Programs by Country

Places & Programs

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Note: Most ICA programs do not take place every year.  Please visit this page for updates or contact the Office of International Studies to receive an updated list of program offerings.

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ARGENTINA

Argentina & Uruguay
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
Cities: Buenos Aires and Montevideo
When Offered: May

Through a prerequisite course, a follow-up independent study, and a three-week journey through Argentina and Uruguay, students of this interdisciplinary intensive course abroad will examine the roles of women in the human rights, social, and economic movements of Latin America. Open to all Goucher students, it will be of particular interest to students interested in women’s studies, international relations, peace studies, Latin American studies, Spanish, and political science.

All students of the course will enroll in "Women, Peace, and Protest: Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice," a seven-week course to be offered in the fall prior to the trip to South America. In Argentina and Uruguay, you will meet with scholars, activists, and members of a variety of grassroots women’s movements. Upon your return, you will complete an independent study in Spanish, writing a research paper in Spanish on a topic related to your experiences in the intensive course abroad.

 

Argentina: Spanish Language Studies

Type of Program: Semester
Cities: Buenos Aires
When Offered: Fall or Spring

Students will study in the University of Palermo (UP) in Buenos Aires, the third largest city in South America. Palermo is the largest neighborhood in Buenos Aires, located to the east of the Río de la Plata and easily accessible by public transportation.  Participants take one Spanish language course (the level of which is determined by a placement test) and three regular content courses (taught in Spanish).  Options for the regular content courses include Latin America in the 20th Century (History Department), Latin American Culture and Society (Sociology and Anthropology Department), and Evolution of the Argentinean Society (Latin American Studies Department).  Additionally, students participate in a required service learning component of the program for 5-10 hours/week.  Students will live with Argentinean families arranged by UP.  Breakfast and dinner will be provided by the families creating the opportunity to truly experience everyday life and culture.


AUSTRALIA

Macquarie University
Type of Program: Semester
City: Sydney, Australia

Macquarie University is located just 17 kilometres or 11 miles from the centre of Sydney. This means that you can share the extraordinary quality of life and the many benefits that come with living so close to a truly cosmopolitan city. Whether you enjoy the hustle and bustle of shopping and restaurant precints; or the sheer beauty and splendor of the harbour; or want to immerse yourself in the rich diversity of so many different cultures and events; you will find it all in Sydney. With over 30,000 students, including 8,000 international students from over 71 countries, Macquarie University is dedicated to constant innovation in the way they prepare students for success in today’s fast changing, highly competitive society. At Macquarie University you will learn from some of the brightest and most talented academics in the world.

Study abroad students can tailor a study program of subjects from across the University. (Please note that Macquarie offers most Goucher majors.) A guide to subject selection is on their website to help you plan your semester. It is very important to select subjects that are offered in the semester you intend to study at Macquarie. Most subjects are either offered in Semester one (Feb-July) or Semester two (July-Nov). Mandatory orientation is included in the cost at a site outside of Sydney. You will be housed at Macquarie Parklands. Macquarie University offers Study Abroad students the opportunity to undertake internships during their semester abroad in Sydney. The Internships@Macquarie Program facilitates work-based internship placements, allowing students to gain international work experience whilst completing their studies. Internships are a combination of work-based learning and academic assessment, with students receiving invaluable work experience and professional development training.

Semester One – February to July
Semester Two – July to December

University of the Sunshine Coast
Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia

The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) provides students with the perfect study and living environment. The USC campus is located in the centre of the Sunshine Coast region. Located on the edge of a national park, the campus is home to kangaroos. The campus is approximately 90 kilometers from Brisbane. Major centers such as Maroochydore, Mooloolaba, Caloundra and Noosa are between 15 and 40 minutes drive away.

USC has the highest proportion of academic staff with Doctoral or Masters qualifications of any university in Queensland, and the fifth highest in Australia. Graduates consistently give the University top marks, with a five-star satisfaction rating for overall educational experience. USC is the highest ranked university in Australia in relation to graduates’ satisfaction with teaching. USC received five-star ratings for both electronic support and academic services in the 2006 Good Universities Guide. The University library houses more than 23,500 digital resources that supplement the print resources held in the University collection. Students can choose from a wide range of courses in three faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, and Science, Health and Education. Many courses offer insights into Australian society from historical, political, environmental, geographical, business, scientific, social and literary perspectives. There is also a wide range of courses with a more global perspective. Courses range from liberal arts to professional to science and from discipline-specific to interdisciplinary. Areas of study include: Creative Writing, Journalism, Public Relations, Computer-Based Design, International Business, Languages, Marketing, Management, Biotechnology, Tourism, Education, Environmental Restoration, Marine Science, Sport and Exercise Science, Human Services, International Relations and Communication Studies. The internship program offers study abroad students high quality, individually designed work placements in an extensive range of professions.

When offered: Semester 2: 17 July – 19 November

Semester 1: 19 February – 17 June

BRAZIL

History and Performance of Dance in Brazil
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Rio de Janeiro
When Offfered: May

The vibrant dance of Brazil has roots in both the traditions of its earliest inhabitants of the country and in the styles of the European countries that colonized it. Contemporary choreographers have created innovative ways of fusing these influences, connecting them also to the rhythms and styles of the street and using dance to reflect and comment on the history, culture, and politics of Brazil.

This three-week course is a remarkable opportunity to explore contemporary Brazilian dance in the places where it is created and developed—while examining the historical, aesthetic, theoretical, philosophical, and critical issues that shape both the country and its art. You will take daily classes in the traditional dances of different regions of Brazil and participate in discussions on the role of dance in both Brazilian culture and the world dance community. You’ll explore Rio de Janeiro through excursions to cultural and historic sites. You will develop your own dance technique, deepen your understanding of dance history, and return to Goucher with new perspectives on your art form.

“History and Performance of Dance in Brazil” also includes a 1.5-credit prerequisite course during the second seven weeks of the preceding spring semester and another 1.5-credit follow-up course during the first seven weeks of the following fall.

Brazilian Ecosystems
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: Various
When offered: Fall semester only.

Offered in cooperation with Antioch College, this ambitious semester-long program combines lectures, field work, language study, and a four-week internship in one intensive exploration of the ecosystems of Brazil.

Throughout the semester, you’ll travel to coastal forests, wetlands, rainforests, and other locations throughout Brazil to see firsthand the characteristics of a variety of biomes. In courses on ecology and biodiversity, you’ll meet with Brazilian ecologists, botanists, and zoologists and work on field problems designed to illustrate the relationship between biodiversity and the functioning of the ecosystem. In “Natural Resource Management,” you’ll explore issues of sustainability in agriculture, forestry, and park management, meeting with park managers, environmental groups, and others and participating in group discussions on the scientific integrity and viability of Brazil’s current environmental policies.

An intensive course in Portuguese, focusing on the vocabulary and terminology of ecology and environmental science, will prepare you for your interactions with the Brazilian scientists and others you will meet along the way.During the final four weeks, the course will culminate in an internship working on team research, assisting in an educational program, or volunteering with an environmental agency.

CHINA

China: Past, Present, and Future
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Various
When Offered: May

Finding its roots in Asian philosophy and encompassing many other disciplines, “China: Past, Present, and Future” is a sweeping exploration of China’s history and current social and political situation.

