OUSA - Oglethorpe University Students Abroad

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Oglethorpe University fosters and supports the concept that international study, travel, and global explorations remain a vital part of a rigorous academic education. Through a growing global network of partnerships, agreements, and for-credit, short-term trips sponsored by the university, Oglethorpe offers an exciting array of opportunities for international education. Oglethorpe University Students Abroad (OUSA) consists of four divisions:

• International Exchange Partnerships
  Oglethorpe University offers unique opportunities to students for one semester or one year of study at partnership colleges and universities in Latin America, China, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Austria, Monaco, Brazil, and Spain. Most of the student exchanges at these institutions will cost the student what he or she pays for tuition at Oglethorpe.
   
• Independent Study Abroad
  Numerous opportunities exist for any qualified students to study at other, non-partnership universities of the student's choice throughout the world, in science, economics, social sciences, languages, art, communications, the liberal arts, and business. The OUSA Director will help advise and direct each student in selecting the appropriate university abroad. Financial resources and stipends are available for academic study in some countries.
   
• Students Abroad
  This division of OUSA creates, organizes, and directs short-term, for-credit academic study trips abroad during the months of December, March, May, and the summer. Oglethorpe professors develop these trips as intensive explorations of culture, cuisine, music, historical and political institutions, art, archaeology, and business. Standard destinations include Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, England, Greece, Turkey, Central and Latin America, China, and Russia. Students who elect to do so receive credit for their participation, which includes note-taking, photographing, field documentation, journaling, and a research project to be completed after returning from the trips as independent work with the professor.
   
• Associate Student Programs for Special Study Abroad
  This division of OUSA manages special links to prominent universities and institutions abroad with whom Oglethorpe has developed a special relationship. At present, Oglethorpe has created the following special programs at these universities:
  
  Oxford University, Oxford, England
  Through the Washington International Studies Council, OU students who wish to study at Oxford University for a semester or a year may do so as registered visiting students with university privileges, and live with British students in the center of Oxford. Applications and eligibility requirements can be obtained in the Office of the OUSA Director, R-107.
  
  Umbra Institute, Perugia, Italy
  Students who wish to study in Italy for a semester or a year may do so at this English-speaking, liberal arts institute, where they can take course in Italian language, history, and politics as well.  Applications and materials may be obtained in the Office of the OUSA Director, R-107.

Students who desire to explore a culture, examine archaeological ruins, witness political decisionmaking firsthand, research museums throughout the world, document ecological problems, study in an international setting, or sharpen language skills should seriously investigate participating in any of the four divisions of OUSA.

Oglethorpe academic advisors and the OUSA Director serve as primary consultants for students who seek any study abroad experience. Students who wish to apply for financial assistance should contact the Director of Financial Aid early in the pursuit of a study abroad program to determine what available funds exist. Specific deadlines and itineraries for short-term trips appear throughout the year in student e-mail, the student newspaper, and fliers throughout the campus.

Note: Every student attending an Oglethorpe approved semester or year abroad will receive credit for one semester of the junior year core - either Historical Perspectives on the Social Order I or II - the student may choose.