Tentative Timeline:
**Subject to change**
- October 1, 2012 - Applications due, Reference letter due
- October 15 - 19, 2012 - Interviews held
- October 23-30, 2012 - Final decisions made
- Spring semester 2013 - 3-credit RSAP course
- Exams end May 15, 2013
- May 19 - June 2, 2013 - travel through Italy, Switzerland and Germany
The Rising Sophomore Abroad Program (RSAP) combines a semester-long course with a two week in-country experience. The class is designed to introduce students to global teaming and leadership in engineering. The course emphasizes the importance of achieving cultural competency as engineers, as well as the cultural, social and economic aspects of practicing engineering abroad. Students also study historic innovations and modern technology and how different cultures shape today's lives.
By giving students a taste of an international experience and increasing their comfort level with global travel, the program promotes additional, more extended international academic experiences such as internships, study abroad programs, or faculty-led programs. RSAP also allows students the opportunity to make initial contact with an industry or university in another country to further their student experience or career prospects.
RSAP 2013
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Destinations: |
Italy, Switzerland, and Germany |
| Credits: | 3 hours |
| Eligibility: | First-year undergraduate students in engineering may apply. Prerequisite: ENGE 1024. Co-requisite: ENGE 1104 or 1114. |
| Housing: | 2 students to a room in 2- and 3-star hotels |
| Travel Dates | May 19 - June 2, 2013 |
| Cost | approx. $4,000 includes airfare, program fee, lodging, some meals, and in-country travel. Scholarships are available. |
| Deadline | October 1, 2012 |
For more information, please contact the College of Engineering International Programs Office.
Visit the websites designed by the RSAP Ambassador Club for personal accounts of past trips.
Previous Destinations
| 2012 | Germany, Switzerland and Italy |
| 2011 | Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France |
| 2010 | Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France |
| 2009 | Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong |
| 2008 | Germany, Switzerland (including VT campus in Riva san Vitale), Italy, and France |
