Every DIS student enrolls in a Core Course, which serves as the backbone of their academics. During your semester with DIS, you travel with your Core Course on two faculty-led Study Tours, where you, alongside your teacher and classmates, venture outside of your home city to explore your academics from a European perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Study Tours can take many shapes, but they all include opportunities to engage with hands-on learning activities, to see how your academic topic takes shape in real world situations, and to explore new places, cultures, and perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Core Course Week and Short Study Tour<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\nCore Course Week happens early in your DIS semester. After you\u2019ve had a few weeks to adjust to a new schedule and settle into your new home, this entire week is dedicated entirely to your Core Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Together with your faculty and classmates, you will spend two days further exploring your home city and three days out on a Study Tour within Sweden, Denmark, or a neighboring country. Throughout the week, you\u2019ll dive deeper into your Core Course\u2019s academic material, visiting experts and academically relevant locations, all while growing closer with your faculty and classmates through fun, cultural experiences and meals shared together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nEven after the first day of the Study Tour, I began creating closer friendships with people from my class. Before the trip, I was a little hesitant to hop on a bus at 7 am and travel with people I met 3 weeks prior, but I ended up having so much fun. Obviously, it\u2019s not unusual to make friends with people you have classes with, but traveling with them and experiencing new cultures together is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\nTaylor, University of Minnesota<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nFind more perspectives on Core Course Week: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\nTaylor, University of Minnesota, International Financial Management (DIS Copenhagen): Core Course Week: ferries, finance, and new friends<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nRaelyn, American University, Precision Medicine (DIS Stockholm): Core Course Week in Lund, Copenhagen, and Stockholm<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Raelyn-1.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1\")
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<\/figure>\nAru, Furman University, Sustainable Development in Northern Europe (DIS Copenhagen): Core Course Week travels: is Denmark really so sustainable?<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nIzzy, Providence College, Positive Psychology (DIS Stockholm): Goteborg goods<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Izzy-1.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nLong Study Tour<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nLater in the semester, all Core Courses travel out into Europe for five days on a week-long Study Tour. Your destination will depend on your Core Course, and it will have direct relevance to the topic of your studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whether you end up traveling to Greenland to see the impacts of climate change from atop a glacial ice sheet, visiting southern Greece to study modern European refugee law, or probing the neuroscience of emotion through art and food in Paris, your long Study Tour will put your classroom learning into a brand new context that is specially designed to connect your academics to real world implementations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nStudying abroad is fantastic because you get to learn in and about an area of the world you never would have experienced otherwise. What\u2019s even better about DIS specifically is that whatever you\u2019re mainly learning about, they\u2019ll just\u2026 take you to the place that has all the cool stuff about that topic! It\u2019s a really tailored experience that allows all of us to interactively learn about the stuff we really love.\u201d<\/p>\nAVA, Davidson College<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nHear more from Student Bloggers: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MG_6577-1.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\nEmma, Northeastern University, Neuroscience of Emotion (DIS Stockholm): Voulez vous<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAva, Davidson College, Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema (DIS Copenhagen): Long Study Tour: Prague\/Vienna extravaganza<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ava.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1\")
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<\/figure>\nJacques, Vassar College, European Security Dilemmas (DIS Stockholm): Returning to the little things: Long Study Tour edition<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nJune, Pomona College, Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law (DIS Copenhagen): Letter 11: Week-long Study Tour to Lesvos, Greece<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/June.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBeyond the Core Course: Electives, Field Studies, and career-focused learning <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nEven though your Core Course is a hugely important part of your semester, that isn\u2019t all that distinguishes the DIS academic model. You also have a broad range of elective courses that you can use to bolster your Core Course with a similar academic focus, or you can try something completely different with your time abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Field Studies<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\nEvery DIS course, both Core Courses and electives, has two Field Studies during your semester. These Field Studies occur on Wednesdays, when no recurring classes are scheduled, and are a special opportunity for your class to visit interesting academic sites throughout your home city. You might visit a museum, a local business, a nonprofit institution, or take a guided walk through a neighborhood. Field Studies provide a great chance to connect to your city in new ways and see your studies in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI loved how our Wednesdays were blocked for two Field Studies per course throughout the semester to gain various experiences in the city. The consistency of engaging in weekly outskirts and seeing more of Copenhagen was a HUGE reason why I loved my experience so much at DIS and ultimately fell in love with the city.\u201d<\/p>\nShantika, Johns Hopkins University<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nRead recaps of students\u2019 Field Studies below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Shantika.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\nShantika, Johns Hopkins University, DIS Copenhagen: Reminiscing: my Field Studies<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nElise, George Washington University, DIS Stockholm: Field Study roundup<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Elise-1.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nHands-on learning<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nEven when you aren\u2019t out on a Field Study or Study Tour, DIS faculty work to make everyday classes an engaging and exciting experience. This might mean bringing LEGOs into the classroom to model greenhouse emissions, or taking the classroom out into local neighborhoods to study local cultures through direct observation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, you will still have classic lectures and readings as part of many of your classes, but at DIS, these are only one piece within the larger academic mosaic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIn my Sustainable Food class, we utilized a childhood favorite, LEGOs, in order to construct a model of the greenhouse gas emissions produced from pork. The information feels astronomically easier to retain when I myself have been apart of the design process, as opposed to trying to recall a graph I saw once as a professor rapidly flipped through a lecture slideshow.\u201d<\/p>\nSadie, Wellesley College<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Sadie.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n Sadie, Wellesley College, DIS Copenhagen: Learning with LEGOs, eating mold, and board games in the classroom<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nKenzie, Tulane University, DIS Stockholm: Study abroad! Emphais on study<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FA23_STO_Kenzie-2.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1\")
