Is it an issue with the way Chemistry Departments design their curricula that they can’t accommodate a legitimate, quite common educational goal in college, or is it simply impossible to design a chemistry curriculum that would leave an opportunity for overseas study (possibly including chemistry or other laboratory science)?
I can’t imagine an argument that it isn’t valuable for students aspiring to STEM careers to experience living in and working with people from cultures other than that of Anglophone North America. Why do we almost take for granted that it’s possible only outside of a standard four-year curriculum?