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CONTENTS INTRO

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CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM 10

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INDIA STUDIES PROGRAM 13

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UGANDA STUDIES PROGRAM

MEMBERS

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LOS ANGELES FILM STUDIES CENTER

PROGRAMMES AT OXFORD 22

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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CENTER

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM 16

AUSTRALIA STUDIES CENTRE

AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

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MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROGRAM 20

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WASHINGTON JOURNALISM CENTER 25

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ICON KEY

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FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS, THE COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES HAS BEEN PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION. . . in the field of experiential, academic-focused off-campus programming. Since 1976, more than 10,000 students from over 100 CCCU campuses have been served through these BestSemester programs. From the beginning, our goal has been to provide off-campus study experiences that bridge campuses and the greater world through opportunities to authentically engage peoples, cultures and contemporary realities in ways that challenge students to be active participants in advancing Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claims in all aspects of life. Our strategy is to provide a variety of programs in diverse locations which offer a rich experiential learning environment for students to view the world, peoples, cultures, scholarship and faith in new ways.

We believe that our BestSemester programs provide an opportunity for authentic engagement of faith, identity, ideas and worldview within a particular socio-cultural as well as opportunities for vocational exploration (telos and praxis) through a variety of internships, service projects and community involvement. Our programs are built upon well-established local connections (from Uganda to Hollywood) and are staffed by highly qualified educators who are recognized leaders in experiential education and place a high priority on health and safety. BestSemester participants are encouraged not only to understand and respect local customs but also to become part of the culture by staying with local families and giving back to local communities. In the end, we want our BestSemester students to become intercultural emissaries, faithful servant leaders and global citizens able to adapt and contribute to a complex world.

Ken Bussema VP of Student Programs, CCCU

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YOU WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE: A REAL, LASTING CHANGE.

You have a heart for other countries, to help combat AIDS, extreme poverty, hunger and disease. You have the desire, but you need to learn how this work gets done. How do you get from dreaming to doing?

You have a passion for justice. You see the demands on national leadership for greater innovation to address today’s domestic or international issues you care most about. You want to move beyond the policies and begin engaging the political players. What does it take to formulate and advocate just policies in the public square?

Whether global development or public policy brings you to ASP, you will join a leadership community with a shared commitment to learn how to translate your campus convictions into real-world application. Come to DC and catch a vision for what it takes to lead institutions against the injustices facing our nation and our world.

LEARN

EXPLORE

www.bestsemester.com/asp/explore

www.bestsemester.com/asp/learn

With Washington, DC as the home for your classroom, the possibilities are endless! You will live eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court and within easy walking distance of Eastern Market, Union Station and the National Mall.

Visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian museums, the Library of Congress, historic Georgetown and more.

It’s one thing to visit like a tourist. It’s something else to live and work here.

PRACTICUM COURSES

Policy Analysis & Advocacy Seminar

3

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Public Policy Project

3

www.bestsemester.com/asp/live

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT TRACK

As an ASP student, you will live in a fully-furnished apartment, housing four to six students. Each apartment is complete with a well-equipped kitchen and washer and dryer. Other apartment building amenities include: a business center, two lounges with hi-definition flat screen TVs, and a rooftop deck with a panoramic view of Capitol Hill. You’ll also have access to a recreation room with exercise equipment and free weights.

Entrepreneurship & Human Development Seminar

3

Global Development Partnership Exercise

3

CREDITS

Topics in Leadership & Vocation

3

Internship 20-30 hrs/wk

6

Professional Mentorship (optional)

1

ASP students choose one of two project tracks: Public Policy track or Global Development track.

PUBLIC POLICY TRACK

TOTAL CREDITS

15-16

INTERNSHIPS

The internship is a crucial component of ASP. Whether working in a Congressional representative’s office or helping with a NGO, it’s important to be there and see how things work.

You will work 20-30 hours a week at your internship, completing reflection papers and progress reports.

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/ASP Hear from students currently studying at ASP: http://asp.typepad.com/capitol_spill/

IT’S ONE THING TO VISIT LIKE A TOURIST. IT’S SOMETHING ELSE TO LIVE AND WORK HERE.

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DO YOU EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH MUSIC OR DRAMA?

Do you envision the world through graphic design principles? Do you have a passion for ministry, theology or counseling?

