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Study Abroad Courses Overview

Wendy Williamson Director of Study Abroad. Study Abroad Courses Overview . Presentation. Goal of Study Abroad and why it’s important Course Articulation and Substitution Processes which make study abroad a viable option

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Study Abroad Courses Overview

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  1. Wendy Williamson Director of Study Abroad Study Abroad Courses Overview

  2. Presentation • Goal of Study Abroad and why it’s important • Course Articulation and Substitution Processes which make study abroad a viable option • Report of current Senior Sem Substitutions for faculty-led programs and where to find info • Idea for proposal to dramatically increase the number of students who study abroad. • Discussion

  3. Goal of Study Abroad To offer students an international education which they cannot obtain here. Why? To be competitive, keep up with educational trends, and help students to be successful upon graduation.

  4. Just One Example • Be a Better Manager: Live Abroad, Harvard Business Review, September 2010 • Ducker candle problem experiment with 220 MBA students from Northwestern’s Kellogg School. • Candle, pack of matches, box of tacks. • Attach candle to a cardboard wall using only these objects, so the candle burns and doesn’t drip wax on the floor.

  5. The Findings and Solution • Findings - the longer students spent living abroad, the more likely they were to able to solve the problem. • “People with international experience are more likely to create new businesses and products and to be promoted.”

  6. The Process • In this economy, most students will only study abroad if they can get valuable course credit for doing so, credit which replaces their curricular requirements. • Our process is not the usual course articulation (which assumes the world should offer all the same courses as EIU), but course articulation AND “substitution” managed by academic department chairs. • Individualized Approach: XYZ course abroad replaces EIU course because Chair finds it a better fit for the student’s major, professional goals, etc. Shift towards “individualized” rather than “one size fits all”. • Standard Approach: XYZ course is an equal or better opportunity than the EIU course requirement on campus…so he/she deems appropriate for all and it goes into our Course Finder, available from our website.

  7. Faculty-led Programs 2011

  8. 2011 Summer Senior Seminars • Italy: the Good Life = 6 received senior sem • Netherlands: Multicultural = 5 senior sem • Sultans, Gods = 4 senior sem • South Africa = 4 senior sem Total 19 senior sems Look up senior-seminar approved courses See sample of Summer 2011 substitutions report

  9. Idea for Proposal • One thing we hear quite often is “I want a program that counts for senior seminar”. • Give them a choice of SENIOR SEMINAR OR STUDY ABROADand make students think hard about turning down the opportunity. • It’s simple. Study Abroad (for XXXX or longer) and your senior seminar requirement is waived. It replaces senior-sem requirement. • 3 weeks or longer, a semester? • What length is justifiable for this boost?

  10. Discussion • Questions • Comments • Thoughts about idea

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