Abroad101: Study Abroad Reviews

Professional experience while exploring Australia Past Review

By (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) - abroad from 01/18/2012 to 04/18/2012 with

CEA CAPA Education Abroad: Sydney, Australia

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
totally worth while!

Personal Information

How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? 0-2 weeks

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

Would have liked more academic emphasis on the internship portion since the majority of our time and effort went towards that.

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

* Food:

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? Yes

Finances

* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

* Was housing included in your program cost? Yes
* Was food included in your program cost? Yes
Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? 50

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? No

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

Select all that apply

  • Apartment
* Who did you live with?

Select all that apply

  • Americans
* Who did you take classes with?

Select all that apply

  • Americans
About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? 0

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • Internship aspect
* What could be improved?
  • Some course material
  • distribution of credits between internship and courses
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? The cost of living in Australia!!

Individual Course Reviews

Course Name/Rating:

Global Cities
Course Department:
Instructor: Lorraine
Instruction Language:
Comments: Loved this course because it was interesting and I was able to learn a lot about the city of Sydney while experiencing what it had to offer! The instructor was fabulous as well!
Credit Transfer Issues:
Course Name/Rating:

Cross Cultural Communication
Course Department:
Instructor: Valerie
Instruction Language:
Comments: A fairly interesting course but the instructor brought in real life examples of the topics and truely cared about us as students which made it more enjoyable.
Credit Transfer Issues:
Course Name/Rating:

Learning through Internships
Course Department:
Instructor: Helen
Instruction Language:
Comments: Material was not relevant to a non-business major like myself and there was very little discussion about the internships that we were all experiencing.
Credit Transfer Issues: