Off-Campus Programs/International Studies

Interim is a great time for many students to study as they travel! The Office of Off-Campus Programs/International Studies is pleased to provide the following as Bethel-approved program options for January 2010. The priority deadline is on May 1. The final application deadline is on September 18. Applications from non-Bethel students will be considered on a space-available basis after the priority deadline. For more details and to pick up an application, please stop in the office (CC 320A), call 651.638.6549, or e-mail Christina Chyerez, chychr@bethel.edu.
International locations:
*Cambodia: Christian Social Justice: Issues and Praxis in a Global Context
*Ecuador/Galapagos: Natural History & Future Prospects
*England: Exploring British Education and Culture
*Eurekas and Euphorias: History of Science in Europe
*Europe (multiple sites): Introduction to International Business
*Europe (multiple sites): Band of Brothers-A Study of Uncommon Leaders
*Europe (multiple sites): European Pioneers in Psychology
*Greece & Turkey: In the Footsteps of the Apostles
*India: Globalization in India
*Japanese Culture Through Printmaking
*Mexico: Teaching and Learning in Guadalajara
*Painting in the Dominican Republic
*Thailand: Religious Traditions in Asia
*Uganda: Cultural Diversity in Health Care (Senior Nursing students only)
*United Arab Emirates: Cultural Diversity in Health Care (Senior Nursing students only)
Domestic location:
*Hawaii: Building Cross-Cultural & Global Leadership Competence
*New York: Practical Studies in Vocal Performance
More options:
Course number ENW303AZ, 3 credits
Where Brazil
Course description A study of the art and craft of travel writing as students travel in Brazil and Argentina. Participants will read noted travel writers and write about their own travel adventures. Activities will range from experiencing the breath-taking beauty of Brazil to working with people who live off Rio’s biggest dump. Likely activities include exploring Rio de Janeiro (from the Christ statue towering over the city to the beaches), hiking at the Iguassu Falls, animal spotting and camping in the Amazon jungle, snorkeling in clear jungle pools and the ocean, biking, museum and cathedral touring, and the like. We will also do volunteer work, such as with Recicla Vida, a Christian organization that works with Brazil’s poorest.
Prerequisites None. Average writing skills are adequate.
Fulfills
• General education: "A" Artistic Experience
• General education: "Z" Cross-cultural Experience
• Elective in the English Literature and Writing major
• Possible course replacement in Writing major
Course leader Dr. Daniel Taylor, English, AC319, x6357, d-taylor@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $3,975 (excludes tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, most meals, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment and sightseeing, passport, immunizations, telephone, laundry and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates Jan. 3 - 26, 2010
Enrollment 15 students
Course number GES4xxPZ, 3 credits
Where Sihanuoukville, Cambodia
Course description This course attempts to offer students the opportunity to uniquely bridge theory and action by both understanding and advocating for social justice in an off-campus context. This course is fundamentally interdisciplinary in nature, incorporating the themes of biblical justice with the practice of teaching English. Specifically, this course will entail a careful examination of the theme of justice in the biblical text as well as an exploration of related themes, such as reconciliation, missional theology, hope, global injustice, and Christian social responsibility. This course will also require students to acquire knowledge about how injustice can be countered through praxis by involvement in various community service projects lead by Life University and through engagement in programs directed by social justice organizations. Preceded by analyses and discussion of various theories of teaching English as a second language, students will tutor individuals in English at Life University in the students’ particular fields of study.
Prerequisites
• GES110 or GES245 • THE201 Christian Theology
• Nature of Persons “N” course • Comparative Systems “G” course
Fulfills
• General education: "P" Contemporary Christian Issues
• General education: "Z" Cross-cultural Experience
Course leaders Prof. Holly Leslie, Modern World Languages, TNHS M205, x6335, h-leslie@bethel.edu Prof. Christina Busman, BTS, CC308, x6921, cbusman@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $3,000 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, meals, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment and transportation expenses, passport, immunizations, telephone, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates December 29, 2009 – January 23, 2010
Enrollment 20 students
Course number GES318KZ, 3 credits; ENS/BIO318KZ, 4 credits (see course description)
Where Quito, Ecuador and surrounding areas, & Galápagos Islands
Course description Travel from base in Quito throughout Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands, surveying the land, climate, plants, animals, homes, transportation, and industries, noting especially the impact of human culture, presence, and activities. Sites include the Amazon rainforest, Andean cloud forests, volcanic mountains, highlands, towns, cities, & the Galápagos Islands. (Carries cross-credit in biology and environmental studies, BIO318K/ENS318K, 4 credits, with additional coursework.)
Prerequisite
• Laboratory Science "D" course
• Mathematics “M” course
Fulfills
• General education: "K" Science, Technology, & Society
• General education: "Z" Cross-cultural experience
• Biology elective (with additional coursework)
• Environmental Science elective (with additional coursework)
Course leader Dr. Ian Johnston, Biology, AC 202,
x6198, i-johnston@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $4,750 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, board, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment/transportation expenses, passport, immunizations, telephone, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates Jan. 4-28, 2010 (subject to change)
Enrollment 19 students (preference may be given to juniors or seniors)
Course number EDU236UZ, 3 credits
Where Maidenhead, England, with excursions to London, Oxford, and Windsor.
Course description The course is designed for students to immerse themselves in British culture and to explore the educational system, with an emphasis on the diverse populations of Pakistani and Indian students and schools. The course provides students with three learning experiences: 1) observation and participation in British elementary and secondary schools, 2) home-stay with a British family, and 3) cultural exploration in London and surrounding areas.
Prerequisites
• EDU200 Intro to Education • EDU201 Intro to Education Field Experience
• Written consent of course instructors
Fulfills
• General education: "U” World Cultures
• General education: "Z" Cross-cultural Experience
• MN Board of Teaching Human Relations requirement (needed for obtaining a MN teaching license)
Course leaders Dr. Jill Martin, Education, CC429H, x6411, jmartin@bethel.edu • Professor Katie Raisanen, Education, CC429M, x6724, katie-raisanen@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $2,700 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, inter-country and intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, two meals a day, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for some meals, optional entertainment/transportation expenses, passport, telephone, and personal expenses.
Approximate dates January 4-27, 2010
Enrollment 20 students
Course number GES330K, 3 credits
Where Italy (Rome, Florence, Milan), Switzerland (Zurich, Geneva), free travel, France (Paris), England (London, Cambridge, Oxford)
Course description This course examines the
development of major scientific discoveries throughout history within
the context of an experiential learning opportunity in several European
countries. Special attention will be paid to the Italian Renaissance
and the Enlightenment within England. Multiple scientific disciplines
will be incorporated, including astronomy, biology, chemistry,
engineering, mathematics, medicine, and physics. The role these
disciplines played within society (architecture, art, exploration,
politics, religion, etc.) will also be evaluated. Daily itineraries
will include science/history/art museums, church visits,
university/city tours, unique city/area visits, lecture/discussion,
travel, and international meals. Students will also have a few days to
travel on their own.
Prerequisites
• Lab Science “D” course
Fulfills General education: "K" Science, Technology, & Society
Course leaders Dr. Bynthia Anose, Chemistry, AC102A, x6277, b-anose@bethel.edu • Dr. Ken Rohly, Chemistry, AC105C, x6407, rohly@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $3,750 (excluding
tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, inter-country and
intra-country transportation (Eurail pass), course-related excursions,
room, meals, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for
optional entertainment and transportation expenses, passport,
telephone, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates January 2-26, 2010
Enrollment 25 students (Final applicant selection will be done by the instructor.)
Course number BUS202Z, 3 credits
Itinerary (Subject to change)
Jan. 3 Depart from Minneapolis
Jan. 4-7 London, Great Britain
Jan. 8-11 Paris, France
Jan. 12-15 Nuremberg, Germany
Jan. 16-18 Open travel weekend
Jan. 19-21 Salzburg, Austria
Jan. 22-24 Venice, Italy
Jan. 25 Return to Minnesota
Course description This course is designed to explore the dynamics of international business. Participants will visit sites to examine businesses that operate across borders and may include: Advertising agencies, banks, accounting firms, technology firms, manufacturing facilities, and multi-national corporations. This class is an experiential learning community of 31 people, interacting with Europe and each other for 22 days. Applicant selection will be done by the instructors.
Fulfills
• Gen ed: "Z” Cross-cultural Experience • Business elective
Course leaders
• Bruce Olsen, AC 208, x6320, bruce-olsen@bethel.edu &
• John Rudberg, TNHS H2B, x6594, john-rudberg@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $3,400 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, inter-country and intra-country transportation (Eurail pass), some course-related excursions, room and meals for 18 nights, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for three nights lodging and meals during open travel weekend, optional entertainment and transportation expenses (including sightseeing, skiing), passport, telephone, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates January 3 – 25, 2010
Enrollment 29 students (preference given to juniors and seniors; students with International Business emphasis)
Course number GESxxxZ, 3 credits
Where England, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, & Austria
Course description This course will broaden student knowledge of WWII, while enhancing understanding of leadership principles and character development, by studying the experiences of Easy Company, as recounted by Steven Ambrose in his book, Band of Brothers. Learners will integrate transformational leadership, biblical and contemporary texts on leadership, while having cross-cultural opportunities to help put the war of liberation in a broader context.
