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. The Oxford Summer School Program is a multi-disciplinary study of the history and development of the Renaissance and Reformation through examination of the philosophy, art, literature, science, music, politics and religion of this era. Students have the opportunity to study with the faculty of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and The University of Oxford. Lectures are normally held on weekday mornings, leaving the afternoons free for seminars, private study and exploration. Unlike the Council-sponsored programs, credits at the Oxford Summer School Program are generated directly at the University of Oxford.