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The three- and four-week study tours are traditionally the most popular option in the John Belk International Program. They offer an international experience in which the Belk Program covers the major expenses — air and ground transportation, accomodations with breakfast, and admission to
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| museums and historic sites — so that students can participate at relatively low additional costs to themselves. Not included are most lunches and dinners and incidental expenses. The study tours are led by full-time faculty members who have special interests and/or experience in the areas visited.
In 2004, there were seven study tours — the month-long environmental studies program and six others:
- the Grand Tour of Great Cities (London, Bastogne, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Irdning and Salzburg)
- the original Italian Study Tour (the Amalfi Coast, Capri, Rome, the Tuscan hill towns, Siena, Florence and Venice)
- the new Study Tour to Australia
- the special Study Tour to China and Tibet
- The Best of France and Britain
- the winter Study Tour to Rome and Florence
In past years, students have participated in other study tours to:
- Ireland
- France
- Greece
- Poland, eastern Germany and the Czech Republic
- Spain
- Korea
Before a Queens student can go on a study tour, he or she must pass a preparation course which meets during the prior semester. Students learn about the history, geography, politics, and culture of the country or countries they will visit; they earn academic credit for the preparation course and for the study tour itself.
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