Students live with Central American families, engage in language classes and seminar courses, work on rural service projects and travel in Central America. Participating natural science students branch off from the main LASP body for six weeks to earn six of their credits in the natural sciences. Likewise, each fall the LASP offers a specialized track for those students majoring in business. As such, the curriculum is balanced between courses of a theoretical nature and courses that offer students a more applied introduction to the world of film. Students from Christian colleges participate in interdisciplinary seminar classes, receive Arabic language instruction and serve as interns with various organizations in Cairo.
Participants spend two weeks traveling to Israel, including time in the West Bank.
Additional field trips are available for interested students. The Middle East Studies Program encourages evangelical Christians to relate to the Muslim world in an informed and constructive manner. In addition they interact with leaders in the community to develop a better understanding of contemporary Russian society and how, as Westerners, they can foster more interaction with the country. Mobility characterizes the program. The final three weeks in St. Petersburg allow students to live with a Russian family and to experience Russian culture first hand.