Are you willing to dive into new experiences, even when they are awkward or uncomfortable? Are you prepared to put aside your assumptions about the way cultures and societies should function? Are you open to thinking critically about the weaknesses (as well as strengths) of your home country and its government? Whether you’re getting your degree in the arts or theology or just want to take a hip-hop or photography class to fulfill an elective, Australia and the ASC are waiting to help you think “outside the bubble” while nurturing your talents and creativity.

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LEARN

ASC is offered in partnership with The Wesley Institute, a CCCU affiliate member and performing arts/theology college. Located in the suburb of Drummoyne on the Sydney Harbour, you will be just 15 minutes by taxi from the city center.

You’ll take many trips during your time in Australia.

Class field trips include: visits to the political capital of Canberra, the red earth of the Outback and the rolling hills of New Zealand!

CORE COURSES

www.bestsemester.com/asc/explore

www.bestsemester.com/asc/learn

LIVE

www.bestsemester.com/asc/live

As an ASC student, you will live with an Australian family in Sydney or its surrounding areas. Generally two or more students stay in each homestay and host families are highly encouraged to integrate students into normal family life.

CREDITS

The View from Australia: Issues in Religion, Politics, Economics & Cultural Values

3

Indigenous History, Cultures & Identity

3

RECOMMENDED COURSES Faith and the Contemporary Artist I or II

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ASC students choose two to three courses out of the following disciplines for an additional 7-10 credit hours: Theology/Ministry Drawing/Graphic Design Dance Drama Music Dance Movement Therapy (graduate level classes) Counseling (graduate level classes) TOTAL CREDITS

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STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/ASC Hear from students currently studying at ASC: www.australiastudiescentre.blogspot.com

ARE YOU PREPARED TO PUT ASIDE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE WAY CULTURES AND SOCIETIES SHOULD FUNCTION?

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CHINA IS JUST LIKE THE UNITED STATES — IF YOU TURNED it upside down and backwards. You will never be the same after your semester at the China Studies Program. From the first time you eat baozi for breakfast till your teary goodbye with Chinese friends, you will see your worldview changing in ways you’d never imagined. Dynamic balance is the way the Chinese mind perceives life. It is in understanding that low profile and high expectations, generosity and obligation, sweet and sour, activity and passivity are opposites that complement each other for a full life.

EXPLORE

LEARN

www.bestsemester.com/csp/explore

CSP is offered in partnership with Xiamen University [pronounced like “SHAH men”], located by the South China Sea in sub-tropical southeastern China. With its beautiful setting and diverse student population, your time spent at CSP will be like none other!

You will spend eight days in Hong Kong, two weeks in the ancient capital city of Xi’an, a week in rural China for your service project, and a week touring sites in Beijing and Shanghai!

LIVE

www.bestsemester.com/csp/learn CSP students choose one of two concentrations: the China Studies Concentration or the Business Concentration.

CHINA STUDIES CONCENTRATION

CREDITS

Chinese I (or Advanced Chinese)

3

Chinese History

3

Intercultural Communication

3

Contemporary Society

3

Electives (additional 3-6 credits) Chinese II*

3

www.bestsemester.com/csp/live

International Business in China (with no internship)

3

As a CSP student, most of your semester will be spent living at beautiful Xiamen University, a modern, seaside university on the southern coast of China. You will reside in a dormitory set aside for international students from around the world who come to study at Xiamen.

Dimensions of East Asian Culture

3

Eastern Philosophy & Religions

3

Chinese Painting*

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Tai Chi (Physical Education)*

1

TOTAL CREDITS

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*Chinese II not available to those who take Advanced Chinese; Chinese Art and Tai Chi are not available as individual electives for those who take Dimensions, as they are already components of that course.

YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER YOUR SEMESTER AT THE CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM.

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BUSINESS CONCENTRATION Chinese (I or Advanced)

2-3

Chinese History

3

Intercultural Communication

3

Contemporary Society & Public Policy

3

International Business in China

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Business Internship

3

TOTAL CREDITS

17–18

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/CSP

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HOW ABOUT SPENDING A SEMESTER IN NASHVILLE? A CITY that’s All Music All the Time! A place so full of studios, performance venues, record labels, start-ups and publishing companies that it would take you a year just to discover them all. And how about exploring that city with some seasoned professionals and 30 like-minded friends committed to helping you find your place in the ever-changing, ever-challenging music industry?

