Concordia College

Semester and Yearlong Programs

If you’re ready to spend even more time overseas, you’ll want to check out our many current semester and yearlong programs. These experiences allow you to study while attending classes in locations ranging from Costa Rica and India to Japan and Norway. This is your chance to improve your language and communication skills, while immersing yourself in a new way of life.

University of the Sunshine Coast
Queensland, Australia
Spend your fall, spring or summer semester in gorgeous Australia taking similar classes to those Concordia offers. Semester I on the Sunshine Coast runs from February to June while Semester II runs from July to November. Courses taken through the University of the Sunshine Coast can be accepted as transfer credit to count toward your major. Contact the Registrar’s Office for more information on pre-approving credits.

Credo in Crete
Iraklion, Crete; Turkey, Italy, Greece
Open to a select group of students, Credo in Crete allows students and two faculty members to spend spring semester studying the ideas that shaped Western civilization while exploring important sites such as Aristotle’s lyceum in Athens and the sacred Greek sanctuary at Delphi. Your outstanding professors will team-lead discussions and reflection on Mediterranean and modern Greek culture with professors from the University of Crete in a informal, relaxed atmosphere.

2008 Credo in Crete Semester

Malta and the Mediterranean
Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco, Israel and Switzerland
Live in your own flat in Silema, Malta for four sunny months while studying at the university and volunteering at service sites through this semester-long program. You’ll travel with students and professors from Luther College while earning academic credit. The courses count for 300-level integration credits and are “Malta: History, Culture, Language and Life” and “Contemporary Ethical Issues of the Mediterranean.”

Scandinavia and the Baltic
Lillehammer and Hamar, Norway; Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Russia
This semester abroad will allow you to study Norwegian language, history and culture to fulfill Concordia’s integration and 300 level religion requirements just few hours away from Oslo, Norway. You will have the chance to travel for several weeks to several exciting countries of the North Atlantic and Baltic Seas. These include trips to Copenhagen, Helsinki and St. Petersburg. You will also be given the opportunity to travel on your own during weekends and breaks.

National University of Ireland
Galway, Ireland
Satisfy requirements while spending a semester on the Emerald Isle!  Explore the beautiful coast, countryside and cities of Ireland as you study at National University of Ireland-Galway with cutting-edge scholars in the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences.  As the capital of the West of Ireland, Galway is situated on a lovely bay, boasts one of the finest European art festivals, and remains the heart and soul of Celtic Ireland.  Here history comes alive! Open to all majors. Former NUI-Galway Cobbers call it “a life-changing experience.”

Tanzanian Exchange Program
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Each fall semester, Concordia students travel and live with the Lutheran College Consortium Tanzania, consisting of Concordia, Luther and St. Olaf colleges and Pacific Lutheran University. You’ll study at the University of Dar er Salaam in Tanzania. For five exciting months, you’ll explore a breathtaking country with warm and friendly citizens. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro, go on an African safari in Serengeti all while enhancing your education. You’ll even have the chance to learn the Swahili language to make your travel even more enjoyable.

Tokyo, Japan
Be a part of the exciting metropolitan area of Tokyo, Japan, while studying Japanese language and culture, business and economics, art and drama as well as human rights and development. While in Japan, you’ll study for one academic year at Kanda University of International Studies with easy access to train lines and an express way to popular destinations such at Tokyo Disneyland, Makuhari beach and a Japanese garden with teahouse. In order to apply, you must be of sophomore status or higher, have a GPA of 2.8 and at least one year of Japanese language study.

Social Justice, Peace and Development: Semester in India
Bangalore, India
Live and learn in a country that never ceases to amaze. While you study abroad for a semester in the religiously diverse country of India, you’ll explore important issues such as environmental issues, development, the role of women and effects of globalization. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to observe and participate in low-impact, sustainable development projects, and become directly involved in women’s and environmental issues. Through service learning in locations such as wildlife reserves, urban slums and indigenous villages you’ll learn from those who are actually affected by what you’re doing. This life-changing program offers you a chance to learn firsthand about current issues in India.

Rennes, France
The exciting world of business is waiting for you at the Management Institute of the University of Rennes in France where you’ll intern and take classes in French as well as business and economics. This international business program is open to business or economic majors with an emphasis in French, and is in the second semester of their junior or senior year, followed by a summer internship with a French company. You’ll live in dormitories or with French families and may earn four credits including one Cooperative Education credit.

Student Teaching Abroad
Various countries
No matter what field you’d like to teach in, we have a program that will allow you to spend a semester teaching in one of over 13 countries including Australia, Costa Rica, Sweden, New Zealand, France, Nepal and the Netherlands. This unique experience will allow you to teach abroad at the same cost as doing a practicum in the United States. Requirements for the program include a written essay and a minimum GPA of 3.0. Each year, six to 12 students teach abroad in art, biology, Spanish, math, music, social studies, elementary education and more. Many Concordia graduates have even taken jobs teaching abroad as a result of their student teaching abroad experience.


