Students who are approved for off-campus programs may apply their financial aid to this study, wherever it may be. Loans are available to students who do not have immediate funds to replace their on-campus work contract or to cover the cost of travel. Participation is exceptionally high at Carleton. Last year, Carleton students studied on 112 different programs in 46 countries. Carleton sponsors as many as ten faculty-led seminars each year, because it believes that faculty as well as students benefit from the opportunity to study in special locales and to enjoy the exceptional bonds that develop between people working and traveling together.
Numerous options exist for off-campus science study, both in the United States and abroad.
Australia, New Zealand, and Italy are sites for biology and geology seminars led by Carleton faculty. Ask any Carleton student who has studied off campus whether it is worthwhile. You may never go back to that particular place again, but, if you are like most Carleton students who have added this special dimension to their educations, you will travel on to other lands and other challenges with an important new sense of enthusiasm, awareness, and appreciation. That is when you will discover one of the most important results of off-campus study, a lifetime capacity for growth.