groups across India. The India Studies Program offers a unique opportunity to encounter one of today's most fascinating and diverse cultures. This diversity, as well as the call to be an obedient witness for Christ throughout the world, provides a rich and engaging setting to equip students to be servant-leaders in a pluralistic world of beliefs, cultures and needs.
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
Centered in Egypt, MESP bridges the continents of Africa, the Levant, and the Euro-Asian area of modern Turkey, capturing the worlds of all three Abrahamic faiths.
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Russian Studies Program
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Australia
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Australia Studies Centre
Australia Studies Centre
From the bustle and buzz of the big city to the barren beauty of the Outback, Australia is a land like none other. At the ASC, you’ll see it all under the Southern Cross.
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Europe
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Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford Summer Programme
Experience life in a characteristic European city designed for young people rather than cars, and study in Europe's second oldest university.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Experience life in a characteristic European city designed for young people rather than cars, and study in Europe's second oldest university.
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The Americas
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American Studies Program
American Studies Program
Since 1976, the American Studies Program has been the educational laboratory for participants seeking to explore national and international issues in public policy seminars.
Program highlights:
- + Earn 16 semester hours of credit
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Contemporary Music Center
Contemporary Music Center
We are pleased to announce that this summer (2010) we will be moving the CMC from Martha's Vineyard to Nashville, Tennessee. The new program location will feature an expanded music building, improved student housing and access to a huge talent pool of industry professionals. We are excited to offer students a broader range of experiences.
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Based in San Jose, Costa Rica, LASP exposes students to the diversity of Latin American cultures through learning experiences in several neighboring Central American countries. Past student groups have journeyed to Nicaragua, Panama, and Guatemala.
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Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Los Angeles Film Studies Center
The Los Angeles Film Studies Center is located in one of the primary film and television business and production centers in Los Angeles: the Miracle Mile. Adjacent to Hollywood and Beverly Hills, LAFSC is within a few miles of Paramount, FOX, Sony and CBS studios. It is about 20 minutes from Universal, Warner Brothers and Disney studios. Los Angeles is both home to the Hollywood Film Industry and one of the world centers of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, technology and education. Nestled between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, L.A. offers outdoor lovers experiences ranging from hiking to snow-skiing and surfing.
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Washington Journalism Center
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Topics
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Peace and Conflict Resolution
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Apologies for injustice
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Examine diverse Latin American efforts to solve conflict. Analyze competing Christian perspectives on the use of violence, revolution, the Kingdom of God, and more…
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The conflict in the Middle East
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The conflict in the Middle East
Middle East Studies ProgramMiddle East Studies Program
While there is not much peace to speak about in the region these days, MESP students realize the need to first confront the facts and the narrative of each party before offering advice on how Christian faith might inform solutions to longstanding, nitty-gritty, disputes over land and resources.
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Genocide in Rwanda
Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
A significant element of the USP experience revolves around the weeklong trip to the neighboring nation of Rwanda. Students will learn of Rwanda's distinctive culture and people as well as in depth study of the 1994 genocide. First hand encounters with genocide survivors, memorial visits, and exclusive lectures all shape a powerful study of peace and reconciliation. In addition, elective courses including Politics and Peace provide a pointed look at the issues at hand. Additional curriculum supplementation of relevant literature and film is always available in the USP library.
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Service Learning
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Once a week
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
Learn from those who exist outside the powerful social circles at the ASC service placements, which may include inner-city youth programs, homes for the mentally and physically disabled, aged-care facilities, soup kitchens, and coffee and food vans for the homeless community in Sydney.
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Once a week
Middle East Studies ProgramMiddle East Studies Program
MESP service projects occur once a week in a number of different venues including a deaf school, Garbage City orphanage, English teaching to locals and Sudanese refugees, and other services to Sudanese
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Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
The Uganda Studies Program is now offering a service learning practicum for USE (on campus) students. With a curriculum based on a 40-hour service requirement and weekly class time, the course shapes a unique experience for the students involved. Service sites can include orphanages, schools, street children ministry, and a day care. Each location provides a special chance to see into a special facet of Uganda and its people. And with a program devoted to emphasizing the importance of service and community presence, the practicum allows for an outlet for all that's being learned.
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Several times during the semester
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Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Immerse yourself in a Costa Rican community, learning from your hosts during the completion of a practicum experience related to your interests. Most practicum opportunities will invite you to live in a small community, removed from the noise and fast pace of city life…
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China Studies ProgramChina Studies Program
Usually while on your trip around China, you will engage in a service project in which you and the other students will spend about a week helping out in whatever way is deemed useful by our hosts. In the past, this has included teaching English to high school students, playing with orphans, or manual labor (such as painting, digging up tree stumps, and brick-laying). Typically, students look at this experience as the highlight of the program; as one student said, "A time that was about others rather than ourselves."
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Scholars' Semester in OxfordScholars' Semester in Oxford
Help the homeless at The Gatehouse - a drop in centre for those whom most people prefer to avoid. Clear up junk as part of the OxClean initiative. Help at Sunday School. You won't get credit for it, but perhaps that makes it even more worthwhile.
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Contemporary Music Center
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Internships
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Government/Public Policy/Think Tanks
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NGOs
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Entertainment
Los Angeles Film Studies CenterLos Angeles Film Studies Center
The LAFSC internship program gives you an opportunity to glimpse the inner workings of the Hollywood entertainment scene. During the first week of the program, each student meets individually with LAFSC’s internship coordinator to determine the best fit for your personality and desires. Internships are 20-24 hours a week and are available in just about every area of interest. The LAFSC’s internship program is a great way to get your foot in the door and test your Hollywood dreams!
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Entertainment
Contemporary Music CenterContemporary Music Center
At the CMC you don't just listen to lectures about Songwriting, Recording and Performing, you write songs, you spend hours and hours in the recording studio, and you develop a knock-out live show with a full band. Your internship is living the life of an artist-working with a manager, a record company and concert promoters. Instead of learning how to make copies and get coffee, you get to test the waters of what it would be like to be a full-time artist.
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Youth Ministry/Camping
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
Gain hands-on experience at the ASC by participating in Wesley Institute’s Ministry Field Experience program, where you might serve inner city youth or Adventure Based Camping class, a week-long adventure-based ministry for young campers.
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Business
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Business
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Experience business through the eyes of your Nicaraguan host family. You will accompany them in improving their use of a microloan to sustain their family business. Explore the complexities of coffee production - from the field to your cup - during a practicum experience on a Latin American coffee farm. Through these and other experiences, you will engage questions about business ethics, micro-financing and the role of faith in international business.
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Contemporary Music CenterContemporary Music Center
At the CMC you don't just listen to lectures about the Music Business, you do the Music Business. You'll get hands-on experience working as a Producer and Marketing Executive at Offshore Entertainment Group, as a Manager and Booking Agent at Island Artist Management, or as a Publisher and Record Company Executive at 450 Records. Instead of learning how to make copies and get coffee, you'll learn how to make careers and get experience for your resume.
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Public Relations
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Cross-cultural Communications/Ministry/ Missions
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Ministry/Theological Training
Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
As a USP Intercultural Ministry and Missions Emphasis (IMME) student, you would study ministry specific courses such as a Cross Cultural Immerson/Missions Practicum. You would also attend dinners and lectures hosted by resident missionaries. Courses available to both concentrations include African Traditional Religions, Understanding Ethics in Africa, and the USP core course, Faith and Action. In addition, the trip to neighboring Rwanda allows for an in-depth look into the role of the church in the nations dynamic history.
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Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
USP offers a wide range of relevant courses covering topics such as Understanding Worldviews, Reading the New Testament in Africa, and Understanding Ethics in Africa. The International Ministry and Missions Emphasis (IMME) spends a considerable amount of time engaging in topical discussions of missiology and the spiritual implications of crossing cultures. Both USP concentrations will experience interdenominational church visits and the opportunity to share sermons and testimonies. The core USP course of Faith and Action incorporates the experience of crossing cultures with students' roles in the Kingdom and God.
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Ministry/Theological Training
Oxford Summer ProgrammeOxford Summer Programme
Study at Wycliffe Hall, a college that trains ordinands as well as educating academics. Experience Oxford’s vibrant church life and broaden your experience of Christian traditions. Live with students of all religious backgrounds and discover how community can accommodate difference.
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Ministry/Theological Training
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Is there an appropriate role for North American missionaries in Latin America? How do Latin Americans express their faith? As a student with LASP, explore these and other questions during interactions with Latin American religious leaders, theologians, and those with whom you worship at church.
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Non-Protestant
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
At the ASC, you will learn in the classroom from the esteemed faculty of the School of Theology and out of the classroom you’ll learn on the streets of Sydney from the city’s poor and marginalized, with whom you’ll come face-to-face.
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Missions
Contemporary Music CenterContemporary Music Center
Music is both a beautiful thing and a powerful thing. It can soothe the soul of a beast or move the complacent heart to action. At the CMC you'll live in a tightly-knit creative community where, as iron sharpens iron, your gifts and calling will become more clear, your skills more sharp, and your faith more enriching.
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China Studies ProgramChina Studies Program
You will be able to experience and learn a great deal not only about East Asian world-views, but also your own presuppositions. For those who plan to return to China someday (in whatever capacity), this program is designed to make you far more effective in communicating with and reaching out to Chinese than many Americans who try to do so.
