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1. Off-Campus Study Tour

   See a sampling of the 70+ locations around the world where Monmouth students can study

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   1. The Office of Off-Campus Study

   2. Chicago, Illinois, USA: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies

      Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies:

      The primary areas of emphasis in the program are Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Urban Studies – students have the opportunity to explore one of these topics in depth, or participate in classwork and projects across these disciplines. The program offers an innovative mix of academic work, including an internship, independent study project, common core course about the city of Chicago, and a variety of seminars focused on the arts and creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and urban studies and social justice.
      
      

      Newberry Seminar: Research in the Humanities:

      This program offers independent study and research. Participants in the fall seminar write a substantial paper on a topic of their choice, based on research in the rich primary collections of the Newberry Library. They work closely with faculty members and a select group of colleagues in a seminar that provides context and guidance for their research. the seminar gives participants significant research experience that prepares them for graduate study, professional education (such as law school), or other careers. Second semester seminars are also available.
      
      

      Urban Education: Student Teaching in Chicago:

      Students engage in an urban student teaching experience with support and guidance — both inside and outside the classroom — to foster their learning and growth as teachers

   3. Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Oak Ridge Science Semester

      The Oak Ridge Science Semester (ORSS) enables students to join ongoing investigations at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in research areas as diverse as astrophysics, cell biology, DNA sequencing, genetic mutagenesis, parallel computing, robotics, toxicology, and much more. In their research, ORSS student participants use the sophisticated resources available at the Laboratory, including supercomputers, state-of-the-art electron microscopes, lasers, and analytical instruments such as a fourier transform mass spectrometer and a scanning tunneling microscope. Participants in this fall semester program join one of the research groups at ORNL, with a scientist from the ORNL staff serving as a mentor. This research experience, using the Laboratory's sophisticated resources, is the core of the program. Students are expected to contribute significantly to the design and methodological approach of their research activity, and often find this the most demanding and rewarding experience of their college careers.

   4. San José, Costa Rica: Community Engagement in Public Health, Education, & the Environment

      Costa Rica projects an image of tropical beauty—wide sandy beaches, lush vegetation carpeting remote mountainous regions, a wide diversity of exotic bird life, and a population known for its hospitality to strangers. The companion image of this beauty reflects the country’s commitment to its natural environment through policies of sustainable development and the protection of its land and marine ecosystems and to its people through its longstanding democratic processes, inclusive social programs in public health and education, and assistance to indigenous people in preserving their culture and way of life...

   5. Juiz de Fora, Brazil: Semester Exchange Program at UFJF

      Brazil is basking in new-found and well-deserved respect on the world scene — a recognized leader in Latin America and elsewhere, the beneficiary of a dynamic economy that is the envy of much of the rest of the world, and the location of the first Olympics to be held in South America. These augment the picture of Brazil as a multi-cultural society which takes great pride and enjoyment in its captivating music scene, renowned soccer teams, stunning natural environment, and annual over-the-top Carnival celebrations. Under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (usually referred to simply as “Lula”), the Brazilian economy experienced sustained growth and the standard of living improved for all sectors of society...

   6. Gaborone, Botswana: Development in Southern Africa

      An African success story, Botswana is endowed with rich mineral resources, including diamonds, and has benefited from uninterrupted and effective civilian leadership since independence in 1966. Its government has negotiated contracts with multinational corporations such as DeBeers, which stand in stark contrast to the exploitation of African resources during much of the colonial era...

   7. Dar es Salaam & Tarangire field site, Tanzania: Ecology & Human Origins

      Tanzania boasts some of the most famous ecological and paleoanthropological sites in the world. The grasslands and savannahs of the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park are host to incredible wildlife communities, with elephants, giraffes, lions, and migratory herds of wildebeest, as well as an amazing diversity of primates, birds, and reptiles. These tropical ecosystems are adjacent to the world-heritage sites of Laetoli and Olduvai Gorge, where the Leakeys made their important discoveries of early hominid remains...

   8. London, England: Arts in Context

      London is Europe’s largest city, a vast multicultural capital and an epicenter of international finance, politics, and culture. The modern city reveals a dynamic past in which theatre and the visual arts flourish in a variety of forms and venues. The center of Florence, on the other hand, can be traversed, and indeed circumnavigated, quickly. Its compression allows students a quite different opportunity to study the arts in context, particularly painting, architecture, and sculpture, all seminal to later achievements across Europe and the west. While London and Florence are of course very different cities, both are vibrant European environments where their differing artistic achievements continue to flourish...

   9. Florence, Italy: Arts in Context

      London is Europe’s largest city, a vast multicultural capital and an epicenter of international finance, politics, and culture. The modern city reveals a dynamic past in which theatre and the visual arts flourish in a variety of forms and venues. The center of Florence, on the other hand, can be traversed, and indeed circumnavigated, quickly. Its compression allows students a quite different opportunity to study the arts in context, particularly painting, architecture, and sculpture, all seminal to later achievements across Europe and the west. While London and Florence are of course very different cities, both are vibrant European environments where their differing artistic achievements continue to flourish...

   10. Amman, Jordan: Middle East & Arabic Language Studies

       From Greek and Roman times up to the present, Jordan has long been a crossroads, where multiple civilizations and cultures of ancient Europe, Asia, and the Middle East meet. This diverse past is reflected in the city of Amman, where a Roman theatre is the most visible legacy of its existence as part of the Roman Empire—when Amman was called Philadelphia—and a citadel on Amman’s highest hill recalls its medieval past under the Umayyads. Amman today is a cosmopolitan city, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a country deeply enmeshed in the international relations of the region which shares land borders with Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Under the leadership of King Abdullah II, as under his father King Hussein, Jordan maintains strong relations with not only its Arab neighbors, but also Israel and the West...

   11. Pune, India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization

       India is a country of contrasts: a modernizing economy in which village production continues to dominate, a vibrant democracy with an entrenched bureaucracy, a nuclear power in the place where nonviolent protest was born. Its largely urban-based, modern service sector stands in stark juxtaposition to rural India, where fields are plowed with bullocks and brick kilns dot the landscape...

   12. Shanghai, China: Perspectives on Contemporary China

       Modern China is described by superlatives, with the largest population, second largest land mass, and one of the fastest growing major economies in the world. The majority Han Chinese and more than 50 minority ethnic groups all contribute to the portrait of modern China with their particular cultures, traditions, and defining historical events. The city of Shanghai was one of the first ports that opened to trade with the West in the mid-19th century, and as the country’s financial capital, it continues to be a key to China’s present and its future...

   13. Tokyo, Japan: Japan Study

       Established in 1963, the Japan Study program is one of the oldest and most comprehensive programs in educational exchange and development linking colleges and universities in the United States and Japan. Based at Earlham College, Japan Study links member colleges of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) and the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) with those of Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Throughout its rich history, Japan Study has made important contributions toward fostering the growth of international and intercultural understanding among a significant number of Japanese and American students and faculty. Participants have gone on to distinguished careers in academics, industry, and governmental and non-governmental organizations. They play important roles in a wide range of settings linking Japan, the United States, and the rest of the world...