Australia Studies Program
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Since Spring 2004, the CCCU has partnered with the Wesley Institute for Ministry and the Arts in Sydney, Australia to offer the Australian Studies Centre. Through the semester, students study theology, global justice issues affecting Australia, indigenous cultures and the arts. Every student is required to take the courses Indigenous History, Culture & Identity and The View from Australia: Issues in Religion, Politics, Economics & Cultural Values. Additionally, students choose from electives in theology/ministry, music, drawing/graphic design, dance and/or drama. Home stays, service learning and travel around Australia are important components of the ASC. Students observe Australia’s beautiful landscape, live in the cosmopolitan melting pot of Sydney, serve the poor of Sydney’s multi-cultural ghettos, and engage the political capital Canberra and its power players. Students also come to know the traditions of Aboriginal people during an Outback excursion and spend the last week of each semester traveling to New Zealand to meet with Maori people. ASC students receive 16 semester hours of credit.
Program Contact: Monica Hardy, Provost Office (214-333-5377)
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