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See Foreign Lands While Earning
Course Credits
The Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville (SIUE) School of
Business continues to help
students further their education
in foreign lands.
"Students usually say it was the
most meaningful experience in
their educational career,"
School of Business Assistant
Director Cynthia Peterson said.
The study abroad program is
available for Germany, France,
England, Mexico, China, The
Netherlands, Hungary and Costa
Rica.
Students pay SIUE tuition and
register for SIUE courses, but
complete requirements abroad,
the School of Business Office of
International Programs said in a
press release.
Short-term travel trips are
offered for students lasting
approximately one to two weeks.
Students can travel to Juarez,
Mexico during Christmas break,
Germany during spring break, or
China, Hungary, or Toluca,
Mexico in summer.
Service-learning trips are
offered in Mexico and Costa Rica
during July.
Requirements are a 2.75 grade
point average and the program is
preferential toward juniors,
said Peterson. She quickly added
that students can go at anytime,
but they try to make it count
for credit.
Most majors accept the credit,
but business, mass
communications and foreign
language majors tend to benefit
the most, she said.
"We want it to help them
graduate," Peterson said.
Kevin Coppinger, an accounting
senior, ventured to China last
May.
"It was a completely different
world. ... Since I got back, I
have been telling everyone to
study abroad," Coppinger said.
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