At F&M, Off-Campus Study:

• Is an experience seamlessly connected with a student's entire education before, during, and after the time spent off campus (as opposed to a “term away from campus”)

• Should be connected to students’ future academic and career plans and goals

• Is a process that requires significant intentional planning and reflective thinking

• Is a platform for students to practice and develop important skills to help them transition from F&M into independent and successful lives and careers

By studying off campus while at F&M, we hope that students:

• Become informed, open-minded, and responsible, while developing attentiveness to diversity across the spectrum of differences

• Develop an understanding of how actions affect both local and global communities, and subsequently identify personal strategies to effect change

• Identify and address the world’s most pressing and enduring issues collaboratively and equitably