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In Alajuela, Costa Rica, Campbell faculty members lead small student groups to the Instituto de Cultura y Lengua Costarricense. While Spanish language and culture classes are always a part of this program, other course options are drawn from disciplines across the college, including International Studies, Business, and Tropical Rainforest Biology.  Students live with Costa Rican families, adding a special cultural component to this program.  

Study Abroad Program
Through a cooperative arrangement with South Wales Baptist College, Cardiff, Wales, and the University of Wales, programs for summer and nine-months study are available to students in selected majors.

Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Off Campus Study Programs
Because Campbell University is an affiliate of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, an association of more than 100 private liberal arts Christian colleges and universities, a number of off-campus learning opportunities are available to juniors and seniors with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.75.

These include an American Studies Program in Washington, D.C., a Latin American Studies Program in Costa Rica, the Los Angeles Film Studies Center, a Middle East Studies Program in Cairo, a Russian Studies Program in Moscow and Nizhni Novgorod, and a summer study program at the University of Oxford. Two new editions include the Oxford Honors Program, which opened in 1998 and the China Studies Program in January of 1999.

American Studies Program
The American Studies Program (ASP) is a semester-long internship/seminar program for upper division students in most majors. Located in Washington, D.C., the program offers a non-traditional, inter-disciplinary, issue-oriented learning experience. Students gain on-the-job experience through an internship in the field of their choice and study current national and international issues in seminars led by Washington policy experts. ASP serves as Campbell’s Washington campus and students may earn up to 16 semester hours of credit toward their degree. By exploring public policy issues in the light of biblical truth and working in internships which help prepare them for a future in the marketplace, students gain insight and experience that can strengthen their ability to live and work in a biblically faithful way in society and in their chosen field. The aim of the program is to prepare students to live faithfully in modern society as followers of Christ. One unit of study each semester looks at an economic issue in either domestic or international policy.

China Studies Program
The Chinese Studies Program (CSP) provides for students to live and experience Chinese civilization firsthand. Students participate in seminar courses on historical, cultural, religious, geographical, and economic issues of China. It is an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural program that allows students to study the Chinese language as well as assist Chinese students in learning English. The emphasis of the China Studies Program is to provide and introduce students to the diversity of China while enabling them to interact with this important part of the world in a Christ-centered way. The China Studies Program is a semester-long program, which began in the spring of 1999. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit.

Latin American Studies Program
San Jose, Costa Rica is the setting for the Coalition’s Latin American Studies Program (LASP).

This semester abroad program is designed for students who are seeking to integrate their faith with knowledge and experience in a third world context. LASP participants typically earn credit toward their degree. Students live with Central American families, engage in language classes and seminar courses, work on rural service projects and travel in Central America. Each spring semester LASP also offers a specialized concentrations for science majors entitled "Tropical Science and Sustainability/Environmental Studies." Participating natural science students branch off from the main LASP body for six weeks to earn credit in the natural sciences. Likewise, each fall the LASP offers a specialized concentration for those students majoring in business. Entitled "International Business: Management & Marketing" this program differs from the core program by offering credit structured specifically for business students. In addition, both fall and spring terms offer "Advanced Language and Literature Studies," which is designed specifically for and is limited to, Spanish Majors. Students in all concentrations earn 16 semester hours of credit.

Los Angeles Film Studies Center
The Los Angeles Film Studies Center (LAFSC), located in Hollywood, is a semester-long internship/seminar program for upper division students who are interested in an introduction to the work and workings of the mainstream Hollywood film industry. Although not intended as a substitute for film school, the LAFSC curriculum is designed to expose students to the industry, to the many academic disciplines that might be appropriate to it, and to critical thinking and reflection on what it means to be a Christian in this field of endeavor. As such, the curriculum is balanced between courses of a theoretical nature and courses that offer students a more applied introduction to the world of film. The curriculum consists of two required seminars focusing on the role of film in culture and the relationship of faith to work. In addition internships in various segments of the film industry provide students with valuable hands-on experience. Participating students may earn 16 semester hours of credit, which may be applied to a variety of student programs through consultation with an academic adviser.

Middle East Studies Program
The Middle East Studies Program (MESP) in Cairo, Egypt provides students with the opportunity to study the cultures, religions and conflicts within this diverse and strategic region.

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.

Russian Studies Program
Students attending the Russian Studies Program (RSP) spend a semester studying the language, culture and history of Russia as well as current political and economic issues. 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. Two weeks are spent in Moscow and 10 weeks in Nizhni Novgorod (formerly Gorky). The final three weeks in St. Petersburg allow students to live with a Russian family and to experience Russian culture first-hand. A service project during this segment of the program gives students the opportunity to have a practical "hands on" work experience alongside Russian nationals in a wide range of professional settings. Students generally earn 16 semester hours of credit.

Oxford Honors Program
Honors students and other qualified individuals have the opportunity to study inEngland through an interdisciplinary semester at Oxford University. The Oxford Honors Program allows students to participate in a variety of study programs in the arts, religion, history, economics, philosophy, and many other subjects. Students choose two study programs and participate in a seminar and an integrative course through which they produce a scholarly project or term paper. Field trips are also included in the educational experience. The Oxford Honors Program aims at providing rigorous academic programs which increase critical thinking skills with a Christian perspective. Students earn 16 semester hours of credit.

Oxford Summer School Program
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 Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies affiliated with Oxford’s (Keble College). Lectures are normally held on weekday mornings, leaving the afternoons free for seminars, private study and exploration. Field trips to places of historical importance such as St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral, Stratford-on-Avon, and Hampton Court provide an up-close opportunity to experience the cultural richness of England. Unlike the Coalition-sponsored programs, credits at the Oxford Summer School Program are generated directly at the University of Oxford. Students are able to earn 6 to 9 semester credits.

Study journalism in Washington, D.C., during fall or spring semester
CCCU offers the Washington Journalism Center experience in the fall and spring semesters. Housing is provided for students and they work under the supervision of syndicated columnist Terry Mattingly. Mattingly and his work is featured in FeatureWriting.Net textbook. Students accepted into this program will cover Capitol Hill among many other topics. Tmatt@tmatt.net can be contacted for additional information. 

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