USAC - Your Gateway to the World!

1. You will:

• change your life;
• grow as an individual;
• explore;
• learn about yourself;
• learn different perspectives;
• make new friends;
• find out what is beyond our borders;
• be amazed by the places and people of different values, beliefs, celebrations than your own.

2. Yes, academics will be a part of the experience so you can:

• earn university credit;
• learn a language (up to 2 years of foreign language in 1 semester);
• fulfill major/minor requirements: art, business, communications, education, engineering, history, journalism, language, literature, political science, psychology, etc.;
• select from a wider range of courses than offered at your home university;
• select courses not offered at your home university.

3. Hire me:

• distinguish yourself - having a study abroad experience can make you more marketable than your peers;
• adaptability - you have exhibited the skills to place yourself out of your comfort level and succeed, you can adapt to new situations and surroundings, you can live/work in a multicultural environment and you don't necessarily have to be physically in another country to utilize this valuable trait;
• willing to understand - you recognize that this is a global society and no matter whether you are working abroad, working in the U.S. with people from other countries, communicating via email or by phone with people outside the U.S. on projects, or any other scenario, you will benefit from having been abroad.