• Program Dates: TBA 2013
• Estimated Costs: $6400- $6900* (Based on 16 students enrolled)

• Transfer from / to Madrid airport
• Experience 2 days in the heart of Madrid, including, accommodation and halfboard, cultural visits to major museums, monuments and other highlights
• Host family with individual room, with half board (2 meals per day) Monday through Thursday, and Full board Friday through Sunday
• Daily Spanish as a foreign language lessons, Monday to Thursday, at AIP Language Institute. Maximum of 8 students per class
• Full day excursion to Valencia region, panoramic bus welcome tour, and fullcalendar of weekly activities
• Enjoy the unforgettable Festival of Valencia, Las Fallas, March 16th-19th, accommodations and full board included
• AIP Orientation Handbooks will facilitate your immersion process into the Spanish culture; includes a “Before Coming” and a “Living in Valencia” handbook
• Medical insurance

Fallas Festival

• Airfare
• College Tuition and Fees
• Some Meals
• Passport Fees
• Wire Transfer Fees
• Optional weekend trips and excursions guided by an AIP leader

As capital of Alajuela province, this city lies just a few minutes away from the Juan Santamaria International Airport, With easy access and plenty of bus routes, getting in and out of Alajuela is not a problem. A leading trade center for cattle and the sugar industries of the neighboring areas, Alajuela is a fantastic summer getaway.

Accommodations

Students will have a private room with local families in their homes. The families are all located at a manageable distance from Alajuela city center and ICLC. All host families work exclusively with ICLC and have been screened. In-house laundry service provided at least once a week.

Program Dates and Deadlines

• Program Dates: August 18-September 15, 2012

Costs

$$2,779.00 (Based on up to 14 students)

Registration and non-refundable deposit of $250 is due on April 20, 2011. Balance is due by July 20, 2011. lease check with the study abroad coordinator at your campus for full details.

INCLUDED

• Orientation session and two placement tests: written exam and OPI: Oral Proficiency Interview.
• ICLC will provide a local guide for the participants to learn how to use the public bus and they will walk in Grecia center to get familiar with the city.
• Spanish instruction for 4 hours per day at ICLC ecological campus, in classes with no more than five students per class.
• Room and board with a Costa Rican family, which includes breakfast, dinner and laundry service.
• Each student will be housed in a single room. In some specific cases ICLC will accept two participants in the same home stay but special request must be sent with WCCCSA justification.
• On-site support throughout the duration of the program.
• Certificate of completion & official transcripts with grades.
• Farewell lunch at ICLC campus including one member of each host family.
• Medical insurance

Excursions

Tuesday :TBA Alajuela orientation visit including private transportation, typical lunch and visit to Juan Santamaría Museum.

Saturday TBA: 1 day trip to Doka coffee plantation, Poás Volcano and La Paz Waterfalls, with bilingual escort, private transportation, entrance fee to the National park and to the waterfalls, and lunch included.

Friday TBA: 3 day trip to Manuel Antonio Beach with transportation, hotel accommodation on trip or quad room, 1 entrance fee to the national park and only breakfast included.

NOT INCLUDED

• Airfare
• College Tuition and Fees
• Daily lunch (about $7 /day)
• Taxi fare to and from school (est. $4/day) and to the airport ($30)
• Communication outside Costa Rica (phone; internet -$1/hr, etc)
• Passport Fees
• Wire Transfer Fees
• Costa Rica Airport (departure) tax: $27
• Optional weekend trips and excursions

How to Apply

1. Schedule an appointment with the study Abroad Coordinator on your campus and obtain the WCCCSA application packet.
2. Return completed WCCCSA application packet to your campus coordinator. Once your application has been approved by your coordinator, you will be given directions for on-line registration with ICLC.

Orientation

When: July TBA (Saturday)

Where: TBA

Time: 10am-3pm

What to bring: Students need to bring (a) a signed copy of the Student Guidelines (b) a copy of your passport (c) flight itineraries (d) a notepad to take notes and (e) questions. Student participants should also invite parents, guardians, or whomever they feel should attend with them.

Coffee will be provided in the morning and lunch will be served.

This student exchange program offers a semester of study at a well-known business school in Esbjerg, Business Academy Southwest. Business classes in Denmark are organised somewhat differently than those in the U.S.. Students begin their program and finish their program with the same students, so a great comaraderie grows among the students and they warmly welcome our exchange students. Shoreline Community College sends students as well.

Dates: August 26-December 17

Courses Offered: Courses will be tailored to your program. Please contact Danny Pham, academic advisor, for more information at (425) 564- 2805.

Accommodations: Fourteen single occupancy dormitory style rooms, a communal kitchen with a cupboard fro each room and two two-room apartments which have kitchens of their own. There is a communal room with a television, laundry, and two bicycle sheds. All apartments have internet access, but you have to sign up on arrival (extra cost of $5 per month). Internal calls are free, but external calls will be billed by the telephone company

BASW/ Denmark Exchange Program Fall 2012

Student Expenses:

Round trip air fare                                                       $1,000

Round trip train ticket Copenhagen-Esbjerg              100

Meals                                                                                   900

Passport & Visa                                                                 200

Accommodation/single room in dorm                       1,172

Maintenance fee                                                                  89

Local transportation                                                        300   or buy a used bike for $100

BC Tuition for 15 credits                                               1,180

Books                                                                                  150

Subtotal                                                                         $5,091

Refundable deposit                                                         780

Personal expenses                                                        ____

Total                                                                              $5,871

Contact: Carol Mckee at cmckee@bellevuecollege.edu

Video Preview of Florence 2013

Site

Classrooms

• Two fully equipped seminar rooms
• Each has a television, OHP, slide projectors, multi-media projectors, US format VCR and DVD player, CD player, easels for art classes and white boards
• Flexible format including lecture, studio and seminar style
• Classes are well-lit and quiet
  

  

Student Facilities

Library

Courses

Excursions/Activities

Cultural Activities Program
All students may participate in a specially designed cultural activities program that will include visits to many of Florence’s famous sites and cultural venues including such activities as walking tours, cooking classes, wine tasting lectures, ballet, soccor matches, concerts , and film nights.

Financial Aid

Scholarships

Scholarship Terms: One recipient will be selected for the WCCCSA Study Abroad program in Florence, Italy. The scholarship in the amount of $2500 must be applied toward the program fee which will be verified with the office coordinating this program.

Must be a female student.Must be a student at a community college at the time the program goes abroad.

Must have a grade point of 3.0 or above.

• Housing in 2 bedroom apartments, linens , cleaning, and utilities
• Museum pass for each student for the duration of the program with unlimited entry to the Uffizi Gallery, Accademia, Bargello, Pitti Palace, San Marco Museum and Medici Chapel
• Free wireless Internet access in the Study Center Monday-Friday during class hours plus a card to use at a chain of Internet centers in Florence.
• Membership to the British Institute Library.
• Day trips to Sienna and San Gimignano with guide
• Welcome dinner, walking tour, orientation to Florence
• Support staff in Florence with 24-hour emergency duty phone service.
• Weekly cultural activities
• Italian language and culture course

• estimated optional airfare $1,204.00
• BC tuition ($1055.00 for 15 credits) and books
• food
• $250 refundable damage deposit

Dates

• TBA
• Deadline for payment :  December TBA, 2013  if you choose the group air or January TBA, 2013 if you make your own flight arrangements.
• Orientation: Late February

Instructor: TBA

Courses:

South African Life and Culture HUMAN 205(5 credits): This course consists of lectures taught by qualified local guest speakers focusing on historical, political, economic, and cultural aspects of contemporary South Africa and facilitated by a local instructor of record who will give assignments, tests, and assign final grades. Related field trips such as Robben Island, a township tour, the District Museum, are included and required. Suggested reading is The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy by Nigel Worden.

Course(5 credits): TBA

Course(5 credits): TBA

Volunteer Component: Students will take part in a gruop project in CapeTown for at least one half day per week. (More to come about this!)

Excursions: Included in the program are two excursions. The first is  a full day excursion by private coach to the Cape of Good Hope with the services of a professional guide. This day trip includes entrance to the nature reserve and a visit to Boulder’s Beach to see the penguin colony.  The second is a 3-day 2-night excursion along the Garden Route to Mossel Bay with 2 nights’ dorm style accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis in the Santo Express Train Lodge, which is located by the beach. This exciursion will include a guided “Big Five” game drive at a private game reserve with lunch. One further group meal will be provided.

