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Travel Programs

Travel programs offer students the opportunity to travel with a professor and a group of students for two to four weeks while earning academic credits. Travel courses are uniquely designed and led by Simmons faculty according to their academic and regional specialties. Recent courses include Political Science in Egypt, Management in India, and Journalism in South Africa. Some include a service learning component, for example working on a water filtration project or in a health clinic in Nicaragua.

Coursework and class sessions during the semester before departure prepare students for travel. Some of the travel courses are designed to fulfill a mode of inquiry requirement. A travel course enables students to be immersed in a culture other than their own and to broaden their perspectives and knowledge of a language or subject through an intensive learning experience.

 

Keep up with the Simmons summer 2009 Bolivia travel course group on this blog

 

FALL 2009 Travel Courses

Undergraduate Course Offerings and Travel Costs:

  • Nicaragua IDS 228 Service Learning in Nicaragua - taught by Prof. David Gullette

                    Travels January 2-16, 2010                    

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $1888

                    Program Brochure

 

  • Nicaragua SHS 526 Health Promotion Service Learning Elective/Field Experience in Cross-Cultural Healthcare in Nicaragua - taught by Prof. Jean Christoffersen and Prof. Toni Tasker

                    Travels January 2-16, 2010 

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $2349

                    Program Brochure

 

 Graduate Course Offerings and Travel Costs:

  • Nicaragua SHS 526 Health Promotion Service Learning Elective/Field Experience in Cross-Cultural Healthcare in Nicaragua - taught by Prof. Jean Christoffersen and Prof. Toni Tasker

                       Travels January 2-16, 2010                     

                       Travel Program Package Cost:  $2349

                       Program Brochure  

 

Spring 2010 Travel Courses

Undergraduate Course Offerings and Travel Costs:

  • France FREN 310 Inside France: French Culture and Civilization- taught by Prof. Eduardo Febles

                    Travels March 5 - 14, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $2600

                    Program Brochure

 

  • Eastern Europe MGMT 245-02 Cross-Cultural Comparative Studies of Women Leaders - taught by Prof. Vipin Gupta & Prof. Ausra Park

                    Travels May 18-30, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $3200

                    Program Brochure

 

  • California BIO 339 Ecosystems and Resource Management of the West - taught by Prof. Vladamir Douhovnikoff

                    Travels June 16- July 1, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $1591 + airfare

                    Program Brochure

 

 

  • Japan JAPN 310 Japanese Civilization - taught by Prof. Ruihua Sun

                    Travels May 11-June 10, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $3106 + airfare

                    Program Brochure

 

 

  •  New York ART 236 Arts Administration Institute - taught by Prof. Michele Cohen

                    Travels June 1-26, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $2855 + airfare

                    Program Brochure

 

  • Spain SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish 1 - taught by Prof. Amalia Pulgarin
  • Spain SPAN 240 Spoken Spanish - taught by Prof. Amalia Pulgarin
  • Spain SPAN 253 Spanish Civilization Abroad - taught by Prof. Amalia Pulgarin

                    All Spain Courses Travel May 22-June 19, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost: $3846 + airfare

                    Program Brochure

 

 

  • Thailand POLS 245 Politics of Newly Industrialized Countries - taught by Prof. Zachary Abuza

                    Travels May 18-June 17, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost: $4574

                    Program Brochure

 

 

Graduate Course Offerings and Travel Costs:

  • United Arab Emirates GSM 545-01 Cross-Cultural Comparative Studies of Women Leaders - taught by Prof. Lynda Moore
                       Travels March 5 - 14, 2010                    

                       Travel Program Package Cost:  $3200

                       Program Brochure

 

  • Nicaragua LIS 531U International Initiatives: Destination Nicaragua - taught by Prof. Sergio Chaparro-Univazo

                    Travels March 6 - 14, 2010                   

                    Travel Program Package Cost:  $2558

                    Program Brochure

 

  •  Uganda SSW 558 Human Services in Developing Countries - taught by Prof. Hugo Kamya

                    Travels July 10-August 4, 2010

                    Travel Program Package Cost: $4280

                    Program brochure coming soon!

 

Summer 2010 Travel Courses will be posted as they are finalized.