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Students find study abroad limited
By JESSICA REBARBER
February 24, 2006
Hopkins has always stressed the importance of studying abroad; however, the study abroad options are a little more convoluted and complicated than at first glance. In the past year, there have been significant changes to the study abroad policies of several departments.
France
In particular, the French department has switched from endorsing several programs to supporting only two: Sciences-Po and the University of Tours.
The only way to receive credit from the department is to study in Tours for a semester or a year, or at Sciences-Po in Paris, for a year or under the five-year BA/MA program. For many, this came as a shock.
"While it may be a dream to live in a chateau for my spring semester abroad, nothing compares to Paris. I want to study abroad to learn the language, but I want to study abroad and learn the culture (the city culture) more and what better place to do that than in Paris?
"I may love all of France, but my dreams have been to study in Paris since I took French in the sixth grade," sophomore Allie Schnidman said.
Others found the Tours program just their style. "Over the course of an understandably hectic beginning to the program, it seems all the pieces are coming together. It will be a great asset for all academic cultures of the school, and I can't wait to get started in the fall," sophomore Maura Lillis said.
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