Semester Programs

The CCC is a group of thirteen Christian colleges and universities located across the United States who serve the cause of Christ in higher education by encouraging and assisting one another in the pursuit of their respective missions.

The Christian College Consortium (CCC) Visitor Program is designed to give students the opportunity to take advantage of course offerings and varied instructional experiences on other Christian college and university campuses for an academic semester. 

To apply, please review the Application Process instructions. 

The CMC, in Nashville, Tennessee, is a semester long, 16-credit hour program that prepares college students for careers in the entertainment industry while living out their faith as Christ-followers. Thirty like-minded students live, work and create music together in a facility that provides 24/7 access to world-class gear. All teaching faculty are active in the industry and their real-world experiences keep the program relevant and practical. The “Final Exam” is a week-long Road Tour at the end of the semester.

Students select a track for study:

• Artist track - Write, record, and perform right in the heart of Music City. If you’re an artist looking for real-world experience, at CMC you’ll get to hone your craft and find inspiration with like-minded artists as you learn from real music industry professionals. 
• Business track - Learn what it actually takes to be successful in business management, promotions, and marketing. The experience you’ll get from your semester at CMC is not theoretical - you’ll gain real-world experience and make real connections. 
• Technical track - There’s no better place to gain real-world experience for sound, lighting, and video production than right in the heart of Nashville.
• Worship Creative Arts track - Provides students with the musical, administrative, and technical skills to serve as worship and creative team leaders in a local church. This track includes an off-site internship with creative arts teams at various Nashville churches.

The CMC program is overseen by Greenville University.

When studying abroad, you discover a place that follows a different rhythm and you learn its customs. Global Education programs at Gordon focus on intentionality and immersion, encouraging connection to a new community as a participant and not just as an observer.

Gordon in Orvieto

• Gordon in Orvieto, based in Italy, is oriented around the arts and the humanities so that students are better equipped to engage the relevance of communication and ideas that suffuse the world with meaning. The program invites students into a dialogue about the interplay of faith, art, community, and society—and to learn from the lives of artists, poets, and saints of the past. As a part of the program, students encounter places that were formative to Christian civilizations in the West and take courses in art, history, design and literature.

 The Balkans Semester for the Study of War and Peace

• The Balkans Semester for the Study of War and Peace is an interdisciplinary, humanities-based program centered around the themes of war and peace, conflict, and reconciliation. The program will provide students a unique opportunity to study these themes while learning first-hand from people on both sides of recent wars and genocides who are grappling with problems of justice and forgiveness and with navigating a path toward sustainable peace. Students take courses in sociology, literature, political philosophy/theology as well as the option either Peace and Conflict Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, or Political Science.

HGU offers a distinctively Christian and highly academic education in a culturally diverse environment. Academic areas of study include Engineering Physics, TESOL, International Law, Political Science and International Relations, and Business. 

The Irish Studies Program is a transformative experience deeply rooted in the country’s culture and history.

As part of the Irish Studies Program, you'll take courses in peace and conflict reconciliation (spring semester) or CS Lewis (fall semester), Irish history and culture, and other electives of interest. While there, students reside in the historic 19th-century Lakeside Manor, situated on four acres overlooking Willis Lake in the quiet suburbs of South Belfast in Northern Ireland. Site visits or program excursions take students to places of historical and cultural significance. 

This program is a good fit for those that have an interest in Irish history and politics, want to better understand how to be peacemakers in a world filled with conflict, and have the heart to explore new places and meet new people. 

The Irish Studies Program is offered through a joint partnership between John Brown University and George Fox University.

An advanced program in the history, geography, culture, religions, and languages of biblical times and of the modern Middle East. The program brings JUC students to nearly every corner of Israel and Jordan to engage with the Bible in its land. Students have the opportunity to study with Israeli and Palestinian faculty members who are experts in their fields. 

Note: Federal and State financial aid is not transferable with this program and students may participate in fall semester only. 

