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Interested in Study Away?
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
APU partners with Living and Learning International (LLI), who hosts the East Coast Semester Program. This experiential-learning program on the East Coast, is designed to teach, mentor, and prepare you for your future profession. Whether you’re studying business, public health, political science, social work, ministry, or anything in between, we believe this is the place for you to grow and make an impact. Your college courses and customized internship will not only develop you professionally, but you’ll grow in spiritual formation as you see how career and faith go hand-in-hand.
During this semester study away program, students gain hands-on experience and a deeper understanding of how their major can create a lasting impact on the community around them. The Baltimore Urban Study Center allows students to access and learn from communities in Washington D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. LLI provides opportunities for students to live in community, engage the challenges of the world, and learn to respond with a biblical Christian worldview. Students develop a new perspective on urban life as they experience serving on the East Coast!
SEMESTER HIGHLIGHTS
Study and live on the East Coast
Learn from expert educators and clinicians
Intern in fields related to your major
Experiential learning in and outside of the classroom
Excursions to Baltimore's Inner Harbor, the National Mall, and the world-renowned Smithsonian museums in D.C.
Be mentored in spiritual formation
Connections with local churches, clinics, agencies, and community leaders on the East Coast, such as in Washington D.C.
Gain a new perspective on urban life
LLI REQUIRED COURSES
101 Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology (3 Credits)
301 Christian Theology: Contemplative Practices & Social Transformation (3 Credits)
Practicum/Internship Course (Options Below): 1-12 Credits
450 Urban Studies Internship
451 Urban Public Health Practicum
452 Social Work Practicum
LLI ELECTIVE COURSES
*Students can select from the offered electives for 12-18 credits of total courses.
302 Biblical Justice and Reconciliation (3 Credits)
302 Bioethics and Justice (3 Credits)
303 HIV and Applied Principles of Community Psychology (3 Credits)
305 Sociology and History of the East Coast
401/401L Global and Urban Epidemiology with STATA Lab (4 Credits)
402/402L Microbiology and Lab (4 Credits)
403/403L Nutrition Theory with Public Health Nutrition Lab (4 Credits)
LLI INTERNSHIP
The East Coast Semester Program includes a built-in internship opportunity where students will participate in 120-480 hours of internship work in community health clinics and agencies on the East Coast. The Urban Public Health course accompanied by the internship provides a seminar-based model of learning for students to process and gain constructivist learning from their three months of individualized internship experiences through academic readings, seminar discussions, and reflective writing assignments.
Students will need to seek advising from their APU academic department's internship coordinator if they are interested in receiving APU credit for their LLI internship. Students will need to request this information in advance and are responsible for starting the process.
APU REQUIREMENTS
APU prerequisites are mandatory.
Students must maintain full-time enrollment status (minimum 12 credits).
Select only courses that are connected to your APU degree in order to maintain all financial aid.
Students are not allowed to take APU online courses unless designated in program elective offerings.
Students are automatically enrolled in APU's GLBL 425 course the semester AFTER the program.
Registration is all through your APU Account. Upon acceptance, students will be granted access to register for study away sections of the courses.
TRANSFER CREDIT & COURSE SUBSTITUTION
Students will need to complete a Transfer Credit & Course Substitution (TCCS) Form to transfer course credit and/or internship credit to APU credits.
A TCCS Form will be required for courses not already approved by APU. Submitted forms go through all academic required departments and results (approvals or denials) are emailed back to students. Results from the TCCS process must be obtained prior to departure so you only take courses that count towards your degree. Keep the results so you have proof of how your program courses will count once you complete them.
PROGRAM COSTS: 2025 - 2026
Program Costs Charged to Student's APU Account
$16,800 - LLI Tuition & Program Costs (Housing & Some Meals)
$350 - APU UG University Service Fee
$50 - APU Study Away Fee
$755* - (Optional) APU Health Fee/Medical Insurance
Out-of-Pocket Expenses (Students Pay Directly)
Airfare, some meals, optional excursions, souvenirs, etc.
$50 - housing security deposit
$75 - application fee
*Regular APU student health insurance & waiving options apply.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Charges - See above.
Financial Aid - See below.
Federal Aid: Yes, automatically applied like regular semester.
State Aid: Yes, automatically applied like regular semester.
APU Institutional Aid: No, APU institutional aid is manually removed for your East Coast Semester and then automatically reinstated for following semester(s). APU Institutional Aid includes aid such as President's/Dean's/Provost's/Director's/Founder's/M.E.L. scholarships, Fac/Staff Award, Honors/APU Grants, etc. Since students are going to a non-APU program, APU Institutional Aid cannot be used. In recognition of the financial challenges this creates, APU has agreed to charge students the lower program tuition cost instead of APU tuition. We recognize this does not cover all differences, but it is meant to assist with the cost.
APU Catalog Financial Aid Policy for the East Coast Semester Program. Access all related policies here.
Payment Due Dates - Same as regular APU semester payment due dates.
ADVISING ROLES & RESOURCES
Program - Consult with Living & Learning International for all questions about the program and items they need from you.
APU Study Away - Consult with APU CCEL Study Away to explore which program is the best fit for you. Accepted students are provided a canvas site that will have all preparation materials including information on how to register, program charges, etc.
APU Academic Advising - Make an appointment with Academic Advising (APU Academic Success Center or Faculty Advisor) to make sure the program you are interested in has the courses to keep you on track to graduate on time. Reference the course information on this site.
APU Student Services Center - Consult your account specialist with any financial aid questions. Reference the program costs, charges & financial aid information on this site.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Program Application - Complete the East Coast Semester Application with Living & Learning International.
Advisor Form - Part of the LLI application includes a form you will need to have processed by APU Study Away. Please allow up to 2 weeks.
For any forms your program needs you to get APU Study Away signatures, send them to studyaway@apu.edu.
Application Response - The program will communicate if they accept you as a participant. However, before committing to the program, we advise confirming APU program advising, APU academic advising and APU financial advising.
Study Away 101 Completion - If accepted, you will be sent a link to self-enroll in the APU Study Away Canvas course to complete all APU forms/preparation.
PROGRAM TYPE - Type #1, APU Approved Semester Program
PROGRAM & TERM STATUS - The East Coast Semester Program is offered both fall and spring terms. Applications are now open for the next term.
“My academic journey was greatly impacted by my study away experience! I loved the opportunity to learn in an unconventional classroom and then participate in the things we learned throughout the community. I am very thankful to have had professors who cared about me and loved me deeply. Studying and growing in knowledge as a family is something I have never quite experienced before. The concepts we learned in Community Development are things that have carried over in the way I view the world.”
- Sara, Sociology Major
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