Getting Started

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Must be at least 18 years old for most trips
  • Enroll in at least one course associated with the trip,  or the non-credit option
  • Minimum 2.0 GPA and in good academic standing
  • No discipline record on file

 THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE STUDYING ABROAD:

  • Will share a room with 1 – 3 people
  • Extensive walking and/or hiking typically involved
  • Flights –  Long transcontinental flight or small planes may be used for short flights
  • Public transportation may include train and ferry
  • Foreign hotels may not have air conditioning and the elevators may be very small if one at all

 HOW TO APPLY:

For additional information please contact Kim Simpson at ksimpson@polk.edu or 863.669.4917.