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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In 2020, with new leadership in the Central Michigan University Honors Program and the Office of Global Engagement, a substantial revision of the global citizenship curriculum was undertaken by Dr….
Seminar in Occupational Therapy: International Experience
This course embodies an international experiential component via an online faculty led study abroad course. Through readings, seminar, in-class dialogue, online discussions, virtual site visits, and self-reflection, students will explore…
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…
Art and Science of Exploring Biodiversity in Guyana
In this course students explore the artistic, cultural, economic, literary, and scientific role of biodiversity in today’s society. Using Guyana, a biodiverse English-speaking Caribbean nation located along the northeastern coastline…
Sustainable Buildings
This study abroad program focuses on the principal components of sustainable design and construction, energy, healthy buildings, natural resources, and other environmental issues. CSU students collaborate with local Costa Rican…
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…
Service Learning, Child, Family, Health and Agriculture in South Africa
This course requires 2 components for students participating in the Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) 379 service learning trip: an 8-week course of study in preparation for the trip,…
The Politics of Development
In the twenty-four years since the end of Apartheid, South Africa has struggled to achieve its development goals. Progress in the provision of housing, basic services, and social grants has…
Contextualizing Historical Art
A program of the California State University, CSU Summer Arts is an international summer program that presents intensive classes taught by master artists in all artistic disciplines. Our focus is on…
American Conceptions of Scotland
What is real and what is mythical, imagined, and reinterpreted in American conceptions of Scotland (or any study abroad location) – present and past? Where and how do our conceptions…
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…
Italy: Exploring Science and Medicine through Art and Literature
This program is a collaboration between the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the College of Health Solutions. Students will form a foundational perspective in medicine and health care…
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…
Sustainable Development Across Morocco
The overall goal of the program is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the cultural, political, socioeconomic and historical context for sustainable development policies, discourse and projects in Morocco, in…
Cross-Border Interviewing and Story Development in Rosario
The interview is intimate, immediate, and often an entrée toward the soul. Conducting interviews can be both great fun and an art form. The interview is a critical tool for…
Architecture Term Abroad
The term abroad semester comprises a package of three courses – a 6-credit design studio and two 3-credit seminars. For the Arch 474 urban design studio, students explore the urban…
Re-Entry Reflection on Cultural Values
International Field Study Experience (IFSE) is an eight-week interdisciplinary, online course in which graduate students have the unique opportunity to serve as international consultants for international companies/organizations. IFSE is designed…
A Deep Dive into Historical and Cultural Contexts
International Field Study Experience (IFSE) is an eight-week interdisciplinary, online course in which graduate students have the unique opportunity to serve as international consultants for international companies/organizations. IFSE is designed…
Connecting and Contextualizing Course Themes
International Field Study Experience (IFSE) is an eight-week interdisciplinary, online course in which graduate students have the unique opportunity to serve as international consultants for international companies/organizations. IFSE is designed…
Marketing Québec: Policy and Cultural Identity
The only place in the world where Pepsi consistently beats Coke, Québec comprises a unique group of consumers that have baffled marketing executives for years. What makes French Canadians so…
South African International Teaching Internship
The South African international teaching internship is a course offered to advanced teacher education students at Monash University in Australia. It is offered to students who have already demonstrated excellent…
Sport Psychology
The study abroad program provides a capstone experience for all course members. This program’s research experience is hands-on and interactive. The qualitative research methods for this program include photo voice,…
Introduction to Study Abroad
This course is designed to help students thoughtfully prepare for an international education experience overseas. Utilizing theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for a successful academic experience abroad, students will engage…
International Field Study Experience
Offers a faculty-led experiential learning opportunity for graduate students to further investigate their research topic in the designated country or region. Through exploring local resources, discussions and lectures with hosting…
Intercultural Communication
This course examines intercultural interaction from a communication perspective as defined by the theory known as the Coordination Management of Meaning (CMM). This unique communication approach serves to provide students…
Intensive Modern Standard Arabic
I have designed curricula for all levels of Intensive Modern Standard Arabic, but here, I focus on our Advanced-High level. The main goals of the Advanced-High level are to maintain the…
Public History in England
In this course students think critically about historic interpretation and preservation in England and analyze the stories curators tell. They explore the challenges curators face with financing, preservation, interpreting sites…
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…
Kingdoms in the Sun: Sicily and Southern Italy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
This course is an intellectual excursion into the history of Sicily and the southern Italian mainland from approximately 500 BC – 1300 AD. It is driven by an analysis of…
Global Business Practicum
This course provides students with a first-hand look at the business environment of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and is designed a partnership between Vienna University of Economics and Business…
Benin: Permaculture and Global Education
This course and program with travel to the Republic of Benin will provide an opportunity for students to not only travel to a developing country, but also gain a once-in-a-lifetime…
Sound Spatialization, Synthesis and Computer-Aided Composition
This course focuses on three important areas in music technology: spatialization, computer-aided composition, analysis and synthesis techniques. In each area, concepts and implementations will be explored in a variety of…
International Interdisciplinary OT/PT Service-Learning Program
This service-learning, fieldwork, and service-provision project in Belize has evolved from the Dr. Beitman’s ongoing work with Mrs. Rhondine Petrof, Executive director of Toucan Education Programs, Ltd., on the development…
Culture, Competence, and Composition
In order to support student outcomes that demonstrate the effects of Middlebury’s endeavor to effectively link the learning of language with a deeper understanding of the host culture, the portfolio…
Voices in Global Health
Language plays a crucial role in understanding the socio-cultural differences that exist in many aspects global health, and it is instrumental in helping global health workers interpret the cultural systems…
The Geopolitics of Mediterranean Security
This course is a graduate-level seminar on geopolitics, national and homeland security. The course emphasizes the role of international institutions within in the context of the Mediterranean subregion (including Southern…
Syracuse in Wroclaw
SU intends to use Wroclaw, Poland as an “urban laboratory” for interdisciplinary study of the history of Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century, exploring themes of reconciliation, public…