Study Abroad Lithuania at LCC International University offers a North American style liberal arts experience with a Christian worldview and operates completely in English. Located in Klaipeda, Lithuania, this program provides a unique and truly international learning environment with students and faculty from over 60 countries. Students travel to four countries in one semester with program excursions in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and the country of Georgia.

LCC offers courses in Business, Psychology, and Theology along with an array of other courses. Whether it's courses in your major, general studies or electives, students earn credits in an interactive and global learning environment.

Baltimore and Washington D.C. will be your classroom as you examine the complex realities of the public health, social, political, and spiritual challenges of this country. Our nation continues to face many hurdles in public health that have a disproportionately devastating effect on the health and livelihood of African-American, Latinx, Native, and urban communities. Through the program, you will gain a new perspective on urban life as you experience the joyful work of God that’s been happening in Baltimore over the years. Study in Baltimore and you'll be immersed in culture, ministry, and learning.

Program Highlights

• Learn from expert educators and clinicians
• Intern in fields related to your major, whether you’re a ministry major, studying public health, or public policy
• Mentorship in spiritual formation
• Experiential learning in and outside of the classroom
• Excursions to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the National Mall, and the world-renowned Smithsonian museums in D.C.

The LAFSC, in Los Angeles, California, is a semester long, 16-credit hour program that prepares college students for careers in the film and television industry while living out their faith as Christ-followers. Like-minded students live, work and create together. Faculty and staff in the program are industry professionals who either previously worked with LAFSC, are alumni of the program, or both! 

Students take part in in-person, three-day-a-week internships while taking the following core courses:

• Faith and Artistic Development (3 credits)
• Hollywood Production Workshop (4 credits)
• Internship: Inside Hollywood (6 credits)

Students choose one of the following electives:

• Narrative Storytelling (3 credits)
• Professional Screenwriting (3 credits)
• Acting for the Camera (3 credits)

The program provides students with:

• The opportunity to intern with a relevant, active entity in the film and television industry three days a week throughout the semester.
• Access to special guests who are friends of the program and also leaders in their respective fields (producers, directors, writers, etc.).
• An on-the-ground, L.A.-based experience during which students will live in the Hollywood area, be introduced to the people and culture of the film and television industry, and develop a community with like-minded peers, mentors, and alumni.

Olivet Nazarene University serves as the School of Record for LAFSC.

The Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO) Programme invites you to walk the same paths and study in the same places as some of the greatest scholars in history. The Oxford Semester Programme is an intensive study experience available to all majors and is designed specifically for students seeking an academically robust program. In tutorials, students meet one-on-one with scholars (often including widely-published authors, historians, former international ambassadors, and other celebrated scholars) to go head-to-head on subjects within the disciplines of history, literature, languages, philosophy, musicology, art, science, and more. The program requires a GPA of 3.7 or higher or an overall minimum 3.5 GPA with a minimum GPA of 3.7 in the major.  

* Limited capacity program

The East Asia Institute at CCCU affiliate school, Tokyo Christian University is a fall semester language and culture program. that offers you the opportunity to study about Japan and the Far East while experiencing it. Students will be able to study the history, language, philosophy, church, and culture of Japan. Live and learn with a diverse student body as you engage in academic and experiential learning opportunities.

Join one of the premier universities in East Africa to study and live alongside Ugandans and other students from the continent. Through classes, internships, and living with Ugandan families or peers, USP@UCU provides opportunities for students to authentically engage people, culture, and contemporary realities in Uganda in ways that challenge them to be active participants in Christ’s claim on all aspects of life. 

Just 15 miles from the capital city of Kampala, Uganda Christian University is situated in the bustling town of Mukono that will quickly become home. Along with trips throughout Uganda, students also participate on a 10-day study tour to neighboring Rwanda.