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Cross-cultural communications
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Is there an appropriate role for North American missionaries in Latin America? How do Latin Americans express their faith? As a student with LASP, explore these and other questions during interactions with Latin American religious leaders, theologians, and those with whom you worship at church.
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Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Is there an appropriate role for North American missionaries in Latin America? How do Latin Americans express their faith? As a student with LASP, explore these and other questions during interactions with Latin American religious leaders, theologians, and those with whom you worship at church.
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Ministry/Theological Training
Scholars' Semester in OxfordScholars' Semester in Oxford
Study at Wycliffe Hall, a college that trains ordinands as well as educating academics. Experience Oxford’s vibrant church life and broaden your experience of Christian traditions. Live with students of all religious backgrounds and discover how community can accommodate difference.
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Indigenous People
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Minority Studies
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Listen to the voices of our hemisphere’s original peoples. Learn from the efforts of indigenous peoples to preserve their rich culture in a globalized world. Learn about their faith traditions and appreciate the nuances of their cultures.
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Tribes and tribal systems of government
Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
Uganda's rich heritage and culture provide an outstanding setting for studying the interworking of distinct people groups and policies. East African Politics, East African History, Understanding Worldviews, and African Traditional Religions, among others, shed light on the various tribes of Uganda and their powerful histories. Possible travel opportunities include visits to the parliament building and circumcision ceremonies, and priceless chances to absorb Uganda at its roots. Homestays allow for students to live integrally with local host families and the student trip to Rwanda is a deep and powerful learning opportunity in a unique cultural context.
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Aboriginal Cultures
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
In the ASC’s course on Indigenous Cultures, you’ll learn about the history, traditions, and beliefs, as well as current issues facing some of the oldest cultures in human history, the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and the Maori people of New Zealand.
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Graduate Program Preparation
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Hands-on Experience/Professional Experience
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Studying abroad with LASP will assist you in developing requisite skills for graduate school and beyond. Increase your intercultural competence, improve your command of the Spanish language, learn to thrive in difficult situations, sharpen your critical thinking, and strengthen your personal confidence.
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Independent Research
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Studying abroad with LASP will assist you in developing requisite skills for graduate school and beyond. Increase your intercultural competence, improve your command of the Spanish language, learn to thrive in difficult situations, sharpen your critical thinking, and strengthen your personal confidence.
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Independent Research
Oxford Summer ProgrammeOxford Summer Programme
You choose your focus of study; you are the only student in your tutorials; and you spend most of your time reading books of your choice in world-class libraries. If you enjoy setting the pace and choosing the focus yourself, Oxford is the programme for you.
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Independent Research
Scholars' Semester in OxfordScholars' Semester in Oxford
You choose your focus of study; you are the only student in your tutorials; and you spend most of your time reading books of your choice in world-class libraries. If you enjoy setting the pace and choosing the focus yourself, Oxford is the programme for you.
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Middle East Studies ProgramMiddle East Studies Program
The MESP experience offers an attractive resume logo to graduate and professional schools interested in students with a broadly cross-cultural background, especially in one of the most important regions
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Los Angeles Film Studies CenterLos Angeles Film Studies Center
Are you interested in taking your filmmaking skills to the next level? Have you thought about jumping right into the Hollywood entertainment industry? Do you want to attend a graduate film school? If so, the Los Angeles Film Studies Center offers the opportunity of a lifetime! With classes taught by industry professionals, exclusive Hollywood internship opportunities and intense, hands-on experience making festival-ready films with the latest, cutting-edge technology, LAFSC is the perfect “stepping stone” to your next career goal. Following graduation you may find yourself working on a studio lot, in a production company, at a talent agency or at the USC Graduate School of Cinema, the primary school of choice by our alumni. Whatever your route, we encourage you to develop your skill and pursue your dream!
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Community/Economic/ Sustainable Development
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International Economic/Community Development
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Limiting your “footprint”/Living simply
Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
Within the courses of the Uganda Studies Program, African and Western professors alike incorporate the relevant issues of the world community today. The Uganda Studies Program provides an academic and experiential survey of contemporary political, social, economic and religious issues. These include simple living studies with curriculum supplemented by literature and media from Shane Claiborne and Donald Miller to Wendell Berry and Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni. A service learning practicum for USE students opens up opportunities for students to engage in the local community and their efforts to sustain education and service.
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Limiting your “footprint”/Living simply
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
During your semester at LASP, explore the connection between environmental stewardship and Christianity. Engage questions like, "How should my faith inform my treatment of creation?" "Why should I care about my carbon footprint?" Learn new ideas about what it means to "live simply" and examine how these ideas may function in a Latin American context.
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International Economic/Community Development
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Learn to see the global economy through new eyes while living in Latin America. Expand your definition of poverty and engage Latin Americans who work daily to further develop their communities. Explore as well how the international community confronts poverty in Latin America.