Prerequisites none
Fulfills General education: "Z" Cross-cultural Experience
Course leaders
Coach Steve Johnson, Athletic Department, RC205A, x6398, johstea@bethel.edu
• Dr. Daniel Leafblad, leafer52@comcast.net
Estimated program fee $3,800 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, inter-country and intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, meals, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment and transportation expenses, passport, telephone, and other personal expenses. *See reverse for program fee explanation.
Approximate dates January 2-24, 2010
Enrollment 24 students
Course number PSY320Z, 3 credits
Itinerary (Proposed)
Jan 4 Fly to Frankfurt, Germany
Jan 5-8 Wurzburg, Germany
Jan 9-11 Munich, Germany
Jan 12-17 Vienna, Austria
Jan 18-21 Paris, France
Jan 21-25 London, England
Jan 26 Return to Minnesota
Course description This course explores some of the most prominent European figures in the history of contemporary psychology. We will examine some of the major historical movements in the history of ideas in psychology, with an emphasis on the relevant philosophical, intellectual, and spiritual context. In this process, we will compare various schools of thought and approaches to the study of psychology. We will also look at how psychology developed in the various countries we visit, and students will have the opportunity to encounter local professional and academic psychologists.
Prerequisite
• PSY100 Introduction to Psychology
• Junior or Senior standing
• Permission of instructors
Fulfills
• Gen ed: "Z" Cross-Cultural Experience Psychology Professors
• 300 level psychology elective
• History of Psychology requirement
for Psychology majors (PSY315)
Course leaders
• Dr. Joel Frederickson, AC343F, x6317, frejoe@bethel.edu &
• Dr. Kathy Nevins, AC343B, x6292, k-nevins@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $3,500 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, inter-country and intra-country transportation (Eurail pass), course-related excursions, room, board, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment/transportation expenses (including sightseeing), passport, telephone, laundry, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates January 4 – 26, 2010
Enrollment 25 students
Course number BIB264Z, 4 credits
Where Greece and Turkey (including Istanbul, Antioch, Laodicea, Colossae, Ephesus, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Corinth, and Athens)
Course description This class is an on-site investigation of the ministry of Paul the Apostle and the other NT and apostolic and post-apostolic figures who lived, traveled, and/or ministered in Greece and Asia Minor. The cultural, historical, geographical, and religious world that Paul and John traveled and ministered in will be studied – as religions and sites in Turkey and Greece are explored. There is a significant component of Greco-Roman history and archaeology that helps understand the setting of the New Testament and the Early Church.
Prerequisite BIB101, Introduction to the Bible
Fulfills
• General education: "Z" Cross-cultural Experience
• This course is open to all students as an elective. It can fulfill a 200-level NT course elective for Bible majors/minors.
Course leaders
• Professor Carrie Peffley, Philosophy, CC307, x6722, carrie-peffley@bethel.edu
• Professor Carl Rasmussen,BTS, rascar@bethel.edu
Prof. Peffley and Dr. Rasmussen will be team-teaching this unique course. Prof. Peffley specializes in ancient and medieval philosophy. She has traveled extensively, and before joining the Bethel faculty in 2008, worked on her doctorate at the University of Cambridge, England. Prior to coming to Bethel, Dr. Rasmussen lived in Israel for seven years, serving as Dean of the Jerusalem University College. He and his wife have traveled extensively in Turkey and Greece, where he has led eleven study tours.
Estimated program fee $3900 (excluding tuition*) for 25 days in 40 cities! This fee includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, room, breakfast, dinner, eight lunches, Turkish visa, entry/exit fees, inter-country and intra-country transportation, all course-related excursions (tours and services of local guides), and iNext travel insurance. Your only anticipated expenses are passports, books, 17 lunches, and other personal expenses (laundry, telephone, bottled water, free time activities, etc.)
Approximate Dates January 3 - 28, 2010
Course number ANT340GZ, 3 credits
Where New Delhi and Chennai, India
Course description Intensive study of globalization. Focus on the process of globalization through exploring the participation in the world economic, cultural, and social systems by individuals and communities at multiple levels of involvement. – North American, Indian National Elites, Factory Owners and Workers, and the Poor. Seek understanding of how globalization is affecting the lives of persons and communities at each level. Explore personal responsibility and involvement in the changing world of globalization.