Students in the Uganda Studies Program at UCU choose from one of the following academic emphases:

• Global Health Emphasis
• Interdisciplinary Emphasis
• Social Work Emphasis

Experience study abroad with a purpose by combining your academics with ministry service, faith-centered learning, and mentorship through Veritas Christian Study Abroad. The mission of Worldstrides Study+Veritas Christian Study Abroad is to provide college-level study abroad programs at host universities while helping students develop as ministry-minded global Christian leaders.

Only the WorldStrides Study+Veritas Programs listed below are approved. 

• Rome, Italy: Semester at the American University of Rome*
  • Live and learn in the heart of Rome and study at The American University of Rome (AUR), a U.S.-accredited institution perched on a hilltop with views of the Eternal City. Students take courses in English across a range of disciplines, including international relations, business, communication, political science, art history, and more. You'll study alongside students from around the world in small, discussion-based classes that emphasize global perspectives and hands-on learning. 
    * Limited capacity program
    
    
• Seville, Spain: Semester at WorldStrides Global Campus
  • This interdisciplinary semester program offers Spanish language and English-taught content courses in international studies, education, and business, open to students of all Spanish levels. You'll study in Seville, at the WorldStrides Global Campus, a city known for its flamenco flair, rich cultural history, and sunny plazas perfect for café studying.

Budapest Semesters in Mathematics (BSM) provides a unique opportunity for North American undergraduates. Through this program, mathematics majors in their junior/senior years may spend fall or spring semester in Budapest and study under the tutelage of eminent Hungarian scholar-teachers. The instructors of BSM are members of Eötvös University, the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the three institutions known for having educated more than half of Hungary’s highly acclaimed mathematicians. BSM classes are held at the College International, a Hungarian-based educational institution focusing on international students studying in Budapest. All courses are taught in English.

CIEE is a non-profit, non-governmental international exchange organization that provides quality, rigorous, study abroad opportunities for students from a wide variety of US colleges and universities.

Only the CIEE Programs listed below are approved. For CIEE programs where ASU online courses are an option, Wheaton College does not approve ASU online courses as part of a study abroad experience. 

• CIEE Semester Intern + Study Abroad Program
  Work and study abroad to gain transferable on-the-job training in your desired industry and host country, expand your professional network, build job skills, and develop a more global perspective!
  
  Students take two courses at the CIEE Study Center, an internship seminar, and complete a part-time internship with an international organization (approximately 20 hours per week) while living in an international city.
  
  • England, London
    London is the United Kingdom’s vibrant, cosmopolitan capital, celebrated for its diverse cultural scene, unique blend of historic tradition and modern innovation, iconic landmarks. Designed for students from many academic backgrounds, the program is the perfect chance to earn credits toward your degree while gaining practical vocational or professional experience.
    
  • Germany, Berlin
    CIEE Berlin is located in the heart of the international Kreuzberg district – a hub for the arts, music, and digital technology. No matter the courses you take during the program, you'll surround yourself with the language, culture, and people of Germany's vibrant and historic capital city.
    
  • Italy, Rome
    Designed for students looking for the opportunity to live, work, and learn in The Eternal City. Students enroll in courses with a local flavor, like language, politics, photography, cuisine, or sustainability initiatives. Build career skills and expand your professional network while immersing yourself in Italian culture!
    
  • Singapore*
    Singapore is a global hub for finance and innovation and offers world-class museums, bustling hawker centers, stylish shopping districts, and lush green spaces. With rich cultural traditions, a diverse food scene, and seamless city connectivity, Singapore study abroad offers a unique blend of learning and work in one of Asia’s ever-evolving cities!
    * New program location for Wheaton College.
    
