alethiometer

I'm currently a sophomore at a small university, and I'm looking to study abroad somewhere that is a bit off the beaten track (ie not overrun with other American students) but I don't have any languages (except Latin...) so I can't study anywhere that needs a language prereq. Almost all of the programs that my university offers that have classes taught in English are just for business students, which I am not. I did take 9 years of French before college, but of course that doesn't count for any of the french study abroad programs I have seen, but a Francophone country would be awesome! I'm not afraid of learning a new language. I'd love to be in Europe, Africa, or Asia, but no "hot spots" (parental requirement).

Also, I have looked at the CIEE and SIT programs, but I'm not sure I can trust myself to be that independant. If you have any ideas of where I might look, I'd really appreciate it!

Thank you!

shelley14

Look at the Danish Institute for Study Abrhttp://www.dis.dk/About/index.phpoad:

I think Scandanavia is a bit off the beaten path. Courses are taught in English. Copenhagen is a wonderful sity.

ergcat

My D went to France with IES program. It was very good. Check them out.

Grande Antilles

Well, you can goto the Maldives, Bhutan, Angola,Finland, Latvia,Slovenia, Cameroune, since you speak Latin, you can try to find yourself an internship in the Holly see

interesteddad

It's really hard to make specific suggestions without knowing the approved list at your school, how your school handles paying for study abroad, and so forth.

If you want a really outrageous study abroad program, look the International Honors Program trips that are now sanctioned by SIT.

They offer several comparative trips on various topics, but a good example is their Cities of the 21st Century semester long program that studies megacities around the globe. A group of 25 or so students from various colleges starts in New York, then spends five weeks each in Argentina (Buenos Aires), China (Beijing & Shanghai), and India (Bangalore).

Pairs of students live with homestay families in each city. Academics include classroom with traveling profs, local experts (gov. planners, business leaders, NGOs), and site visits/field study in each country....for example, a day in the NYC Planning Department. Or a day touring the new Pudong business district in Shanghai with government planning officials.

It's grueling and challenging on many levels, not the least of which is moving from culture shock to culture shock as you go from South America to China to India. But, really great programs that are on the approved list at most top colleges and universities:

IHP Cities in the 21st Century

International Honors Program

alethiometer

Thank you for your help, everyone! I actually ended up getting accepted to go to Prague!