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Travel Abroad with Columbus State
Get a global perspective to your education

Deadlines are fast approaching for deposits on Columbus State’s popular travel abroad classes, most of which are offered for Summer Quarter 2008 for up to four weeks.

Trips to Mexico will depart in June/July after Spring Quarter ends, as well as in December. A trip to the American Southwest, while not “abroad,” takes students into a different world to study Native American culture in New Mexico and Arizona.

Cemanahuac Language School in Mexico
For more information: Modern Languages Home Page

Travel Dates: Two week session: July 26 - August 9;
Four-week session: July 26 - August 23

Deadline: May 15

Cost: $1798.00* for the two-week program.
$2596.00* for the four-week program.

Eligibility:

• Be a registered student at CSCC and be enrolled in an appropriate Spanish credit course, based on level of competency, in Summer Quarter, 2008.

• Have completed the application process for the study abroad program.

• Be at least 18 years old.

• Have a valid U.S. Passport.

Faculty contact: Daniel Chaney
 

Cultural Diversity: Mexico
For more information: Social and Behavioral Sciences Home Page

Enjoy springtime in December! Earn credit for SSCI 101, SSCI 104, and/or SSCI 299 while studying abroad in sunny Cuernavaca, Mexico:The City of Eternal Spring! This life changing experience will introduce students to the contrasting and diverse country of Mexico: rich vs. poor; urban vs. rural; and, ancient vs. modern. Experience firsthand Mexico City, the world's largest city; the ancient sites of Teotihuacan and Tepotzlan; the rural village of Buena Vista; and, many more spectacular points of interest in and around Cuernavaca. Students spend two nights at a centrally located hotel in the downtown historic district of Mexico City, and the remainder with a host family in Cuernavaca. Spanish speaking ability is not required.

The ten-day study abroad portion of this course will take place over winter break (December 4-14, 2008), and will provide students with the opportunity to complete a self-designed onsite project. Preparatory, and follow-up, course instruction and materials provided online.

Travel Dates: December 4 - 14, 2008 

Deadline: October 15 

Cost: $1,900 (plus tuition if taken for credit)

Prerequisites: none

Course requirements: Receive credit for SSCI 101, SSCI 104, and/or SSCI 299. Credit may also be arranged for the completion of a capstone class or independent study.

Faculty contact: Rebecca Mobley
 

The Southwest Experience
The Southwest Experience is coordinated by Michael Schumacher of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and offers 5 credits for SSCI 101 studying Native American cultures including the Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, Navajo and Havasupai tribes. Students hike and camp in the Grand Canyon, visit Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo Reservation, meet Native American artists and study cultural diversity. Many of the overnights are spent camping, and students bring their own camping equipment. 

Travel dates: June 13-28, 2008

Application deadline: May 1.

Cost: $1,400 (plus tuition if taken for credit)

Prerequisites: none

Course requirements: No course is required, but can receive credit for SSCI 101-Cultural Diversity,
or can be taken as a capstone class or independent study.

Faculty contact: Michael Schumacher