ABOUT AIFS

The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) is recognized as a leading provider of study abroad programs. Since 1964, over 1.5 million students have traveled abroad with AIFS. With more than 50 years of experience, they have the resources and experience to provide what students want and need in a study abroad program, and to safeguard their welfare around the globe.

Unlike many other study abroad programs or independent study options, AIFS program fees are guaranteed in dollars. The program fee is also all-inclusive, making it simple for you to live and study abroad and experience all that the world has to offer.

AIFS offers a wide range of unique programs in Asia, Australia, Europe, South Africa and the Americas. Most AIFS campuses offer courses in English or in foreign languages from beginner to advanced levels, so you don’t even have to know a foreign language to study abroad.

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ABOUT ISA

International Studies Abroad (ISA) offers high-quality education abroad programming in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific, providing a range of study, internship and service-learning opportunities. ISA students will enroll in local universities and can take courses for all majors taught in English or the host country language. The ISA model includes everything but airfare in the program cost: tuition, housing, excursions, health insurance, 24/7 emergency assistance, full-time resident staff and more. Additionally, as an affiliate partner, Bethany College students receive an automatic discount and are eligible for additional scholarships through ISA. You can also participate in Service-Learning, professional Internships, and Mission Work while abroad. Options include short-term, semester, and academic year programs.

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ABOUT VERITAS CHRISTIAN STUDY ABROAD

The mission of Veritas Christian Study Abroad is to provide college-level study abroad programs at host universities while helping students develop as mission-minded Christian leaders as they learn to live and serve in another culture. On a Veritas program, you will receive on-site spiritual support from a Mission Mentor who will help make your time abroad a spiritually challenging and growing experience. Your Mission Mentor will also engage you in Christian community through a local church and other ministry opportunities.

Veritas Christian Study Abroad is a division of International Studies Abroad (ISA). ISA is an innovative leader in the study abroad community. For over 30 years, ISA has been providing high-quality academic programs with excellent student support at home and abroad. Veritas Christian Study Abroad is privileged to utilize the experience and infrastructure of ISA to create programs for students interested in participating in missions during a study abroad term.

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ABOUT KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY

Bethany College signed an exchange agreement with Karlstad University in Karlstad, Sweden, in January 2011. The University offers 900 courses in the humanities and fine arts, social and economic sciences, natural sciences, engineering and technology, health care and teacher training. Karlstad University has set its targets very high when it comes to internationalization. With that in mind, the University is offering an increasing number of courses, presently more than 100, and programs in English.

In addition to student and staff exchanges, there is also considerable international activity in the form of research and development work, symposia and conferences. The University also has a campus in Arvika, about 80 km from Karlstad, where the Ingesund School of Music with its 300 students is located.

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ABOUT HARLAXTON COLLEGE

Bethany College has a cooperative agreement with Harlaxton College in England, allowing Bethany students to study abroad for either the fall or spring semester. Harlaxton College, a self-contained extension campus of the University of Evansville, is a 100-room Victorian manor house near Grantham in the English Midlands, approximately 110 miles north of London.

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ABOUT LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY

Bethany College signed an exchange agreement in spring 2011 with Linnaeus University in Sweden. Linnaeus opened on January 1, 2010, as a merger of Kalmar University and Växjö University. It pursues teaching and research in Kalmar and Växjö related to natural sciences and humanities and social sciences, respectively. Programs are truly international with major opportunities for participation in both regional and worldwide networks.

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ABOUT SAI PROGRAMS

Since 1995, SAI Programs (previously known as Study Abroad Italy) has been dedicated to providing students with an exceptional cultural and educational experience abroad in Italy, and now in Paris and Barcelona. SAI Programs offers the opportunity to enroll in excellent schools available to English speaking students. There are no language requirements for SAI Programs; all courses are taught in English. Programs are designed to allow students the opportunity to know other countries on a deep level–their history, culture, geography, food, art and people.

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ABOUT SACI

Studio Art Centers International (SACI) is a university program in Florence, Italy, for undergraduate and graduate students seeking fully accredited studio art, design, and liberal arts instruction. With its 35 years of experience, SACI offers five different study programs: Academic Year Abroad, Academic Semester Abroad, BGSU MFA Program, Post-Baccalaureate Program, and Summer Studies.

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START YOUR JOURNEY

Students who wish to study abroad should start planning at least a year ahead. To start, pick up a Study Abroad Intent form from Linda Ball in the Chief Academic Officer’s Office to learn about the previously mentioned and other options for studying abroad.

Applicants for study abroad must be a college sophomore, junior or senior while abroad and be in good academic standing as well as in good standing with the student conduct
system. Students must have a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application and throughout the study abroad program. Study abroad programs provided by some organizations may have higher minimum GPA requirements.

Students interested in studying abroad during the spring semester or summer session need to make certain the Director of Financial Aid is aware of this so the aid can be properly awarded for the whole academic year. Federal financial aid and (nonperformance- related) institutional scholarships may be applied to tuition fees for approved course work for students who return to Bethany for at least one semester after their semester abroad.