CUAbroad

Affiliated Summer Abroad Programs

Austria   Chile  China  Cuba   Ecuador   France  

Germany   Ireland   Italy   Japan   Morocco  

Spain    Turkey   United Kingdom

Faculty-Lead Summer Abroad Programs

Rome, Italy
"Rome Summer Business Program"
May 19 - June 22, 2013
6 credits: MGT 381 & MGT 382
Dr. Attila Freska, Department of Business

Dublin, Ireland
"From Shakespeare to Sheridan, the Irish in the Theatre, 1600-1775"
June 2 - June 16, 2013
3 credits DR 305/576
Dr. Patrick Tuite, Department of Drama

Faculty-Lead Summer
Architecture Programs

Summer Education Abroad (SEA)
"Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle International Studies Program"
May 28 - August 19, 2013
15 credits: ARPL 690/601, 603, or 701

Spirit of Place I Spirit of Design
InishTurk, Ireland
June 8 - 21, 2013
6 credits: Spring Design/Summer Build

Turkey Architecture Program
Istanbul and Central Turkey
May 31 - June 23, 2013
3 credits: Field Study in Turkish Architecture
Professor Eric Jenkins, CUArch

Buenos Aires - Latin American Societies & Cultures Program - IES Abroad
IES Abroad Buenos Aires also offers a unique service learning seminar opportunity for IES Abroad credit, with homeschool approval. The English-taught service learning seminar focuses on social, cultural, and economic factors with particular emphasis on the role that Human Rights play in Argentine history and society. Students will be placed according to their interests as volunteers with one of Argentina's many active civic organizations. Additional exciting class field work visits further enrich the seminar and volunteer placement components. Students will fulfill a minimum of eight hours per week or a total of 112 hours throughout the semester at the Service Learning placement.

Examples of the types of Service Learning placements students have had in the past include: NGO specializing in Microcredit: Students worked in the communication, fundraising, and research department. Human Rights Organization: Students had the opportunity to translate special materials, public outreach, coverage of public events, updating databases, and other administrative tasks. Educational and Career building Organization: taught specialized English classes, and other IT support responsibilities.

Rio de Janeiro - Study Brazil Program - IES Abroad
From volunteering at a health and social development organization like Fundação Oswaldo Cruz to assisting at Viva Rio—whose mission is to foster peace through social inclusion—service learning placements allow you to engage in activities that address specific community needs in Rio while also building your practical skills. In a society that is developing rapidly but where many people still live below the poverty line, this is an especially important endeavor. In addition to placements in service agencies, the service learning program also enables students to get involved in service projects with Brazilian students.

San Jose - Social & Environmental Change in Costa Rica - IES Abroad
During Module 4 of the IES Abroad San José Social and Environmental Change Program, students can participate in a service learning or internship course that enables them to experience first-hand the social, environmental, and economic challenges facing Costa Rica today. Students will learn about the local culture and the diversity of issues in Costa Rica by meeting with and volunteering alongside local residents.

Quito - Quito Semester Area Studies Program - IES Abroad
IES Abroad Quito Service Learning opportunities allow you to develop similar skills as internship placements while working within social organizations in Ecuador.

SL/IN395 Service Learning Seminar: Ecuadorian Society introduces students to a series of debates on Ecuadorian society focusing on race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Students complete 60-80 hours of community service per semester as a course requirement.

Past Service Learning placements include: Raíces Community School, CARE-Ecuador, FENOCIN, an ethnic and indigenous rights organization, Kimira, an HIV education organization, INDESIC, a scholarship organization for indigenous Ecuadorians, Sun and Life Foundation-Hospital Baca Ortiz, and Museo Mindal.

Delhi - Delhi Semester Program - IES Abroad
IES Abroad volunteer and service learning opportunities enable students to experience first-hand the social, environmental, and economic challenges facing India today. As you meet and volunteer alongside local residents, you will learn about the local culture and the diversity of issues. You can earn credit for service learning by combining academic work with a volunteer placement.

IES Abroad locates volunteer opportunities at organizations focusing on the following issues: Animal Welfare, Community Development, Cultural Heritage, Economic Development, Education, Environmental Issues, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Nutrition, Rural Development and Social, Women, and Child Welfare.

Cape Town - University of Cape Town - IES Abroad
SHAWCO, the University of Cape Town's Students' Health and Welfare Centres Organisation, offers you the opportunity to become involved in more than 15 health and education projects at 5 SHAWCO centres and other locations around the Cape Metropolitan Area.