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Overview

AIFS Abroad offers a unique global educational experience for students on this program, with placements and coursework to suit a variety of interests.

Optional credit is available for AIFS Internship Programs.

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Environmental Studies

This researcher’s academic areas focus on political and social science as it relates to environmental studies, specifically social class inequalities and environmental protests in Southern European countries. Previous interns have been responsible for assisting with developing research proposals and grant applications, conducting research and literature reviews, and collecting an analyzing data.

Graphic Design

This graphic design agency takes immense pride in cultivating close, interactive relationships with its clients, recognizing that collaboration is key to achieving outstanding design outcomes. By working one-on-one with each client, the agency ensures a deep understanding of their unique needs, aspirations, and brand identities. This personalized approach allows them to tailor their services specifically to each client’s vision and objectives, fostering a creative partnership that drives success.The agency’s commitment to providing an exceptional design service goes beyond just delivering visuals; they focus on creating meaningful connections and effective communication throughout the design process.

Interior Design

This interior design internship offers hands-on experience with a company that provides real-time, online design support. Interns will work closely with Junior and Senior Designers to support project goals and client satisfaction.

Intern tasks may include:
– Following up with clients to gather necessary information for pre-modeling
– Preparing resources for development sessions
– Modeling vendor items in SketchUp
– Classifying models by type, style, and budget
– Creating final renders post-session for client presentations

Marketing

This company offers health and wellness coaching for the mind and body. They work with direct clients, businesses, athletes, and artists. Previous interns have been responsible for assisting with newsletters for clients, creating content for social media, and promoting the company and its wellness methods on social networks.

The Barcelona Festival of Song is a music festival that celebrates songwriting and performance, particularly focusing on the Catalan and Spanish music scenes. Established in the 1960s, the festival originally aimed to promote and revive the traditional music of Catalonia and has evolved to include contemporary genres and artists. The event typically features a diverse lineup of performers, including both established and emerging artists, and includes competitions for songwriters. It serves as a platform for cultural expression, fostering creativity and collaboration within the music community. The festival attracts both local and international audiences, contributing to Barcelona’s vibrant cultural landscape.

NGO/Non-Profit

This NGO is a community-based organization dedicated to combating school pregnancy-based discrimination and promoting gender equality in education. Since its establishment in 2021, it has reached hundreds of pregnant girls and young mothers, empowering them to continue their education. The organization offers a comprehensive approach that includes raising awareness, providing legal aid, and offering day-care services. Additionally, they deliver psycho-social support and financial assistance to help alleviate economic burdens. By fostering supportive communities and advocating for systemic change, the NGO aims to create equitable educational opportunities for all, ensuring that every girl can succeed regardless of her circumstances.

Courses

AIFS Abroad Internship Course

Course Code: GE 298

Instruction Language: English

Students will engage in a work experience with organizations in a wide variety of fields. The experience is designed to be relevant to the student’s academic pursuits, personal development, and professional preparation. The internship is a substantive career development experience and provides students with the opportunity to gain experience in workplace settings and to translate classroom learning into practice. The intent is for the student to be exposed to business ideas and concepts while being mentored. Doing analysis, contributing to decisions, and communicating meaningful ideas should form the bulk of the work, although some low skill work (for example, data entry and making phone calls) can be a part of the assignment. At the end of the internship experience, students will be able to reflect on their personal and professional growth and begin seeing themselves on their career path.

Course Code: GE 301

Instruction Language: English

This course is intended to help students gain an understanding of the Attributes Employers Want to See on New College Graduates’ Resumes as defined by industry assessment conducted by the World Economic Forum. Learning and developing these attributes will increase students’ marketability to future global employers, contribute to their leadership capacity and their ability to attain professional success in a global economy.

Course Code: GE 302

Instruction Language: English

Students will learn to identify culture, cultural differences and how to navigate a multicultural workplace. They will build their own intercultural competence in terms of their own awareness, skills, and knowledge as a necessary basis for learning about communication in the global workplace, especially as it may be applied to their host country and their individual internship experience. Students will have the opportunity to identify underlying cultural concepts and how these impact workplace practices and communication so that they may develop their own competencies in the workplace and apply these new understandings to their own internship experience.