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Middle East Studies ProgramMiddle East Studies Program
MESP service projects connect students to the massive need in Cairo as well as opportunities to pursue further work with NGOs after the program is over. MESP alum work in Garbage City and provide services, for example, for the significant Sudanese refugee program run by the Anglican church. MESP alums often return to serve with NGOs or other service organizations in development areas.
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Limiting your “footprint”/Living simply
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Foreign Language
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Luganda
Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
While Uganda's official language is English, there are more than 30 distinct languages spoken by Ugandans. Uganda Christian University is located within the Buganda geographical region where the traditional language spoken is Luganda. Students of USP have the opportunity to take an elective, not for credit Luganda language class taught by Ugandan, Jjaajja (Grandma) Robina.
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Russian
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Spanish
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Immerse yourself in Spanish language study. Classroom instruction, homestay experiences, and interactions in daily life comprise your language learning experience at LASP. Improve your Spanish competency by enjoying local theater productions, Latin American music, and local publications.
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Egyptian Arabic
Middle East Studies ProgramMiddle East Studies Program
Egyptian Arabic is the language studied, providing students with a solid foundation for continuing studies in modern standard Arabic.
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International Relations/Foreign Policy
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China Studies ProgramChina Studies Program
China is in the process of rapidly resuming its customary place as a major power on the world stage. Anyone interested in this topic will be advantaged by understanding better the history of Chinese-U.S. relations, and the likely direction these will take in the coming decade.
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Non-North American Views of the World
Scholars' Semester in OxfordScholars' Semester in Oxford
Experience distinctively British and European culture. Drink tea and get around without a car. Get to know people who share your language but not your cultural norms and expectations.
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The role of religion/faith in international relations
Middle East Studies ProgramMiddle East Studies Program
The MESP program highlights the role of religious belief and doctrine in the conduct of international relations and foreign policy. It also focuses on the nature of political thought and behavior in the region generally, as students travel through Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Israel, often speaking with professional diplomats along the way, including a key official at the Arab League.
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The role of religion/faith in international relations
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The role of religion/faith in international relations
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
How do Latin Americans view their relationship with the United States? How do Latin American Christians engage the political arena? As a student at LASP, pose these questions to politicians, activists, religious leaders, and others you meet during learning experiences throughout the region.
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Living in a Post-Communist society
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Non-North American Views of the World
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
Over 7,000 miles from home, you’ll encounter entirely new worldviews in the Southern Hemisphere. Let them stretch and shape you, refining in your heart what it means to be a global citizen and what it means to be a Christian.
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The Rise of new powers
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Non-North American Views of the World
Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
How do Latin Americans view global challenges? What solutions do Latin Americans propose to our common problems? Explore these and other questions through interactions with Latin American politicians, church leaders, and community workers.
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Non-North American Views of the World
Uganda Studies ProgramUganda Studies Program
With courses such as Ugandan Politics, Politics and Peace, and Understanding Worldviews, you will be offered a rare opportunity to study international systems in the politically unique context of East Africa. While visiting Rwanda, you will learn of the nation's progressive reconciliation work. Other visits include the palace of the Kabaka (one of the Ugandan kings) and the parliament building. In addition, the Uganda Studies Program's core course, Faith and Action, serves as a survey of contemporary political, social, economic and religious issues confronting African peoples and countries and other nations across the world.
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The Rise of new powers
China Studies Program
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Living with host families
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For the majority of the semester
Uganda Studies Program (IMME)Uganda Studies Program (IMME)
Some of the most significant learning experiences for you will be experiential. For International Ministry and Missions Emphasis students, a large part of this experiential learning is exercised in their semester-long homestays. In this emphasis, you will live with a local Ugandan family and soon be absorbed into the home as another one of the children. Attending church with their family, learning to cook over a charcoal stove, building relationships with new neighbors, and engaging in their community, you will learn to understand Ugandan living from Ugandan lives.
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For a short time
Middle East Studies CenterMiddle East Studies Center
For a week, students visit with selected host families, Egyptian Muslim and Christian, who introduce them to the routine of daily life and family on the street. Along the way, friendships are forged and knowledge is gained that allow students to appreciate the culture and faith of the locals
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Uganda Studies Program (USE)Uganda Studies Program (USE)
While participating in Ugandan university life, Uganda Studies Emphasis students also have the rare opportunity to spend time living with local families. Throughout the semester, you will join their homestays for an unmatched learning experience. Gaining siblings and sharing lives, your eyes will be opened to a compelling way of life. You will be included in various family functions from weddings to weekend vacations to preparing supper for the family. Living with host families often becomes one of the students' most valuable experiences abroad. These students will have continued opportunities to visit their families throughout the semester.
