MLANG 3010 Preparing for Education Abroad

Designed to prepare students who are considering or planning to go abroad for study, work, or volunteer/service learning by investigating the many facets of facing life in another culture. Topics to be covered include intercultural communication, cross-cultural value systems, foreign academic systems, cultural self-awareness, and challenges and opportunities that are unique to language-learning abroad.This course will give students the tools to make their experience more successful and rewarding. The course is designed for both the student who has already applied for a program and for the student just beginning to explore the idea of going abroad.P/F only.

(Offered every semester.)