The journey begins in the classroom during the spring semester prior to departure with “Asian Thought,” a required course designed to acquaint you with the foundational texts of China’s intellectual traditions and familiarize you with the dramatic social and political changes that have shaped China over its long history.

In May, you’ll depart for China. You’ll start in Shanghai, China’s most vibrant commercial center, and take a 50-mile boat trip down the Li River to Guilin, passing the towering limestone formations that have provided a dramatic landscape for poets and painters for centuries. You’ll discuss Buddhism while hiking the lush trails of Emei Mountain in Chengdu, see the famous tomb and terracotta warriors of China’s first emperor in Xian, and learn about Confucianism in Qufu, where Confucius was born. The trip will conclude with a visit to the Great Wall and to Beijing, the political heart of China and site of the Forbidden City, the Great Hall of the People, Mao’s Tomb, and Tiananmen Square.

China: Chinese Studies

Chengdu, China

 

The Chengdu program is ideal for students who are interested in experiencing life in one of the most ancient, culturally fascinating and authentic places in all of China. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centers and transportation and communication hubs in the country. The program offers the opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese, a language which is becoming increasingly popular in the global marketplace. Mandarin is the official/standard dialect used in China, and Chengdu is a great place to practice Mandarin outside of class. Studying in China offers you a unique opportunity to experience one of the world's most ancient civilizations while living in the one of the world's fastest growing major economies.Academically, this program offers a high quality educational experience with a focus on either Chinese Language or Chinese Studies. If you choose to focus on intensive language study, you may also take one or two elective courses such as Tai Chi, Chinese culture, history or Chinese cuisine. The intensive language approach allows you to complete up to one and a half years of Chinese language coursework in only one semester. Students who would rather focus on Chinese studies may select from several courses taught in English. Students choosing this second option must take the required Elementary Chinese Language I course and may take additional elective courses in Chinese history, literature, government and politics, culture and society. However, the academic courses are only part of the value of a semester or yearlong program. Participation in formal and informal activities, such as field trips to sites of historical and cultural interest, museums, weekend trips to the mountains and other cultural immersion activities form an integral part of the program.

 

When Offered: Fall or Spring

 

China: Chinese & International Business Studies

Shanghai, China

The Shanghai program is ideal for students who are interested in studying the economic and business environment of China and East Asia. Once a sleepy fishing town, Shanghai is now the hallmark of China’s booming economy. It is the perfect place for you to learn about the business environment of East Asia and study Chinese language. Mandarin is the official/standard dialect used in China, and Shanghai is a great place to practice Mandarin outside of class. While learning Chinese language and business logistics during the week, you will be able to take in dozens of art exhibitions, sport competitions, movies, museums, musical events, nightclubs and more.

The Shanghai program offers an intensive language approach that allows you to complete up to one year of university foreign language coursework in only one semester. You may combine courses from the following subject areas: International Business and Intensive Chinese Language. These subject areas are not exclusive of one another so you may combine courses for up to a total of 18 credits. You may also choose to complete an internship, which provides an unmatched opportunity to practice your language skills and gain international business experience. You may choose to study for one semester or a full year. The Shanghai program has a Resident Director who is responsible for the USAC office abroad and overall operations of the program: securing appropriate student housing, hiring outstanding faculty, organizing exciting field trips and optional tours, and overseeing your general well-being.

When Offered: Fall or Spring

 

COSTA RICA

Multicultural Education in Costa Rica
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City:  San Jose'
When Offered: January

This course will introduce students to basic concepts and skills of multiculturalism as they may be applied in the field of education. The first seven weeks of the course will be conducted predominantly in English during the fall of 2006. Coursework will focus on diversity issues in the United States. Students will then travel to Costa Rica for Spanish language immersion during the January intersession. While in Costa Rica, students will participate in classroom studies and service learning and will have the opportunity to apply the skills that they have learned in the fall. The final seven weeks of the class will be taught on campus mostly in Spanish and will focus on the comparative analysis of the educational experiences in the United States and Costa Rica. One of the objectives of this ICA program is to increase awareness on the importance of attaining proficiency in a second language for application in any field of expertise. 

Costa Rica: Monteverde Institute

Type of Program: Semester 

Cities: Monteverde, Costa Rica, and various 

When offered: Spring semester

"Global-Local Challenges to Sustainability: The Costa Rican Experience" is a 15-week program open to all majors.  A cooperative program between Mount Holyoke College and Goucher, the program takes place at the Monteverde Institute and focuses on the meanings and implications of "sustainability,"  blending international study and applied research.  Goucher requires participants to take a Spanish Language & Culture course while there; at least one prior semester of Spanish language study is strongly recommended for participants.  The Costa Rican Experience program includes experiential site visits to San Jose, the Arenal volcano region, and Nicaragua.  Goucher students selected to participate in the program will receive a $3,500 tuition discount. 

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Republic: Politics, Culture, and Art Studies

Prague

Prague is an open textbook of modern and traditional literature, art, architecture and culture surrounded by the beautiful architecture of the city, its walls, castles and frescoes. You will learn the basics of the Czech language in a one-week Czech Intensive course offered at the beginning of each semester. Each semester also includes at least two one-day field trips and an optional 1-credit Vienna and Budapest Field Study course. These are exceptional opportunities to discover the cultural and historical richness of Prague and Central Europe. You may also choose to complete an internship, which provides an unmatched opportunity to practice your language skills and gain international business experience. Yearlong students experience all four seasons that are typical for Central Europe – colorful fall with harvest festivals, quiet winter with traditional customs and winter sports, fresh spring with blossoming flowers filling Prague’s parks and warm summer with outdoor festivals. Students choose from a wide range of courses with a focus on Central Europe and the Czech Republic. You may take courses in politics, literature, history, business, psychology, sociology and the arts. However, the academic courses are only a part of the intended value of a semester abroad. Participation in formal and informal activities, such as field trips to local castles and historical sites, form an integral part of the program.

When Offered: Fall or Spring

Denmark

Denmark International Study Program (DIS)
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: Copenhagen
When offered: Either semester or full year.

The Denmark International Study (DIS) Program draws on the combined educational resources and research facilities of Denmark’s finest institutions of higher learning to provide high-quality semester- and yearlong programs for upper-level students.

Offered in cooperation with the University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Business School, and Roskilde University, DIS’s many courses of study include programs in political science, international business, medical practice and policy, architecture, education, marine biology and ecology, and more. These are regular university courses, and you will study alongside Danish and other international students alike. Many courses focus on European issues, and DIS offers study trips to such locations as Western Denmark, China, Italy, and Russia. Although all courses are taught in English, all Goucher students are required to take Danish.

DIS is located in central Copenhagen, a city that combines the old-world charm of its medieval origins more than 800 years ago with the vibrant life of a contemporary European metropolis. You can live with a Danish host family, in a Kollegium, at a Folkhojskole, or with a Danish roommate throughout the program.  For details, please visit www.dis.dk/Housing.

Denmark: International Business & Economic Studies

Copenhagen, Denmark

The Copenhagen program combines academic coursework with cultural enrichment. Copenhagen Business School (CBS) offers a strong academic focus as well as the opportunity to immerse yourself in a multicultural environment where you can make international business contacts. The program addresses core degree requirements at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Class discussions and group projects are enriched by the involvement of multinational senior executives from Danish and International companies. They provide real world preparation, experience and insight on intercultural differences. All courses are taught in English and are attended by Danish and other international students as well as USAC participants.

