Short-Term Study Abroad/Away
2017-2018
For more information contact Maren Stoddard Mack, stoddard@augsburg.edu
2017-18 Undergraduate Programs
WINTER BREAK 2018
Harry Potter to #Brexit: Youth Culture and Social Change in the UK
SPRING BREAK 2018
Model UN
Indigenous Social Activism in Chiapas, Mexico
SUMMER 2018
Thailand & Laos: Diversity and Inequality in Global Professional Practice
Denmark & Iceland: The Dark Side of the Happy City
Interfaith Engagement in Palestine & Israel
Economic & Cultural Change in Greece
Art Performing Social Change in Puerto Rico
Music Therapy in China
Language and Culture in Mexico
2017-18 GRADUATE & NURSING PROGRAMS (click program titles for program details and application)
Nursing: Graduate Program Sylvan Lake Orientation to DNP
Nursing Practicum: Culture Care among the Old Order Amish in Harmony, MN
Nursing: Pine Ridge Graduate Nursing Practicum & Undergraduate Community Health Nursing Clinical: Fall
Nursing: Day of the Dead Nursing Program in Oaxaca, Mexico
Nursing: Toward Global Health Equity in Africa - Building Transcultural Nursing Relationships in Namibia
MSW: Social Work and Multiculturalism in Thailand and Laos
These programs were available during the 2016/17 Academic Year:
Faith, Vocation and Social Change in Central America
Food, Justice and Sustainability in Mexico
Medieval Pilgrimage in France
Science and Religion in Germany
Roads to Rome
Psychology and Education in Slovenia
Music Therapy in China: Chongqing Burn Camp
Harry Potter to #Brexit: Youth Culture and Social Change in the UK
Location: United Kingdom
Professor: Adriane Brown
Course:
- WST 220 - Topics (waiting for approval) (fulfills LAF Humanities (pending approval) Augsburg Experience Youth Studies Minor and WST studies Major/Minor Elective)
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: September 15, 2017. Harry Potter to #Brexit Application and Brochure.
Model UN
Location: New York, NY
Professors: Joe Underhill or Liz Klages
Course:
- POL 368 - Model UN (fulfills elective credit)
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: November 1, 2017. Model UN Application and Brochure.
Indigenous Social Activism in Chiapas, Mexico
Location: Chiapas, Mexico
Professors: Elise Marrubio & Joseph Towle
Courses:
- AIS 305 - Indigenous Issues of the Americas (fulfills elective credit)
- AIS 490 - Indigenous Issues of the Americas (fulfills Keystone)
- CCS 295 - Topics: Global Crossroads & Indigenous Resistance in Chiapas, Mexico (meets requirement for CCS major of one travel seminar and an elective)
- SPA 495 - Topics: Global Crossroads & Indigenous Resistance in Chiapas, Mexico (meets requirement for one culture class or one elective for the SPA major or minor)
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: November 1, 2017. Indigenous Social Activism in Chiapas, Mexico Application and Brochure.
Diversity and Inequality in Global Professional Practice
Location: Thailand and Laos
Professor: Bibiana Koh
Course:
- SWK 280 - Diversity and Inequality in Global Professional Practice (required for social work majors, or elective credit for non-majors)
- Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: January 31, 2018. Diversity and Inequality in Global Professional Practice Application and Brochure.
The Dark Side of the Happy City
Location: Denmark and Iceland
Professors: Nancy Fischer & Doug Green
Courses:
- SOC 111 - City Life: Introduction to Urban Sociology (fulfills Social & Behavioral Sciences LAF)
- ENL 270 - Themes (fulfills Humanities LAF)
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: January 31, 2018. The Dark Side of the Happy City Application and Brochure.
Interfaith Engagement in Palestine & Israel
Location: Palestine and Israel
Professors: Mark Hanson & Fardosa Hassan
Courses:
- REL 205 - Topics: Interfaith Engagement in Palestine & Israel (fulfills REL 205 - Search for Meaning II OR Humanities LAF)
- REL 490 - Topics: Interfaith Engagement in Palestine & Israel (fulfills Keystone or Search for Meaning II)
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: January 31, 2018. Interfaith Engagement in Palestine & Israel Application and Brochure.
Economic & Cultural Change in Greece
Location: Greece
Professors: Phyllis Kapetenakis & Stella Hofrenning
Courses:
- KEY 490 - Economic & Cultural Change in Greece (fulfills Keystone)
- BUS 495 - Topics: Economic Crisis, Small Business & Ethics in Greece
- ECON 495 - Topics: Economic Crisis, Small Business & Ethics in Greece
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: January 31, 2018. Economic & Cultural Change in Greece Application and Brochure.
Art Performing Social Change in Puerto Rico
Location: Puerto Rico, USA
Professor: Beliza Torres Narvaez
Course:
- THR 295 - Topics: Art Performing Social Change in Puerto Rico (fulfills LAF Fine Arts)
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Deadline & Application: January 31, 2018. Art Performing Social Change Application and Brochure.
Music Therapy in China
Location: China
Professor: Annie Heiderscheit
Courses:
- MUS 375 - Practicum
- MUS 475 - Practicum
- MUS 582 - Transcultural Music Therapy II
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
Cost: TBD
Deadline & Application: March 15, 2018. Music Therapy in China Application and Brochure.
Language and Culture
Location: Mexico
Professor: Ann Lutterman-Aguilar
Courses:
- Spanish Language - Up to 16 different courses available, ranging from beginning-advanced (fulfills Modern Language 1 and/or 2; major/minor requirements)
- SPA/ART 231 - Precolumbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Mexican Art (fulfils LAF Fine Arts)
- WEL 119 - Latin Dance (fulfills Wellness requirement)
- Internship
- Independent Study
- Fulfills Augsburg Experience
The summer semester is organized into five "blocks” of 3.5 weeks of time. Students may take anywhere from 1-5 blocks.
We will have blocks available in May, June, July, August 2018 - exact dates will be announced fall 2017.
Deadline & Application: April 1, 2018. Language and Culture in Mexico application and brochure.
Program: Faith, Vocation and Social Change in Central America
Deadline & Application: November 1, 2016. Faith, Vocation, and Social Change in Central America application and brochure.Program: Food, Justice and Sustainability in Mexico
Deadline & Application: November 1, 2016. Food, Justice and Sustainability in Mexico application and brochure.
Program: Medieval Pilgrimage in France
Deadline & Application: February 24, 2017. Medieval Pilgrimage in France application and brochure.
Program: Science and Religion in Germany
Deadline & Application: January 31, 2017. Science and Religion in Germany application and brochure.
Program: Roads to Rome
PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Program: Psychology and Education in Slovenia
Deadline & Application: January 31, 2017. Psychology and Education in Slovenia application and brochure.
Program: Music Therapy in China: Chongqing Burn Camp
Deadline & Application: March 1, 2017. Music Therapy in China application and brochure.
Questions?
Visit us in the Study Abroad/Away office, lower level of Christensen, or email Maren Stoddard Mack, stoddard@augsburg.edu.