Hi there! I read about your experience in Copenhagen and wanted to find out more since I may be studying there during the spring semester. I will also be taking the European Clinical Psychology and Human Sexuality courses. First off, how were those courses in terms of difficulty? Can you also explain to me about the study tour? I also saw that you stayed with a host family during your abroad experience, which is what I also plan on doing. How did that process go? Thank you!
HI!
I want to first start off by saying I took ECP and Psychology of Human Sexuality with Karina Lins! I can only speak for these classes, and I don’t know how difficult the other sexuality courses are! What I want to say for both is that if you study, you’ll do well. They’re not DIFFICULT, but they’re both definitely not an easy A classes. You’ll have to sit down, read the material, and go over it to do well. Also, I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend taking Karina’s classes! She’s actually one of my favorite professors ever.
So there are 2 study tours! There’s a short one and a long one. The short one is a few weeks into your semester, and you spend a few days exploring Western Denmark with your core class! The whole week is the study tour, but you’re only gone for a few days and for the rest, you’re at DIS, having discussions/seminars (what I had). It’s a great way to get to know your core class, cause you’ll be spending a lot of time with them during the long study tour! Okay, so for the long study tour, you spend a week most likely in another country with your core class! Some core classes go to two different countries, but mine (ECP) only went to one, which was totally fine! You basically visit different places that are related to your core class, but you also have cultural visits, which are for fun. ECP with Karina usually goes to Vienna, Austria, and it was a really really great experience.
I can honestly say that my favorite part about Denmark was staying with a host family. I was blessed to be with people who I got along really well with! I rarely heard of people who didn’t like their host family situation, but I’m sure it happens. It’s really great because you don’t feel TOTALLY alone, if you understand what I’m saying. But you might want to take the time it takes to commute to DIS into consideration. It took me an hour and 15 minutes to get to DIS, and I thought it was worth it because of my host family, but you might not. Bottom line, I TOTALLY recommend staying with a host family. It’s the best.
I am SO EXCITED for your future time in Denmark! It truly is a wonderful place, and you’ll get to learn a lot about yourself. Good luck, and let me know if you have anymore questions!