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Off-Campus Studies can help English students…
- Improve or acquire foreign language skills
- Gain awareness of the major discipline from a different scholarly tradition
- Develop a global perspective
- Gain primary research skills from field studies or work with primary sources
- Expand cross-cultural communication and problem-solving skills
- Prepare for an increasingly diverse and international workplace
How does a semester or year of OCS help students in English prepare for graduate school or various career opportunities?
- During off-campus studies students increase proficiency in languages required for graduate study of literature.
- Off-Campus studies provides valuable perspective and a range of experiences for literature students and creative writers.
- Living and traveling to the historic venues where literature has been produced provides students with a cultural and social context for these works and their authors.
- By studying the literature of countries outside the English-speaking world, students gain a comparative perspective on literature and deepened understanding of world literature.