Summer European Cultural History Tour
May 24- August 2 , 2009

70 days, and the experience of a lifetime! England, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Hugary, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Greece. Earn twelve hours of college credit in the humanities and social sciences in an interdisciplinary program that visits major cities and small towns in both Western Europe and the Mediterranean.

Offered again in 2010

Western European Cultural History Tour
May 24-June 28, 2009

Offered again in 2010

Mediterranean Cultural History Tour
June 28 - August 2, 2009

35 days of Mediterranean adventure and discovery! Travel with experienced faculty and study while you experience 12 cities in three countries in Europe: Switzerland, Italy and Greece: Zurich, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Brindisi, Olympia, Nafplion, Thessaloniki, Meteora, Crete Delphi and Athens. Earn six hours of college credit in the humanities and social sciences in an interdisciplinary program.

Fenz Scholarship available!

Offered again in 2010

Adventures Abroad: Berlin and Prague
June 11- June 20, 2009

The EMU Adventures Abroad program is a completely unique approach to university study abroad. It's an ideal learning environment because it integrates reading and writing with direct involvement to give a richer understanding of the subject than book learning alone could possibly provide. The 10 ­ day Adventures Abroad program is a module of the longer Summer ECHT program, and students travel with professors of Art, History and Literature in a unique interdisciplinary learning environment. Professor Natasa Kovacevic will teach Literature, and students enroll in either Lit 100 or Lit 279 for three credits.

Film and Italian Culture
July 9 - July 16, 2009

The Film and Italian Culture program integrates experiential learning in the culture with traditional coursework and class sessions to provide a deeper and richer understanding of content.

Students in the Film and Italian Culture program benefit from lectures and site visits with professors of Art, and History in a unique interdisciplinary learning environment in Rome.

Professor Henry Aldridge will teach Film and Italian Culture. Students may enroll in either CTAT 179 or CTAT 379 for three credits. This special low-cost tour is designed expressly for EMU students.

Fenz Scholarship available!

Offered again in 2010

Business and Culture in Mexico

Earn three credits (Litr. 479/480/592) studying the works of some of the most influential novelists of the last century in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Learn how European artistic and philosophical movements influenced American writers, including those involved in the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights Movements. Visit the cafes, museums and monuments that served as their sources of inspiration. No French is required.

Offered again in 2010

Reutlingen Short Course Graduate Business Programs in Germany

Spend two weeks in Reutlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. Earn three elective credits toward your MBA. Knowledge of German is not required, MGMT 592 Special topics: Simulation in Germany, is taught in English.

Offered again in 2010

Graphic Design at the London College of Communication

Study Graphic communication at the London College of Communication. British design professionals, studio and museum visits, studio projects, and a lecture programme will contextualise the contemporary cultural and social landscape of British design. 3 credits in Art.

Offered again in 2010

International Business & French at ICN Business School, Metz

The Social Impact of Technology in Italy

May 29 –June 13, 2009

Children's Literature in Oxford

Students in the Children’s Literature Studies program at Eastern Michigan University will read the work of three major British fantasy writers—Carroll, Pullman, and Lewis. In the second part of the program, we will visit historic Oxford, the area that profoundly influenced each of these writers and where Pullman now resides. Three credits: Lit 479/592

El Salvador: Poverty, Human Rights, and Health

Culture History and Archaeology
in Post-Communist Albania

Students can be a part of historic developments in Albania with guided culture history tours between Tirana (the nation’s capital) and the southern city of Gjirokastra, which itself is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Students will have museum tours and lectures, visit archaeological sites (of the Illyrian-Hellenic, Illyrian-Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman periods), learn about the nation’s unique Bektashi Islamic order, and learn about the transition from communism from members of the generation experiencing it first-hand. Students will also learn the basics of archaeological fieldwork as they join Albanian students in one week of excavations at an Illyrian Roman period site while staying in Gjirokastra.

Undergraduate: ANTH 379 Culture History and Archaeology in Albania, 3 credits
Graduate: ANTH 599 Culture History and Archaeology in Albania, 3 credits

Ecuador and the Galàpagos Islands

On this 17-day intensive field course we will focus on the ecology, evolution and conservation of the Ecuadorian rainforest and Galápagos Islands. Students can experience the beauty and fragility of tropical ecosystems directly by their sense of vision, touch, and smell. Galápagos is a world-class destination for a safe experience of pristine ecosystems. Credit in biology.

Offered again in 2010

Earn three graduate credits in Literature 592 or three credits in Literature 479 (for seniors) on this Summer Break tour. You will stay in central London, England, and a day in Stratford. This class is designed as an intensive study-abroad seminar for high-school English teachers who teach Shakespeare, or for students who plan to teach his plays.

Offered again in 2010

Pre-Clinical Teaching Experience in Seoul, Korea