Italian Language and Culture for Embedded Experiences Abroad, is designed for students who have little or no knowledge of Italy’s language and culture. This course is linguistic and cultural preparation…
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Social Justice, Identity, and Language in Oaxaca
This program provides the opportunity for heritage Spanish speakers (bilingual students who have been in contact with Spanish through their homes or through extended periods in a Spanish-speaking country) to…
Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Expand Awareness of Contemporary Issues
Data from our annual re-entry survey reveals that undergraduates today haven’t necessarily engaged in formal study of their host cultures prior to their education abroad experiences. To some degree this…
Paris: City Spaces and Lives in a Globalizing World
In this course, students will be introduced to the cityscapes of what Walter Benjamin referred to as the Capital of the Nineteenth Century and what others have called the City…
International Internship and Professional Development (INT 3010)
This is a 3-module course that provides the student with a preliminary curriculum, an international internship experience (8 weeks minimum), and a re-acclimation curriculum. All curricular settings are designed to…
Nursing Field Experience in a Low-Resource Country: Peru
This study abroad course will focus on language acquisition while working and living in a low resource country. Students will participate in service-learning projects with community partnerships. Recognition of the…
Comparing News Coverage Around the World
This assignment comes out of the Global Education Office at Virginia Tech. Students who complete the assignment can use the merit towards earning a badge in the (soon to be launched)…
Comparing Social Media Comments
This assignment comes out of the Global Education Office at Virginia Tech. Students who complete the assignment can use the merit towards earning a badge in the (soon to be launched)…
Perspective-Taking through Opinion Pieces
The Virginia Tech Global Education Office coordinates a variety of study abroad and international exchange programs. To encourage intercultural learning and personal development, the Global Education Office plans to give all students…
Celebrating Campus Connections for International Education Week
Starting in 2017, the University of Richmond decided to counter negative messages about international cooperation by emphasizing cross-cultural understanding. During International Education Week in November we hosted Danish Week, an occasion for…
On-Site Perspectives: Education Abroad Management in Spain
This course is an introduction to on-site management of U.S. Education Abroad programs in Madrid, Spain. Middlebury’s Madrid School Abroad, Sede Prim, will serve as a case study for the…
ASL-BSL Language, Culture, and Linguistics
This course examines American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL), and American Deaf culture and British Deaf Culture through first-hand experience. This course will encompass everything learned from…
The Border Studies Program
The Border Studies Program combines rigorous academic study, practical on-site learning, travel seminars and structured reflection in a semester that engages students in some of today’s most urgent social, economic,…
NanoJapan: International Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
The NanoJapan: International Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, established by a National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE) grant in 2006, is a twelve-week summer program through…
Comparative Arts
Comparative Arts in France is a 3-credit course specifically designed for the faculty-led, on-site UML program in Paris, France from June 30 – July 19, 2014. Comparative Arts in France…
Languages and Cultures for Professions (LCP)
Languages and Cultures for Professions (LCP) is a second major option for students studying Chinese, French, German, Russian or Spanish whose first major is in Iowa State’s Colleges of Business,…
Occupational Science: Community and Justice in Ecuador
This course focuses on how systems, communities, and organizations influence health disparity and occupational participation throughout many countries. You will explore, through systematic observation, interview, and analysis the determinants of…
UNC Chapel Hill’s STEM Courses Abroad
The Study Abroad Office along with a science working group made up of faculty from the different science departments have started offering “gateway” courses (i.e., courses such as BIOL 202…
International Experiences in Biology
Since 2004, the “ISU on the Mediterranean-Summer in Valencia, Spain” program has provided nearly 1000 Iowa State University students from over twenty majors the opportunity to live and work abroad…
Living Well in Later Life
“Living Well in Later Life” is a project-based learning opportunity (PBL) that examines the community health of two structurally similar but geographically distant regions: Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, Japan; and Carlisle,…