Housing: Housing will be at Freeland Lodge in in Observatory in the southern suburbs of Cape Town- three train stops from the city center. Observatory is a Victorian styled suburb which loks up at Devil’s Peak. wo prominent buildings dominate Observatory. One is the famous Groote Schuur Hospital, where Dr. Chris Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant and the other is the SA Astronomical Observatory for which the suburb is named.

Estimated Program Fees: $6,195 (based on 15-19 students)

Dates:  September 24- Novemebr 30, 2013

Saturday, September 21, 2013               AIFS flight departs U.S. for London

Sunday, September 22, 2013                 Arrive London and transfer to hotel for overnight stay

Monday, September 23, 2013                Depart London for Cape Town

Tuesday, September 24, 2013                Arrive in Cape Town

Saturday, November 30, 2013               AIFS flight departs CapeTown for U.S.

Deadlines:

Enrollment deposit                                   $450.00       due June TBA , 2013

Balance of fees                                           $5,745.00    due July TBA, 2013

Refundable damage deposit                   $ 250.00     due July TBA, 2013

Total:                                                           $6445.00   due July TBA, 2011

AIFS Airfare                                              $ TBA          due July TBA, 2011

Included:

• $10,000 accidental medical expense, $10,000 accidental death payment, 24-hour emergency care assistance during the program, and repatriation in cases of verified emergency beyond the students’ control.
• One day excursion and one 3-day excursion (see description above)
• Accommodation in multi-bedded rooms on a self –catering basis in a student lodge in cape Town with no more than 4 students per bedroom.
• A travel pas for use on the train system between Cape Town city center and Plumstead in the southern suburbs.
• A pre-departure and on site orientation consisting of an orientation meeting with the AIFS staff, workshops on cultural differences, safety/security and travel, a student information packet including a student handbook, local area information, etc. and sightseeing tour of cape Town by private coach with the services of a professional guide.

Not Included:

Airfare

Tuition: $1055.00

$250 refundable damage deposit

Meals (except those included on excursions)

Books

Personal expenses

Orientation:

When:  August TBA

Where: TBA

Time: TBA

Loved and respected for its architecture, theatres, museums, galleries and academic institutions, London has something for everyone. Along with earning a full quarter of transferable college credits, students live with British families and immerse themselves in day to day British Life.

Frequent field trips and travel opportunities enable students to experience the culture and history of this great city as well as the beautiful countryside of England. The teaching team tailors courses to the European environment and structures the coursework around several themes common to the locale. “Living with an English family made the trip for me. It was an experience I will cherish my whole life“-Ryan Smith, 2000

Classrooms are located in the University of London Union in Bloomsbury. Bloomsbury is a fashionable residential quarter for merchants and aristocrats in the 18th century. It is very much a university area, with the main buildings of the University of London at its center. Bloomsbury also provides a wealth of interesting shops on its side streets as well as numerous restaurants. The British Museum is close at hand as are many of the colleges of the University of London. Within easy walking distance are Oxford Street, one of London’s main shopping areas, and Soho, Covent Garden and the West End, London’s evening entertainment sector.

Classrooms

• Classrooms are air-conditioned with whiteboards
• There is access to audio-visual equipment including LCD projectors, overhead projectors, televisions, US/UK
• VCR and DVD players.
• Flexible format ranging from lecture to seminar style

Student Facilities

• Students will have access to the wireless enabled student computer lab (27 PCs) located in the AIFS Student Centre with free Internet access and printing facilities.
• Students will have access to the AIFS Student Centre and the services of an experienced AIFS Program Coordinator  and AIFS Student Advisors for information, personal advising/counseling
• Fax, mail services and 24-emergency contact service

Membership of the University of London UnionStudents are provided membership to the University of London Union which gives them access to student clubs and societies and (at a reasonable additional cost) to sports facilities including a swimming pool, health spa, multi-gym and squash courts

Transportation

Student will be issued the London Transport travel pass, valid for unlimited use on buses and underground trains in travel zones 1, 2 and 3 for the duration of the program.

