1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

A Whole Learning Experience
Study Abro.>d was nol simply lakln« a
series of classes In a fo~l,n country. Rather
It waS a whole I .. amln, .. x~rI.:nc" of Jlvlnll
with the ~pl .. , ~I"i \h .. counlry, and
lakin, Pilrt In a djfferent ..... v of life.
Th .. sludents .. uended classes for six of
II1e .. Iiht " ..... ks of the trip. Four dlffe,ent
courses we,,, offered for the [nlilsh and
humanIU ... malors; however. Ihe PI'OIII1Im
was DPI'" to Interested students from any
curriculum.
Each course had 30 hours of classlO(lm
instruction. but students took many Held
!rips to surrounding a~ and pbces of Int
...... sl .... Iated to the tOurs. ney lived at
HrsI with a family from Brlihton and then
e xperienced living In English university
donns. This provided a ,,,,at deal 01 Insl&hl
Inm the ""V of life In ElWand. Every mlr>ure
..... a I .. amlni experience. ne sludy
pJOCl3m ended In Edlnbu'Ih where Sludents
lived wllh Soottlsh families 10. twO
weeks.
The last twO weeks of Ihe p"'i'ilm Ihe
studenls spenl on Ihelrown. Irnvellinc a ny_
where In Europe. There was also a two­
\II~k I)f!riod of havel within the United
Kingdom to places 01 hlstorlQI and cullurnl
Importance.
Each student went throuCh a broad spec:.
trum of experiences. This was nO! Ius! an
eduQUonal tour In the sense of leamln~ In
Ihe classroom. [very ilCUon 01 the students
was a learn Inc experience. The Study
Abroad pro~ram was definitely a we llrounded
lOu, wh rch students will probably
remember forever. _______
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