The major aim of this course is to compare the response of nursing and midwifery to COVID-19 in different countries – the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, and…
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Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Expand Awareness of Contemporary Issues
Data from our annual re-entry survey reveals that undergraduates today haven’t necessarily engaged in formal study of their host cultures prior to their education abroad experiences. To some degree this…
International Internship and Professional Development (INT 3010)
This is a 3-module course that provides the student with a preliminary curriculum, an international internship experience (8 weeks minimum), and a re-acclimation curriculum. All curricular settings are designed to…
Comparing News Coverage Around the World
This assignment comes out of the Global Education Office at Virginia Tech. Students who complete the assignment can use the merit towards earning a badge in the (soon to be launched)…
Comparing Social Media Comments
This assignment comes out of the Global Education Office at Virginia Tech. Students who complete the assignment can use the merit towards earning a badge in the (soon to be launched)…
Pairing International and Domestic Students
The Virginia Tech Global Education Office coordinates a variety of study abroad and international exchange programs. To encourage intercultural learning and personal development, the Global Education Office plans to give…
Perspective-Taking through Opinion Pieces
The Virginia Tech Global Education Office coordinates a variety of study abroad and international exchange programs. To encourage intercultural learning and personal development, the Global Education Office plans to give all students…
Celebrating Campus Connections for International Education Week
Starting in 2017, the University of Richmond decided to counter negative messages about international cooperation by emphasizing cross-cultural understanding. During International Education Week in November we hosted Danish Week, an occasion for…
Anthropologists Abroad
Anthropologists Abroad (ANT297/298) is a proseminar designed for undergraduate anthropology majors and minors at Connecticut College, particularly those who pursue studies and research outside of the United States. Collaboratively designed…
Computer Science Study Abroad New Zealand with Service Learning
This month-long faculty-led program, bases at the University of Canterbury on New Zealand’s South Island, was co-directed by two faculty members of the University of Delaware’s Department of Computer Science…
The ISA Discovery Model
For over two years ISA has offered all its program participants a full one-year digital subscription to The New York Times. This period of time coincided with the roll-out of…
Issues in Global Business
Issues in global business is a course requiring students from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds to examine a broad range of social, cultural, legal and political issues that can impact…
Intercultural Communication and Leadership
The following is the course description from the ‘Intercultural Communication and Leadership’ syllabus (note that this course is offered at numerous study centers around the world and the text in…
Trans-cultural Experience through Cultural Immersion: Intentional Targeted Intervention Model
This is a hybrid or blended course that combines in-person instruction with online learning, creating a learning community of study abroad students situated in cultural immersion contexts across the globe…
Exploring Community and Culture
Exploring Community & Culture (C&C): C&C is designed to assist students to reflect more intentionally on their study abroad experiences. Using the concepts of community, culture, and context, the course…
UNC Chapel Hill’s STEM Courses Abroad
The Study Abroad Office along with a science working group made up of faculty from the different science departments have started offering “gateway” courses (i.e., courses such as BIOL 202…