During the month of January, students take one intensive course. The spring semester begins in early February and ends in mid-May. International and Multicultural Education Knowledge of a world culture other than one's own is a major learning goal at Whitworth. The college offers a wide variety of international and multicultural courses involving travel in order to provide the best opportunity for students to live and learn in vastly different cultural settings. In these off-campus settings, students acquire understanding which helps form their value systems, priorities, and commitments to serve a world in need.
Participants return better prepared to live in an interdependent world.
Whitworth's goal is to ensure that all students who wish to do so are able to study a different culture on location, abroad or elsewhere in America. The Center for International and Multi-cultural Education assists students in planning and executing their international and multicultural study programs. Official exchange programs between Whitworth and other foreign universities are generally the least expensive. Overseas travel scholarships are available for qualified students.