Through this cross-cultural experience, students learn to appreciate another part of the world. They are placed with a host family, participate in the life of a church and are enrolled in some of the world's best-known universities, with whom Grace has transfer and credit agreements. By signing a language pledge, students commit to speak the target language throughout their experience and therefore attain near-native fluency by the end of the program. With the help of the Study Abroad Coordinator, students select a program of studies covering a wide variety of areas and disciplines in the target language. The following are a representative of courses proposed throughout Grace College's member institutions.
All instruction is in the target language.
For further information regarding current member institutions and courses offered, please contact the department of Foreign Languages and Cultures. 381-383 Readings One to three hours of credit may be obtained by readings in French, German, Spanish, Russian or Chinese of advanced literary texts from the Middle Ages to the present. One thousand pages are read in the foreign language for each credit. Readings must cover several areas including poetry, theatre, novels, and literary criticism. 391-394 Independent Study Academic credit for overseas, intercultural bilingual work may be given in special cases.