Before You Go
This travel document is essential for most international trips.
What is a passport?
This happens when you experience unfamiliar customs, values, or everyday routines in a new environment.
What is culture shock?
Not all study abroad programs are direct exchange partnerships. Name one provider program that SCSU partners with to send students abroad.
What is AIFS, USAC, Maximo Nivel, API, WorldStrides, Catalyst, CISabroad, Beyond Academy?
This is the name of SCSU's mascot.
Who is Blizzard T. Husky?
Name two expenses students should budget for beyond tuition.
What are airfare, housing, meals, local transportation, visa/ETAs, passport, insurance, or personal expenses?
This is a plan for tracking how much money you expect to spend during your time abroad.
What is a budget?
These two cultural heritage programs occur during winter break and spring break.
What are the Southeast Asia (LTM) program and the South Africa program?
This well-known river runs alongside SCSU campus.
What is the Mississippi River?
Name three factors a student should consider when choosing a study abroad program.
What are academic fit, cost, location, program length, language, safety, or personal goals?
These are the academic units students typically earn for completing university courses.
What are credits?
Name two short-term programs that are offered this year and led by SCSU faculty or staff.
What are Scotland to London, Costa Rica, Italy and Greece, Southeast Asia, South Africa programs?
Name the building and room number for the Center for International Studies.
What is Centennial Hall 125 or CH 125?
These are funds that can help students pay for eligible educational expenses and may not need to be repaid.
What are scholarships or grants?
Your first few weeks abroad are difficult and you feel homesick. Name two healthy ways to cope.
What are connecting with family and friends, maintaining routines, exploring your surroundings, seeking support, journal, document your experience?
This is the earliest semester that a SCSU student can participate in a semester-long program.
What is the second semester of their first year (typically the spring semester)?
These are the 5 active residence halls at SCSU.
What are Case-Hill Hall, Lawrence Hall, Mitchell Hall, Shoemaker Hall, Stateview (apartments).
This document may be required to enter a country for study, depending on your nationality and program.
What is a visa, electronic travel authorization, entry permit?
You lose your passport while abroad. Name two appropriate first steps.
What are contacting your country's embassy/consulate, report to the local authorities, contact host university coordinator, and inform SCSU?
List 3 of the 23 universities that SCSU has a partnership with (university names, not country location).
Who are Southern Cross University, Aalborg University, CBS International Business School, Technische Hoschule Ingostadt (THI), University of Oldenburg, Mary Immaculate College, Akita International University, Akita National University, Daito Bunka University, Rikkyo University, Seinan Gakuin University, Yokohama City University, Chonnam National University, Han University ERICA, Pusan National University, Yonsei University-Mirae Campus, Sunway University, Taylor's University, HAN University, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Oslo Metropolitan University, Ajman University, Northumbria University.
SCSU was founded in this year as a teacher-training school.
What is 1869?