Eastern Kentucky University is a member of
two consortiums of colleges that provide study abroad experiences. The
Kentucky Institute for International Study (KIIS) and the Cooperative
Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) both offer a wide variety of opportunities
for students from member universities to study abroad.
The Kentucky Institute for
International Study (KIIS) offers a wide variety of summer and
semester study abroad opportunities in non-English speaking countries.
Only a few programs require previous foreign language skills, and many
offer language instruction at different levels. Both semester-long and
five week summer programs are offered, and courses are offered in many
fields. Programs are currently offered in Austria, Brazil, Check Republic,
China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, Poland/Ukraine, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Turkey.
For more information on KIIS, click here
or visit the national website at www.kiis.org!
Cooperative Center for Study
Abroad (CCSA) offers summer and winter programs (from 2 1/2 to
4 1/2 weeks in length), semester-long programs, and internship programs
in English-speaking countries. Courses in the various programs differ
from year to year but cover most fields of study at the university:
art & design, biology, cultural studies, English (writing and literature),
geography, history, international economics, marketing, music, police
studies, political science, sociology, theatre, and weomen's studies
to name a few. Programs are currently offered in Australia, Belize,
Canada, England, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Scotland, Hong Kong, and
South Africa. For more information, click here!
For more information on CCSA, click here
or visit the national website at www.ccsa.cc!
Other Study Abroad Opportunities
EKU also has agreements that take students overseas for semester-long
programs with the following: