Summer Study Abroad Programs
Each summer a variety of study abroad programs are offered by College of Charleston faculty. Students pay tuition and a program fee that covers international round-trip airfare, room and board, some meals, and co-curricular activities. Learn which program is right for you. Email Julie Swigert for counseling.
In order to apply, please click here and fill out our application. The program deposit will be posted to the student's MyCharleston account once the application is submitted to and approved by CIE.
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Abroad Programs
Multidestination
Austria, Germany, Italy
Faculty Directors: Dr. Celeste LaCroix, Department of Communication and Dr. Alison Smith, Department of French, Francophone & Italian Studies
Dates: May 27, 2013- June 28, 2013
Courses Offered: Communication and Women and Gender Studies (COMM 336: Cross-Cultural Communication AND WGST 300: Gender Issues in the European Union)
Deadline: February 22, 2013
Description: Participants in this program will spend a month living and studying in Florence, Italy; Munich, Germany; and Salzburg, Austria.
Czech Republic and Poland
Faculty Directors: Dr. Robert Westerfelhaus, Department of Communication and Dr. Elena Strauman, Department of Communication
Dates: May 10, 2013 - June 10, 2013
Courses Offered: Communication (COMM 315: Ethical Communication AND COMM XXX: Rhetorics that Bind and Divide)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: The theme for this study abroad program is "Community and Conflict in Multicultural Contexts - Communication that Binds and Divides." The theme will explore, through the two classes offered, communication ethics and rhetoric which will examine a range of multicultural issues with a focus on communication that contributed to the Holocaust.
England and France
Faculty Directors: Dr. Ralph Muldrow, Department of Art History
Dates: June 12, 2013 - July 2, 2013
Courses Offered: Art History (ARTH 340: Art, Architecture and Preservation in London and Paris AND ARTH 340: Urbanism in London and Paris)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program will explore some of the most significant works in the areas of Architecture, Urban Design, Preservation and Art both in London and Paris and their environs.
Germany and Poland
Faculty Directors: Dr. Theodore Rosengarten, Department of History/Jewish Studies
Dates: late May, 2013
Courses Offered: Jewish Studies (JWST XXX: Tracing the Holocaust in Eastern Europe)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: More information on this program to be announced.
Brazil
Brazil
Faculty Directors: Dr. Luci Moreira, Department of Hispanic Studies and Mr. Jose Moreira, Department of Hispanic Studies
Dates: May 12, 2013 - May 28, 2013
Courses Offered: Brazilian Culture and Literature (LTPO 150 or 250: Portuguese Literature in Translation AND LACS 105: Contemporary Brazil)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program will examine the way in which Brazil's historical background has contributed to the rich regional diversity of Brazilian culture, and how literature can provide a coherent point of entry for broader esthetic and other questions surrounding images of tropical places. Students will visit three states in Brazil - Minas Gerais, Parana, and Rio de Janeiro. Guided study excursions to museums, cultural centers, historical sites, natural parks, and boat trips will be part of the two courses and program.
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
Faculty Directors: Rusty Day, Grice Marine Lab and NIST and Dr. Phil Dustan, Department of Biology
Dates: July 18, 2013 - August 1, 2013
Courses Offered: Field Studies in Coral Reef Biology (BIOL 250 and Lab OR BIOL 453 and Lab)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program allows students to study the biology, ecology, and conservation of the Caribbean coral reef ecosystem. This program is offered in partnership with the Marine Science and Nautical Training Academy (MANTA).
Cambodia
Cambodia
Faculty Directors: Dr. Helen Delfeld, Department of Political Science and Dr. Jen Cole Wright, Department of Psychology
Dates: May 12, 2013 - June 9, 2013
Courses Offered: Political Science and/or Psychology (POLI 339: Poor Peoples' Movement (for POLI majors), PSYC 410: the Developmental Challenges of Poverty and Conflict (for PSYC majors), AND POLI 379/PSYC 410: Emerging from Violence)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program will explore how histories of violence become incorporated into people's individual and collective cultural narratives as well as exploring the various levels at which these cultures make better lives for themselves and their children through individual and community efforts, governmental program, and foreign influence particularly the UN and NGOs.
China
China Business and Political Science
Faculty Directors: Dr. Yu Henry Xie, School of Business and Dr. Guoli Liu, Department of Political Science
Dates: June 1, 2013 - June 18, 2013
Courses Offered: Political Science/Asian Studies and International Business (POLI 359/ASST340: China and the US AND INTB 360: Doing Business in China)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program is a multidisciplinary introduction to China in comparison to the United States. This program will examine the most significant cultural, political, and business environments, such as market transition, in contemporary China.
China Mathematics, Culture and Language
Faculty Directors: Dr. Robert Mignone, Department of Mathematics and Dr. Martin Jones, Department of Mathematics
Dates: May 13, 2013 - June 14, 2013
Courses Offered: Mathematics and Chinese Culture and Language (MATH 250 or MATH 350: Mathematical Statistics I or II AND CHST 240: Special Topics in Chinese Culture/Language)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: Students in this program will travel to Xiamen University located in the coastal city of Xiamen, on the South China Sea in the Fujian Province. At Xiamen, the students will take a Mathematics course taught by CofC faculty and a Special Topics in Chinese or Special Topics in Asian Studies course that would include Chinese culture and Mandarin Chinese language taught by a Xiamen University faculty member. Course work will be done over the first 3 weeks of the program, with the last week including a culture tour of Southeast China as part of the Chinese culture and Mandarin Chinese language course.
China Religion and Culture
Faculty Directors: Dr. Elijah Siegler, Department of Religious Studies and Dr. Piotr Gibas, Department of International Studies
Dates: June 4, 2013 - June 25, 2013
Courses Offered: Religious Studies and International Studies (RELS 205: Sacred Texts of the East AND ASST240: Special Topics - Food, Culture and the Enviroment in China)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: In this program to China, two separate courses courses will be offered, one concerned with Religion and the other with the everyday lives of the Chinese, including what they eat, their culture and their environments. The Religious Studies course will involve in-depth readings of several important Daoist, Buddhist Confucian, and modern texts. Wherever possible, students will read and discuss texts in the locations where they were written or used. The Asian Studies Course will focus on one of the world's favorite cuisines and will explore the culinary traditions of China in their social and environmental context.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Faculty Directors: Dr. Marvin Gonzalez, School of Business and Dr. Gioconda Quesada, School of Business
Dates: July 9 - August 2, 2013
Courses Offered:Business (TRAN 360: Doing Business in Costa Rica AND MKTG 360: Sustainability Issues in Costa Rica)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: The TRANS 360: Doing Business in Costa Rica course will introduce students to the cultural, legal, and business environments in Costa Rica. The MKTG 360: Sustainability Issues in Costa Rica course will provide students with knowledge on how sustainability is managed in Costa Rican businesses. Both courses are hands-on and require interaction with the local culture. Visits to companies, such as Boston Scientific, Intel, Cafe Britt, Finca Don Carlos, Dos Pinos, Port of Charleston, and the Institute of Technology of Costa Rica, are part of the program.
Ecuador
Ecuador
Faculty Director: Dr. William Veal, School of Education and Dr. Angela Cozart, School of Education
Dates: May 12, 2013 - June 2, 2013
Courses Offered: Education (EDEE 580/699: Special Topics in Education: Cross-Cultural and Comparative Education)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: Participants, both undergraduate and graduate,will take a mandatory international education and culture course (EDEE 580/699) which will include a service learning component. This program is a unique opportunity for education students to apply book knowledge, theory, and personal experiences with students and school types in a different cultural setting.
Ecuador and the Galapagos
Faculty Director: Dr. John Chadwick, Department of Geology
Dates: June 5, 2013 - July 5, 2013
Courses Offered: Geology (GEOL 240: Volcanoes in the Footsteps of Darwin)
Deadline: February 1, 2013
Description: This program will provide students with an in-depth, informative, and memorable field experience in the dramatic Andes volcanic region near Quito, Ecuador and in the volcanic islands of the Galapagos. Students will first complete coursework in Charleston then travel to Quito and travel in the Andes for 2 days visiting the large volcano Cotopaxi in Cotopaxi National Park and other nearby geological sites. Students will then travel to the Galapagos islands to study several other volcanic regions and view and discuss the famous wildlife of the Galapagos. The program includes outdoor activities, including some strenuous hiking. Some immunizations are required.
France
Paris
Faculty Director: Dr. Martine Hiers, Department of French and Francophone Studies and Dr. Lisa Signori, Department of French and Francophone Studies
Dates: May 15, 2013 - June 8, 2013
Courses Offered: French language, literature and culture (FREN 314: French Conversation/Composition, FREN 361: Current Issues in France, FREN 370: Studies in French Film and Literature, OR FREN 390: Special Topics: A History of Paris)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program provides students an opportunity to study upper level French in Paris, France for three weeks. The daily schedule while in Paris includes classes as well as vists to museums, sites, and other monuments inside and outside of Paris.
