EMU: APA Spring and Summer Programs Abroad

35 days of immersion in Western European art, history and culture: London, Paris, Rhine River Valley, Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Munich. Courses are interdisciplinary, and experiential learning is integrated into the daily site visits. Earn six hours of college credit in the humanities and social sciences.

Earn three credits in International Business, while engaging in culturally-rich experiential learning. This program fulfils the study abroad requirement for the International Business degree. Tianjin is located in the northeast of the North China Plain and is the closest seaport to Beijing. Tianjin University, in partnership with EMU faculty provide instruction, field trips and excursions.

Earn six credits in International Business and Culture, while engaging in experiential learning. Business and Culture in Mexico is a six week program offered in collaboration with ITAM to undergraduate students as a unique chance to learn about Mexico's business environment and contributions to this new global economy. As part of the program, you will visit companies leading the economic growth of Mexico's participation in the global economy. Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) is recognized as being one of the top five business schools in Mexico

Earn three credits in PLSC/HLAD 391 (an additional 3 credits). Pre-requisite: PLSC/HLAD 390 (Poverty, Human Rights, and Health) taken as an on-campus course in Summer 2008 (3 credits). This field study program is the second part of a 2-course interdisciplinary sequence in Political Science and Health Administration.

The study abroad program consists of 8 full days in El Salvador, including home stays and visits to rural villages. Local arrangements are organized by the SHARE Foundation, a grassroots non-profit dedicated to promoting understanding of the root causes of poverty and community organizing to address underlying issues of social injustice.

The application deadline for this program has passed, and this program is closed.
Earn three credits in Global Awareness Economics or Economics (Honors College credit available) on this study abroad program in Russia. Lodging will be in the dormitory of the Academy of Labor in Moscow, double occupancy, with meals included. Topics will range from understanding Russian culture and social structure, to looking at the evolving Russian economy, to looking at some Soviet economic history, to the educational system.

The program will tour Moscow monuments, museums and theaters in order to provide experiential learning of Russia's cultural climate, economic developments and the historical context. There will be a visit to the Moscow Circus, world-class museums, and the historically important, culturally-rich and beautiful cities of Vladimir and Suzdal in Russia's Golden Ring.

American Writers in Paris
June 9-12: EMU campus
June 15-25: Paris

Live in beautiful Metz in eastern France, three hours from Paris, while earning six credit hours: three credits in International Business and three credits in French Language and Culture (FRNH 279). Classes alternate with visits to companies, governmental organizations and historical sites.

Shakespeare in London
June 18 -June 28 , 2008

Arthurian Literature in Britain
June 7 -June 21 , 2008

Ecuador and the Galàpagos Islands
May 3-May 20, 2008

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. This program is filled.

SPCI 240/SPPI 240: Pre-Clinical:Cognitive Impairment, 3 credits, undergraduate students
SPCI 479, Special Topics: International Pre-Clinical Teaching, 3 credits, undergraduate students
SPCI 499, Independent Study: Students with Cultural and Linguistic Differences, 3 credits, undergraduate students
SPCI 680, Special Topics: Students with Cultural and Linguistic Differences, 2 credits, Graduate students
SPCI 586, Practicum in Special Education: 4 credits, graduate students