All students live with Austrian families during the semester. Co-curricular activities include additional field trips and special seminars. Tuesday afternoons are usually devoted to field trips in the Salzburg and Munich area supporting different classes. Field trips include museums, local government offices and businesses. Seminar speakers may include politicians, international journalists, artists, and scholars from a variety of different countries.
Students engage in two weeks of independent study and travel in the middle of the semester.
During the last third of the semester there is a four-day field trip to Vienna with visits to museums, United Nations offices, and international businesses. Goals and Objectives of the Course Goals and objectives vary for each specific course and may be found in specific course syllabi. All students develop experience in negotiating and understanding different cultures. Assessment Measures Course requirements vary. Most classes include at least two tests and a term paper.