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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MenuFlorentine Art Walks
This course examines the city of Florence through themed walks that offer a comprehensive approach to the city as an open-air cultural, historical, and artistic research site, from its Roman…
Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technology
This course, through a combination of lectures and instructional laboratory, educates aspiring Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) professionals to apply technology to meet contemporary commercial needs. The course includes education in…
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…
Intercultural Communication, Identity and Leadership
This course explores contemporary British culture through the lenses of intercultural studies. Students will learn about contemporary cultural, societal and political themes in London, compare ethnic and racial identities in…
Faculty Reflections
The New York Times was used for pre-departure preparation of students and on a number of summer study abroad programs by the University of New Orleans, including programs in Innsbruck,…
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…
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…
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…
Mathematics in Non-European Cultures
MTH 155 (2 credits, Fall) Survey of mathematical ideas developed by non-European cultures, such as African, Asian, South Pacific Islands, and native North, Central, and South America. Includes culture and…
International Service Learning: India
This course integrates academic perspectives on how to make a positive difference in a globalizing world with the experience of doing service work in orphanages run by HOINA (Homes of…
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…
International Service Research
This 1 credit course is required of all students conducting international service through the Center for Civic Leadership. This includes students participating in the Loewenstern Fellowship, Rice Developing World Student’s…
World Literature I
No course can live up to so lofty a title as World Literature. The goal of this course is, therefore, to introduce students to a sampling of pre-modern literatures – in…
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…
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…
Mendoza: International ETP in Argentina
This course explores the unique challenges of business and entrepreneurship in an intercultural and international context. Specifically, the course focuses on local as well as expatriate entrepreneurs in the emerging…
EU Studies Integrative Seminar
The Integrative Seminar is mandatory for all European Union Program students. It provides students with an understanding of the origin, development and workings of the European Union, and how these…
Indigenous Natural Resource Ecology
“Indigenous Natural Resource Ecology” is a three-credit, eight-week fieldwork course designed to complement a Tropical Ecology course by providing an immersion in the social environment of an indigenous Guyanese community….