While your son or daughter navigates the study abroad program
selection process, you may have a number of questions of your own. We
have compiled here some basic information that we hope you will find
useful as you discuss these plans with your student.
Program Choices
Dickinson College is one of the most prolific colleges in the
world in the development of off-campus study programs. More than 60
Dickinson faculty members have directed study abroad programs, and
Dickinson now sponsors more than 40 programs on six continents in 24
countries. These options include academic year programs, semester
programs, summer programs, Globally Integrated courses that include a
January international field experience and specialized programs which
combine domestic study with international study, such as the Mosaic
Program.
Dickinson students have a wide array of program choices through
which they may pursue their global learning objectives, including:
Dickinson Programs
Dickinson Programs are developed and directly managed by
Dickinson College and led by an on-site director who may be a Dickinson
professor or a representative from the host institution. They have been
created by academic departments at Dickinson as extensions of the
department’s curriculum and are monitored by them. Approximately 70
percent of Dickinson students who study abroad participate in a
Dickinson Program.
Partner Programs
Partner Programs are developed through linkages between Dickinson
academic departments and departments at overseas institutions. Partner
Programs allow students to apply their Dickinson financial aid to the
programs and continue to pay their regular Dickinson comprehensive fee.
Students enroll in the partner institution with few services provided by
Dickinson. Approximately 10 percent of students who study abroad
participate in a Dickinson Partner Program.
Non-Dickinson Programs Non-Dickinson
programs extend Dickinson’s off-campus network to include study options
in every part of the world and in every academic area. While not as
closely monitored as Dickinson Programs and Partner Programs, these
programs are offered by accredited colleges and universities, which
oversee them. Students pay a study abroad fee to Dickinson and are not
able to transport institutional aid to these programs. Approximately 20
percent of students who study abroad participate in a non-Dickinson
program.