Interdisciplinary Studies
IDS 203W Intercultural Study within Cultural Immersion (4)
Course is designed to facilitate and promote the experiential learning process in an intercultural context. Introduces students to the value of cultural comparison that illuminates both similarities and differences. Improves the overall study abroad program by providing essential pre-departure and re-entry training designed to capitalize on the cultural immersion experience. Prepares students to learn from the psychological and conceptual challenges they will face during each phase of the experience. Examines the advantages and disadvantages of culture study, including the contrast of internal and external perspectives, and the concept of critical self-consciousness. Encourages and challenges students to continue learning about other cultures and other perspectives.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing-centered
- Prerequisite: Only students participating in an off-campus, cultural immersion program are eligible
- Offering: Every semester
- Instructor: Lou