CBS starts each semester with a mandatory language course in Danish for study abroad students, consisting of five days of intensive instruction (4 hours per day). The course can help make your stay in Denmark more exciting by providing a guide to Danish society, giving you a basic working knowledge of Danish, including a general introduction and a feel for the commonly used vocabulary, grammar and syntax. Cultural aspects also will be covered in this course.

When Offered: Fall or Spring

England

INSTEP
Type of Program: Summer
Institution: Cambridge Institute of Economic and Political Studies
City: London

Students spend six weeks during the summer in London or Cambridge at the Institute of Economic and Political Studies. Many summer festivities take place in Cambridge during June and July. Cambridge is under an hour by train from London. Friday excursions are available for London participants. Students will study political science, law, contemporary Europe, international relations and/or international business. Internship options are also available in law, politics and social services. Students work three days a week at their internship placement. INSTEP attempts to match qualified students with placements that meet their interests and abilities. Students live in dormitory rooms with other program students, sharing kitchen, bath and common areas. Visit the INSTEP website.

Dance and Theatre as Cultural Metaphors
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: London
When Offered: January

All artistic expression bears the influence of the culture from which it arises. In this three-week course, you will explore the ways in which dance, theatre, and the other arts represent both components and reflections of personal and national identity—both in London and in your own life.

You will visit and attend lectures at London’s Theatre Museum, Drury Lane Theatre, Royal Opera House, Banqueting Hall, White Hall, and Globe Theatre. You’ll see plays, concerts, and dance performances, and you’ll have the opportunity to take additional performance classes. Through formal events, informal discussions with your fellow students and Goucher theatre and dance professors, and day-to-day life in the city, you will immerse yourself in the cultural life of London—and consider how your own creative expression has been shaped by the culture in which you live.

United Kingdom: Shakespeare--Stage & Page

type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad

When Offered: January

Shakespeare: Stage & Page examines the relationship between Shakespeare as literature and Shakespeare as theatre: we examine Shakespeare’s works from both a historical/critical perspective and from a performance perspective. Professor Jeff Myers of the English Department and Professor Michael Curry of the Department of Theatre will add a new component to Shakespeare: Stage & Page by offering the course for the first time as an intensive study abroad.

Appropriately, the topic for the course will be the significance of place in Shakespeare’s plays. We will travel to locations across the United Kingdom that are important settings in some of Shakespeare’s plays. 

We will examine six plays during the 16-day trip (under consideration are

Cymbeline, Macbeth, Richard III, King Lear, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor) and possible site visits include Inverness (the Macbeth castle), Dinsinane and Fife in Scotland, Milford Haven in Wales, and York, Dover, Pomfret Castle, Salisbury, Windsor, Southampton and London in England. We will also include travel to Stratford-Upon-Avon, the place of Shakespeare’s birth, and the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company.  This program will be offered in January 2009.

United Kingdom: Connecting Jane Austen's Work & World Via Her Heroines

Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad

When Offered: May

This study abroad course to the United Kingdom will take students to the setting of Jane Austen’s life and work and begin their engagement with the leading woman writer in English literature. It should not end their engagement with Austen; it should whet their appetites. During this intensive study of her novels, students will travel on private buses to visit many of the important places in Austen’s life and some of the settings or models for her novels. Students will see the geography of her life and get a glimpse into the geography of her mind. They will visit Hampshire, including Winchester, Steventon, Chawton, and Portsmouth. They will also visit Lyme Regis and Exeter on the way to Bath; they will stop in Adelstrop and stay in Oxford on their return to London. The purpose of the route is to connect the novels and Austen’s life and times. The travel will provide the context for our study of her writing and allow students to get more insight into her work that is loved the world over. The buses will be the traveling classroom, and the travel will be “driven” by our study of Austen’s novels; our entrance into a discussion of Austen’s world and novels will be her heroines. This program will be led by Professor Carol Pippen and will take place in May and June, 2009. 

Hansard Scholars Programme
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: London
When offered: Fall or summer.

The Hansard Scholars Programme is highly competitive, but for outstanding students with a keen interest in politics and public policy, it is an extraordinary window into the inner workings of the British government.

As a Hansard Scholar, you’ll take two lecture courses and complete an independent research dissertation at the London School of Economics and Political Science, one of the most prestigious institutions in the world. Complementing your course work, you’ll also take an internship position at the heart of the British political system. Hansard Scholars do research and write speeches for members of Parliament and the House of Lords, work behind the scenes at the BBC, assist political parties and campaigns, and work at other governmental and political organizations directly involved in shaping British public policy.

You’ll live with other Hansard Scholars in a flat in central London—a city rich with cultural, political, and educational resources and opportunities in and of itself. The Hansard Scholars Programme arranges study visits to Scotland, Belgium, and Wales; day trips to Oxford, Bath, Brighton, and Greenwich; and outings to theatrical performances at London’s famed West End. And you’ll have plenty of freedom to explore the city on your own.

Mahoney and Caplan Scholars
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: Oxford

For outstanding and highly motivated students, Goucher offers two scholarship programs subsidizing a full academic year of study at the University of Oxford. Founded more than 900 years ago, Oxford is the oldest English-speaking university in the world. It comprises 39 colleges, many centered on the humanities but also including schools and research facilities in the natural and applied sciences. Almost a quarter of its more than 17,000 students come from overseas.

The Mahoney and Caplan scholarships are granted through a competition open to students in their sophomore year with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher. All applicants will be required to write an essay addressing how they believe their experience at Oxford will advance their education and academic interests.

Middlesex University
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: London

London—one of the world’s premier cultural centers—is the setting for Goucher’s semester abroad in dance. The dance program at Middlesex University encompasses the disciplines of classical ballet and modern dance in classes taught by highly experienced faculty, including several professional artists, at the Trent Park campus.

The program’s overarching aim is to promote a new understanding of the nature of the art form and the vital role it plays in contemporary British society. Specific interests include gender, choreography, and Asian performing dance—especially the South Asian dance forms that now feature prominently in the British contemporary dance scene.

Middlesex maintains a strong international reputation and is located in north London, convenient to the famous attractions of central London.

University of Brighton: Full Curriculum Studies

Brighton, UK

The Brighton program allows you to enroll in a wide range of University of Brighton courses in a variety of disciplines. You may study for one semester or a full year. Brighton’s colorful character, history, architecture and cosmopolitan culture all combine to make it an exciting and vibrant place to live and study. Despite being small enough for you to bump into friends in the center, Brighton is surprisingly sophisticated and often dubbed “London-by-the-Sea.” With the sea on one side and the South Downs on the other, the city has an open air feel.

There are several excellent reasons for deciding to study in the U.K. Courses at British universities are taught by professors who do almost all the teaching and tutorial work with undergraduates while maintaining a high level of research activity. Although the U.K. shares a common language with the United States, it remains a foreign country, with diverse traditions, values and views of the world. Time in the United Kingdom will challenge you personally, open your eyes to different ways of looking at the current problems of the world and enable you to directly experience the wonderful culture and history of the European continent.

When Offered: Fall or Spring (**early deadlines for this program—please contact OIS**)

University of East Anglia
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: Norwich, England
When offered: Fall, spring, or academic year.

