The Australian Studies Centre is a cultural studies program with an arts emphasis, based in Sydney, Australia. The program is sponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), an international association of intentionally Christian colleges and universities. As one of the CCCU’s newer programs, the ASC has hosted dozens of students since it began in Spring 2004. Designed to provide undergraduates of all majors and career interests with opportunities to participate in Sydney's art culture, the program also educates students in Indigenous affairs and Australia’s role as a global economic power.

Cultural Interaction is a large factor of the ASC semester. Life at the Australia Studies Centre moves students beyond the familiar to the Australian. From art and ministry to drama and dance, students attending ASC have every opportunity to pursue their passions and interests with other Christians from around North America and the world even as they compare and contrast the Australia of myths and movies with the realities of everyday life. 

Students participate in service projects and live in homestays with local Christian families to help them encounter the Australia that tourists never see. Throughout this process, ASC students engage Australia's indigenous people and learn about the challenges that exist for those who aren't part of "white Australia." 

Our Passion is to train artists who care about people, and who have an abiding desire to actively engage the people of the world through the performing arts. We challenge students to grapple with themes such as redemption of the arts, to reconcile the gap between the powerful and powerless people of society, and to intersect these two concepts in light of their Christianity.

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