    

• China, Shanghai: Study on the campus of East China Normal University (ECNU), CIEE's esteemed partner institution. CIEE Shanghai features a library, a student life office, and an academic advising office.
  • Accelerated Chinese Language*
    Students are able to explore Shanghai while also enrolling in courses that focus on rapid language acquisition, designed to move students ahead at least two levels in all four Chinese language skills and facilitate intercultural understanding.
  • Semester in Shanghai*
    Students enroll in a combination of CIEE courses and/or host institution courses. Whether you’re deepening your Mandarin skills or diving into courses to expand your knowledge of China, Shanghai study abroad offers an mix of academic excellence and urban life.
    * Chinese Language & Culture majors or Chinese minors only
    
    
• Costa Rica, Monteverde: Sustainability and the Environment
  Watch your Spanish skills bloom in Monteverde as you dig into today’s pressing environmental issues. Take four required content courses focused on environmental studies and sustainability, as well as a Spanish language course at your placement level at CIEE Global Institute – Monteverde.
  
  
• France, Rennes: Liberal Arts*
  Take classes at the Centre International Rennais d’Etude du Francais pour Etrangers (CIREFE) at Université Rennes II with students from around the world. You can also earn credits teaching English as a foreign language in Rennes’ primary, middle, or high school. Courses are complemented with CIEE co-curricular activities and excursions beyond the city to enhance classroom learning and provide greater intercultural understanding.
  * French majors or minors only 
  
  
• Jordan, Amman: Middle East Studies*  
  Come to Amman and immerse yourself in Middle Eastern history, culture, politics, and language study at CIEE Amman. You can also immerse yourself in university life by directly enrolling at CIEE’s partner school, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT). Select coursework across of range of academic areas, in English, along with Arabic language classes matched to your skill level.
  *Spring semester only

DIS Study Abroad is a non-profit institution offering semester programs taught in English with offers a wide variety of courses with flexible options in building a semester to meet student goals. Students can choose to apply for the Copenhagen or Stockholm semester programs. The intellectually challenging curriculum is broad, cutting edge, and enriched by experiential learning components, including faculty-led study tours across Europe.

* Limited capacity program

IAU's campus is in Aix-en-Provence, a charming university town located in the southern region of France. Local field studies during both semester and summer programs provide students with an enhanced awareness of Provincial culture while giving them a unique and unparalleled French experience. While abroad, students explore Aix and the surrounding regions through courses, field studies, and cultural activities. IAU’s campus in Aix is centrally located in the historic part of town just a few doors down from local French universities, shops, and cafes.

IAU's academic structure resembles that of an American institution. Students can select their courses from a variety of disciplines which are housed in one of IAU's four schools:

• School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• The Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs
• The School of Art
• Center for French Studies (French Honors Program)

IAU allows students ample opportunity to continue their path of study from their home university as well as try something new while abroad.

*Wheaton College students cannot take Global Wine Studies courses at IAU. 

All ISDSI programs and courses feature deep cultural immersion and hands-on learning. Students learn from local experts, villagers, farmers, and indigenous communities.

Culture, Ecology, and Community: Expedition Learning Semester*

• Travel throughout Thailand and spend time immersed in the diverse cultures and ecosystems of Thailand, learning from the people directly involved with creating a more sustainable world. Expedition field courses take students to the remote mountain villages in the North to the islands in the South. Students live with local families, hike, sea kayak, and travel through the landscapes they are studying.
  * Environmental Science majors only

 Society and Culture of Thailand: Semester in Chiang Mai

• This program offers college students an unparalleled opportunity to delve deep into Thailand's rich and vibrant cultural landscapes and artistic heritage in one of the most important crossroads of Southeast Asia. Through a blend of academic coursework and experiential learning, students explore the nuances of Thai traditions, contemporary practices, and social and cultural dynamics. Chiang Mai is a excellent place to learn about not just Thailand, but Southeast Asia more generally, as it has a rich mosaic of cultures from throughout Asia. 
  

Stranmillis, a university college of Queen's University Belfast, is a recognized leader in educational research, teaching and learning. The semester study abroad program offers classroom opportunities and applicable courses in primary and post-primary education, community education, sport, health promotion and youth work. Modules are also offered to enrich students’ understanding of the history, heritage, and culture of Ireland.