The University of East Anglia’s wide range of programs and first-rate research facilities make it a very appealing option for students in a variety of majors who want to be able to study abroad for a semester or year.

Located in a university town and cultural center about two hours away from London, UEA offers well-regarded programs in most areas of the natural sciences and mathematics, the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts. It is particularly well-known for its research centers, and its connection to the Norwich Research Park provides students with access to an impressive range of resources and facilities.

Norwich—along with the university itself—is a vibrant community of shops, cafés, pubs, and open-air markets that’s also within easy striking distance of seaside towns and the Broads, one of England’s most beautiful national parks. It’s a bustling modern metropolis that retains its medieval feel in is cobblestone streets and magnificent cathedral, and it makes a convenient home base for exploring other parts of the UK and Europe. Students in the UEA program live in flats on campus or near town.

University of Sussex
Type of Program:  Semester
City:  Brighton, England

Goucher students can take classes in physics or math at University of Sussex which is located in Brighton, England (55 miles/90 km from London). Set in the South Downs, Sussex is the only university in the country to be entirely located in a designated Area of Outstanding Beauty. Founded in 1961, Sussex University quickly established an international reputation for the quality of its research and its innovative and effective styles of teaching, attracting scholars from all over the world. With its wealth of innovative and engaging courses, Sussex encourages intellectual exploration and programs at Sussex.  Sussex has a well-stocked library and extensive computer network, specialist laboratories, and media facilities to support you. All University accommodation is self-catering. For more information and course descriptions, please view the Sussex website (www.sussex.ac.uk). Students can study at Sussex for the fall or spring semester.

University of Westminster
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: London

The University of Westminster’s study-abroad program offers you the opportunity to spend a semester or full academic year taking undergraduate classes alongside British and other international students at one of London’s oldest educational institutions.

Particularly noted for its outstanding programs and facilities in communication, psychology, and international business, the University of Westminster allows you to combine four courses each semester from a very wide range of subject areas. You’ll live in residence halls or flats with other international students on or near one of Westminster’s four campuses (all either in central London or accessible quickly and easily via the tube). And to help you get acclimated and make the most of your time there, the university’s Study Abroad Unit holds a comprehensive orientation program at the beginning of each semester covering everything from the British system of education to the social and cultural opportunities available in the city of London.



France

French 130 in Avignon
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Avignon
When Offered: May

One of the best ways to accelerate your understanding of a language is to put yourself in a situation where you have no choice but to speak it—but many study abroad programs are designed primarily for advanced language students. Goucher’s intensive French course in Avignon offers an unusual opportunity to immerse yourself in the language and culture of France very early in your French studies.

You will take the first half of French 130 at Goucher during the first seven weeks of the fall semester and complete the course in Avignon over three weeks during winter break. You’ll stay with host families for the duration, reinforcing what you learn in your daily classes on French language, history, and culture by talking about them over dinner each evening. You’ll learn even more through guided tours of Roman ruins, Renaissance chateaux, and other historical and cultural sites, and you’ll complete an independent study project on a topic of your choice, relating your experiences and observations in Avignon to your academic field of interest.

French Theatre in Paris:  Languages of Performance
Type of Program:  Intensive Course Abroad
Cities:  Paris and Marseilles, France
When Offered: January

This course builds French language skills and knowledge of French theatre through a three week intensive winter (January) immersion experience in Paris and Marseilles. Through study of selected plays, productions, and performers, the course examines theatre as it both reflects and influences French social change. A key focus will be the innovations in theatre that reflect an increasingly transnational and multicultural France. At the heart of the course is an individualized project centered on one French play that all students will study. 

Internships in Francophone Europe (IFE)
Type of Program: Semester
City: Paris
When offered: Fall or spring semester

Including intensive course work, seminars on European issues, a 12-week internship, and an independent research project, the Internships in Francophone Europe program in Paris is a comprehensive immersion in the day-to-day life of contemporary France.

IFE is a three-part program that offers thorough preparation for the internship experience, careful placements in organizations chosen to closely reflect students’ interests, and personal advising throughout the semester. IFE students work in a wide range of internship placements in France’s parliament and ministries, museums, social and environmental groups, and other organizations. No matter where you complete your internship, you will have the opportunity to do significant work and interact directly with important players in the field. During your IFE semester, you will live either with a host family or in student housing, depending on the location of your internship.

IFE is a strong program in and of itself, but it also makes a great complement to the fall semester program at the Sorbonne. If you’re interested in real immersion, we recommend pairing the two for a rare and far-reaching exploration of the language and culture of France.

Paris Program
Type of Program: Semester
City: Paris
When offered: Fall semester only

Goucher’s semester program in Paris is a rich and comprehensive immersion in the language, art, culture, and life of Paris.

In daily language classes, you’ll get an intensive workout in French grammar and vocabulary. In a part-time internship, you will experience the French language and culture in a practical setting and gain work experience in a field of your choice.  In a series of trips to museums and theatres you’ll explore contemporary French history in great depth and detail. You will live with a Parisian host family or in a French dormitory throughout the semester, exercising the skills you’re learning in conversation around your home and over meals. And, of course, you’ll have plenty of time to explore Paris on your own, dining in its cafés, exploring its neighborhoods, marvelling at its sights and scenery, and settling into the rhythm of one of the world’s greatest cities.

France: French & European Studies

Type of Program: Semester

Pau

The Pau program offers an extraordinary opportunity to study the French language intensively, to take courses in other disciplines and to experience student life at a French university. Through formal coursework and personal interaction with the host culture, you will greatly expand your language skills and knowledge of French society. Pau is the perfect environment if you are looking for immersion into real traditional French culture in one of the most breathtakingly beautiful regions in France. It is small enough to have everything within walking or biking distance; however, it is large enough to have several theatres, good movie houses, student clubs, outdoor cafés and fantastic shops.

The Pau program offers an intensive language approach that allows you to complete up to one and a half years of university language coursework in one semester. Additional courses in subjects such as literature, political science, film, culture and art history are taught in English or French. You also may take a program-organized French Cuisine course just to impress your friends back home! The Pau program also offers a unique opportunity to enroll in integrated courses with other international students studying at the University of Pau.

 

Germany

German 130 in Berlin

City: Berlin

Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad

When Offered: May
Berlin is one of the most fascinating and dynamic cities in Europe. It’s the heart of Germany and the focal point of its reunification. Shaped by internal and global turmoil alike, it’s where the infamous wall stood and fell, and where Western and Eastern Europe now most visibly meet. Where better to deepen your understanding of the German language—and the culture behind it?

German 130 is an unusual opportunity to immerse yourself in German language and culture very early in your German studies. You will take the first half at Goucher during the first seven weeks of the spring semester and complete the course in Berlin over three weeks during the May/June summer term. You’ll live with a host family for the duration, reinforcing what you’ve learned in your daily classes in conversations over dinner. In addition to courses on German language and culture, you’ll go on excursions to cultural and historic sites, and you will have time on your own to explore the parts of the city you’re most interested in. Throughout the experience, you’ll have plenty of opportunities for the kind of casual and formal conversation that will noticeably accelerate your German skills.

