Off-Campus Opportunities

Term: January 2015
Description: This program explores CS, applied math and related business in modern Irish and Welsh societies. The program includes university exchanges, industry visits. Students design and propose a technical project particular to a visited location. We reflect on roles technology plays in the societies, on issues having local and global impact. Cultural exchanges occur in working activities, church fellowship, housing arrangements and personal interactions. Experience sites rich in heritage and culture - contrasts between rural and contemporary, Neolithic/Celtic and Roman sites, castles, churches and more. We travel London, Wales and Republic of Ireland. This program is open to non-CS/Math majors meeting prerequisites.
Click here to view an online travelogue from Ireland & Wales (January 2008)

Term: January 2015
Description: Historical background and cultural context for many of the ideas in mathematics curriculum.

Term: January 2015
Description: A Jan Term study program that focuses on the interactions between technology and culture. Students will broaden their cross-cultural understanding by exploring the role of technology in another culture as well as the influence the culture has had on technology. Students will participate in university exchanges, visit vital industries, travel to important historical cultural sites, attend different churches, and engage in other rich cross-cultural experiences such as service projects. Students are required to prepare for this program by taking CS 359 Introduction to Technology & Culture.

Term: January 2014
Description: Explore Tech & Culture across SE Asia: China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore