WONDERFUL for hands-on learning of architecture and urbanism Past Review
By Annie P (Architecture, Tulane University) for
DIS Copenhagen: Semester
Yes, definitely worthwhile - good life experience.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 2 weeks - 1 month |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Studio classes were set up differently - several smaller projects rather than one large project, so that was a little strange to adapt to. The academic study trips (to western Denmark and other Scandinavia/Northern European countries) were WONDERFUL for hands-on learning of architecture and urbanism. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
I think I would have given a 4.5/5 if I could ... DIS is very well-organized and definitely has the academic and social well-being of its students in mind during all parts of the program. The classes and trips work well together, and I definitely learned a lot about architecture, Denmark and myself by completing the program. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Danish people are kind of hard to get to know ... so it was interesting living with them, but I didn't become very good friends with the people who I was living with. |
| * Food: |
Denmark is very expensive, so I almost never ate out. Grocery shopping and cooking for myself was the only feasible option. My friends and I would get together to cook, and that was fun. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Travel/field trips were wonderful, living in a foreign country was exciting, everything was great. HIGHLY recommended - especially since Denmark is not very touristy, unlike many places that Americans study abroad. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
Denmark is very safe and DIS always backed this up. |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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Finances
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* 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) |
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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | Denmark is expensive; I purposely didn't add up my expenses abroad because I didn't want to know what I eventually ended up spending. The expensive lifestyle was definitely one of the worse parts of being abroad. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Grocery shop and pack a lunch every day; buy beer from the grocery store and enjoy it outside in a park rather than going to a bar. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | none |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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| Language acquisition improvement? |
I took a Danish class for one out of two semesters abroad - since English is spoken fluently by almost everyone in Denmark, there wasn't much motivation to learn Danish. |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Most all students, except ones that need to always be surrounded by people who they know already - I was the only Tulane student who attended in the year I was there (which I think was a very good thing, but some people wouldn't like that). |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Women, Art & Identity |
| Course Department: | European Politics and Society |
| Instructor: | Andrea Homann |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | A wonderful class!! Great instructor, interesting material, appropriate workload. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | I'm not sure yet if I had issues with transfer credit. |
