{"id":37,"date":"2021-07-15T20:25:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:08:55","slug":"read-the-handbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Read the handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This handbook is your comprehensive resource for information about studying abroad. Refer to it as you have questions before, during and after your time abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/before-you-go\/\">Before you go<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/before-you-go\/#before-docs\">Travel documents<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/before-you-go\/#before-insurance\">Health insurance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/before-you-go\/#before-health\">Pre-departure health care<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/before-you-go\/#before-billing\">Billing and financial aid<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/before-you-go\/#before-money\">Money matters<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/before-you-go\/#before-travel\">Travel preparation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/while-youre-abroad\/\">While you&#8217;re abroad<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/while-youre-abroad\/#abroad-cultural\">Cultural adaptation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/while-youre-abroad\/#abroad-health\">Health abroad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/while-youre-abroad\/#abroad-safety\">Safety abroad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/while-youre-abroad\/#abroad-identity\">Identity abroad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/while-youre-abroad\/#abroad-communication\">Communication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/when-you-return\/\">When you return<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/when-you-return\/#return-reverse-culture-shock\">Reverse culture shock<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/orientation\/mizzou-abroad-orientation\/read-the-handbook\/when-you-return\/#return-evaluation\">Program evaluation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This handbook is your comprehensive resource for information about studying abroad. Refer to it as you have questions before, during and after your time abroad. Before you go While you&#8217;re abroad When you return<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":382,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6231,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/6231"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}