Courses

Courses typically offered in London include English, Literature, Drama, Speech, Art, and History. For the Fall Quarter 2012 program the following classes are offered:

• British Life and Culture: Human 205 (5 credits) is required of all students and provides an introduction to the culture.
• PHIL& 101 (5 credits) - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: Description: Much of Western
  intellectual thought is dominated by the contributions of British philosophy.
  This course consists of an analytic examination of some basic problems from
  each major branch of philosophy with an emphasis on the views of British
  philosophers from the medieval, modern, and contemporary periods.  Topics
  include free will and determinism, God and rationality, morality and justice,
  art and beauty, knowledge and skepticism, and mind and body.  Field trips
  to sites in and around London will be utilized to gain a better historical
  understanding of many of the philosophers to be studied.
• PHIL 105 (5 credits) - CRITICAL THINKING: Description: As a study of
  informal logic this course explores the nature and application of principles of
  correct inductive, moral, and practical reasoning.  Topics include
  informal fallacies, advertising, stereotypes, medical claims, the scientific
  method, news reporting, moral justification, and expected value.  Examples
  will draw upon aspects of British life and culture.

Students register for their courses at the home campus.

This is an academic program and students are expected to enroll in a full-time course load.

Failure to participate in the academic coursework may result in dismissal from the program.Students are encouraged to make the most of their classroom learning as it will enhance understanding of all the local area has to offer.

Excursions/Activities

On arriving in London Students will attend a 2-day orientation program consisting of orientation meeting with AIFS staff, workshops on cultural differences, safety/security and travel. Students will receive an information packet to including a comprehensive student handbook and local area information. There will be a welcome reception and a half-day sightseeing tour of London by private coach with the services of a professional guide.

The AIFS staff will keep students informed about various cultural and social events in London and help students make individual plans that complement academic interests. AIFS staff also organizes a cultural program of evening theater events and day-long excursions to places of interest outside London. Students pay an additional fee for some activities, but they are considerably subsidized by the program fee. The subsidized cultural program of events include 5 Friday daytrips (to Oxford, Stonehenge and Salisbury, Bath, Brighton and Stratford Upon Avon) 4 theatre events, a football or rugby match and a walking tour.

Independent Travel

Use free weekends to travel in England and to Europe’s great cities including Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin and Edinburgh.  AIFS’s local staff will assist you in choosing your destination and transportation.

Housing

Students will live with local families in their homes. All families are carefully screened and selected by AIFS personnel overseas. The AIFS Local Organizer will use the information that students provide on their AIFS accommodation form to place students with local families.

Students will have accommodation in a twin room in a homestay within a residential neighborhood of London. Continental breakfast (cereals, toast, juice, tea/coffee0 will be provided in the homestay five days a week (Monday through Friday) and dinner four days per week (Monday through Thursday). Students will have access to the kitchen for the preparation of any other meals.

By living with a host family, students have a link to the local culture and customs. Students are encouraged to make the most of family life and community activities during their stay in London. Students are expected to respect the norms and customs of their host family.

AIFS will offer a meal money program whereby students can lodge money (in sterling) at the beginning of the quarter and be given it back every two weeks throughout the program. Information will be included in the student information packet and discussed at orientation meetings. This is to help students pace their spending. (Optional)

Program Dates and Deadlines

Program Dates: September 28 (arrive in London September 29)-December 7, 2012

Payment Deadlines:

• Deposit of $450 due with application (and a $50 deposit for Scotland, if selected) by Friday June 29, 2012 at AIFS
• AIFS will then bill the student for the remaining balance of $6,225  plus a $250 refundable damage deposit (and the final payment for Scotland , if selected) which are both due by Thursday August 9, 2012.
• Students wishing to purchase the Transportation Package must notify AIFS in writing by Friday June 29, 2012.
• At least $150 is non-refundable; please check the London brochure and AIFS application for full refund policy guidelines!

