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Study Abroad adds sites
Lauren Grevera '10
Issue date: 10/10/07 Section: News
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The Center for International Programs has increased its Study Abroad offerings to include 29 colleges, universities, and internships in 17 countries.
The programs added consist of CIEE and Augsburg College in Africa, the Universidad Ramon Llull of Barcelona, the EU Internship Program in Belgium, and for those who wish to remain in the comfort of an English-speaking country, the University of Auckland in New Zealand. These sites have been approved within the past year.
Although the programs include over two-dozen sites, there are the occasional students that want to attend a college in a country that is not approved.
"You can go anywhere," said Amy Roshannon, the Assistant Director of Study Abroad Programs. The petition process, allows students who believe it is crucial to their major to apply to a non-approved site. Recently, a student was approved to participate in a program in Scotland.
This semester, 75 students are currently overseas studying abroad while next semester around 90 students have signed up to ship out.
Italy, with six approved sites, is the first choice of one third of the students who study abroad. Second place is a tie between Australia, Spain, and England.
Studying abroad is open to Saint Joseph's University students in the second semester of their sophomore, junior, and senior years. While the minimum GPA requirement for some universities is 3.0, most schools require a 2.75 or even a 2.5, such as the American University of Rome and Macquarie University in Australia. Prospective students also need two recommendations from faculty members. The application process begins a semester before departure; however, students are encouraged to plan a year in advance.
Students whose parents immediately turned down the idea of studying abroad for financial reasons should consider The Beijing Center in China.
"If you're looking from a cost point of view," said Roshannon, "it's affordable."
Room and board is under $1,000 per semester and students say it is impossible to spend over $1,500 on transportation, meals, and shopping.
The programs added consist of CIEE and Augsburg College in Africa, the Universidad Ramon Llull of Barcelona, the EU Internship Program in Belgium, and for those who wish to remain in the comfort of an English-speaking country, the University of Auckland in New Zealand. These sites have been approved within the past year.
Although the programs include over two-dozen sites, there are the occasional students that want to attend a college in a country that is not approved.
"You can go anywhere," said Amy Roshannon, the Assistant Director of Study Abroad Programs. The petition process, allows students who believe it is crucial to their major to apply to a non-approved site. Recently, a student was approved to participate in a program in Scotland.
This semester, 75 students are currently overseas studying abroad while next semester around 90 students have signed up to ship out.
Italy, with six approved sites, is the first choice of one third of the students who study abroad. Second place is a tie between Australia, Spain, and England.
Studying abroad is open to Saint Joseph's University students in the second semester of their sophomore, junior, and senior years. While the minimum GPA requirement for some universities is 3.0, most schools require a 2.75 or even a 2.5, such as the American University of Rome and Macquarie University in Australia. Prospective students also need two recommendations from faculty members. The application process begins a semester before departure; however, students are encouraged to plan a year in advance.
Students whose parents immediately turned down the idea of studying abroad for financial reasons should consider The Beijing Center in China.
"If you're looking from a cost point of view," said Roshannon, "it's affordable."
Room and board is under $1,000 per semester and students say it is impossible to spend over $1,500 on transportation, meals, and shopping.
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