The program combines an internship, related coursework, and independent living. The Madrid Internship Program is a distinctive seven-week language and cultural immersion program that enables students to become fully engaged participants in Spanish society. The Sydney Internship Program combines a full semester of coursework with an eight-week internship. Internships emphasize both the international and the national arenas. The Understanding Contemporary Peru program in Ayacucho, Peru offers six weeks of study of Peru's twentieth-century history and politics, emphasizing the rise and fall of the Shining Path guerrilla movement.
All coursework is taught in Spanish.
The Intensive Chinese Language program in Beijing, China offers an eight-week comprehensive introduction to the many facets of Chinese life through its spoken and written language. The program provides 20 hours of language instruction weekly, with lectures, and field trips. The program is available at all Chinese language levels. Students reside in French households. The program may be completed before joining Boston University's Fall 1999 Paris Internship, Grenoble, or Niger programs, or on its own as preparation for study in a French university.