<p>I know this sounds sketchy, but are there any situations in which you could go abroad more than once, to two separate places? ex. france one semester and russia another semester</p>
<p>are there any majors that would make this possible? I was thinking that world languages might be one</p>
<p>It’s definitely possible.</p>
<p>I recently received a fundraising mailing from my daughter’s school (NYU), which highlighted a student who had done at least three semesters abroad. I believe it was a semester each year, the first in Florence, the second in Ghana, and the third in Prague. I think she also did a summer session in Dublin. (These were all NYU programs, so course selection and transferring credit were non-issues.)</p>
<p>Very often, the local language is one of the required courses, although I don’t believe Prague and Ghana had that requirement. It would be difficult to do this for a business, engineering, math, art (visual or performing) or science major. But it would most likely be possible for a history major. And if you’re only talking about two semesters abroad, it’d be pretty doable for many other majors. Check out the courses offered in the places you want to go. Then use those to fulfill the general education requirements.</p>
<p>My D is a double language major. English/Spanish. Last year as a junior she spent the 1st semester in the UK, 2nd semester in Spain, followed by a summer internship in Spain.</p>
<p>Language majors at my school often go abroad 2 semesters to different locations. I have several friends this year who are abroad both semesters in combos like Ireland/Chile or France/South Africa, because they wanted to study language in one place and take classes for their majors (Public Health, Human Biology) in the other country. Though students at my school can petition to do two semesters abroad for reasons other than language as well. One girl I know of did Denmark/New Zealand.</p>
<p>International Relations is another possible major where this might be possible. If you have not chosen a college yet, go visit the study abroad office at each college you visit and see what they say. My D had two study abroad requirements: (1) she wanted to go for a semester to a country that is not on the normal “study abroad” program lists, and (2) she wanted to spend a semester off campus in Washington, DC. She is doing both in her junior year this year (just back from abroad, heading to DC in a few weeks). The tour guides and admissions offices don’t really know the answer to more complex questions like you are asking, so go directly to study abroad at the campuses you visit.</p>
<p>We found that study abroad offices had very different reactions to her request. Some of them limit how many students can go abroad and there is competition… it might be harder to go two semesters to different places at those schools. One reason she picked her college is because they were very accomodating to her off campus study plans.</p>
<p>As a freshman at FSU DD did one semester in China, 2 semesters in Italy, 2 semesters in Spain and she is now looking into India or Korea.</p>
<p>My son is studying international affair/economics and he is doing a summer immersion program and then a semester at a University, both in Germany, before he takes his fluency exam. Later on in his college program he will be trying to get to Russia for summer immersion after taking some initial classes. There is clearly an advantage in getting jobs with a wider range of language skills.</p>