Film in Berlin

Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Berlin
When Offered: May

This course explores Berlin not only as a prime location for German and international filmmakers, but also as a major center of the European film industry.  Beginning in the 1920s and until today, “Berlin films” have attracted audiences around the globe. After German unification in 1990, Berlin is once again a vibrant film city.   In this course, taught in English, students will:

  • Analyze German and international films shot in Berlin in the 20th and 21st centuries. 
  • Study Berlin’s impact on the national and international film industry.
  • Learn about important film festivals, the film commission, film schools and movie theatres in and around Berlin.
  • Meet representatives of the film industry in Berlin.
  • Interact with German film students.

Offered May-June 2009.

Eberhard Karls Universität
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität
City: Tübingen
When offered: Either semester or full year

You’re not going to be able to immerse yourself much more completely in the study of German than you can in this semester or yearlong program at Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen, offered in cooperation with Antioch College.

The program begins with intensive language study at a Goethe Language Institute in Germany (in August for fall semester or full-year students, January for spring semester students), followed by five weeks of language and cultural orientation in Tübingen, a stately town on the Neckar River that retains its medieval character in its narrow, winding streets, its colorful central marketplace, and a 15th-century castle.

After that, you’re free to choose from courses in the many disciplines Eberhard Karls has to offer, including education, Romance languages, mathematics, biology, business, and law. All courses are taught in German, and you will live in student houses where the language is spoken day in and day out.

More than simply a study-abroad program in Germany, the Eberhard Karls program will introduce you to learning—and life—as Germans themselves experience it.

German & European Studies

Luneburg, Germany

The Lüneburg program is ideal for students interested in learning the German language and focusing on European Studies – specifically Germany’s role within the European Union – or for students studying Engineering. Through formal coursework and personal interaction with the host culture, you will greatly expand your language skills and knowledge of German society. Lüneburg offers students the quality of life of a smaller community without sacrificing the cultural resources and activities of a large metropolitan city. Lüneburg is also only 30 minutes away from the former East Germany, providing a unique vantage point from which to study the dynamics of reunification.

The program offers three diverse academic areas: German Language, European and Engineering Studies. The intensive language approach allows you to complete up to two years of university language requirements in one semester. Additional courses in economics, history, culture, art history, intercultural communication, politics and engineering are taught in German or English to provide a well-rounded curriculum. However, the academic courses are only a part of the intended value of a program abroad. Participation in cultural activities, festivals and field trips to Hamburg, Celle, Bremen and an optional tour to Berlin in the spring also form an integral part of the program.

Offered in Fall or Spring

 

Ghana

Culture and Arts in West Africa
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Accra
When Offered: January

Ghana’s rich and deep cultural traditions have persisted through centuries of colonization, strife, governmental corruption, and other, often extreme hardships. This three-week course is your opportunity to experience firsthand the enduring and changing West African culture through intensive interdisciplinary study of the country’s customs, social institutions, and arts. In the capital city and artistic center of Accra, you will attend lectures at the National Theatre of Ghana and other institutions. You’ll go on field excursions to meet artists, see theatrical and dance performances, and take classes in West African drumming, dance, and more. As a complement to your experiences in the city, you will also live for part of the time with a family in the rural village of Ho.

“Culture and Arts in West Africa” includes a seven-week preliminary course during the fall semester prior to the Ghana trip and a seven-week follow-up course during the following spring.

University of Ghana
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
City: Accra
When offered: Fall, spring, or academic year.

Offered in cooperation with SUNY Brockport, this program offers you the opportunity to take classes in a wide range of disciplines at the University of Ghana—and immerse yourself in Ghanaian culture over the course of a full semester or academic year.

You’ll live alongside Ghanaian students in a residence hall on the University of Ghana’s campus in the capital city of Accra, and you’ll receive instruction from UG faculty in small classes, seminars, and tutorials. The program includes a comprehensive on-site orientation to help you get acclimated to the university and its educational system, and you’ll be able to take part in field trips and other special events organized specifically for program participants by a resident director in Ghana.

Honduras

Tropical Marine Biology in Honduras
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
Institution: Roatan Institute for Marine Studies
City: Roatan
When Offered: January

The coral reef of the Caribbean continental shelf is the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and the area off the northwest coast of Roatan, Honduras, features more than 30 miles of fringing and barrier reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, and an extraordinary variety of marine life.

In this three-week course at the Roatan Institute for Marine Studies, you will explore the endangered coral reefs of Honduras through dives, field experiments, and lectures emphasizing the analysis of the reef’s structure and function. The course also includes an excursion to lowland rainforests on the Honduras mainland.

India

India: Solving the Puzzle
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Bombay, Delhi, Amritsar, Agar, & Dharamsala
When Offered: January

Modern India is a study in social, economic, and cultural contrasts. Tradition and modernization, wealth and poverty, and different religions exist side by side, in harmony and also in tension. During this three-week intensive course, you will experience and examine these contrasts firsthand.

All students of the course will be required to take a preliminary course at Goucher during the fall semester prior to departure. Once in India, you will visit centers of religious worship in different cities. You will attend musical, dance, and arts events and workshops and meet with local experts for discussions on contemporary social and cultural themes. You’ll visit contrasting social environments, such as middle class homes and slums. And through short written assignments during the trip and a longer research paper upon your return, you will assimilate your experiences and explore your own perspectives on what you have done and seen.

“India: Solving the Puzzle” is open to students in the sophomore class and above.

India: Business, Sociology, and Indian Cultural Studies

Bangalore

The Bangalore program offers students the opportunity to study a wide variety of subjects in the humanities, business and information technology while living in one of the most fascinating and interesting regions of India. Bangalore is an ideal place to learn how the technological and business revolution is transforming traditional Indian society into a fast-paced hybrid of East-West life. Its location in India’s Silicon Valley also makes it an excellent spot for networking and developing contacts with companies involved in software and business outsourcing.USAC students are integrated into the college atmosphere and have many opportunities to experience the culture, learn about the country and make friends. Volunteer opportunities are available as well as college sports, clubs and association activities.

Offered Fall or Spring

 

Ireland

University College Cork: Full Curriculum Studies

Cork, Ireland

The Cork program offers students the opportunity to enroll in a wide range of courses in a variety of disciplines at the University College Cork (UCC), one of the oldest universities in Ireland. Just a few of the choices are: Archaeology, Celtic Civilization, Irish Studies, Music, Applied Psychology, Applied Social Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Commerce and Technology and Law. A small number of internship opportunities are also available. Ireland remains a unique country with its own traditions, values and views of the world. Time in Ireland will challenge you personally, open your eyes to different ways of looking at the current topics in our world and enable you to experience Irish culture and history.

The University College Cork has an international reputation for its research work, particularly in the areas of fundamental and technological science. We recommend you enroll in “Early Start” courses, unique to the university. Some of the courses offered are Irish Archaeology, History and Modern Ireland, Law, Literatures in Ireland, Irish Folklore and Ethnology, Management and Marketing in the European Union, Irish Ecosystems and Music in Ireland – all of which give you insight into Ireland’s past and present. Many classes also include field trips, which bring alive the class material.