Whether you’re thinking of pursuing a career as a songwriter, recording artist, touring musician, producer, engineer, artist manager, booking agent, record company professional or marketing guru, the CMC is the only semester-long program that gives you hands-on experience in all aspects of making and marketing music.

EXPLORE

LEARN

www.bestsemester.com/cmc/explore

Nashville. Music City. Home to everyone from Kings of Leon to Amy Grant, even Taylor Swift. Explore the city and connect with a music industry network of dozens of believers who can help you find your way to blend art, commerce and real spirituality. Not to mention about 100+ CMC alum living in the city, who are just a few years ahead of you and are dying to help show you the way.

www.bestsemester.com/cmc/learn CORE COURSES

CREDITS

Faith, Music and Culture

3

Inside the Music Industry

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Practicum

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CMC students choose one of three study tracks: Artist Track, Executive Track or Technical Track.

ARTIST TRACK

LIVE

www.bestsemester.com/cmc/live

As a CMC student, you will live just across the street from the CMC headquarters. Your fully furnished apartment is complete with a well-equipped kitchen and access to a fitness center, swimming pool and laundry room. You’ll have everything at your fingertips with grocery stores and even a Starbucks right down the street. You will be 10 minutes from downtown and 15 minutes from the airport and major shopping areas.

Essentials of Songwriting

3

Studio Recording

3

Performance

3

EXECUTIVE TRACK Artist Management

3

Artists & Repertoire

3

Music Marketing and Sales

3

TECHNICAL TRACK Advanced Recording Techniques

3

Live Sound Reinforcement

3

Lighting

3

TOTAL CREDITS

16

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/CMC www.thecontemporarymusiccenter.com

CMC IS THE ONLY SEMESTER-LONG PROGRAM THAT GIVES YOU HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF MAKING AND MARKETING MUSIC.

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ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ISSUES OF POVERTY and social justice? Do you have a heart for learning best practices on helping the disenfranchised? Do you ever wonder what it’s like to live as a Christian in a multi-religious society and culture?

Whether you’re studying social work, theology, missions, art & design, communications, business, cultural studies or social sciences, there is a place for you at the India Studies Program.

Become immersed in a local Indian community while being exposed to the complex diversity of India’s peoples, places and customs. With over 20 recognized languages, nine religions, and 2000 ethnic groups, the India Studies Program is your opportunity to encounter one of today’s most fascinating and diverse cultures.

EXPLORE

LEARN

www.bestsemester.com/isp/explore

ISP is offered in partnership with Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Sciences, a CCCU affiliate member located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, one of India’s major states.

As an ISP student, you will become part of the College’s community life, which will allow endless opportunities to embrace local culture and cultivate meaningful friendships.

You will also spend two weeks traveling throughout India observing the country’s rich diversity and history.

LIVE

www.bestsemester.com/isp/live

As an ISP student, you will live near the Bishop Appasamy campus in a dormitory set aside for international students with easy access to laundry, cooking facilities and local culture.

www.bestsemester.com/isp/learn CORE COURSES

CREDITS

Contemporary India

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India’s Religious Landscape

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ISP students choose three electives. *List is tentative. Please check website for full listing ELECTIVES Indian Society and Social Work Intervention

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Dimensions of Culture: Indian Cuisine, Traditions and Festivals

3

Indian Literature

3

Indian Arts and Paintings

3

Traditional Indian Costumes and Textiles

3

Current Perspective of Business in India

3

Field Experience and Internship

3

TOTAL CREDITS

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STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/ISP *Inaugural Semester – Fall 2011

BECOME IMMERSED IN A LOCAL INDIAN COMMUNITY WHILE BEING EXPOSED TO THE COMPLEX DIVERSITY OF INDIA’S PEOPLES, PLACES AND CUSTOMS.

2011

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ARE YOU EAGER TO EXPRESS YOUR FAITH THROUGH ACTION

in a complex world? Interested in learning Spanish through conversations with Latin Americans about politics, ecology and religion? Ever wonder how Latin Americans view their relationship with the United States? Through the sharing of life with host families in several Latin American countries, experience new styles of worship, the nuances of language and the texture of daily life in Latin America. Work, laugh and learn side by side with Latin Americans. Listen to voices that tell a story not your own and allow new perspectives to shape your worldview. Come experience the Latin American Studies Program.

