General Assembly Unveils New Type of Undergrad Study Abroad Program

By Megan (Weyrauch) Johnson on September 17, 2015

What provides you with a fantastic opportunity to learn foreign languages and to experience the culture of another nation? Studying abroad.

Studying abroad is great and over the past few years, students have also viewed studying abroad as an opportunity to learn more pre-professional skills.

In a move to infuse study abroad with career-building skills and industry immersion, General Assembly is offering study abroad semester and intersession programs for undergrads like you to earn college credits while simultaneously building a valuable skill-set desirable to employers, according to a recent press release.

General Assembly (GA) — the global educational institution building a community of entrepreneurs and professionals through instruction and opportunity in technology, business and design — is accepting applications for both their 10-day Tech Intensive Program and the 16-week Tech Semester Programs.

With 14 campuses around the globe, GA will bring its Tech Semester and Intensive Programs to all its international cities including London, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, and Hong Kong, over the next year.

According to the press release, the two new study abroad programs available to undergrads include one, a 16-week semester program. This program is a 15-credit program featuring 10 weeks of learning top skills desired by employers such as digital marketing, user experience design, front-end web development and product management followed by a six-week internship at a tech company or startup.

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The second new program is a 10-day January term program where you begin with an idea of something you’d like to create and then spend one week in crash courses to learn a variety of technical topics including product management, business strategy and more. You pitch your product prototype to a panel of industry experts for feedback at the end of your program.

Both of these new programs feature cultural and industry immersion including industry excursions where students will hear from designers, developers, business managers and recent grads about their experience utilizing technical skills at work.

“At General Assembly we believe the future of study abroad are experiences that feature both cultural and industry immersion,” said Mercedes Bent, general manager of university programs & partnership at General Assembly.

“We’re combining the best of both worlds – career and cultural exploration. The same curiosity that drives us to explore other cultures drives us to find meaning and passion in our work. GA’s mission is to help students pursue work they love.”

Need some more motivation to apply? Grads that land good jobs will make an average of $45,000, according to the press release, but jobs that require skills learned in General Assembly’s tech semester program like front-end web development and user experience design pay an average of $60,000 for entry level positions.

Established in 2011, General Assembly offers full-time immersive programs, classes, workshops and online educational programming on the most relevant skills of the 21st century economy including web development, user experience design, product management, digital marketing and data science. Find out more about General Assembly on their website.

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