Prerequisite Written consent of instructor
Fulfills
• General education: "G" Comparative Systems
• General education: "Z" Cross-cultural Experience
Course leader
Dr. Harley Schreck, Anthropology, TH I 204, x6104, h-schreck@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $4,200 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, board, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment/transportation expenses, visa for India, passport, immunizations, telephone, and personal expenses.
Approximate dates January 3 - 24, 2010
Enrollment 15 students
Course number ART213UAZ, 3 credits
Where Tokyo, Japan, with a week long trip to Kyoto, Nara, and Hiroshima
Course description An introduction to Japanese woodblock printing techniques as a lens for studying Japanese culture and society. Japanese prints viewed in museums, galleries and artists’ studios in Japan. The focus of study is limited to the Edo period of Japanese history, which is roughly 1603-1868. This is the time period when Japan was predominantly a closed society, and is thought to be the beginning of modern Japan.
Prerequisites
Intro to the Creative Arts or one semester of Western Humanities
Fulfills
• General Education: “U” World Cultures
• General Education: “A” Artistic Experience
• General Education: “Z” Cross-cultural Experience
• Studio Art elective
Course leaders
•Prof. Jeff Wetzig, Art, CC203B, x6279, wetjef@bethel.edu
•Dr. Paul Reasoner, Philosophy, AC306, x6209, reapau@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $3,900 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, board, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment and transportation expenses, passport, telephone, and other personal expenses. *See reverse for program fee explanation.
Approximate dates January 4-25, 2010
Enrollment 20 students
Course number RES210UZ Leaders for Change in Jordan
Location and Course Description:
Jordan, an ideal laboratory to study Leaders for Change, is positioned in the middle of the Middle East and at the crossroads of globalization and the ancient culture and traditions of Arab Muslim culture. Daily, students attend lectures, interact with Jordanian university students and professionals, and with the beautiful Jordanian people and culture to conduct field research about change and leadership. Students live with Jordanian families, carefully selected by our Jordanian partner organization, East-West Initiatives, which is located in Amman, the modern capital city of Jordan. Students learn tourist level Arabic and Muslim greetings heard everyday and with each aquaintance. They hear local imams call people to prayer and see Muslims kneel in submission.
In the cultural touring, they walk the steps of the expansive ancient Roman city of Jerash and explore the fascades and caves of Petra, one of the 10 wonders of the world. They ride camels across the red sands of Wadi Rum, where Lawrence of Arabia rode with his Arab companions. Students also visit the Biblical sites of Mt. Nebo, where Moses overlooked the Promised Land. They float in the Dead Sea and touch the water where Jesus was baptized. Then there are the modern places to find for entertainment and local culture, fine Middle Eastern cuisine and a rich cup of Turkish coffee from the corner stand with their new Arab friends.
Course Leader: Naomi Ludeman Smith, Assoc. Prof.
Naomi Ludeman Smith has studied and lived in Jordan. She is an adjunct professor in the Anthropology and Sociology Department, has an M.A. in Global Studies and is a Candidate for Doctor of Ministry in Global and Contextual Leadership. She also is a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory. She has traveled to several regions across the globe and has led seven groups of students and alumni to Ukraine where she directed an annual interpreters’ conference. Contact Information: n-smith@bethel.edu, CC310, 638-6464
Fulfills:
o “U” World Cultures
o “Z” Cross-Cultural Experience
o Reconciliation Major/Minor Elective
o Leadership Minor Elective
Course Features:
• Hotel & homestays with Jordanian university students and their families
• Lectures and interaction with innovative and global minded leaders from a variety of contexts who seek societal change: business, education (Ahilliyah School for Girls), eco-tourism (Wild Jordan), government, non-profit (QuestScope: Serving at risk youth), religious (visit a mosque & talk with local imam, CMA church with service to Iraqi refugees), etc.
• Language Learning: Tourist level Arabic
• Create individual learning plan to develop cross-cultural competency
• Touring: Dead Sea, Petra, Gulf of Aqaba & beach, Wadi Rum (Bedouin camp, camel trek), Jerash, Mt. Nebo, Bethany by the Jordan, Madaba. All touring is weather dependent
• Final two days of debrief on the sands of the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)
Estimated Cost: $3950 (Subject to change)
Watch for further information at Anthropology & Sociology Department Website
http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/anthropology/programs
Course number EDU204UZ, 3 credits
Where First four and last three days in Puerto Vallarta; three days in Guanajuato; remaining time in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Course description An experiential course designed for Education and non-Education majors with an interest in children, youth, and other cultures. This course introduces students to Mexican culture and education in the city of Guadalajara. Components include observing and teaching in a Christian school, a home-stay with a Mexican family, creation of a classroom ethnography, and an opportunity to reflect on the culture and educational process of one Mexican school. This course may count as a 200 level Spanish elective provided all work is completed in Spanish.
