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Academic credit - The most obvious reason why students study
abroad is to earn academic credit. Lee’s global perspectives trips are
led by our credentialed faculty who teach between five to seven
credit-hours relative to the location of study. These courses include
everything from general core requirements, like Humanities in Europe and
Spanish in Chile to senior level courses concentrating on specific
topics like British Politics in England or Parasitology in Guatemala.
Plan ahead and you will be able to fulfill your cross-cultural
experience requirement while also completing core courses required for
your major.
Students also have the option to participate in an Individually Arranged
Study in a foreign college/institution of their choice. The Individually
Arranged Study gives students the opportunity to research and design a
cross-cultural experience that is more specific to their preferences and
academic needs.
The Résumé Factor - Most students expect their education to equip
them with the skills and experience necessary to give them a competitive
edge professionally. The world market place is shrinking rapidly, and
many companies are requiring cross-cultural experiences and even
proficiency in second languages. Experiences abroad broadcast that you
are resourceful, adventurous, internationally minded, and diverse.
Practical experience – It may be that only through a global
perspectives program can you gain the real expertise you desire in your
education. Why not study Art History in Italy? What better place is
there to study Wildlife biology than Australia? For more information on
these and other global perspectives programs, visit
Participate in one
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 “If
we spend all of our time talking, and trying to get our message across,
then we have no time to see where others are coming from. I think that
this is something that Evangelical Christians, especially in America,
lose sight of. We are so consumed with saving the world that we do not
listen to the world.”
~ Michaela O’Donnell (Trinidad)
 “My
15 week[s in] the Hispanic culture was indescribable…. I had a lot of
fun and learned as much as I could…but I also found myself. Yes, it
contained some of the hardest challenges I have ever faced, but I would
never take any of it back. I went to Costa Rica with the hope of
learning Spanish, going to the beach, and having fun; but, I came back a
different person…. I participated in a once in a lifetime opportunity
that has honestly changed who I am and showed me all that I can
accomplish.
~Cara Spata (Costa Rica)
 "My
cross-cultural trips at Lee have had a dramatic impact on my life. They
gave me the opportunity to see the world from a completely new vantage
point, to examine what I held to be true, to explore how these truths
translate into other cultures, and to forge all these ideas together….
My experiences resulted in a deeper understanding of God and aspects of
his nature that American Evangelical culture tends to neglect."
~ Ann Pickens (Cambridge, Ireland, Ghana)
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