Study Abroad
The Department strongly encourages all students - majors, minors, and language students - to consider study abroad. The opportunity to live and study in a foreign country provides students with an invaluable cultural experience and is the best and fastest way to improve your language skills. Even a short-term one-month program can really change your life and your ability to communicate in a foreign language.
Study abroad at Salem State College is coordinated through the Center for International Education. The Center for International Education's study abroad office, students can find other programs to study abroad for a summer, semester, or a full year in many different countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Extra financial aid is available for students to cover the costs of tuition, travel, room and board while studying abroad.
In collaboration with the Center for International Education, the Department of Foreign Languages offers short-term summer study abroad options in Canada, France, Italy and Spain. All programs were selected to give students the best immersion experience with the least expensive costs:
- Summer in Oviedo, Spain: Earn up to 6 credits in Spanish in Oviedo, Spain this summer at any level from beginner through advanced! Students live in dorms at the University of Oviedo, located in the Asturias region of Spain, and are accompanied by a Salem State College professor for the duration of the program. Financial aid is available. See Dr. Fatima Serra fserra@salemstate.edu for more details.
- Summer in Florence, Italy: Earn 6 credits in Italian during a five-week immersion program (July-early August) in the city of Florence, in the heart of Tuscany. Students study Italian language and culture at the Università di Firenze's Centre for Foreigners. Students live in a pensione near the school, and may take advantange of excursions and recreational programs through the Centre. For more information about this program, contact Dr. Anna Rocca arocca@salemstate.edu.
- Summer in Québec City, Canada: Earn six credits in French language and culture at the beginning through advanced levels at the Université Laval, located just outside Québec City. Orientation by a Salem State professor at the beginning of the program. Financial aid is available. See Dr. Elizabeth Blood eblood@salemstate.edu for more information.
- Summer in France: Earn six credits in French language and culture at the beginning through advanced levels at a university in Caen, Normandy or in Avignon in the Provence region of southern France. Pre-departure orientation by a Salem State professor. Financial aid is available. See Dr. Elizabeth Blood eblood@salemstate.edu for more information.
For more information on Study Abroad, contact the Center for International Education.