Published on December 21, 2006 at 6 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ will enroll about 1,200 students during Jan Term, the school's short term between fall and spring semesters.

Many students will participate in study abroad programs. Â鶹¹û¶³ 70 will study in England while based at Â鶹¹û¶³'s Daniel House in London. They will study such topics as pharmacy and health care in Great Britain, international accounting, mass media, art appreciation, international foods and nursing.

Â鶹¹û¶³ 25 students will study intermediate and advanced Spanish in Costa Rica., while 20 others will study classics and art history in Rome, Italy.

Other globe-trotting Â鶹¹û¶³ students will study physics at an international seminar in Mexico, the Amazon Rainforest in Peru, economics in Peru, and the narratives and culture of the East while in Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar.

Jan term classes begin on the Â鶹¹û¶³ campus January 3.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.