EXPLORE

LEARN

Based in San José, Costa Rica, the Latin American Studies Program will expose you to the beauty and complexity of Latin American history, religion, people and cultures.

You will also have the opportunity to experience life in several Latin American countries. Past student groups have journeyed to Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala!

CORE COURSES

www.bestsemester.com/lasp/explore

www.bestsemester.com/lasp/learn

LIVE

CREDITS

Spanish Language

6

Latin American History and Contemporary Issues

3

Academic Concentration Regional Study Travel TOTAL CREDITS

www.bestsemester.com/lasp/live

As a LASP student, you will live with a Costa Rican family in or near San José. The families who are chosen to “adopt” one LASP student each semester come from a crosssection of the Costa Rican Christian community. Families are highly encouraged to integrate students into normal family life as much as possible.

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LASP students select one of four academic concentrations: Latin American Studies, Advanced Language and Literature, International Business or Environmental Science.

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CONCENTRATION Responses to Third World Reality

3

Community Immersion Experience/Internship

3

ADVANCED LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE CONCENTRATION

LISTEN TO VOICES THAT TELL A STORY NOT YOUR OWN AND ALLOW NEW PERSPECTIVES TO SHAPE YOUR WORLDVIEW.

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Language & Literature Seminar

3

Community Immersion Experience/Internship

3

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONCENTRATION (FALL SEMESTER ONLY) International Business Seminar

3

Community Immersion Experience/Internship

3

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CONCENTRATION (SPRING SEMESTER ONLY) Environmental Science Seminar

4

Field Research Practicum

2

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/LASP

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DO YOU GET THROWN OUT OF MOVIE NIGHTS BECAUSE YOU

can’t quit analyzing the flick? Do you compare today’s moneymaker to the classics? Do you find yourself talking about directors as though you know them personally? Do you think in movie quotes? Have you ever said, “pan left” before making a left turn? Perfect. You are passionate about film and the L.A. Film Studies Center (LAFSC) can give you the skills, resources and community to let your passion grow.

EXPLORE

LEARN

www.bestsemester.com/lafsc/explore

From movie premieres, to award shows, to strolls down the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there is much to see and experience. You will live and work in the heart of it all.

Visits to the taping of situation comedies, a tour of a major studio, “The Tonight Show,” attendance at special film screenings, and other such events are a regular part of the LAFSC semester.

Based in L.A.’s Fairfax District, you’ll have easy access to museums, shops, restaurants and internships. You will feel right at home in L.A.

LIVE

www.bestsemester.com/lafsc/learn CORE COURSES

CREDITS

Hollywood Production Workshop

4

Theology in Hollywood

3

Internship: Inside Hollywood

6

ELECTIVE COURSES (choose one) Motion Picture Production

3

Professional Screenwriting

3

Professional Acting for the Camera

3

Independent Study

3

TOTAL CREDITS

www.bestsemester.com/lafsc/live

As an LAFSC student, you will live in the Park LaBrea Apartments, a gated apartment community set on more than 160 park-like acres. Park LaBrea includes a junior Olympic pool, tennis courts, a fitness center, cleaning and laundry facilities, a multimedia theatre and a café.

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INTERNSHIP: INSIDE HOLLYWOOD Students participate in an internship experience in some aspect of the Hollywood entertainment industry.

You will work 20-24 hours a week, spread over a threeday schedule, and accumulate 200-250 hours for the semester.

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/LAFSC http://web.me.com/lafsc/LAFSCMain/Home.html

THE LAFSC CAN GIVE YOU THE SKILLS, RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY TO LET YOUR PASSION GROW.

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TRAVEL THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAVE TEA IN THE DESERT

with Bedouins. Bargain in Cairo’s market, Khan al Khalili souk, to test out your most recent Arabic lesson. Listen to the concerns of Israeli and Palestinian youth and be transformed by an entire culture infused with a spirit of hospitality to strangers. Experience life lessons in ways that mere book learning can never replicate.

