Six-months Semester Abroad
The SEMESTER ABROAD (16 credit hours) immerses the student in language, culture, cross-cultural service and research projects. The Semester Abroad is six months (June to December) and will occur in the student's senior year. Cost for this incredible experience is about $6,000 plus the regular SBU tuition (unless the student utilizes a subsidized program such as Hands On with IMB). Students must take a good laptop computer. If the ICS student is married, spouse and family must participate in this overseas experience as well.
- ICS 2118 Barefoot Language Learning places the student in a month-long homestay with a national family, where he/ she learns language and culture within these social relationships.
- ICS 2911 Cross-Cultural Service Project and ICS 4982 Apprenticeship Practicum engages the student in projects such as ESL or sports under the direction of a career cross-cultural worker.
- ICS 4082 Ethnography and Strategy will lead the student to research a people group.
- BIB 4063 Intercultural Theologizing examines how cultures interpret the Bible differently.