Abstract:
This study was designed to analyze the culture shock experienced by UMSU
students’ during the exchange program. The aims of this study was to identify
what culture shock experienced by the students during the exchange program and
what were their efforts in solving the culture shock. This research used qualitative
research while the data displayed in the form of descriptive. The data collecting
method used open-ended questionnaires. There were six students of University of
Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara who responded to the questionnaires. In
analyzing the data earned used interactive model by Miles Huberman and
Saldana, firstly reviewed the collected data that had been collected, then identified
the culture shocks faced by research subject. The next step was identified the
solution made by research subject in solving the culture shocks. And the last step
was drawing the conclusion. The result of the analysis found that the culture
shock faced by students of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara who
joined the exchange program referred to the matter of language, the differences of
academic, local student attitude, social life, and men-women relationship. They
were dominantly shock on the language and men-women relationship problems