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Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
Bring everything you’ve learned to the dinner table every night, where you’ll get firsthand lessons in what it means to be Australian from your host family. Sharing meat pies and Vegemite on toast, you’ll build priceless relationships that stretch your thinking and your faith.
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Latin American Studies ProgramLatin American Studies Program
Live life on Latin American terms. Through the sharing in life with host families in several Latin American countries, experience new styles of worship, the nuances of language, and the texture of daily life in Latin America.
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Arts
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Dance
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
Whether you’re a beginner or a dance major, you’ll find a place at the Wesley Institute School of Dance to develop your skills when you study at the ASC.
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Drama
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
At the ASC, the Wesley Institute School of Drama will introduce you to experiences in theatre unlike any other, such as working with Australian students on devising a show from scratch or performing before national television cameras on the streets of downtown Sydney.
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Graphic Design
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
With the help of your Australian classmates at the ASC, you’ll create a practical portfolio of works at Wesley Institute’s School of Design.
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Painting
China Studies ProgramChina Studies Program
The CSP offers a 1-credit elective in Chinese painting. Students will pick up a brush and practice standard Chinese watercolors. You may also take a 1-credit elective in Tai Chi (eligible for transfer as Physical Education). Alternatively, these two courses are included into a 3-credit course, called "Dimensions of East Asian Culture," in which you will be introduced to Chinese medicine also practice Chinese cooking.
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Drawing
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
A nationally-recognized Australian artist is your teacher when you study drawing at the ASC; beginners and experienced artists alike create their works of expression.
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Photography
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
You’ve never taken shots like these before. Study photography at the ASC and you’ll be pointing your lens at the Sydney Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, the barren Outback and the rolling hills of New Zealand.
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Music
Australia Studies CentreAustralia Studies Centre
Sing in the choir, play in the orchestra, lead worship, write your own symphony, or take private lessons. Express your musicality at the ASC, where you can plug in to Wesley Institute’s School of Music.
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Music
Contemporary Music CenterContemporary Music Center
Whether you dream of being a Rock Star or a Music Mogul, the CMC is the place where you can learn from experienced music industry executives while you get hundreds of hours of experience. And best of all, it all happens in a unique community of believers who are as crazy about music as you are.
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Film
Australian Studies CentreAustralian Studies Centre
The city of Sydney is your set when you study Video Production at the ASC. Work with Australian students to create your own unique stories against this brilliant backdrop.
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Flim
Los Angeles Film Studies CenterLos Angeles Film Studies Center
Film resonates with cultures around the world! It is a medium with far-reaching, culturally significant implications, and as with any art form mastering the craft takes a lifetime. We at the LAFSC are dedicated to introducing our students to the essential basics necessary to understand the artistry of filmmaking beyond the limited scope of cameras, lights, and megaphones. Our objective is to train students in the language of cinema, to teach them the art of visual storytelling, and to help them craft stories driven by compelling characters that lend fresh perspectives on the human condition.
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
The Uganda Studies Program places a high value on understanding the contemporary political, social, and economic issues present in Africa. At USP you will invest in topical study of poverty, social justice, conflict, and reconciliation. Courses including East African Politics and East African History offer priceless opportunities to be taught by Ugandan professors and learn from their insights. Elective visits to the palace of the Kabaka (one of the Ugandan kings) and tours of the parliament building offer concrete understanding of the history, culture, and political structure of Uganda. In addition, you will travel together to the neighboring country of Rwanda. The intensity of the trip and the experiential learning offer an unforgettable chance to personally witness astounding reconciliation and the complex history that preceded it.
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Australia Studies Centre
Australia Studies Centre
At the ASC, you’ll learn from local Parliamentarians, academics, and experts about Australian history and political systems, and how politics in the United States have an effect throughout the world. You'll also study the history and traditions of some of the world’s oldest surviving cultures, the Aboriginal and Maori peoples.
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American Studies Program
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China Studies Program
China Studies Program
You will take giant strides in filling the huge and embarrassing hole in Western education; namely, the astonishing history of what has traditionally been the most inventive, literate, and wealthy nation on earth. PoliSci majors in particular should appreciate the course on life in contemporary China and the way that this influences the Chinese view of the world, particularly the U.S.
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Explore diverse Latin American responses to global challenges, from pre-Columbian times to the present. Interact with political scientists, historians, and community activists to discern their positions on contemporary political movements, U.S. – Latin American relations, solutions to poverty and more…
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
MESP speakers include local journalists, experts, academics, and diplomats who discuss the contemporary political situation in the Middle East region including Turkey. While in Israel, MESP attempts to hear from both Israeli and Palestinian perspectives, official and unofficial.
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Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford offers historians the chance to study a wide range of topics in depth and based on world-class library resources.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Oxford offers historians the chance to study a wide range of topics in depth and based on world-class library resources.
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English/Literature/Writing/ Humanities
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
As a part of the Uganda Studies Program you'll have the unique opportunity to learn service, communal presence, and the diversity of humanity through various experiences and class time. With a range of study topics to choose from including African Literature, and a not for credit Luganda language course, students can experience an in depth look at the creative culture and history of Uganda and its people. You will also engage in urban and rural homestays that will provide priceless insights into the life and experiences of Uganda's people.
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Washington Journalism Center
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Contemporary Music Center
Contemporary Music Center
Is songwriting really "writing?" To the degree that they both require honesty, transparency, a purity of motive, a clarity of intent, a facility with words, a fluid imagination and a keen sense of... ... ... timing, the answer is obviously "yes."
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Explore Latin American voices in literature, theater, and music. Apply your study of the Spanish language as you critique the work of Latin American writers, musicians, and other artists.
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Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Los Angeles Film Studies Center
The primary focus of LAFSC is on visual storytelling. It is all about “the story.” You will hone screenwriting skills and write scripts whether you are in Hollywood Production Workshop, Motion Picture Production or our Professional Screenwriting course.
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Professional Screenwriting is an elective course in contemporary screenwriting, which develops an understanding of dramatic structure, character and dialogue development, and the writing process. You will complete a full-length screenplay for a feature film or "movie-of-the-week." Emphasis is given to the role of Christian faith and values as they relate to script content. The course is designed after UCLA’s graduate screenwriting courses, and is taught by a graduate professor of screenwriting at UCLA who is also working, credited Christian screenwriter. -
Oxford Summer Programme
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Oxford offers students of English the chance to study topics of their choice. Read primary texts closely, learn their historical context, and find your way around the secondary literature by reading research journals.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Oxford offers students of English the chance to study topics of their choice. Read primary texts closely, learn their historical context, and find your way around the secondary literature by reading research journals.
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Social Work/Psychology/ Counseling/Anthropology
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
At the Uganda Studies Program you are given a unique opportunity to learn service, communal presence, and the nature of a diverse humanity via experience and course work. During the semester you will live with families in both urban and rural settings taking part in all that this entails. If you live on campus as a USE student you may also participate in a unique service learning practicum. In addition, Social Work majors may take a social work practicum by special arrangement.
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Australia Studies Centre
Australia Studies Centre
At the ASC, you will have the opportunity to study counselling from a Christian worldview at the Wesley Institute. But even more so, you’ll have the opportunity to see your studies in action on the streets of Sydney, where you’ll serve some of the city’s most forgotten citizens.
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American Studies Program
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China Studies Program
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Through learning experiences at LASP, deepen your exposure to the social complexities of Latin America. Sharpen your intercultural competence and critical analysis through practicum experiences, homestays, and relationships with marginalized peoples. Engage difficult questions about economic justice, gender, poverty, and more…
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
MESP students cannot help encounter both people and ideas related to how aspects of political and religious culture impact the daily provision of services.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Study the philosophy and methods of psychology and the way it intersects with religion within a major research university.
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Classics/Humanities
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
Uganda's rich culture and heritage present a unique context for the study of literature, language, and traditions. The Uganda Studies Program offers a range of study topics to choose from including African Literature and a not for credit Luganda language course. You will learn service, communal presence, and the nature of a diverse humanity through these study topics and other travel experiences. Local church visits, urban and rural homestays, and a service learning practicum all offer invaluable moments of insight and experiential learning. The USE Service Learning Practicum includes a significant amount of time working with local programs including primary schools, a children's library, and schools for the blind. IMME students also take part in community engagement activities.
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Latin American Studies Program
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
MESP offers access to the powerful encounter between Athens and Jerusalem, between the tradition of Hellenism and that of all three Abrahamic faiths, between that of reason and revelation. For those interested in the tensions inherent in these dual traditions and how they produced some of the world's great humanistic literature and art, as well as in witnessing the physical setting of several great empires of the Classical world, the program is eye-opening.
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Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford offers philosophy students the chance to study supported by extensive resource collections. Read primary texts closely, engage in lively debate, and find ways to best make your case.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
The University of Oxford's classics department is one of the biggest in the world and the collections in the Ashmolean Museum bring you face to face with material objects from the classic world. Where better to study the literature, history, and ideas of ancient Greece and Rome?
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Intercultural Studies
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
Uganda's rich culture and heritage provide a unique context for the study of literature, language, and history. Courses include African Traditional Religions, African Literature, and a not for credit Luganda language class. You will also participate in both urban and rural homestays. While staying with these local host families, you will experience a variety of cross-cultural functions including weddings, funerals, Sunday church, and simply sharing family meals together. Intercultural Ministry and Missions Emphasis (IMME) students live with these families for the length of the semester while Uganda Studies Emphasis (USE) students stay for three weeks out of the semester. In addition, the intensive weeklong trip to Rwanda offers an invaluable opportunity to study the nation's history and its progressive advances in reconciliation.
