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Study Abroad
A Gateway to the World...
Step into college and greet a world of learning. Our campus is more than a growing microcosm of world peoples. It is a gateway to travel, personal growth, and learning first hand about other people, other places. What better way to prepare for globalization than by experiencing it in college? International Studies - now or later - will change your life. Globalization of communication, commerce, arts and culture is revolutionizing societies everywhere. Future success in your chosen career will increasingly depend not only on professional expertise, but on personal familiarity with clients, customers and associates from different cultures. Your learning as an MCLA student studying in Africa, Asia, Europe, or the Americas will prepare you to meet tomorrow's challenges. It may also change your life.
International Studies at MCLA
Rather than a major, international studies at MCLA is an enhancement for all majors. Personal experience joined to knowledge of Latin Americans, Asians, Africans, or Europeans, will make you a better professional in whatever career you choose. And MCLA takes you in progressive steps from college classrooms to actually experiencing Mexico, Jamaica, China, England, Australia or virtually anywhere. We begin by offering international studies courses in academic disciplines and as general education. Many of the faculty who teach these courses also take students on credit earning tours abroad. And MCLA belongs to the Massachusetts Council for International Education (MaCIE) and the College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS) and has recently added the Semester at Sea program. Through these associations and connections, we send students on semester or year-long programs to colleges around the world. At MCLA, your learning about the world begins locally and ends globally. These web sites show CCIS, MaCIE and Semester at Sea opportunities in detail.
Check out:
http://www.ccisabroad.org/
http://www.fsc.edu/intled/macie/index.html
http://www.semesteratsea.com
Meet the World at MCLA
Expand your familiarity with the world through incremental steps at MCLA. Begin with the immediate and prepare for greater challenges.
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elect international study courses which provide knowledge and necessary skills, such as languages, to greet others as an informed world citizen
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work with fellow international studies students to help plan activities such as visiting the United Nations, travelling to Toronto, Canada, (for a model UN), and hosting cultural events on campus
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join a low cost two week travel course with MCLA faculty who tour European, Asian, African, and Latin American countries or Australia
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spend summers at MaCIE or CCIS host schools around the world
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study for a semester or a year at a MaCIE or CCIS host school overseas
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work with overseas assistance groups like Haitian Plunge, Habitat for Humanity, or the American Friends Service Commitee.
For Further Information:
The Career Services Center, Bowman Hall, Suites 119-122 provides information regarding international studies at MCLA. The center provides brochures and videos on travel abroad experiences. Here, you can learn first hand the many potential overseas experiences that await you. Sharron Zavattaro is the Director of Career Services and facilitator for study abroad. She can be reached in her office by phoning (413) 662-5332 or by email at szavatta@mcla.edu or Kailai Huang, Professor, History Department at (413) 662-5426 or email at khuang@mcla.edu
MCLA faculty also support our international studies initiative. You may meet these persons through your classes on campus. But you are also encouraged to plan your personal international studies program at MCLA.
Scholarships
For further information about International Studies Programs and Application information contact:
Career Services Center Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 375 Church St. North Adams, MA 01247-4100
Massachusetts Council for International Education (MaCIE)
The Massachusetts Council for International Education (MaCIE) is an association, founded in 1991, which links Massachusetts public institutions of higher education in a common commitment to promote international education among our diverse constituencies.
Mission: The purpose of MaCIE is to serve the commonwealth and its residents by developing and enhancing the capacity of member institutions to foster knowledge and appreciation of international cultures and issues.
http://www.fsc.edu/intled/macie/index.html
College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS)
MCLA belongs to The College Consortium for International Studies, one of the oldest and largest international education consortia, links more than 150 fully accredited U.S. colleges and universities in a partnership dedicated to advancing international/intercultural perspectives in higher education. Through its member colleges and universities, CCIS offers more than forty study abroad programs around the globe each year, for a semester, an academic year, or a summer. MCLA students enroll in CCIS programs and receive official transcripts from fully accredited U.S. colleges and universities which sponsor the programs, and which facilitate the transfer of credit for course work taken abroad. Programs are designed for cultural immersion, and many offer a chance to live with a family, which is an excellent way to accelerate language acquisition and to gain a working knowledge of the host culture. Experiential learning, through field trips and participation in various activities, is an integral part of the programs. Staff at the host institutions abroad work with U.S. students to help them gain themost from their experience. For additional information visit the CCIS website at http://www.ccisabroad.org/
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