Live, study, and worship together for one semester in your sophomore year with fellow students and a professor at Westfield House in Cambridge, England—one of the world’s oldest and most famous university towns.

Live Together
Live together in a university setting that has existed since 1209.

Traveling
You will spend a full semester in the fall or spring in Cambridge. Trips around England are offered in connection with certain courses. You will have a one- or two-week mid-semester break to trek around the United Kingdom and Europe with other students.

Housing
You will live with other students in Luther Hall and other houses near Westfield House.

Food
Each hall or house has a full kitchen where you can prepare your own meals. Grocery stores, a daily outdoor market, and a wealth of restaurants are within walking distance.

Study Together
Study together some of the world’s greatest works of literature and art in one of the world’s finest intellectual and cultural cities.

Campus
Classes are held in Westfield House, which has a library, lecture rooms and a common meeting area. Lectures by University of Cambridge professors are given in various colleges. You may use the University Library, too.

Faculty
Classes — taught in the Cambridge style of small seminar discussions, individual supervisions, and plenary lectures — are led by a Concordia University, Irvine professor and professors from Westfield House. You can also attend lectures by highly-accomplished scholars at the University of Cambridge in connection with some of your classes.

Courses and Credits
A total of 16 units are awarded by Concordia University, Irvine for successfully completing this program. Fifteen (15) units fulfill Core English 201, Core History 201, Global Perspectives, Performing and Visual Arts, and Theology requirements in the General Education program.
1.       British Life and Culture (1 unit)
2.       Explorations in English Literature (3 units)
3.       The West and the World (3 units)
4.       Global Perspectives course (3 units)
5.       Christianity and the Arts (3 units)
6.       Introduction to the Old Testament (3 units) 
or
Introduction to the New Testament (3 units)
Some course alternatives may be sought with the exception of British Life and Culture, Explorations in English Literature, and The West and the World.

Worship Together
Worship together at a center of the English Reformation and in its medieval chapels, churches, and cathedrals.

Chapel
Daily chapel is held each morning at Resurrection Lutheran Church next to Westfield House. Choral Evensong — a classic Cambridge chapel tradition—occurs every evening at several colleges, including King's College.

Admission
All Concordia University, Irvine students from any major or program may apply. Students must achieve and maintain a 3.0+ GPA to attend. Accepted students are mature, self-disciplined, culturally open, civil, and desire to live, study, and worship together.

Students will pay CUI tuition and housing. Students will need to pay for food abroad and airfare.

For more information about Concordia's Cambridge Program, please contact Dr. Scott Ashmon, Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Education, at scott.ashmon@cui.edu or (949) 214-3398; or Faith McKinney, Director of Global Programs, at faith.mckinney@cui.edu or (949) 214-3471.

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Budget Sheet
Core Cambridge 2016-2017.pdf