Prerequisite
• EDU200 suggested
• Spanish language proficiency at an introductory
level (or higher) suggested
• Written consent of instructor
Fulfills
• General education: "U” Cultural Diversity
• General education: "Z-tag" Cross-cultural experience
• Spanish elective (if students teach and journal in Spanish)
Course leader
Professor Mauricio Nava, Modern World Languages, TNHS M208, x6547, m-nava@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $2,350 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, board, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment/transportation expenses, passport, immunizations, telephone, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates Jan. 3 - 24, 2010 (subject to change)
Enrollment 15 students
Course number REL206UZ, 3 credits
Where Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Hua Hin, Thailand
Course description Travel to three exotic Asian cities to study Thailand’s predominantly Buddhist, yet richly diverse, cultural and religious heritage. Through field trips to pagodas, temples, and ethnic minority communities led by veteran guides, we will discover how these traditions interact and impact daily, family, community and national life. Bethel’s carefully designed and balanced program will conclude with three relaxing days on the Gulf of Thailand.
Fulfills
• General Education: “U” World Cultures
• General education: "Z" Cross-cultural Experience
• May be petitioned to satisfy electives in other programs
Course leaders
Dr. James Lewis, Biblical & Theological Studies, AC301A, x6117, j-lewis@bethel.edu • Dr. Samuel Zalanga, Anthropology & Sociology, TNHS I 202, x6023, szalanga@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $3900 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-country transportation, course-related excursions, room, board, and iNext travel insurance. Students are responsible for optional entertainment/transportation expenses, passport, immunizations, telephone, laundry, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates December 31, 2009 – January 21, 2010
Enrollment 25 students
(Open to senior nursing students; see Nursing Department for details.)
(Open to senior nursing students; see Nursing Department for details.)
Course number GES336GZ, 3 credits
Where Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Course description Hawai’i is familiar to most Americans, but limited almost entirely to its popularity as a tourist site. In this course, you will learn about Hawaii’s history and the history, norms, and values of at least four local cultural groups and have the opportunity to interact with these groups. Readings, cultural excursions, and a service-learning component will allow us to wrestle with the realities of cultural pluralism and test our leadership skills. Being in this multicultural setting will bring history into the present while preparing for future opportunities to work within and to lead diverse groups.
Prerequisites
• GES130 or GES145,146
• Contemporary Western Life and Thought “L” course
or GES245
• World Cultures “U” course
Fulfills
• General Education: “G” Comparative Systems
• General Education: “Z-tag” Cross-cultural experience
• Leadership Minor elective
Course leaders
• Prof. Karen McKinney, Biblical Studies, AC 323B, x6356, mckkar@bethel.edu
• Professor Sandie McNeel, Organizational Studies, Bethel Office Center 120, x8020, mcnsan@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $2,750 (excluding tuition) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-state transportation, course-related excursions, room and board. Students are responsible for optional entertainment/transportation expenses, telephone, laundry, and other personal expenses.
Approximate dates January 4 - 27, 2010
Enrollment 25 students
Course number MUL243/343/443, 3 credits
Where Bethel campus with 20 days in New York City, New York
Course description A series of private and group lessons, workshops observations of other students in the course, attendance at professional performances in New York City, as well as additional work on the Bethel campus; all designed to help students increase vocal performance abilities. Lessons will contain pedagogical study and coaching of one art song and one operatic aria or musical theatre piece prepared prior to the interim course. A final performance will be given on campus at the end of the course. Course may be taken for repeated credit.
Prerequisite
• Instructor’s approval.
• Students must have intermediate to advanced vocal skills in order to participate in intensive vocal instruction.
Course leader Dr. RubyAnn Poulson, Music, CC 303,
x6248, rpoulson@bethel.edu
Estimated program fee $TBD but in the range of $2700-$2800 (excluding tuition*) includes: round-trip airfare from MSP, intra-state transportation, course-related excursions, room and board in NYC. Students are responsible for optional entertainment/transportation expenses, telephone, laundry, and other personal expenses. Expenses while on Bethel’s campus (room, board, etc.) are not included and will be the student’s responsibility. *See reverse for program fee explanation.
Approximate dates Jan. 4 - 29, 2010 (subject to change)
Enrollment 15 students