Participants will explore over 40 locations, including Antalya, Perge, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Philipi, Athens, and Corinth. Expenses not covered are passports, local bus fares, departure taxes, optional entertainment and excursions, trip-cancellation insurance, laundry, telephone and personal expenses. Click here to visit Professor Rasmussen's web page for a detailed Itinerary. Students interact with a culture through a series of activities. Possible visits include banks, accounting firms, unions, manufacturing facilities, and multi-national corporations.
Applicant selection is the responsibility of the instructors.
Additional application materials may be required. Course explores the influence of culture on nonverbal communication. Examination theory is balanced by an examination of practical applications designed to improve intercultural process in various contexts. For two weeks students will experience and study the nonverbal communication patterns found in various cultures while living as a part of Schloss Mittersill, an internaitonal and interdenominational Christian community located in the Austrian Alps. The third week students will travel to Italy and study the contrasting nonverbal communication patterns found in this Southern European culture.