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Spring Hill College

PERSONNEL

Total international undergraduate students (FTE): 9

Total international graduate students (FTE): 1

Countries of origin for international students: Belize, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Japan, Netherlands and Uruguay.

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER/SERVICE/IMMERSION PROGRAMS

Belize

• Directed through SHC Campus Ministry, students help build adequate housing for a family in need. Students spend time in Belize building homes for needy families. They work alongside international Jesuit Volunteer Corps members, Hand-in Hand ministries and members of the local community. The experience challenges students to grow in their personal faith through immersion into the lives of the marginalized of the world. (spring break)

STUDY ABROAD

Most popular countries: United Kingdom, Mexico, France, Spain, Italy

The College's study abroad programs are coordinated through:

• IES/IAS (Institute of European and Asian Studies) of Chicago
• The consortium CCSA (Cooperative Center for Study Abroad) headquartered at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky
• Consortium Center for International Studies (CIS)
• Institute for International Education (IIE)
• The foreign study programs of other American Jesuit and non-Jesuit colleges and universities.

Spanish American Country

Each summer Spring Hill offers an intensive cultural study program in a Spanish American country. It is a program that aims at a growth in global awareness and international understanding through an immersion in the linguistic, political, and socio-economic realities of a neighboring, but very different, culture. Students travel to Spanish American countries, where they attend classes and participate in special activities on many aspects of that particular society. The student earns six semester hours in Spanish.

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE CURRICULUM

Related Majors/Minors/Concentrations:

Majors - International Studies and Hispanic Studies.

Minors - International Studies, Spanish, and French. Concentrations: Business administration/International Business.

Languages available/ Language requirements:

French and Spanish. 6 hours of Language is required in the Core Curriculum or proficiency in a language through the lower intermediate level.