AIFS Partnership Programs: Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

What is Included in the Program?

• Your academic program taught by CSU faculty in London and local guest lecturers.
• Your housing in London. Housing is provided with a British family in a “homestay”. You will be staying in twin rooms and breakfast is provided Monday to Sunday. You can use the kitchen for the preparation of other meals. All bed linen will be provided and there is weekly use of a washing machine. Living in a homestay is a great way of getting to know real “Brits” and to experience British family life and culture.
• For an additional fee, you can also choose to stay in self catering apartments in central London. Apartments house between 2 and 6 students and include shared bedrooms, bathrooms, living area and kitchens.
• Your travel in London – transportation pass for unlimited use on the tubes (subways), buses and night buses for the duration of the program.
• Computer facilities at the AIFS Study Center – free Internet (including wireless), desk top computers and printers.
• An orientation program consisting of orientation meetings with AIFS staff, maps, handouts and handbooks, a welcome reception and half-day sightseeing tour of London.
• A cultural program of optional activities designed to enable you to get the most out of your stay in England. The activities are heavily subsidized by AIFS and are available at very affordable prices. Typical events include day trips to Oxford and Stonehenge, Stratford Upon Avon, Bath and Leeds Castle. A football (soccer to you) match is usually offered, and a Jack the Ripper walk, plus theater performances – in 2014 they included War Horse, Billy Elliot, Wicked & One Man, Two Guvnors.
• Access to the AIFS Student Center, where experienced Student Advisors provide information, personal advising/counseling, a 24-hour emergency contact service.
• A British Life and Culture course taught by British instructors, focusing on historical, political, economic and cultural aspects of contemporary Britain, including weekly lectures and 4 related fieldtrips to locations such as the Houses of Parliament, Museum of London, Shakespeare’s Globe theater, and the Tate Modern art gallery.
• Membership of the University of London Union which enables you to join Union clubs and societies, eat in the low-cost student cafeterias & pubs and, at an additional cost, use the sports facilities.
• Membership, with borrowing rights, of the local public library.
• Medical and program refund insurance policies.

Optional Components:

• Transportation package: consisting of international airfare (Los Angeles – London – Los Angeles) and round-trip transfers between the airport and the housing in London for an additional $445 excluding taxes and fuel surcharges (estimated at $654) for which students will be billed separately. OR (Los Angeles – Paris – Los Angeles) and round-trip transfers between the airport and the housing in Paris/London for an additional $445 excluding taxes and fuel surcharges (estimated at $739) for which students will be billed separately.
• Optional Extra Protection Insurance Coverage, including increased medical insurance ($65) and/or personal effects insurance ($90) as outlined in the AIFS program brochure.
• Tour of Europe: visit 3 spectacular European cities on the optional pre program European tour. Fly into Paris, and spend 3 days in the city seeing the Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Co. Then, go on to Bruges and Brussels for a day in each. You will stay in hotels with breakfast included. This is a great way to get to know your classmates before the semester gets underway and to see some of Europe’s fabulous cities in the process. The fee for this tour excluding flights is $1065.
• Scotland tour: choose to participate in a 4 day, 3 night excursion to Scotland (departing Thursday afternoon, returning Sunday evening) for a supplemental fee of $565.This is a brilliant way to visit the best of bonny Scotland, accompanied by a Scottish guide. Included in the price is a return train ticket from London to Edinburgh, 3 nights hostel accommodation with breakfast included (1 night in Edinburgh, 1 night in Loch Ness, 1 night on the Isle of Skye), a 3 day guided bus tour to the highlands and islands of Scotland, 2 evening meals and the services of an AIFS staff member throughout the excursion.