{"id":31,"date":"2009-05-12T08:06:10","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T12:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/ccms\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:54:52","slug":"exchange-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/undergraduate-program\/exchange-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Career and Exchange Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Career and Exchange Opportunities\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#Careers\">Careers for European and Russian Specialists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Practical%20Work Experience\">Practical Work Experience<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Exchange\">Exchange Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Summer\">Summer Language Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"careers-for-european-and-russian-specialists\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"Careers\"><\/a>Careers for European and Russian Specialists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a region, Europe has a very significant importance in shaping larger global processes and the international balance of power. These factors along with the expanded economic opportunities in the area have allowed for an&nbsp;<strong>increase in the demand for area specialists<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A degree in the European and Russian studies provides students with valuable preparation for a career in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large wp-image-2120\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/ECJ-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2120\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Numan Qardash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Government Service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business or Finance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-Governmental Organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other students use skills obtained in EURUS to continue on to more&nbsp;<strong>specialized training<\/strong>&nbsp;in law, business, and related academic disciplines. EURUS also offers a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/prospective-students\/graduate-program\/ma-program\/\">Master&#8217;s program<\/a>&nbsp;for those who wish to go on to further studies.<a id=\"Practical Work Experience\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"gain-practical-work-experience-while-completing-your-studies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gain Practical Work Experience While Completing Your Studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To assist in meeting your academic and career goals, EURUS offers a co-operative education option to qualified students in the BA (Honours) program. The co-op program allows students to gain applied knowledge in the workplace in a variety of a government and non-governmental organizations inside and outside of Ottawa. Students who are accepted into the co-op program will begin their placements during the fall term of their third year of study, and must complete at least three work term placements. For more information visit the&nbsp;<a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #1f7699;\" href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carleton Co-op Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualified fourth-year BA (Honours) students from EURUS are also eligible to apply to the Institute\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/current-students\/career-and-exchange-opportunities\/\">internship and co-op programs<\/a>. This is an excellent opportunity to gain practical, hands-on experience while earning academic credit.<a id=\"Exchange\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"exchange-opportunities-spend-a-semester-in-europe-or-russia\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exchange Opportunities: Spend a Semester in Europe or Russia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a student in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, you have an exciting opportunity to study abroad in your third or final year. Through Carleton&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/isso\/international-opportunities\/exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Student Services Office <\/a>(ISSO), you have access to study opportunities in <strong>Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain,<\/strong> and <strong>Wales<\/strong>. For more information on exchanges visit <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/isso\/international-opportunities\/exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISSO <\/a>website.<a id=\"Summer\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large wp-image-2101\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/Antwerp-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2101\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Numan Qardash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large wp-image-2106\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/German-Parliament-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2106\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Numan Qardash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large wp-image-2112\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/100_5238-400x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2112\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Kim Howson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large wp-image-2113\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/186\/100_5344-400x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2113\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Kim Howson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Careers for European and Russian Specialists As a region, Europe has a very significant importance in shaping larger global processes and the international balance of power. 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