Costs

Program Fees

• Enrollment deposit $450.00 June 29, 2012 (based on 25 participants)
• Balance of fees $6,225.00  August 9, 2012
• Sub-total $6,675.00
• Damage Deposit $250.00 August 9, 2012 (mandatory/refundable)

Total $6,925.00

Optional Scotland Excursion

• Optional Scotland Tour deposit $50.00  Due: August 9, 2012
• Balance of Scotland Tour $605.00 Due:  August TBA, 2012

Optional Personal Effects Coverage $90.00 August TBA, 2010
Optional Medical Insurance Upgrade $65.00 August TBA, 2010

INCLUDED:

• Accommodation in a twin room homestay
• Roundtrip airport transfers to the student homestays on the program arrival and departure days.
• Continental breakfast Monday -Friday and dinners Monday – Thursday in homestay
• Access to homestay kitchen for the preparation of other meals
• Two day on-site orientation with welcome reception
• Half-day sightseeing tour of London by private coach with tour guide.
• London Transport travel pass for unlimited use on buses and underground trains in travel zones 1, 2, and 3.
• A subsidized cultural program of events
• Access to the wireless enabled student computer lab with 27PCs in the AIFS Student Centre with free Internet access and printing facilities
• Access to  the AIFS Student Centre  (where fax and mail services are available) and services of an experienced AIFS Program Coordinator and Student Advisors for information  and assistance for the duration of the program
• 24 hour emergency contact service
• Membership of the University of London Union (allows students access to the Union facilities, subsidized rates to sports facilities and the opportunity to join University of London clubs and societies.
• $50 non-refundable application fee
• Student medical and program fee refund insurance policies
• Pre-departure orientation

Optional Transportation Package

On a space available  basis, students may purchase the optional transportation package consisting of international airfare (Seattle-London-Seattle) and round-trip transfers overseas between the airport and the housing in London for an additional $ TBA excluding mandatory U.S. government and airline-imposed departure taxes, fees and fuel surcharges (estimated at $290) for which students will be billed separately. Total $TBA

AIFS will reserve spaces at the above prices according to information on the student application form. Once airline tickets have been issued to students they can only be changed directly with the issuing agent- agent and airline-imposed penalties apply.AIFS cannot arrange airline tickets for students applying after Aug. TBA, 2012.

NOT INCLUDED:

• Airfare
• College tuition and fees
• Course books or materials (unless specified)
• Passport and visa fees if applicable
• Meals not mentioned above
• Personal expenses
• Anything not specified as included in the program
• $200 refundable damage deposit
• Optional personal effects coverage and medical insurance upgrade

Orientation

When: August 4, 2012
Where: North Settle Community College
Time: 9am-3pm
What to bring: Students need to bring (a) a signed copy of the Student Guidelines, (b) 4 passport photos, (c) a copy of your passport, (d) flight itineraries for students not on the group flight, (e) a notepad to take notes, and (f) questions.

Student participants should also invite parents, guardians, or whomever they feel should attend with them. Coffee will be provided in the morning and lunch will be served.

The faculty will be available to discuss their courses and expectation

Over the last 10 years I’ve taken hundreds of Bellevue
College students to exotic locals such as England, Ireland, N. Ireland, France,
Germany, Poland, Czech, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Spain, Morocco and China.   This May we are going to Turkey & Greece.

This research trip is part of a class called BUS 280 Advanced
Studies in International Business.  BUS 280 is a research class comparing
U.S. business practices with their global counterparts.  Each year we
travel to a different part of the world to conduct international business
research.

BUS 280 is a 5 credit class and will be offered Spring 2012.

The international research portion of this class is approximately
$3,800.  This price does not include Bellevue College tuition, but does
include hotel, airfare, transportation and most meals.  Students can sign
up for the trip now to take advantage of the lower rates and installment
payment plan.  For more information you can open the attached PDF file or
follow this link: http://www.efcollegestudytours.com/educational-tours/tour-detail.aspx?code=ATIA&year=2012

This class is open to all Bellevue College students including
Running Start, TriO and International students.  Instructor permission and
completion/enrollment of either BUS&101 or INTST 150 is required to
participate in this class.

This class is expected to fill quickly.  To reserve your spot
you need to meet with me as soon as possible.  To do so, just send me an
email to make an appointment.  I am normally available daily before 9:30
and between 11:20 & 12:20

If you need an application booklet or have any questions, please send an email to ajohnson@bellevuecollege.edu

DON’T WAIT, SIGN UP NOW TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT FOR MAY 2010!