You can sit at a desk and experience the head rush of answering a test question correctly OR you can experience another kind of rush that comes with seeing and touching thousands of years of history at ancient sites like the Sphinx, Al Azhar Mosque, the Citadel and Old Cairo. The Middle East Studies Program awaits you.

EXPLORE

LEARN

Located at the head of the Nile River Delta, Cairo is one of the world’s largest cities with a population of 20 million people. As a MESP student you’ll have ample time and opportunity to discover what life is like as an Egyptian.

You will also spend time traveling throughout the Middle East during your semester. MESP students have traveled to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco and Turkey, as well as various Egyptian sites outside of Cairo. However, please note that all travel is subject to change, based upon safety considerations.

CORE COURSES

www.bestsemester.com/mesp/explore

www.bestsemester.com/mesp/learn

LIVE

CREDITS

Introduction to Arabic Language

4

Islamic Thought and Practice

4

Conflict & Change in the Middle East

4

Peoples & Cultures of the Middle East

4

TOTAL CREDITS

16

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/MESP

www.bestsemester.com/mesp/live

MESP students live in furnished apartments within walking distance of the MESP center, also known as “The Villa.” Located in Cairo’s Agouza neighborhood, you will live just minutes from downtown and have easy access to local shopping centers and cultural sites.

You will also participate in a week-long homestay with an Egyptian family.

EXPERIENCE LIFE LESSONS IN WAYS THAT MERE BOOK LEARNING CAN NEVER REPLICATE.

1993

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YOU ARE GIVEN A QUESTION AND HAVE SEVEN DAYS TO

justify your answer in a one-on-one tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers, you have books: in Oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it, the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you.

She wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

SCHOLARS’ SEMESTER IN OXFORD

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LEARN

For over 900 years, Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most famous minds.

As an SSO student with official Visiting Student status with the University of Oxford, you will be able to participate in college activities in the Common Room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. And with London a little over an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

For a full list of tutorials, please download the Prospectus www.bestsemester.com/ssoprospectus

www.bestsemester.com/sso/explore

www.bestsemester.com/sso/learn

LIVE

www.bestsemester.com/sso/live

As an SSO student, you will live in one of two residences: Crick Road, a large house north of the center of town, or The Vines, a late-Victorian mansion on Headington Hill overlooking Oxford’s “dreaming spires.” Both houses have large common spaces where you can work, study and socialize. Both properties also have substantial gardens where you can relax and read, and at the Vines, play football, croquet or ultimate frisbee.

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CORE COURSES

CREDITS

Primary Tutorial

6

Secondary Tutorial

3

Integrative Seminar

4

The British Landscape

4

TOTAL CREDITS

17

SSO staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in Oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term.

SECOND SEMESTER CORE COURSES Primary Tutorial

6

Secondary Tutorial

3

Thesis

4

Further Studies in the British Landscape OR an alternative Integrative Seminar

4

TOTAL CREDITS

17

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/SSO & WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/SSOPROSPECTUS

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OXFORD SUMMER PROGRAMME www.bestsemester.com/osp/explore www.bestsemester.com/osp/learn

The Oxford Summer Programme allows you, as an affiliate member of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, to do intensive scholarship for five weeks in the summer. You will explore the relationship between Christianity and the development of the British Isles. Seminars and tutorials are given on specialized topics under expert Oxford academics in the areas of English language and literature, history, art history, history of science, philosophy, theology and religion.

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For more specific course information, please download the Prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/ssoprospectus CORE COURSES

CREDITS

Seminar and Tutorial A

3

Seminar and Tutorial B

3

TOTAL CREDITS

6

STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? WWW.BESTSEMESTER.COM/OSP

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YOUR WHOLE LIFE YOU’VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE

who look like you, talk like you, and even think about God like you. Assumptions you’ve subconsciously held — from your definition of poverty, to what being a Christian even means. It’s time to ask big questions. It’s time to marvel at everything from the hospitality of your Ugandan hosts, to the magnificent hills and valleys of the Rwandan countryside. Participate in Ugandan community and learn much about your own identity in the process. Be exposed to the social and economic injustice present in East Africa, explore the Biblical perspective of injustice and then wrestle with faithful Christian responses. Your semester at the Uganda Studies Program will be time spent in nature, spirit and society in the raw. Be ready to be changed.

