Study Abroad
A Grand View education prepares students for successful careers and global citizenship both in their communities and in a diverse and changing world. You can immerse yourself in another culture through an international (study abroad) or domestic (study away) off-campus learning adventure.
Grand View offers a variety of international study abroad and domestic study away programs that engage students in opportunities to enhance their learning beyond the classroom. Travel and learn with Grand View faculty on short-term faculty led programs or spend a summer, semester, or an entire academic year abroad.
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Congratulations! Your student is interested or has made the decision to study abroad. This will be an excellent opportunity for your child to grow personally, inter-culturally, academically, and professionally. Your support and interest will help immensely to his or her success.
As your student explores the study abroad option, let us help answer some of the questions that you might have, assist you in general preparations, and give access to some helpful resources. Throughout the study abroad process parents, guardians, and families can play an important role in the health and safety of participants by helping them make decisions and by influencing their behavior overseas.
Your Next Steps
- Be informed about and involved in the decision of your student to enroll in a particular program.
- Obtain and carefully evaluate your student's program materials, as well as related health, safety, and security information.
- Discuss with your student his or her travel plans and activities that may be independent of the study abroad program.
- Engage your student in a thorough discussion of safety and behavior issues, insurance needs, and emergency procedures related to living abroad.
- Be responsive to requests from the program sponsor for information regarding your student.
- Keep in touch with your student.
- Be aware that your student themselves, rather than the program, may most appropriately provide some information.
Quoted from NAFSA: Association of International Educators Responsible Study Abroad: Good Practices for Health and Safety
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Grand View alumni, friends, and Des Moines community members are invited to participate in Grand View study tours. Grand View study tours are faculty-sponsored programs, that travel between one and four weeks during spring break in March or the month of May. The program courses, locations, and the exact dates vary yearly.
Study tours provide a great opportunity to experience, explore, and learn with Grand View faculty and students in destinations around the world. Grand View students and community members will have the same schedule, briefings, accommodations, and transportation.
Completed applications should be emailed to one of the two faculty sponsors of the study tour to which you are applying. When space is limited, instructors give priority placement on study tours to students who are enrolled for credit at Grand View.
Apply to Study Abroad
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A Closer Look...
Listen below as Raegan Hetrick, a biology pre-veterinary major, shares her experience of her summer internship in South Africa.
Check out these photo galleries from some of our past trips!
Did You Know?
- Studying abroad is a unique, life-changing experience that will help you grow academically and emotionally while preparing you for your professional future in a global community.
- We are committed to guiding you throughout the journey.
- We strive to match each student with a program appropriate to their needs and is compatible with their academics, budget, and desired location.
Make the world your classroom
At Grand View you can make the world your classroom through participating in a short-term, summer, semester, or year-long study abroad program. In addition to earning academic credit, you will add an impressive experience to your resume and gain new perspectives of yourself and the world around you. Participation in an off-campus program will connect you to people, places, and new learning opportunities around the world.
Each year students expand their worldviews, globalize their resume, and gain intercultural competencies essential for the 21st century through participation in off-campus study programs. Employers look for students who are open to new challenges, motivated, and eager to learn – all of which are common characteristics of students who have participated in off-campus study programs.
Off-campus programs engage students in learning experiences that build cross-cultural and workplace skills which enhance career preparation or graduate school applications. Additionally, living in another culture deepens intellectual and personal maturity, fosters independent thinking, builds self-confidence, and increases awareness of the interconnected nature of the world.
Have a Question? I Can Help.
Dr. Heather Brady
Professor of Liberal Arts