Awesome program! Past Review
By DeAnne Witherspoon (Northwest Arkansas Community College) - abroad from 06/01/2016 to 06/30/2016 with
NWACC: Study Abroad in Siena
Very worthwhile!
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
It was great! |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Seemed very easy to work with. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Spacious 2BR for 3 people. A bit under furnished for comfort. No place to sit in LR and poor lighting for studying. But all manageable for a month. |
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Always awesome. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Not as much English as I had hoped but manageable! |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
No issues N/A |
| * Safety: |
Always felt safe |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
Would not do the language but would do music, art history, photography. |
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) |
Food was more like $150-200 per week but I did not utilize the cafeteria by my choice. |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $200 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Students need to use the cafeteria provided to keep expenses down. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | That the language class really required previous study of the language to be manageable in such a short time. Or similar language like Spanish or Portuguese. |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Italian |
| Course Department: | Lang |
| Instructor: | Barke/Elizabetta |
| Instruction Language: | Italian |
| Comments: | Too challenging for someone who had not prev studied foreign language. There were 90% of the class who had 1-5 other languages. Recommendation: need a foreign lang or have studied the specific Lang before going. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Just audited. |
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Music appreciation: Italy |
| Course Department: | Music |
| Instructor: | Miles Fish |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Super interesting. Had 6 hours of prev art history and this course correlated very well. Great excursions, lots of history and as much music as any individual preferred. Teacher extremely knowledgable. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Just audited. |
