Macalester's comprehensive list of recommended study abroad options currently numbers about 65 overseas and 10 domestic recommendations. The list is reviewed and updated annually; all programs are selected for fit with the Macalester curriculum and the Study Abroad Mission Statement, as well as excellence in the standards of good practice for off-campus study.
- Recommended Programs listed by Major
The Evaluation Criteria for the selection of Recommended Programs:
- Prospects for enduring high-quality teaching and an academic environment conducive to study abroad learning in an intellectually challenging atmosphere with other well-qualified and highly motivated students.
- Academic courses that draw on the strengths and distinctive resources of the host instiution and/or local environment.
- Tightness of fit and complementarity between learning abroad and learning on-campus in the major.
- Opportunities for high-quality language instruction (in non-Anglophone countries).
- Evidence of consistently good education experiences by Macalester students and/or recommendations by other high-quality internationalist liberal arts colleges.
- Prospects for Macalester influence in helping improve the intellectual, cross-cultural, and foreign language components of the program for our purposes (e.g. through representation on boards, program reviews, faculty exchanges, consortia assesments).
- Evidence of program professionalism and responsibility with regard to study safety.
- Level of student access to and involvement in cross-cultural opportunities to help extend students' international and intercultural perspectives.
- Significant opportunities for students of the liberal arts to develop and apply specific knowledge and skills in another cultural context.
- An on-site program staff available and competent to assist international students.
- Reasonable cost for education gained.
