It can be counted as a 200 level OT or NT course or as an elective. Class sessions by experts are supplemented by field trips to learn all one can about the setting of the Bible in three weeks. 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 Israel Study Tour 2002 Itinerary. 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. 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. Components include observing and teaching in a Christian school, a homestay with a Mexican family, creation of a classroom ethnography, and an opportunity to reflect on the culture and educational process of one Mexican school.