Stud y abroad is available in four to six week summer programs in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and Ecuador through Bellarmine's membership in the Kentucky Institute for International Studies, a consortium of Kentucky colleges and universities. A student can earn up to six hours of transfer credit in foreign languages, liberal arts, and business, with emphasis on providing opportunities for foreign language and culture study.
Costs represent air fare, room and board, and up to six hours of transfer credit.
Applications and brochures are available in October in the Department of Foreign Languages and International Programs and in the University library. Founded in 1947, CIEE is a consortium of 170 colleges and universities including Bellarmine providing summer and semester study, internships, field projects, intensive language study, and a variety of courses in the liberal arts, business and economic development, as well as social and natural sciences at its international study centers, as well as over 600 volunteer opportunities for Service Learning around the globe. Credit earned abroad is evaluated on an individual basis. Program costs vary greatly. Tropical Biology Field Study in the Bahamas .