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…
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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…
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)…
Pairing International and Domestic Students
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…
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…
Anthropologists Abroad
Anthropologists Abroad (ANT297/298) is a proseminar designed for undergraduate anthropology majors and minors at Connecticut College, particularly those who pursue studies and research outside of the United States. Collaboratively designed…
Global May Uganda
Students will learn how Ugandan society provides for its people in order to secure survival, livelihoods, dignity and overall development. This Study Abroad course will introduce students to the beautiful…
Reporting HIV/AIDS in Africa (2017)
This is an advanced journalism reporting course. Enrolled students have fundamental skills in researching a topic, interviewing human sources, maintaining accurate notes, writing accurate texts, photographing people and places, collecting…
The ISA Discovery Model
For over two years ISA has offered all its program participants a full one-year digital subscription to The New York Times. This period of time coincided with the roll-out of…
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…
Go ED.
Go ED. is a study abroad program that partners with international relief and development organizations across the globe. We believe that in order to end the spiritual and physical hunger…
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…
Intercultural Communication and Leadership
The following is the course description from the ‘Intercultural Communication and Leadership’ syllabus (note that this course is offered at numerous study centers around the world and the text in…
EcoExplorers
EcoExplorers is a course-based international experience. Students meet weekly January through May to prepare for 3-5 weeks of fieldwork typically occurring in May or June. To date the course has…
Community Development Seminar
Community development is planned internal intervention to generate change for the purpose of enhancing people’s quality of life. However, there is often disagreement as to what is meant by an…
Trans-cultural Experience through Cultural Immersion: Intentional Targeted Intervention Model
This is a hybrid or blended course that combines in-person instruction with online learning, creating a learning community of study abroad students situated in cultural immersion contexts across the globe…
The Global Future Physician
The Global Future Physician is a three week global seminar to Mysore, India. It was designed to provide undergraduate students interested in global health, medicine, public health or other health…
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…