BUSINESS PROGRAMS

International Business Program
Concordia offers international business majors the opportunity to intern or take business courses in several countries. These five career-enhancing programs are available to students with language fluency in German, French, Russian, Spanish or Norwegian. This is perfect for students hoping to take jobs with international companies after graduation because it is specifically designed for future professionals who will need to be knowledgeable about global business as well as possess the ability to speak in a world language. 

Mexico City International Business Program
If you have proficient language skills in Spanish and an interest in international business, this is the perfect program for you. Located in the expanding metropolis of Mexico City, this program focuses on internships with international corporations and is available in either the fall or spring semester. You will also take two full business courses at the University of the Americas.

There are three primary internship locations:

• The analysis department of a multinational financial Corporation. Students work with international stocks and bonds, cash management and currency markets.
• The departments of publications, international trade and economics at the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico.
• At a marketing group, students learn to design surveys, gather and analyze statistical data, and write market studies for this firm that manages a chain of luxury hotels throughout Latin America.

SPANISH PROGRAMS

Semester in Pamplona, Spain
Perfect for Spanish majors, you’ll have the exciting chance to study in northern Spain at the Instituto de Lengua y Cultura Españolas (ILCE) de la Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona. You may spend either the spring semester or full academic year improving your Spanish speaking skills while living with native Spanish speakers in the culturally invigorating city of Pamplona. Inexpensive transportation to surrounding countries is also available, making travel on breaks and weekends even easier.

The prerequisite for the fall semester (full year program) is Spanish 212; the prerequisite for the spring semester program is Spanish 321. In order to be eligible, you must have at least a B average (3.0) in Spanish and demonstrate conversational proficiency at an intermediate level.

Semester in Segovia, Spain
Immerse yourself in the language, culture and lifestyle of Segovia, Spain. While spending a semester in Spain, you’ll travel to Madrid, Andalucía, Barcelona and regional areas of interest. At the new Center for Hispanic Studies, located in a renovated 15th century mansion, you’ll learn from first-rate local professors. Segovia is a quaint, modern city located just an hour from Madrid that offers numerous historic cites, castles and museums. You’ll live with local residents, giving you the chance to improve your Spanish.

To participate in the program you must have completed Spanish 212 and be at a minimum of sophomore status with a 2.5 GPA in Spanish.


COSTA RICA PROGRAMS

Concordia offers you the opportunity to study for a semester in Costa Rica, through two possible programs, to learn about culture, human development, and environmental issues in Central America and/or historical, political, and legal evolution of human rights thought and practice in Latin America. The subject courses are taught in English, along with Spanish language instruction.

People and the Environment in Central America
Nestled in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, you’ll spend a semester at the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica learning about culture, human development and environmental issues in Central America The program is ideal for both liberal arts and natural science majors. It offers the opportunity to broaden knowledge and to experience first-hand the immense cultural and environmental diversity of the region. You’ll earn four academic credits from Concordia while living with a family in cosmopolitan San Jose, which is home to museums, restaurants and many attractions.
 
Justice, Human Rights and Development in Latin America
This innovative and extensive program located in San Jose offers the possibility to acquire in-depth knowledge on the evolution of justice and human rights in Latin America. The program takes a look at the historical, political, and legal evolution of human rights thought and practice in Latin America. You’ll learn by case studies and first-hand experiences of human rights scholars and practitioners for four academic credits from Concordia, which are primarily taught in English with special focus on developing Spanish skills.

GERMAN PROGRAMS

Jena, Germany
Live in picturesque Erfut on a yearlong exchange program where you’ll study any field at Friedrich Schiller Universitat. In turn, two German students come to Concordia on full scholarships. In order to be eligible, you must have taken two years of German. You’ll live with German students and earn academic credit in German, all while exploring the quaint countryside and traveling around Europe on breaks and weekends.

The Federation of German-American Clubs Scholarship
This scholarship program allows one student from Concordia to study at one of about 20 German universities without cost. All expenses except airfare are covered and the Federation has students gather in different parts of Germany throughout the year at no expense to the student. This is also an exchange program, and one German student chosen by the Federation comes to Concordia on a full scholarship. Students who participate on the program usually take a year leave of absence and can transfer up to 8.5 credits to Concordia.

International Business Program in Mainz
This 12-week internship allows one Concordia student per year to work at a German firm from January through the beginning of April, then attend the spring semester at the Johannes Gutenberg Universitat. You’ll be required to pay your own room and board, but will receive four credits in business, economics and German. This is a great way to explore a career overseas.

Office of Global Education
inted@cord.edu
218.299.3927