<p>Hi,
My D is interested in SCU and wants to study abroad. That's usually difficult for engineering majors to do and still graduate in 4 years. Does anyone have an experience or knowledge of how SCU addresses this?</p>
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<p>Contact the Study Abroad office or the School of Engineering.<br>
It was discussed at an open house, as a lot of kids want to study abroad, but I didn’t pay attention as I don’t have an engineer.</p>
<p>Our S will start at SCU this fall and is planning to major in engineering. If he finds out some info on study abroad, we’ll pass it along.</p>
<p>I look forward to the feedback too :)</p>
<p>I’m a biochem major, so I’m in a similar enough position. Contact the study abroad office/engineering school first, they can help you find programs which the school immediately has sponsored. Otherwise, try searching around, it’s what I’ve been doing.</p>
<p>[Study</a> Abroad Programs for Engineering Majors](<a href=“http://www.globalinksabroad.org/programs_by_major/engineering/]Study”>http://www.globalinksabroad.org/programs_by_major/engineering/)</p>
<p>Her travel-options are much more limited than a social science/humanities/arts major, unless she is COMPLETELY fluent in another language. Being able to completely navigate a country/talk to people coherently, is NOT the same as discussing optimizing the volume of something…etc</p>
<p>OP if you are still around, son looked at engineering at SCU and a few other Jesuit schools. He ended up at LMU and recently said they (the Jesuit Schools) share their study abroad programs.</p>
<p>DD graduated with an engineering degree (and a biology degree) from SCU a year ago. She did not do a study abroad…it would have made her sequence of courses…well…out of sequence. It was complicated by the fact that SCU is on the quarter system…so a study abroad really would need to be the fall quarter…or you would miss two quarters of classes in the spring.</p>
<p>I should add…I think that study abroad WOULD have been possible if my kid hadn’t had the two majors and the intention to graduate on the four year plan.</p>
<p>SCU offers some excellent experiences abroad…more community service oriented, during their spring break (DD did a Global Medical Brigades trip). </p>
<p>Also, we looked into some summer ventures abroad for her but ultimately she decided to stay in Santa Clara and work (she had a good job on campus).</p>
<p>She is doing the “ultimate” study abroad now as a Peace Corps volunteer.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about the engineering program here. It is true that people in some majors find it difficult to study abroad. If she really wants to study abroad, I’d recommend looking into holding off on some university core courses – ethics, religion, diversity, etc. Liberal arts requirements are generally easy to complete abroad. Specialized courses in the engineering and business schools are not.</p>
<p>If you come to an open house or accepted student day, there are usually info sessions with the study abroad office. Someone there would be happy to answer her questions.</p>
<p>SCU also offers some study abroad opportunities during the summer and short, theme focus trips called “immersion trips.” I studied abroad for one semester and did one immersion trip. The immersion trip was no where near as fun or eye-opening as the semester abroad, but it was also a great experience.</p>
<p>I haven’t heard about the immersion trips. What do they involve? Are they mostly about language immersion or cultural immersion? My D lived in England for two years and would like to spend more time abroad, so she might like an immersion program depending on what exactly it means.</p>
<p>Immersion trips are quite varied. It actually looks like the engineering school runs some of their own: [Undergraduate</a> Admission - Immersion Trips](<a href=“http://www.scu.edu/ugrad/academics/beyond_campus/immersion.cfm]Undergraduate”>http://www.scu.edu/ugrad/academics/beyond_campus/immersion.cfm) .</p>