Offered in Fall or Spring

Israel

Education in a Multicultural Israeli Society

Negev Desert, Israel

Goucher College, with the cooperation of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, is offering a three-week course to study education in a multicultural Israeli society.  Because Southern Israel contains a sizeable population of diverse inhabitants—including native Israelis, Bedouins, Arabs, Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia, and the former Soviet Union—the Negev is the ideal location to undertake this study.  Teams of three or four Goucher students and one Ben Gurion graduate will work with the populations of their choices as tutors or discussion leaders.  Other options may include teams investigating environmental education or international education.  Lectures will be provided by the faculty of Ben Gurion University, and field trips will be arranged to schools and institutions that have designed specific programs to meet the needs of this diverse population.  We will be housed in the University dorms and will join the Israeli students in social and educational events including two potential overnight trips to enjoy the unique geological and cultural features of the Negev. 

When Offered:  May  (Not offered in 2009-2010.)

Italy

Italian Language and Culture

Type of Program:  Intensive Course Abroad
City:  Sorrento
When Offered:  May

The Intensive Course Abroad in Italy offers the possibility to learn the Italian language (IT 110, 120, or 130) through the culture of the south of Italy. Students attending this course in Salerno will experience Italian history, art, music, ceramics, and theater in a traditional setting. 

Additionally, there will be on-site guided tours in the medieval Salerno center together with beautiful excursions to many destinations in the area:  the charming Amalfi Coast with its pearl Positano; the unforgettable Naples; the rich capital of the Borbon Kingdom; the magic island of Capri; and the famous archeological sites Pompei and Paestum (Greek Temples). The excursions will give students a taste of authentic Italy and will integrate their knowledge to form a broad-based perspective on the interrelationship between the past and present Italy, culturally, socially and historically. In Salerno, students will live with welcoming Italian host families, practising the language and tasting the delicious local food. 

Italy: International Business, Art, & Italian Studies

Torino

Torino is an excellent location to study and practice the Italian language and to experience Italy’s rich culture away from the crowded tourist areas. Torino is home to many prominent international companies and this program provides an excellent opportunity to meet European students and business people in a leading center for European business and business education.

This program offers three diverse academic areas: Art/Architecture, International Business and Italian Studies. All students are required to take an intensive Italian language course during the first six weeks of the semester to help them integrate into their surroundings. The Torino program combines academic coursework with practical learning, tours and field trips to create an integrated cultural experience.

The main square of the city center, Piazza Castello, reflects the entire architectural history of Torino from its ancient Roman roots to the global business giant it is today. Torino’s rich combination of old and new styles makes the city the perfect location to study art and architecture. Not only is the city the home of FIAT, but leading car designers (such as Giugiaro and Pininfarina) have helped put Torino on the map as well. Torino was named the first world capital of design in 2008 for its creative energy and innovative production, and its strategic geographical location also makes other European centers (Rome, Paris, Berlin and Zurich) easily accessible.

Offered in Fall or Spring

 

Italy: History, Art, Environmental & Italian Studies

Viterbo

This program is ideal for students interested in studying Italian, History, Art or Environmental Studies in a bustling university town in central Italy. Viterbo is a great location to study and practice the Italian language and to experience its rich culture away from English-speaking tourist areas. The city is also rich in historical, artistic and monumental legacies. There is no better setting for art students than Italy. You'll gain firsthand experience of Italian art through participation in course field trips and by visiting the actual works themselves on your own.  This program offers four diverse academic areas: History, Art, Environmental and Italian Studies. However, the academic courses are only part of the value of the program. Participation in various local field trips, optional field studies, festivals and activities also forms an integral part of the experience.

Offered in Fall or Spring

 

Siena, Italy
Type of Program: Semester
Institution: Buffalo State College
City: Siena
When offered: Fall or spring.

While living with Sienese families and participating actively in the life of the community, students will attend classes taught primarily in English. Students will also take tours to Florence, Rome, and other Italian cities as part of their coursework in order to explore art, architecture, and Italian culture. Students will also have the opportunity to attend workshops that will enable them to experience aspects of Sienese life, such as the pressing of olive oil and attending a private organ recital in the Palazzo Comunale. Siena, encircled by centuries-old walls and overlooking the Tuscan countryside, is one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Italy. Siena is also the birthplace of the Renaissance and its illustrious sons, including Dante, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Medici. Courses offered include Art and Architecture in Siena, Italian Civilization/History, and Italian language. Except for language courses, classes are conducted in English. Students are required to take Italian. Airfare is included in the program cost. This program is offered in cooperation with Buffalo State College. Visit Buffalo State's website.

Japan

Sacred Space, the Forbidden Forest, and Nature's Place in Contemporary Japan

Japan, like many cultures, is caught between deeply ingrained traditions based on an intimate relationship with nature, and the seduction of fast-paced modern life.  This three-week intensive course will study Shinto shrines, examining Shintoism’s belief in the living spirits of trees, mountains, water, the sun, and all things.  These sacred spaces were built to honor the natural realms where the spirits live, and to invoke those spirits’ presence. 

The persistence of perfection in craft, the everyday appreciation of art, and the conscious understanding of basic design principles are in evidence everywhere in Japan, from the thousand-year-old shrines and temples in Nara, to the most recent architecture of Maki Fumihiko and Ando Tadao; from the scrolls and screen paintings of 7th century Kyoto, to the current proliferation of manga and anime; and from the art of kimono to the packaging of simple purchases from the store.

We will arrive in Tokyo, and experience the intensity of this city of 30 million by exploring its distinct districts (Asakusa, Shinjuku, Aoyama and Ueno). Contrasting this with visits to the collections in the National, Calligraphy, and Edo Museums, we’ll explore the 12th century beginnings of manga, and the obvious importance of nature in the storytelling of scroll and screen paintings. Seeking out traditional crafts, we’ll visit a 4th generation atelier which still designs and prints fabric for kimono. We’ll have the opportunity to meet students from our sister university, Aoyama Gakuin. Moving our base to Kyoto, we will have ample opportunity to explore this former capitol that houses twenty percent of Japan’s National Treasures and contains 17 of the United Nation’s World Heritage sites. We will visit the Manga and Raku Museums, attend a Noh performance, and visit multiple shrines and temples. From Kyoto we’ll head south to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Park and museum, stopping in Koyasan for an overnight monastery stay and an evening walk through the Okunoin, an ancient ancestral burial ground. If time allows, day trips are possible to Nara, Kamakura, and Shigaraki; to papermaking ateliers; and to meet with potters and woodcarvers.  Offered May 2009. 

Japan: Japanese Language, Society, and Culture Studies

Nagasaki

The Nagasaki program offers a curriculum that gives students an expansive academic range of courses focused on Japanese society and culture. Students are required to take Japanese language courses, and can choose from five levels, beginning to advanced. Other courses are taught in English or simplified Japanese, including courses covering traditional Japanese arts. Native-speaking conversation partners are assigned as well.

Offered in Fall or Spring

 

Japan: Japan & East Asian Studies

Osaka

The Osaka program allows students to concentrate on Japan and its language, culture and society, or broaden their East Asia focus through additional study of the language and society of China or Korea. The program aims to promote a better understanding of the cultural, religious, social, economic and political aspects of Japan and its neighbors. Classes are small, the homestay program is well established, and a variety of activities both on and off campus are readily available. Japan is a fascinating country rich in culture, history and a diverse environment; the combination of which produces one of the most distinctive societies in the world. The Kwansei Gakuin University Japan and East Asia Studies Program (JEASP) is designed to explore this fascinating country within the larger context of East Asia. USAC students attending this program have the unique opportunity to study and live in a culturally rich city.