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COURSES ON THE AFRICAN CONTEXT (All students choose at least two)

www.bestsemester.com/usp/explore

USP is offered in partnership with Uganda Christian University (UCU), a CCCU affiliate member in Mukono, Uganda — 15 miles from the capital city of Kampala. The large hillside campus is a perpetual summer paradise, with temperatures in the 70’s and views of Lake Victoria; you’re guaranteed to find a Red-tailed monkey feasting on a mango.

To help put the Uganda experience in perspective, you will spend a week of your semester in Rwanda traveling and hearing from church leaders, missionaries and visiting different ministries and organizations.

African Literature

3

East African History from 1800 to Independence

3

East African Politics Since Independence

3

African Traditional Religions, Islam and Christianity in Contemporary Uganda

3

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Elective Course #1 or Core Course #3

3

Elective Course #2 or Core Course #4

3

Where you live will depend on what study emphasis you choose at the Uganda Studies Program (USE or IMME).

As a Uganda Studies Emphasis (USE) student, you will spend the majority of the semester living on campus at Uganda Christian University. You will room with other USP students, as you share dorms with students from Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa. You will also participate in a two-week homestay.

As an Intercultural Ministry & Missions Emphasis (IMME) student, you will have the entire semester to be integrated as a true member of a Ugandan family. IMME students live with families within walking distance of the University. You also will participate in a one-week rural homestay.

INTERCULTURAL MINISTRY & MISSIONS EMPHASIS (IMME)

LEARN

USP students choose one of two study emphases: Uganda Studies Emphasis (USE) or Intercultural Ministry & Missions Emphasis (IMME).

UGANDA STUDIES EMPHASIS (USE)

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Elective Course #1 or Core Course #3

3

ELECTIVE COURSES (All students choose at least one)

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IMME Practicum

CREDITS

Faith & Action in the Ugandan Context

4

Core Course on African Context #1

3

Core Course on African Context #2

3

USE Practicum

3

Social Work Practicum*

6

Intro to Ugandan Politics

3

Law & Christian Political Thought in Africa

4

Luganda

3

Understanding the Old Testament

3

Understanding the New Testament

3

Understanding Worldviews

3

Understanding Ethics

3

Health & Wholeness Additional electives may be available when students register in Uganda.

3

*Junior or Senior Level Social Work Practicum (advanced permission required; specific contact hours and credits granted to be discussed with your social work department) TOTAL CREDITS

16

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2004

17

practicum

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25

YOU FOLLOW THE TRAIL FROM ONE VOICEMAIL TO THE

next. The searching isn’t as much frustrating as it is exciting. What is truth and who decides? Is it the news source or the reader, the writer or the editor? Can PR be true? Can journalists turn into speechwriters? Where do you fit in this picture and the emerging world of online, digital and multi-media news?

Journalists still need to find answers to the basic “who, what, when, where and how?” Now there are new questions to ask about news and the future of news. Hunt for some answers and then explore the deeper meaning of “Why” at the Washington Journalism Center.

EXPLORE

LEARN

You will live on Capitol Hill with your own lab and newsroom available 24/7, whenever you need it. You’re within sight of the big white dome and within easy walking distance of Eastern Market, Union Station and the National Mall.

You can visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian museums, the Library of Congress, historic Georgetown and more. With Washington, DC as the home for your classroom, the possibilities are endless!

CORE COURSES

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LIVE

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As a WJC student, you will live eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court in a fully-furnished apartment, housing four to six students. Each apartment is complete with a well-equipped kitchen and washer and dryer. Other apartment building amenities include: a business center, two lounges with hi-definition flat screen TVs, and a rooftop deck with a panoramic view of Capitol Hill. You will also have access to a recreation room with exercise equipment and free weights.

CREDITS

Foundations for Media Involvement

4

Reporting in Washington

3

Washington, News & Public Discourse

3

Internship

6

TOTAL CREDITS

16

INTERNSHIPS In any industry with professional standards, especially journalism, there is no substitute for practical experience and earning your own bylines. WJC seeks only internships that provide hands-on work reporting and writing.

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HUNT FOR SOME ANSWERS AND THEN EXPLORE THE DEEPER MEANING OF “WHY” AT THE WASHINGTON JOURNALISM CENTER.

2006

16

internship

apartments

public W W W. B E S T S E M E S T E R .C O M

27

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