Paris First Year Seminar
Faculty Director: Dr. David Desplaces, School of Business
Dates: May 11, 2013 - May 20, 2013
Courses Offered: First Year Seminar: the Business of Culture (FYSM 146: Business of Culture)
Deadline: Please contact the Faculty Director for more details
Description: This program is part of the First Year Seminar program for first-year students at the College (those students with less than 30 semester hours of credit at the College). The course will explore the current environment, opportunities, and cultural differences between US and France and the history of French business culture.
Germany
Germany Internship
Faculty Director: Mr. Stephen Della Lana, Department of German and Slavic Studies
Dates: May - August 2013
Courses Offered: German language and studies (GRMN 320 and GRMN 3XX)
Deadline: December 1, 2012
Description: This program offers students the opportunity to obtain an internship in a variety of professional fields, including, but not limited to, business, general administration, production, computer science and engineering, all while improving your German language skills.
Germany Neuroscience
Faculty Directors: Dr. Michael Ruscio, Department of Psychology and Dr. Chris Korey, Department of Biology
Dates: May 22, 2013 - June 18, 2013
Courses Offered: Neuroscience (BIOL 336/PSYC446: Neuroscience Seminar in Germany)
Deadline: February 22, 2013
Description: This program is designed to enlighten students regarding the international nature of neuroscience research and the vast research opportunities and collaborations that are possible in today's scientific community. It will also expose students to neuroscience research and training conducted by the consortium of the German Schools of Neuroscience (GSN) through an intensive four week neuroscience seminar experience.
Germany Hospitality and Tourism Management
Faculty Directors: Dr. Robert Frasch, Department of Hospitality and Tourism
Dates: July 13, 2013 - July 23, 2013 (in Germany); July 24, 2013 - August 2, 2013 (in the USA)
Courses Offered: Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTMT 360: German Wine Tourism - From Grape to Table)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program will spend 10 days in Germany doing both class and experiential learning at the wine growing regions in Germany. At the end of the 10 days, both CofC and students from the University of Worms will travel to Charleston for another 10 day stay where students will have class and experiential learning at local restaurants in the area.
Iceland
Iceland
Faculty Directors: Dr. Brumby McLeod, Department of Hospitality and Tourism
Dates: May 15, 2013 - June 1, 2013
Courses Offered: Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTMT 360: Destination Management)
Deadline: March 15, 2013
Description: In this program, students will develop advanced tourism management skills related to identifying, evaluating, and utilizing destination specific research and participant observation to support strategic business decisions and develop new products. The course will require 3-5 days in the classroom in Charleston, followed by 10-14 days in the Icelandic region, and ending with 1-2 days back in the classroom in Charleston.
Indonesia
Bali
Faculty Director: Dr. Phil Dustan, Department of Biology
Dates: May 13, 2013 - June 2, 2013
Courses Offered: Tropical Ecology (BIOL 250 AND BIOL 250 Lab for non-majors OR BIOL 453 AND BIOL 453 Lab for majors)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This study abroad program is located in the province of Bali. It is designed to introduce students to the natural and human ecology of the tropics, explore the complex and distinctive natural features of tropical communities and to become familiar with ecological processes as they apply to tropical ecosystems.
Ireland
Ireland
Faculty Director: Dr. Joe Kelly, Department of English and Dr. Trish Ward, Department of English
Dates: July 24, 2013 - August 8, 2013
Courses Offered: Irish literature (ENGL 360 AND 370: Irish Mythology and the Celtic Revival OR ENGL 517: Irish Mythology and the Celtic Revival (graduate Course))
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program will consist of approximately two weeks of course work in Charleston before departing for Ireland. In Ireland, students will visit various sites associated with Irish authors, Irish mythology and the Celtic Revival. See the program's blog for more information: http://blogs.cofc.edu/irishstudyabroad2013/
Israel
Israel
Faculty Director: Dr. Norman Levine, Department of Geology and Dr. Conrad Festa, Emeritus Faculty
Dates: Summer I 2013
Courses Offered: Geology (GEOL XXX: Geology of the Bible)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This study abroad program will provide students with a unique educational experience in Israel. Using the Bible as a tour guide the Old and New Testament readings will be integrated with a detailed understanding of the geology and environmental setting at each of the sites visited. Through this integrated discussion students will learn how the geology and environmental settings of Israel help to frame some of the most memorable biblical texts as we understand them.