Academic Credit & Transcripts

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Credit Transfer

As a part of the AIFS application for semester programs, you will complete a Course Approval Form, which will be signed off by your study abroad office staff and/or faculty at your university.

For J Term/Summer programs, no such approval form is needed; however, students are still responsible for ensuring credit can be brought back from their overseas program.
In any case, we recommend getting additional courses approved in case you need to change courses while abroad.

Overseas universities do not use the credit system employed by American institutions. AIFS students must make special arrangements to transfer credits, but since AIFS courses are given at recognized universities or the AIFS Centers (which are transcripted by Fairfield University), there usually is no difficulty in arranging transfer credit toward U.S. degrees provided the proper procedure is followed.

European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Many of the European institutions that AIFS works with award credits under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). ECTS enables cooperating institutions to measure and compare a student’s performance and facilitates the transfer of credits from the European institution to the U.S institution.

Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

Language levels are defined according to the CEFR and will be listed on your transcript on completion of the program. CEFR organizes language proficiency into six levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) which can be regrouped into three broad levels according to the needs of the local institution: Beginner: A1, A2/U.S. Level 100; Intermediate: B1, B2/U.S. Level 200-300; Advanced: C1, C2/U.S. Level 400

Transcripts

When you complete your program, an official transcript is sent to your home institution directly from AIFS Abroad or the host university. Another official transcript may be retained by AIFS Abroad in Stamford, but this is not the case for all programs. Please contact transcripts@aifs.com to find out how to request additional transcripts.

Generally, your school should receive your transcript 60 days after completion of the program. (Cannes Semester programs, Perth, Sydney, Dublin, Limerick, and Wellington Programs exception: Transcripts issued and retained by the host universities. Transcripts for the Cannes Semester programs are issued by Chapman University.)

Transcripts may come without an English-language translation, so participants will need to organize translations with their home university.

Academic Records

Credit assessment methods in overseas universities may not be comparable to those in U.S. universities. Grading may involve exams, papers, individual projects, class discussion or some combination of these. Although academic institutions abroad may grade on a variety of scales, admissions counselors and registrars at U.S. institutions are familiar with international grading systems and can convert grades.

Course Selection

AIFS Program Advisors are available to assist you in the process. The following procedure is recommended:

Read course descriptions for the selected program and select courses. Obtain approval from your academic or study abroad advisor for the preliminary courses selected. Final approval of credit transfer for completed courses is at the discretion of the Registrar or appropriate official at the home institution. Students must ascertain that courses taken meet their individual academic program requirements. Recommended credits in this catalog are based on 15 classroom hours per semester credit.

I would absolutely recommend this program. The trip has been such a positive experience. Wonderful program!

AIFS has a lot to offer. The more I talked to American students from other programs, the more I realized that AIFS was clearly the best choice

This program opened my eyes to a culture and society I knew very little about. I made great friends and had a fabulous time during the process. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.

OPTIONAL CREDIT IS AVAILABLE FOR AIFS INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS.

If you would like to earn academic credit for your internship and your university does not offer academic credit for your internship, it’s possible that you can receive transfer credit through our School of Record, Fairfield University.

AIFS Abroad interns have the option to receive up to 12 credits during a full summer or semester program, which is done through credit-bearing internships and online coursework. AIFS Abroad is able to share detailed syllabi to both students and advisors upon request.

There is an additional fee for full-time interns to enroll in AIFS Abroad Internship Coursework.

One course: $1,200
Two courses: $2,400
Three courses: $3,600

Transcripts will include Fairfield letter grade and credit. Your university academic advisor or study abroad advisor will determine how the credit transfers back for your coursework.

Learn more about earning credits for an internship abroad.

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Select Your Program Option:

Overview

Optional credit is available for AIFS Internship Programs.

Placement examples

Environmental Studies

Graphic Design

Interior Design

Marketing

NGO/Non-Profit

Courses

AIFS Abroad Internship Course