IHP-Cities - What You Make of It Past Review
By Carly A (Cinema And Media Studies, Wellesley College) for
SIT Study Abroad: IHP - Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning and Politics (Fall 2)
It's given me perspective.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
the administration varies by country, and there are strengths and weaknesses in each country. But it was always a very full and informative program. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
At the beginning of each country, there's a safety orientation, and basically, listen to most of that they have to say, because they know what they're talking about. Also, before we leave the first city (the US city - which, for me, was Detroit), we have a few safety talks. |
| 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? | Varied by country, but basically - two meals a day are covered by IHP, the rest is on you. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | talk to alumns before budgeting, everyone will give different things they think yu should budget in. |
Language
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Open-minded, just so enormously curious about what's out there in the world, and so willing to dive in and work independently and in groups and in a way that you will never get to work at university. |
Individual Course Reviews
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Contemporary Urban Issues |
| Course Department: | 3500 |
| Instructor: | Independent Study - Adviser will come |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | This is really a lot of what IHP is about. You pick a topic in which you're interested and follow it through each city. You find how your topic manifests itself in each city, and tehre is a very strong observation component. You are assigned a faculty adviser, but you can go to any faculty or country coordinator, or really any one else, for help and advice. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | - |