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Australia Studies Centre
Australia Studies Centre
The ASC is an intercultural experience, both academically and practically. Immersed in modern Australian culture, you’ll examine what it means to be Australian today, for the earliest European settlers, and for the land’s first inhabitants, the Aboriginal peoples. You will also be challenged to reflect on your own culture and how it shapes your daily life and faith.
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China Studies Program
China Studies Program
Almost any travel abroad experience is eye-opening and fun. The goal of the CSP is to help you develop the skill of crossing cultures (something that many people who have lived overseas for years have not done). In virtually every course, but especially in the Intercultural Communication course, you will come to see Chinese (and East Asians generally) underlying presuppositions, but also to see your own. The principles that you learn in the class will serve you well if you intend to interact anywhere with internationals.
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Through homestay experiences, practicum opportunities, group discussions, and life in the streets, your semester at LASP will expose you to the cultural diversity of Latin America. Study trips to several countries in Central America will reveal the beauty and complexity of Latin American cultures.
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
In some respects MESP epitomizes the intercultural experience, traversing the worlds of Muslim, Christian, and Jew in the context of various cultures and political systems throughout the Middle East. Students are constantly asked to reflect on how their own culture determines their attitudes to other faiths and nations.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Study the languages and cultures of continental Europe in ancient and modern periods, and visit one of Europe's major anthropological museums – the Pitt Rivers Museum.
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Art/Communication/Film/ Music/Drama/Dance/Media Relations
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Washington Journalism Center
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Australia Studies Centre
Australia Studies Centre
The ASC is an art-centred program with opportunities to learn from some of Australia’s leading professionals in their respective arts and fields. For students of dance, drama, music, and design, the program will be the perfect opportunity to develop your skills in a challenging, cross-cultural environment.
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China Studies Program
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Contemporary Music Center
Contemporary Music Center
What would you like to be? A recording artist? A songwriter? A record producer? A session musician? An arranger? An orchestrator? A recording engineer? A concert producer? A tour manager? A music critic? A publicist? There are 176 ways to make a living in the music industry. Come to the CMC and discover the ones best for you.
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Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Production courses at L.A. Film Studies Center are intense, hands-on courses in short film production. You will focus on art of visual storytelling by developing skills in directing, cinematography, picture editing, sound editing/music and production design. Our courses are designed to enable you to develop your integration of story with technical and artistic skill, whether you are a novice or advanced student. You will work collaboratively in groups to produce festival-ready films and if you choose, you may write, shoot, direct and edit your own projects. Our courses are taught by professional, experienced Christian filmmakers with credits in the Hollywood industry.
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Study the history of art in a University whose art collections span the ancient world, Renaissance, modern and contemporary Europe, and the wider world. Study the history of music in a city where early music is a speciality and which has a museum dedicated to the history of musical instruments. Study films from continental Europe in their cultural and linguistic contexts.
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Biblical Studies/Religion/ Theology/Ministry/ Philosophy
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Australia Studies Centre
Australia Studies Centre
ASC students of theology get the unique opportunity of discovering how those from halfway around the world from home have their theology shaped by this vast land. As you experience the country firsthand, the Australian professors of the Wesley Institute School of Theology will help you delve more into who God is for the entire world.
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American Studies Program
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China Studies Program
China Studies Program
In our interdisciplinary arrangement, you will find your views of your cultural assumptions about your own beliefs and others challenged. In particular, the elective Eastern Philosophy & Religion course (usually done as an independent study) allows for you to choose an area of individual interest for in-depth study. Past topics have included Zen Buddhism, the I Ching, the Analects of Confucius, and the history of Christianity in China.
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Contemporary Music Center
Contemporary Music Center
Life at the CMC is lived at the intersection of art and faith. As a community we seek to not only profess but to live a Theological Aesthetic founded on two goals: that through the arts we might perceive the phenomenological world with such clarity that we can more vividly experience the spiritual world, and that through hard work and inter-dependence we might make works of art that reveal God to others.
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Interact with Latin American theologians and religious leaders, analyzing their faith positions and allowing their perspectives to inform your worldview. As a student with LASP, you will engage challenging questions: How do Latin Americans interpret the life of Jesus? How do Latin Americans view the North American church? What is the future of missions movements in Latin America?
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Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Los Angeles Film Studies Center
In Theology in Hollywood you will explore the intersection of theology, cinema, entertainment and art through the lens of faith, cinema and the culture of Hollywood. You will navigate the waters of cultural and theological film criticism and ethical dilemmas that define the entertainment industry: the engagement and meaningful response of believers in Hollywood seeking to be “shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves.” The goal is to gain deeper insight into the relationship between film and theology and the creation of entertainment with spiritual depth and artistic rigor.
