International Studies

The International Studies Program is built on the supposition that every full-time student should be presented with the opportunity to have an international education experience. This is in keeping with our mission statement of "preparing students to be servant leaders in a global society".

• SBU offers opportunities for one semester of study overseas or at other locations within the United States.

• Arrangement for tuition, fees and transfer of credit is managed through SBU.  Students must pay application fee to study abroad program.  Students may receive one semester of financial aid.

• Most programs require a student to have completed two years of university-level study.

• Grade point average of 2.75.

• Completed English Composition II or Honors English.  If the language of the host country is other than English, students must have sufficient command of the language to benefit from lectures or be enrolled in a language instruction program in the host country.

• Courses to be taken overseas must be approved by the major adviser and the director of external studies.

• All courses must be taken for letter grades and will be posted to the student's transcript once the student requests an official transcript.

Many programs are available for studying abroad.  An * denotes a cooperative agreement or affiliation.

• Abroadco *
• American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS) *
• Arcadia University (Center for Education Abroad)
• AustraLearn *
• Azusa Oxford Semester (AOS), Azusa Pacific University *
• Bestsemester.com (Council for Christian Colleges and Universities--CCCU) *
• British Council USA
• Butex
• Consortium for Global Education (CGE)
*
• Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
• Cultural Experiences Abroad (CEA) *
• DBS Study Abroad (Dublin, Ireland) *
• Netherlandic Studies Program in Contemporary Europe (N-SPICE), Dordt College *
• Focus on the Family (Colorado) *
• Global Learning Semesters (GLS) *
• Goldsmiths, University of London *
• Hong Kong Baptist University *
• Oxford Study Abroad Programme, England *
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, Spain
• Schiller International University (SIU)
• Semester In Spain (Trinity Christian College) *
• Universidad de Salamanca, Spain *
• University of Glasgow, Scotland
• University of Leicester, England *
• University of Manchester, England
• University of Newcastle, Australia *
• University of St. Andrews, Scotland *
• University of Warwick, England
• University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) *

Director of External Studies
1600 University Avenue
Bolivar, MO  65613
Phone:  (417) 328-1689
Fax:  (417) 328-2091