Offered Fall or Spring

Mali

Mali Program
Mali, West Africa

Immerse yourself in African art and culture in Mali, West Africa. The Mali program is offered through Antioch Education Abroad and provides students with the opportunity to develop intercultural skills, critical thinking, and a deep understanding of Malian culture. Through field-study, students will use art as a means to understand culture and themselves. Students will become familiar with contemporary Malian life which is influenced by traditions of the 12th century, Islam, the fading presence of colonialism, contemporary neo-colonialism, and the complexity of globalization. 

Students will participate in an orientation in Bamako, Mali's capital, Siby, and the interior of Mali where they will immerse themselves in life outside of the capital through visits with artists, artisans, and performers. Students will have a chance to live with families, as well as take part in a three-week apprenticeship where they will work with an artist, artisan, musician, or dancer in accordance with their own goals and interests.  After the apprenticeship, students will complete a three-week independent project where they will apply what they have learned to their own work.  The group will reunite for the final week of presentations and group reflection. 

Visit www.antioch-college.edu/aea/ for more details.

When Offered: fall semester only

Malta

Malta: Full Curriculum Studies

Msida

The Msida program is ideal for students interested in choosing from a wide range of courses while exploring the Maltese Islands and the 7,000 years of history found throughout their culture, scenery and architecture. You will study at the University of Malta and may take courses in the Faculties of Anthropology, Arts, Economics, Management, Arabic and Near Eastern Studies, Psychology and Theology. Courses are offered in diverse subjects such as Public Policy, Communications and Instructional Technology, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Moral Theology and Psychology. All courses are taught in English.

Offered in Fall or Spring

  

Mexico

Spanish 120 in Cuernavaca
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Cuernavaca
When Offered: January

“Spanish 120 in Cuernavaca” is an unusual opportunity to learn by immersing yourself in a Spanish-speaking culture very early in your language studies.

You will take the first half of the course at Goucher over the first seven weeks of the fall semester, followed by the required primer course “Gateway to Mexico” during the second seven weeks. In January, you will complete the course in Cuernavaca, a university town filled with cafés, shops, and cultural attractions ranging from ancient Aztec temples to contemporary museums of art.

You will live with a host family for the duration, reinforcing what you’ve learned in your daily classes on Spanish language, conversation, and culture in conversations over dinner and around the house. You will also join your Goucher classmates on excursions to cultural and historic sites around Cuernavaca, Mexico City, and the surrounding countryside, and you’ll have plenty of time for additional exploring on your own. Throughout the experience, you’ll have plenty of opportunities for the kind of casual and formal conversation that will noticeably accelerate your Spanish skills.

Netherlands

Netherlands: Full Curriculum Studies

The Hague

The Hague program offers the opportunity to enroll in a variety of disciplines at The Hague University’s School of European Studies (HEBO). You will find The Hague is a crossroad of cultures with well over thirty nationalities represented, making your study abroad experience truly diverse. Courses are taught in English and you may choose from courses in the areas of Communication Management, Business Management, Culture and Society, Law and Politics and Language. Students are required to take a Dutch culture course for the first six weeks of the semester. The Introduction to Dutch Society course includes organized field trips to locations such as Delft, famous worldwide for its blue and white pottery, or the Kröller-Müller Museum, known for its expansive collection of Van Gogh paintings.

Offered in Fall or Spring

 

New Zealand

 

Massey University

Various locations, New Zealand

This program offers the opportunity to enroll in a wide range of Massey University courses across the five colleges: Business, Education, Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Creative Arts including an extensive program in Maori Visual and Performing Arts. Massey University operates three campuses located in three different cities within the North Island of New Zealand. Each campus offers a unique environment in which to study and immerse yourself in the local culture.

Courses popular with international students include New Zealand: Fauna & Flora, Environmental Issues, Plate Tectonics and Geology, Mid-Twentieth Century Aotearoa Literature, Maori Language, Defense Studies and Economy. The university’s strengths also include Aviation, Animal Science, Biotechnology, Communication, Design, Environmental and Ecological Studies, Finance, Forestry, Food Technology, Genetics, Human Nutrition, Psychology, Performance Jazz, Sociology and Sports Studies.

Offered in Fall and Spring

 

Norway

University of Oslo

Oslo, Norway

The Oslo program offers the opportunity to enroll at the University of Oslo in a wide range of courses taught in English. You may stay for one semester or a full year and choose from a broad range of courses in the areas of Scandinavian Studies, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Theology, Education, Law and Graduate Studies. Students have the option of taking the 30-hour Beginners Course in Norwegian in addition to their normal study program (included in the USAC program fees). Although most people in Norway speak English, we strongly recommend you take this optional course, as it will help you to assimilate better into Norwegian life, and you will find that Norwegians appreciate your effort to speak their language.

Students begin their stay in Oslo with an on-site orientation to the university, region and country in addition to field trips and social activities. At the conclusion of this program, students begin their regular coursework.

Offered in Fall and Spring

 

Romania

The Art and Science of Glass in Romania
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad

You will travel far and wide—and get plenty of hands-on experience—in this two-part course on the ancient art and modern technology of glass.

During the second seven weeks of the spring semester, you will take a one-credit course on the chemistry of glass at Goucher. In August, you’ll put your learning into action in trips to the Corning Museum of Glass in New York and to Romania, learning glassblowing and flameworking techniques and creating pieces of your own. Through lectures on glassmaking traditions, you will explore the relationships between art, history, and technology, and through excursions around Romania you’ll learn about life in this emerging Eastern European democracy.  This program will not be offered in 2009-2010.

Russia

Summer in Moscow
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad

The Goucher College /Johns Hopkins University Cooperative Russian Language Program offers students interested in Russian language and culture a unique opportunity to participate in a 4.5 week immersion program in Moscow, one of the most vibrant cities of the modern world. Students with one year of Russian attend 4-5 hours of language classes daily at Language Link. Students with no language background participate in a special program that includes survival Russian and cultural studies. Combined biweekly excursions offer students a glimpse of the opulent palaces and golden-domed cathedrals of the Kremlin, the magnificence of Red Square, and the rich cultural heritage of the Tretiakov Gallery, House of Arts, Novodevichy Monastery, Kolomenskoe, Tsaritsyno, Kuskovo, Sergeiev Posad and other famous cultural sites. Students also attend one theatre performance each week. Students live with Russian families in order to practice their language skills and experience the culture first hand. A five-day stay in St. Petersburg, known as the Venice of the North, forms the capstone of this rich cultural immersion.  This program will not be offered in 2009-2010.

Scotland

Glasgow School of Art
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
Institution: Glasgow School of Art
City: Glasgow
When offered: Fall or academic year.

From the eminent architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh to contemporary designers at Armani, Apple, Nokia, and other prominent global businesses, students of the Glasgow School of Art have a reputation for making an impression on the global art and design scene.

Goucher offers a fall semester or full academic year at the Glasgow School of Art, an institution of about 1,500 mostly undergraduate students in 10 specialist fine art and design departments. You can choose from courses in the Mackintosh School of Architecture, the School of Design (including visual communication, product design, interior design, silversmithing and jewelry, textiles, and ceramics), and the School of Fine Art (including painting, printmaking, photography, environmental art, and sculpture).