Italy
Lerici
Faculty Director: Dr. Massimo Maggiari, Department of Italian
Dates: May 2013
Courses Offered: Italian Literature in Translation (LTIT 250: The Soul of Poetry: From Dante to the Hermetics AND LTIT 350: Landscape, Poetry, and Ligurian Identity in Eugenio Montale)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: Participants in this study abroad program will stay in the very hospitable town of Lerici, Italy in the Gulf of La Spezia. The Gulf is also referred to as the "Gulf of Poets" because of its attraction to some of the world's most celebrated poets who came, and even died, there. In Lerici, students will study a Survey of Italian poetry and Hermetic poets such a Montale, Ungaretti and Quasimodo. Students will take excursions to Pisa, Sarzana, La Spezia, Cinque Terre, Chiavari and Genova.
Rome
Faculty Directors: Dr. Alvaro Ibarra, Department of Art History and Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael, Department of Classics
Dates: June 3, 2013 - June 27, 2013
Courses Offered: Art History and Classics (ARTH 220: Topography and Archaeology of Ancient Italy AND CLAS 203: Roman Life)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This study abroad program offers intense coursework concerning the art and architecture of ancient Italy. Participants will visit Rome, Florence, Capri, and Pompeii to examine works of art in their own context.
Sorrento
Faculty Directors: Dr. Giovanna DeLuca, Department of Francophone and Italian Studies
Dates: June 1, 2013 - June 29, 2013
Courses Offered: Italian Language (ITAL 201 AND ITAL 202: Intermediate Italian OR ITAL 328: Foreign Language Study Abroad AND ITAL 329: Current Issues Abroad)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This study abroad program provides students with an opportunity to study Italian Language and Current Issues courses Italy. The program includes several excursions to Pompeii, Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast.
Spoleto
Faculty Directors: Dr. Bret Lott, Department of English and Dr. Anthony Varallo, Department of English
Dates: May 15, 2013 - June 12, 2013
Courses Offered: Creative Writing and Literature (ENGL 339: The Travel Memoir: Writing In and Of Place AND ENGL 395: The Italian Image in Nineteenth-Century American Literature)
Deadline: January 31, 2013
Description: Students will visit Charleston's sister city to write and to study literature, as well as to meet with artists and writers living there, inspiring them to continue their education with an even greater sense of the importance of art, and of writing. Students and faculty will be stay at a villa compound located just outside of Spoleto, where they will share meals, hold readings, and spend quiet time writing and reading.
Morocco
Morocco
Faculty Directors: Dr. Abdellatif Attafi, Department of French and Dr. Jack Parson, Department of Political Science
Dates: May 14, 2013 - June 5, 2013
Courses Offered: Literature courses in translation, French language, and Political Science (LTAR 250: Francophone Literature in Translation (taught in English), POLI 339: Morocco and Contemporary Africa (taught in English), FREN 361: Current Issues in Morocco, OR FREN 490: Special Topics)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This program will be a twenty-four day immersion in the history, culture, politics, languages and geography of this unique African county.
Panama
Panama
Faculty Director: Dr. Craig Plante, Department of Biology
Dates: May 12, 2013 - May 31, 2013
Courses Offered: Ecology (BIOL 341: General Ecology AND BIOL 341 Lab: General Ecology Lab)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: This combined lecture and lab course in Ecology is a biology core course and is required for Marine Biology majors. Students will spend .4 weeks in Charleston and 2.6 weeks in Panama, which will offer a significant portion of the laboratory in a tropical setting.
Russia
Russia
Faculty Director: Ms. Oksana Ingle, Department of German and Slavic Languages and Mr. Steve Johnson, Department of Studio Art
Dates: May 14, 2013 - June 10, 2013
Courses Offered: Russian Language (RUSS 201: Intermediate Russian Language AND LTRS 210: 19th Century Russian Literature in Translation (in English)) OR Studio Art (ARTS 119: Drawing 1)
Deadline: January 15, 2013
Description: This program allows College of Charleston students to study in Russia for approximately one month. The program will begin with several nights in St. Petersburg, where students will visit sites such as the Hermitage, one of the world's largest museums, will enjoy a waking and boat tour of the city, and visit several former czar's residence, including the palaces and summer homes of Peter the Great & Catherine the Great.
Spain
Trujillo
Faculty Director: Mr. Daniel Delgado Diaz and Dr. Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson, Department of Hispanic Studies
Dates: May 2013 - June 2013
Courses Offered: Spanish language (SPAN 275: Spanish Skills Review, SPAN 328 Spanish Language Study Abroad, SPAN 329: Current Issues in Spain, OR SPAN 390: Special Topics in Spain)
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Description: A thriving center for tourism with a rich historic past, Trujillo is the place of origin of many explorers and conquistadors of the New World, including Francisco Pizarro. Students will live with host families in Trujillo, offering them an extraordinary opportunity to improve fluency in Spanish and experience Spanish culture firsthand.
