Sydney, Australia. Auckland, New Zealand. The Outback. Are you ready? Because if you are, you will fall in love with Australia's culture and people. Travel to New Zealand on a field trip. See natural beauty beyond description. Experience a world most people can't even imagine.
find out moreThe ASC is designed to integrate the firsthand observation and study of Australian culture, history, religion, politics and Indigenous cultures together with experiential service learning and formal instruction in the arts.
The program is comprised of two culture classes designed especially for ASC students and three or four discipline classes chosen from Wesley Institute's list of courses.
find out moreKimberly Spragg (B.A., Taylor University; M.A., Ball State University) directs the program and facilitates The View from Australia: Issues in Religion, Politics, Economics & Cultural Values.
In your electives, you'll be taught by Australians at the top of their respective arts and fields; from drawing classes taught by a nominee for the Dobell Prize, Australia's most prestigious drawing award; to hip-hop classes instructed by a choreographer for "So You Think You Can Dance: Australia."
The Australia Studies Centre will introduce you to Christians who express their faith differently and may challenge your ideas of what it means to be a Christian in today's world. Whether you are dishing soup at your service project, walking downtown streets in an outdoor Easter pageant, worshipping in a denomination you never knew existed, creating a new marketing campaign for class or sharing a meal with your host family, these are the chances to stretch your own boundaries.
find out moreThe Australia Studies Centre is interdisciplinary and gives no preference to students in a particular field of study. However, a serious Christian commitment and a good academic record are necessary.
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