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Study Abroad Program Review of AIFS: Sydney- Macquarie University

Submitted by Lindsay Hornyak (Marketing,University of Hartford) on May 28th, 2009

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Participation Year:

2009

Term:

Spring

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Macquarie University, University of South Pacific

Academics Overall

**Overall educational experience:

**Comment:

The educational experience was awesome. It was really interesting to have class with native Australians. As Americans, we had a lot of questions for them and they had a lot of questions in return. It made class discussions interesting and fun.

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Course Title:

Drugs Across Cultures

Course Department and Number:

ANTH106

Instructor:

Lisa Wynn

Language of Instruction:

English

Please comment on the course:

This was a great course. We did not have the same professor teach at every lecture. She brought in people who were specialized in that particular area of study. We learned about drug use all over the world. There was only one test during the semester and there was one paper. The final at the end of the semester is a series of essay questions. This class was really interesting and I always wanted to attend the lectures. There is no tutorial for this class.

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Course

**Course Title:

Australian and Global Societies

**Course Department and Number:

Soc175

**Instructor:

Alison Leitch

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

This class explored sociology all over the world. This tutorial was actually my favorite because we were able to see different opinions of the world because there were many people from different countries. The discussions were always non-stop and very interesting. There is some in class group work, but its always answering questions. This class also had a life history assignment which was my favorite paper to write. It took a lot of time, but it was fun to look back on different eras. I participated in this class a lot more than any other tutorial and even more than some classes at my home institution.

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Course

**Course Title:

Australian Politics in Global Context

**Course Department and Number:

Pol165

**Instructor:

Geoffrey Hawker

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please comment on the course:

This class was probably the hardest one to participate in. I did not know much about the politics in Australia, especially dating back many years. Sometimes it was easy to make a connection to the US, but many laws are different here. It was interesting to learn about my hosting country, but I wouldn't recommend this if you do not know much about their politics. My tutorial convenor was awesome and always asked the American students if we needed any extra help.

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Course

**Course Title:

The Making of Australia

**Course Department and Number:

Hist109

**Instructor:

Mark Hearn

**Language of Instruction:

English

**Please rate the course overall:

**Please comment on the course:

I did not find this class very interesting. It was the slowest class of the semester. It was very informative, but once again I did not know anything about Australian History so it was very hard to participate. The tutorial convernor was always well prepared, but it did not help because I did not know much of what had happened in Australia. We went to the Australian mueseum on campus once during class. It was cool to see old artifacts of the country, but did not make the class much easier. The paper were graded pretty tough and the questions were not the easiest to respond to.

Language Overall

**Language acquisition improvement?

Host Country Program Administration Overall

**On-site administration of your program:

**Please explain the program's strengths and weaknesses:

AIFS was a great program. Most of the students that were in other programs wish they got half as much as we did. AIFS was always on top of their game and it was always so easy to get in touch with them. They were helpful in every aspect. I do not think I ever waited longer than 12 hours to get a response from our Advisor Justin Lee. There were about 60 kids in my program and we never walk by eachother without saying hello. I would 100% recommend AIFS to other students wanting to go abroad.

Housing Overall

**Housing satisfaction:

**Comment:

Housing was great, I would not change anything about it.

Food Overall

**Food satisfaction:

**Comment:

There is no dining hall in the Macquarie Village, so all cooking was done on your own. It was nice to become more independent and learn to cook on our own.

Safety and Health Overall

**How well were health issues addressed through your program?

**Safety:

Money Overall

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

General Assessment Overall

**Words of wisdom:

The best advice I can give to a student who wants to study abroad is to just take the leap and do it. I can promise they will not regret it for a second.

**Overall satisfaction with your study abroad experience:

**Was your study abroad experience worthwhile?

Studying Abroad is the best experience I have had in my life thus far. There is really no way to put an abroad experience into words because there are so many different emotions that come into my head when I think about my time abroad. It was an oppurtunity of a lifetime and I am so thankful that I did it. I learned more about myself and also became much more independent. The people I met on my abroad trip will be life long friends. Before leaving to study abroad I was nervous and scared, but now I wish that it would never end. Everything about studying abroad is amazing and I wish that more students at UHA would do it because I have made memories that I will never forget. I overcame fears, became a better person, and learned to live for the moments I was experiencing. Since studying abroad, I have changed what I may want to do with my life. I am now more interested in International Business rather than just a job in a big city in the US. I want to experience new cultures and languages while I can. Studying abroad is the greatest thing I have done in my life so far.

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