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Middle East Studies Program
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The program is a natural path for those interested in the cultures, languages, and religious ideas of the ancient and modern Near East, a path that takes students through the diversity of the Islamic world, including Turkey, Syria, and Jordan, to the land of modern Israel and the Bible .
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Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford Summer Programme
Oxford offers theologians a wide range of resources for research, intriguing lectures, and a chance to experience a wide range of church styles.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Oxford offers theologians a wide range of tutorials and lectures, the chance to pursue an independent project in the long essay, and a chance to experience a wide range of church styles.
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Uganda Studies Program
Uganda Studies Program
The Uganda Studies Program offers you comprehensive study of biblical truths and spiritual reasoning. Available courses include and are not limited to African Traditional Religions, Law and Christian Political Thought, Understanding Ethics in Africa, and Reading the New Testament in Africa. In addition, if you are an Intercultural Ministry and Missions Emphasis (IMME) student, you will study ministry specific courses and also attend dinners and lectures hosted by resident missionaries. No matter what emphasis you choose you will participate in cross-cultural church visits including opportunities to preach and share testimony and song. If you live on campus you may also take part in a USP service learning practicum with opportunities to serve in a variety of settings including schools for the blind and street children ministry.
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Business/Economics/Finance
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American Studies Program
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China Studies Program
China Studies Program
The CSP offers a business concentration with up to 6-credits: the 3-credit course "International Business in China" and 3-credits if you complete a three-week internship at a local Chinese company. We choose to arrange Chinese-setting internships rather than internships with American companies abroad, because the latter tend to be simply American internships with a Chinese background "out there." The goal of the classroom course is for you to learn, from a prominent Chinese scholar, how Chinese do business; the goal of the internship is for you to see and adapt to that way of doing business in a Chinese setting.
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Contemporary Music Center
Contemporary Music Center
The music industry Executive Track at the CMC is designed to help Business, Econ and Finance Majors understand the intricacies of Entertainment Industry finance. Learn to understand a 50-page major label recording contract. Run a P&L on a hit CD. Develop a business plan for a start-up record company. Understand artist, producer and songwriter royalties. Learn about licensing income, sync fees and how to settle a concert where the artist is due 80% of the backend after a 10% promoter profit when ticket prices are $50 in advance, $65 at the door and you've had to give up 150 seats for production kills. And don't forget the per diem.
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
As a participant in LASP’s International Business Concentration, interact with Latin American businesspersons, analyzing their business practices from a Christian perspective. Critically examine regional trade agreements, economic globalization, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable business in Latin America. Through a combination of classroom learning and practicum experiences, sharpen your business skills and intercultural competence.
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Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Los Angeles Film Studies Center
Business, finance and law are the backbone of Hollywood. We encourage business majors to come to Hollywood! Business internships are available in a variety of areas, and are keyed to your specific interest. Our production courses are focused on producing, the business aspect of filmmaking. You may design an independent study with us if the course you need is not available.
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Business majors can study British economic history to see the processes which underline our modern world system, and theories of the state for the connections between political systems in economics.
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Foreign Language
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China Studies Program
China Studies Program
Mandarin Chinese is studied by all CSP participants, but no knowledge of it is assumed before you come to the program. The focus is on "survival Chinese," the basics of getting things, food and around. Those who have already studied Mandarin Chinese may take a waiver test. If you pass, at the Mandarin teacher's discretions, you may take a 3-credit course in Advanced Mandarin (whose level is determined largely by you and others taking the course).
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
Immerse yourself in Spanish language study. Classroom instruction, homestay experiences, and interactions in daily life comprise your language learning experience at LASP. Further improve your Spanish competency by enjoying local theater productions, Latin American music, and local publications.
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Middle East Studies Program
Middle East Studies Program
The program offers Egyptian Arabic, understood in the Middle East region and a good basis upon which to begin modern standard Arabic if students wish to pursue further language studies for graduate programs or vocational endeavors in the Middle East.
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Russian Studies Program
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Study French, German, Italian, or Portuguese languages and literature, and practice your languages among native speakers if you choose to travel in term breaks.
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Biology/Environmental Science/Sustainable Development
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Latin American Studies Program
Latin American Studies Program
As a participant in LASP’s Environmental Science Concentration, explore tropical ecology and sustainable development initiatives in Latin America. Interact with Latin American scientists, learning from their efforts to minimize human impact on the natural environment. Conduct field research in lowland tropical rainforests, montane cloud forests, or marine ecosystems.
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Scholars' Semester in Oxford
Study the history and philosophy of science and mathematics within a world-class university. Visit the University's remarkable Museum of Natural History and Museum for the History of Science.
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