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<\/figure>\nMelanie, Vanderbilt University, DIS Copenhagen: Diving in headfirst<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nCurious to learn more?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
>> Build your Semester at DIS Stockholm<\/a>
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Even after the first day of the Study Tour, I began creating closer friendships with people from my class. Before the trip, I was a little hesitant to hop on a bus at 7 am and travel with people I met 3 weeks prior, but I ended up having so much fun. Obviously, it\u2019s not unusual to make friends with people you have classes with, but traveling with them and experiencing new cultures together is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\nTaylor, University of Minnesota<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Find more perspectives on Core Course Week: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Taylor, University of Minnesota, International Financial Management (DIS Copenhagen): Core Course Week: ferries, finance, and new friends<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Raelyn, American University, Precision Medicine (DIS Stockholm): Core Course Week in Lund, Copenhagen, and Stockholm<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div> Aru, Furman University, Sustainable Development in Northern Europe (DIS Copenhagen): Core Course Week travels: is Denmark really so sustainable?<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Izzy, Providence College, Positive Psychology (DIS Stockholm): Goteborg goods<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div> Later in the semester, all Core Courses travel out into Europe for five days on a week-long Study Tour. Your destination will depend on your Core Course, and it will have direct relevance to the topic of your studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you end up traveling to Greenland to see the impacts of climate change from atop a glacial ice sheet, visiting southern Greece to study modern European refugee law, or probing the neuroscience of emotion through art and food in Paris, your long Study Tour will put your classroom learning into a brand new context that is specially designed to connect your academics to real world implementations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Studying abroad is fantastic because you get to learn in and about an area of the world you never would have experienced otherwise. What\u2019s even better about DIS specifically is that whatever you\u2019re mainly learning about, they\u2019ll just\u2026 take you to the place that has all the cool stuff about that topic! It\u2019s a really tailored experience that allows all of us to interactively learn about the stuff we really love.\u201d<\/p>\nAVA, Davidson College<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Hear more from Student Bloggers: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Emma, Northeastern University, Neuroscience of Emotion (DIS Stockholm): Voulez vous<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Ava, Davidson College, Modern Frames: European Art and Cinema (DIS Copenhagen): Long Study Tour: Prague\/Vienna extravaganza<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div> Jacques, Vassar College, European Security Dilemmas (DIS Stockholm): Returning to the little things: Long Study Tour edition<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n June, Pomona College, Fleeing Across Borders: International Refugee Law (DIS Copenhagen): Letter 11: Week-long Study Tour to Lesvos, Greece<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div> Even though your Core Course is a hugely important part of your semester, that isn\u2019t all that distinguishes the DIS academic model. You also have a broad range of elective courses that you can use to bolster your Core Course with a similar academic focus, or you can try something completely different with your time abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every DIS course, both Core Courses and electives, has two Field Studies during your semester. These Field Studies occur on Wednesdays, when no recurring classes are scheduled, and are a special opportunity for your class to visit interesting academic sites throughout your home city. You might visit a museum, a local business, a nonprofit institution, or take a guided walk through a neighborhood. Field Studies provide a great chance to connect to your city in new ways and see your studies in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I loved how our Wednesdays were blocked for two Field Studies per course throughout the semester to gain various experiences in the city. The consistency of engaging in weekly outskirts and seeing more of Copenhagen was a HUGE reason why I loved my experience so much at DIS and ultimately fell in love with the city.\u201d<\/p>\nShantika, Johns Hopkins University<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Read recaps of students\u2019 Field Studies below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shantika, Johns Hopkins University, DIS Copenhagen: Reminiscing: my Field Studies<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Elise, George Washington University, DIS Stockholm: Field Study roundup<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div> Even when you aren\u2019t out on a Field Study or Study Tour, DIS faculty work to make everyday classes an engaging and exciting experience. This might mean bringing LEGOs into the classroom to model greenhouse emissions, or taking the classroom out into local neighborhoods to study local cultures through direct observation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, you will still have classic lectures and readings as part of many of your classes, but at DIS, these are only one piece within the larger academic mosaic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In my Sustainable Food class, we utilized a childhood favorite, LEGOs, in order to construct a model of the greenhouse gas emissions produced from pork. The information feels astronomically easier to retain when I myself have been apart of the design process, as opposed to trying to recall a graph I saw once as a professor rapidly flipped through a lecture slideshow.\u201d<\/p>\nSadie, Wellesley College<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Sadie, Wellesley College, DIS Copenhagen: Learning with LEGOs, eating mold, and board games in the classroom<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Kenzie, Tulane University, DIS Stockholm: Study abroad! Emphais on study<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div> Melanie, Vanderbilt University, DIS Copenhagen: Diving in headfirst<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n >> Build your Semester at DIS Stockholm<\/a> Academics at DIS will probably look a bit different than they do at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50529668,"featured_media":33995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7847,681700846,681700843],"tags":[35197185,681701151,31617,1911013,6590,681700824,552899,58037,7824,139677,857216],"class_list":["post-33956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-experiential-learning","category-student-voices","tag-academics-2","tag-blogger-digest","tag-copenhagen","tag-core-course","tag-denmark","tag-europe-as-your-classroom","tag-field-study","tag-scandinavia","tag-stockholm","tag-study-abroad","tag-study-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SP24_STO_5_Swedish-Field-Study_Matt-Lim.jpg?fit=4000%2C4000&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3yXPo-8PG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50529668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33956"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34028,"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33956\/revisions\/34028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoverstudyabroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/figure><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nLong Study Tour<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Field Studies<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nHands-on learning<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nCurious to learn more?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
>> Build your Semester at DIS Copenhagen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"