Off-Campus Study

Lake Forest College believes deeply in the value of studying abroad, and many students pursue such study, especially during the junior year.

Lake Forest College endorses the following outcomes for all study-abroad programs in which our students participate:

  • A challenging academic experience, which includes in-class and related out-of-class learning, such as academically oriented excursions.
  • Increased cultural awareness through immersion, which provides for and encourages regular contact with host country representatives.
  • Personal growth, which includes taking responsibility in an unfamiliar context such as navigating a new geographical space, deciphering cultural interactions, and improving language skills.
  • Reflection and articulation of self-knowledge, which provides evidence or demonstration that students have reflected on their experience abroad, processed the other cultural perspective(s) gleaned from the experience, and compared these perspectives with American and/or other cultural perspectives. This may take place through the exercise of e-journals, participation in the Global Responsibilities Student Symposium, visits to classes, writing articles, taking a post-experience course, or by other means. 

To facilitate the above outcomes, an on-site coordinator will play a critical role in creating the structure necessary for growth and providing a point of contact for dealing with cross-cultural issues and aspects of orientation to the host culture(s).

Lake Forest College offers the following off-campus programs:

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For more detailed information or questions, contact:

Jan Miller, Director of Off-Campus Programs

Student photos from recent study-abroad experiences

Notre Dame, Paris, France