The program is open to junior and senior students with a minimum GPA of 2.75. The cost is basically equivalent to that of a semester's cost at Calvin. The application deadline is April 15. Applications and information are available from the Off-Campus Programs Office . The Middle East Studies Program offers Calvin students and other students associated with the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities an opportunity to examine the history, language, culture, as well as the religious and political life of people living in the Middle East.
Students spend the semester studying in Cairo, Egypt.
Applications and information are available from the Off-Campus Programs Office . The Department of Political Science offers various off-campus interims. In the past, traveling interims have been to the Soviet Union, Western Europe, the Eastern bloc countries, Washington, D.C., China, Vietnam, and the United Nations in New York. Study includes the history and status of international organizations, the relations among the U.S. and other countries, and the political systems of other countries. Assignments usually include daily journals, a paper, and daily attendance of meetings.