Students live with Palestinian families in the Bethlehem area, five miles south of Jerusalem.
Students participate in an orientation program as well as three field trips. The course includes a practicum at an industry or business, organized by Bethlehem University's pioneering Business Development Center. All students are required to attend a non-credit course in conversational Arabic, taught by the university's Arabic professor Moin Halloun. This course meets for two hours each morning in order to provide a basic familiarity with everyday language. Special provisions can be made for graduate students.