1. ANTH/GLBL 227- UNPACKING INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE (no prerequisite, open to all majors)
|
CRN 60076
|
Lecture-Discussion
|
1
|
12:00 PM – 01:50 PM
|
T
|
106B3 Engineering Hall
|
Course is designed to help students unpack their international study abroad experience, learn how to market the soft skills they gained abroad and explore professional options once they graduate. Guest presenters from the Career Center and other units provide practical advice on how to maximize the post-study abroad experience.
· Starts March 18th.
· For more info contact: Nicole Tami (tami@illinois.edu)
Come share your stories
• Market the valuable hands-on experiences you gained abroad
• Connect with other study abroad returnees
• Explore next steps for working or living abroad after you graduate
• Plug into international networks
Through in-class activities, group discussions, and writing exercises, you’ll reflect on your experiences and sharpen the professional tools and transferable skills you picked up along the way.
ANTH/GLBL 227: Second 8-weeks course Tuesdays, noon-1:50 pm | Starts March 18, 2014
2. PRE-DEPARTURE FOR STUDY ABROAD-Course begins week of March 17 CMN 199 section A; M 4-550 CMN 199 section B; W 4-440
Studying abroad can be exhilarating, transformative, and stressful. The optional, one-hour course has been developed specifically to prepare students from across departments and colleges to get the most from their upcoming Study Abroad experience. This course will address a range of issues such as:
· Getting the most from relationships with host nationals
· The values and expectations you unknowingly bring to encounters with your hosts
· The most difficult part of having to live daily in another language
· Culture shock
· For more info contact: Michele Koven (mkoven@illinois.edu)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++