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Oregon Extension

Join a small community of learners on the banks of an old millpond in the Cascade Mountains of southern Oregon. With a 5:1 student-faculty ratio, you will be free to gain academic confidence from daily dialogue with faculty and students in a supportive atmosphere.

ACCOMMODATIONS
You will live in comfortable, rustic cabins with three or four other students. You will get to fire your own wood stove and cook your own meals. When it's time to take a break, you'll head outdoors to enjoy the vast landscape surrounding you.

CURRICULUM
Students earn 16 hours of academic credit across a broad range of disciplines.  Focusing on one topic of study at a time, you will read and discuss ideas in:

  • Small groups
  • Daily lectures
  • Individualized independent studies

Fall Semester:

  • Contemporary Issues
  • Social Thought
  • Human Stories
  • Living Faith

May Term Women's Studies:  
Students earn 3 hours of academic credit over the May Term.

  • Core courses offered across a broad range of disciplines (e.g. English, Theology, Psychology and Bible)
  • Additional research project

APPLICATION PROCESS
All Gordon students applying to the Oregon Extension program must first submit an online seat application (link available to Gordon students only) to participate in a Global Education program. Only after you have been approved by the Global Education Office for study abroad, may you proceed with the Oregon Extension's online application.  

Seat applications for the fall semester must be submitted online by February 15. Interviews with the Global Education Office must be conducted by the same date.

Apply to participate in Global Education Programs Programs with the online seat application (available to Gordon students only). After being approved for participation you may proceed with the Oregon Extension's  application. For the May Term application, go to the Oregon Extension's May Term site.

COSTS

The cost is equal to a semester at Gordon and includes:

  • Tuition
  • Fees
  • Room and Board

CONTACT
For further information please contact:

The Global Education Office
p: 978.867.4399

See the Oregon Extension homepage for further details