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United States and Canada

Note that there is a limited list of special programs available for OCS in the US and Canada.

Fall, spring, or year.
Kenyon students have enrolled in an off-campus semester or year at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. All other historically black colleges are also available for OCS credit. Upon acceptance into these universities, Kenyon students enjoy full student privileges and academic participation. Applications for the schools mentioned above are on file in the Office of International Education in Allen House. Applications to other universities and colleges should be requested directly from the admissions offices of those institutions, following consultation with Kenyon's director of international education. Howard University has a $25 nonrefundable, non-waivable application fee.

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Boston University.
Fall only.
All courses are taught on the Marine Laboratory campus in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Prerequisites are two semesters of introductory biology, one semester of marine biology, three semesters of chemistry, and one semester of mathematics. The director of the program may choose to waive the prerequisites if a student sufficiently demonstrates his or her ability to handle the demands of the program. Courses include lectures, seminars, library research, and laboratory projects; severalcourses include fieldwork as well. Instructors are regular Boston University faculty members and visiting professors from around the world. Housing is in apartments on or off campus, but students are urged to apply for on-campus apartments.

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Association of Episcopal Colleges.
Fall, spring, or year.
Rolling admissions.

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Duke University.
Fall or spring.
Interdisciplinary semester programs in marine sciences are offered in a unique setting located on fifteen acres of Pivers Island, within the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and adjacent to the historic town of Beaufort. The area's system of barrier islands, sounds, and estuaries is well known for its rich flora and fauna and diverse habitats, making the area a haven for those interested in the pursuit of marine science. The Marine Laboratory is an academic community and the programs are limited to eighty students. Before attending, a student should have completed introductory courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics.

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Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
Fall or spring.
A personal or telephone interview is required. This is a one-semester program in theater education. The institute is maintained at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. The program is designed to expose students to the artistic demands of professional theater. It is staffed by professional theater artists, and the standards (and stamina) expected of the students are very high. The course of study consists of seminars, studio work, and workshops in the areas of acting, design, directing, playwriting, puppetry, and musical theater. The weekly class schedule is augmented by an extensive guest-artist program along with additional seminars and workshops in dance movement, lighting, speech, and voice. Field trips are scheduled to Boston, Hartford, New Haven, and New York to attend performances and discuss with actors, directors, and designers their work on the productions. Academic credit (2 units in drama only) is awarded through Connecticut College.

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GLCA/ACM recognized. 3.0 GPA.
Fall only.
This program has competitive entrance requirements. Students pursue interdisciplinary research projects of their own choice and design, drawing on the rich resources of Chicago's Newberry Library collections in the humanities. Simultaneously they participate in a continuing seminar whose subject, announced a year in advance, is broadly related to their research topic. Subjects of seminars in recent years have been "The Self in Context: Explorations of Selfhood in Western Cultures," "The Ruling Taste: Governmental Influence on European and American Culture," and "Love, Marriage, and Family in Western History." Faculty representatives: Pamela Jensen and Roy Wortman.

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GLCA recognized
Fall or spring.
Study the arts in New York City. Opportunities for off-campus study in the arts in New York City are available for Kenyon students through the GLCA New York Arts Program. The program consists of a one-semester assistantship in a wide variety of artistic disciplines including dance, theater, visual arts, writing, publishing, television production, and gallery and museum work, to name just a few. The program offers full Kenyon credit, and housing in the city is provided. A personal interview in New York is required. Participation in a series of program seminars is mandatory.

Students who apply must obtain approval from the art or music department as well as the OCS subcommittee. Students live in a Manhatten townhouse in Chelsea. Faculty representative: Claudia Esslinger.

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GLCA recognized. 3.0 GPA.
Fall only.
This program is designed primarily for first-semester seniors with strong academic backgrounds in their intended fields of research. Students work alongside research scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The program allows students to become intensely involved in current research in the field of their choice: mathematics, natural science, physical science, or social science. Short courses dealing with aspects of the research are offered. Faculty representative: Rosemary Marusak.

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GLCA recognized
Fall or spring.
This is a one-semester liberal-arts program designed to promote the intellectual and professional development of students while they are living in the city and learning in an experience-based as well as a traditional academic context. They use the city and all its resources as a "classroom for learning." Students take courses in such subject areas as architecture, art, justice, philosophy, psychology, women's studies, and urban anthropology. They identify areas of interest and, with the help of faculty members, select from among more than five hundred internship sites for a semester or term placement. The Learning Plan, a goal-oriented document that students design and modify during the semester, provides a structure for integrating work experience with educational, social, and professional-development goals. Approximately seventy-five to one hundred students participate each semester. Faculty representative: Marla Kohlman.

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The Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Fall or spring.

SEA Semester combines intensive research in the areas of oceanography, maritime studies, and nautical science with hands-on experience aboard a traditional sailing ship. SEA Semester is appropriate for students from all majors. Students live at SEA's Woods Hole, Massachusetts campus during the first six weeks and take courses in Oceanography, Nautical Science, and Maritime Studies. While on campus students work with their oceanography professor to create a research project that is appropriate to the student's scientific background and the vessel's intended cruise track. Students spend the second half of the program at sea aboard either Corwith Cramer (Atlantic Ocean) or the Robert C. Seamans (Pacific Ocean). Aboard ship, students directly apply their recently acquired navigational skills. They utilize a state-of-the-art research laboratory, deploying equipment and analyzing data, while living and working aboard a traditional sailing ship. Celestial navigation and practical seamanship, oceanographic sampling techniques and marine laboratory procedures, and maritime history, literature and policy comprise the core curriculum. Critical thinking, problem solving, team-building and leadership skills are emphasized throughout the program. In addition to the traditional SEA Semester, SEA offers a semester for advanced science students focused on "Oceans and Climate" and a semester with a concentration in the humanities and social sciences called "Documenting Change in the Caribbean."

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Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Fall only.
Students immerse themselves in a fifteen-week program of rigorous field and laboratory work, lectures, and independent research providing unique opportunities for hands-on experience and experimentation in environmental and ecosystems sciences. The program entails two core courses that focus on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, one elective, a writing seminar, and an independent project. Electives include aquatic chemistry, ecology and management of wetlands, and modeling in ecosystems. All courses are taught by faculty from the Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole. Students reside at the Marine Biological Laboratory there. They earn the equivalent of 2 Kenyon units. Faculty representative: Siobhan Fennessey.

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American University, Washington, D.C.
Fall or spring.
The program is a blend of seminars that feature policymakers, research that relies on the rich library resources of Washington, D.C., and practical, professional work experience gained in a two-day-per-week internship. Areas of study are American politics, foreign policy, economic policy, international politics and diplomacy, international environment and development, museum studies, justice, peace, and conflict resolution. Kenyon requires that students write a research paper.

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