You will live in dorms within walking distance of the campus, and the tremendous cultural resources of Glasgow will be right outside your door. With its outstanding art galleries and museums, theatres, operas, ballets, and concert halls, Glasgow is an ideal place to immerse yourself in your art education.

Slovenia

Alternative Media & Culture in Slovenia and Croatia

This course provides an international field experience in the arts, culture, and social activism in two of the recently-independent nations of the former Yugoslavia.  The program will be centered on Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and the cultural projects in the city that have challenged the political and social status quo.  In particular, students will examine and document the activities around Metelkova, a cultural enclave in the city created by punks, squatters, and intellectuals in the 1990s, and that today consists of several music clubs, art galleries and studios, gay and lesbian clubs, and meeting places for teenagers and others.  Students will create a website including video, audio, photography, graphics, and writing to present Metelkova to the world and explore the dynamics of alternative media and cultural production – its successes and failures, dynamism and challenges.

 Students will also have a chance to meet internet activists, filmmakers, radio producers and others exploring innovative approaches to media.  The course includes a short trip to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, to broaden their experience of developments in the Balkans.  Tentative dates for the trip are May 19-June 9, 2009. 

South Africa

Inequality and Social Policy in South Africa
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Various
When Offered: May

After more than a decade of independence, the scars that apartheid left on South Africa are still very visible in the racial and economic divides the country has yet to narrow.

In this three-week intensive course, you will explore the rich and complex social and political history of South Africa through lectures, field excursions, and field research in the areas of health care, education policy, domestic violence, housing, and urban development. Through tours and discussions in Grahmstown, Cape Town, and Durban, and a five-day home stay in the rural area of Kwazulu-Natal, you will see firsthand the results of South Africa’s social policies—and consider your own conceptions of equality, justice, and privilege.

Township and Rural Education in South Africa
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Grahamstown
When Offered: May

This course will introduce students to primary and secondary education in the township and rural schools of Grahamstown, South Africa. Participants will design and implement lesson plans focusing on basic math and science concepts for South African learners in grades 5 through 8. While basic math and science concepts are the focus of instruction, participants will design and implement lessons that encourage the development of South African learners' reading, thinking, composing, and content area skills. The first seven weeks of the course will be conducted during the spring semester. The final four weeks will take place in South Africa at the end of the spring semester where participants will complete a four week intensive field placement in a township and rural school. In addition to teaching 20 hours per week in the schools, participants will attend a weekly lecture on Xhosa culture and languages specific to the Eastern Cape region at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. One of the primary objectives of this ICA is to analyze personal cross-cultural competence and understanding in order to effectively teach learners from diverse backgrounds. A secondary objective of this ICA is to help participants move out of their comforts zones in order to better understand themselves, others, and the world around them. This program will be directed by Professor LaJerne Cornish.

Rhodes University

Grahamstown, South Africa

Rhodes University is located in the heart of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province in Grahamstown, a bifurcated city of about 125,000 people.  The challenge of poverty, urbanization, and education in South Africa is found in the community of Grahamstown, and provides additional invaluable material for scholars and humanists alike.  Rhodes University was established in 1904, and today has 6,000 students studying in 38 departments spread over eight faculties:

  • Arts
  • Science
  • Law
  • Education
  • Commerce
  • Social Science
  • Divinity
  • Pharmacy

The University offers an ideal physical environment for studying.  Goucher students enroll in regular Rhodes University classes, live with Rhodes students in campus residences, and are welcome to join in all university activities.  Students are required to take a 10-week Xhosa language and culture course for pass/no pass grading. 

Visit the Rhodes University web site. 

When offered:  Fall Term (mid-July through mid-December) and Spring Term (mid-February through mid-June)


Spain

Astronomy and Spanish in Granada, Spain
Type of Program: Intensive Course Abroad
City: Granada
When Offered: May

An interdisciplinary exploration of science and language, this intensive course abroad integrates classes at Goucher in astronomy and Spanish with a three-week trip to Granada, Spain, a city well-known for its outstanding astronomical observatories. In Granada, you will attend lectures by Goucher professors and Spanish scholars and astronomers, and you will go on field trips to some of Spain’s most famous observatories. The course satisfies requirements in both lab science and modern languages at Goucher.


University of Salamanca
Type of Program: Semester or Year Programs
Institution: University of Salamanca
City: Salamanca
When offered: Fall, spring, or academic year

If you’re looking for complete immersion in your study of Spanish language and culture, this program, offered in cooperation with SUNY Cortland, is a great way to achieve it.

Cuernavaca itself is rich with history and heritage, and the university—Spain’s oldest and one of the oldest in Europe—traces its roots back to the 13th century. You’ll advance your Spanish skills rapidly through intensive classes in language, and you’ll choose additional courses in other fields of interest from the university’s extensive catalogue. If you wish, you can further enrich your experience by volunteering up to 5 hours a week teaching English to young Spanish children. And you will live with a host family throughout, participating in the domestic life of Salamanca and exercising your language skills around the house and over meals.

Contemporary Salamanca is a lively university town centered on an expansive plaza surrounded by beautiful yellow sandstone churches, cathedrals, schools, and historic sites. It’s about two hours away from the capital city of Madrid, and a local airport puts destinations around Spain—and beyond—within easy reach.

United States

Information coming soon.

Ukraine

Odessa Old & New: Russians, Ukrainians, & Jews in Baltimore's Sister Cities

Odessa, Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine, founded at the end of the 18th century on the shores of the Black Sea, housed a rich mixture of cultures and occupations.  One of the most Jewish cities in Eastern Europe, Odessa was also the site of numerous, periodic pogroms that prompted waves of Jews to depart for Ottoman Palestine and the New World.  The unique cultural heritage of Odessa gave rise to many of Russia's most well-known literary figures, humorists, and musicians.  Gleaming modern malls coexist with old-style street bazaars; Internet cafes nestle beneath classical architecture as well as stark Soviet edifices; and foreign tourists (many of them seeking brides) help keep the hotels full.  Students will visit sites of both historical and current interest in order to better understand the cultural influences that have shaped Odessa.  The program also includes visits to Kiev (Ukraine's capital) and Crimea (home of the Tatar khans). 

When offered: June This program will not be offered in 2009-2010.

United Kingdom

Shakespeare: Stage & Page examines the relationship between Shakespeare as literature and Shakespeare as theatre: we examine Shakespeare’s works from both a historical/critical perspective and from a performance perspective. Professor Jeff Myers of the English Department and Professor Michael Curry of the Department of Theatre will add a new component to Shakespeare: Stage & Page by offering the course for the first time as an intensive study abroad.

Appropriately, the topic for the course will be the significance of place in Shakespeare’s plays. We will travel to locations across the United Kingdom that are important settings in some of Shakespeare’s plays. 

Vietnam

Vietnam Semester Program

Danang

The Brockport Vietnam Program in Danang provides participants an international adventure in an exciting, safe, friendly, and historically rich community with a political system and social traditions that are fascinating. Participants will take classes in language, culture, politics, and history from professors that also teach at Danang University (the state university), Duy Tan University (a private university), and The School of Politics (a state political education institute). Each institution will expose students to different philosophies and teaching approaches in Vietnam. Students also perform community service at a variety of locations including a group home for disabled children, nursing home, teaching English to local students, etc.