Non-Degree Learning Opportunities

International Student Cultural Orientation Program

The ISCOP program for 2020 has been cancelled as of April 17, 2020 due to COVID-19. Please know that this decision was made after much thought and deliberation and that our highest priority is to protect your safety and welfare. Factors, such as CDC and Department of State travel advisories, the WHO declaring a pandemic and the US declaration of a national emergency, combined with 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址 policy and emergency risk management protocol all weighed into this determination. 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址 hopes to resume the ISCOP program in Summer 2021. If you have any questions, reach out to the Office of Open Studies.

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What is the International Student Cultural Orientation Program?

The International Student Cultural Orientation Program is a special course for new 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址 students who are nonnative speakers of English and is held before the beginning of the fall semester. The program integrates a cultural orientation to 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址 and the United States with activities designed to enhance communication skills necessary for successful integration into 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址’s studio and academic classes.

Studio Art Instruction

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Cultural Orientation

This component is an introduction to the conventions of art education as practiced in the United States. Coursework will focus on topics of interest to art students and will include guest lectures from visiting artists. Reading, writing, listening and speaking exercises will assist students in their adjustment to the academic culture of the U.S. and 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址.

Dates

The International Student Cultural Orientation Program will take place from July 29th through August 16th. Usually, participating students will move in to 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址 campus housing between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the last Monday of July. (Early move in cannot be accommodated). The first meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on that day, and includes a pizza dinner. Cultural Orientation Program classes begin the next day and end on that Friday. Details will follow after registration. Classes are held for six hours each day, five days per week. After the Cultural Orientation Program, all new international students at 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址 will begin 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址’s International Student Orientation Program, through end-August.

Housing and Meals

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Cost

The total cost of the International Student Cultural OrientationProgram is $3000, which includes tuition, housing, meals, books and activities for the entire program. Personal expenses are not included in the cost.

Deadlines

The registration form and enrollment fee of $3,000 are due to 新沙巴体育投注_足球比分直播-平台*网址’s Office of Admission by early-May (for freshmen) or mid-May (for transfer students) and due to Office of Graduate Admission by mid-May (for graduate students). Please note that the enrollment fee is non-refundable.

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