10 Easy Steps to a Semester or Summer Abroad

Getting international experience at MNU is easy. Here’s all you have to do.

1. Visit the Center for Global Studies and Service Learning to learn about all the options that are available. You can talk with Lorie Beckum, the Center’s director, about your interests, and she’ll provide you with information, brochures, and videos that introduce to the various programs.

2. Start narrowing your options. Define your goals for studying abroad and identify programs that suit those goals. Then sit down with your faculty advisor to discuss how study abroad will shape your other education requirements.

3. Find out about costs. A financial aid counselor will help you determine program costs and how your financial aid will apply.

4. Inform yourself. Learn about the country where you want to study. Talk with students who have lived, studied, and traveled there about their experiences.

5. Apply. You should apply to the Center for Gobal Studies and Service Learning one year before you intend to go and to your program of choice the semester before you plan to go.

Deadlines
Fall, Summer, and Academic Year programs: usually March 15
Spring programs: October 15

6. See your academic advisor. Now that you know what courses you’ll be studying, your advisor can help you determine how they’ll fit with your degree requirements. Your Advisor must also sign your Application for Off-Campus Study Program.

7. Submit your application on or before the deadline to the Office of the Registrar. Be sure to obtain other approvals and necessary signatures.

8. Once you’re accepted, notify the Center for Global Studies and Service Learning and apply for your passport if you don’t already have one.

9. Orient yourself. Attend mandatory pre-departure orientations for the program and question-and-answer sessions with past participants. Read carefully all the information in your orientation packet and feel free to ask questions.

10. Pack your bags!

To make an appointment or if you have questions, contact: 
Lorie Beckum, Director
Center for Global Studies and Service Learning
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913-971-3261