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Course ID:	ETAP 4510/6510. 3 hours.
Course Title:	Children and Schools Abroad and in the United States
Course Description:	Examination of childhood in the study-abroad program host nation and the United States to understand differences and similarities in early childhood education and schooling; emphases vary by host nation.
Athena Title:	CHILD ABROAD & US
Equivalent Courses:	Not open to students with credit in ESSE 4510/6510
Nontraditional Format:	The course will include both seminar meetings and multiple visits to schools, day-care centers, and other venues for early childhood learning in the study-abroad host nation. Undergraduate students will read four books or the equivalent in other scholarly literature, write journal entries related to their observations and reflections, and prepare a final seminar paper of five to eight pages that integrates their seminar work and their immersion in the culture and educational institutions of the host nation. Graduate students will read six books or the equivalent in other scholarly literature and write a ten to fifteen page final research-based seminar paper on a topic related to the seminar work.
Semester Course Offered:	Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System:	A-F (Traditional)

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