Off Campus Programs, Credit Information
The History Department encourages you to study abroad, an opportunity to immerse yourself in the history of your chosen country while earning credit toward your degree. You may be considering an overseas study experience for many reasons: adventure, a chance to gain in-depth knowledge of another culture and of yourself, an inexpensive way to improve foreign language proficiency, or as preparation for an international career. Some of the programs co-sponsored by Carleton often used by History majors include ACM, CGE Augsburg, DIS, CMRS Oxford, HECUA, and SIT, weblinks are posted below.
- New 2012-13: History, Religion and Urban Change in ROME, Spring term w/Professors Bill North & Victoria Morse
- New 2012-13: Voice and Visibility in Afro-Arab Women's History in DUBAI, U.A.E., Winter break w/Professor Thabiti Willis.
- New 2013-14: Trip to China and Korea w/Professor Seungjoo Yoon, more info to follow soon
- New 2013-14: Winter break trip - Grand Canyon w/Professor George Vrtis, more info to follow soon
Off-Campus Studies Credits Info
List of additional OCS Programs that offer transferrable History courses for your History Major and/or Humanities Distro:
ACM off campus studies program (ACM): ACM offers dynamic and innovative off-campus programs in a variety of locations around the world. Designed with a strong liberal arts perspective, ACM programs offer students an interdisciplinary educational experiences, personal attention, independent projects, and diverse viewpoints and methods of learning. Sixteen programs in the U.S. and abroad are sponsored by the fourteen consortium members of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. A resident director for each program is recruited from member colleges. Courses are conducted by the ACM director and by staff at program sites. Brochures about each program are available in the OCS Office.
ACM Botswana - Botswana: Culture & Society in Africa, Gaborone, Botswana
ACM Brazil - Brazil Exchange, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
ACM Costa Rica
- Costa Rica: Field ResearchSan José & field sites, Costa Rica
- Costa Rica: Latin American Culture & Society, San José, Costa Rica
ACM India - India Studies, Pune, India
ACM Italy
- Florence Program, Florence, Italy
- London & Florence: Arts in Context, London, England & Florence, Italy
ACM Japan - Japan Study,Tokyo, Japan
ACM Tanzania - Tanzania: Human Evolution and Ecology, Dar es Salaam & field sites, Tanzania
ACM United Kingdom - London & Florence: Arts in Context, London, England & Florence, Italy
ACM United States
- Chicago Programs, Chicago, Illinois
- Newberry Seminar in the Humanities, Chicago, Illinois
- Oak Ridge Science Semester, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
AKP Associated Kyoto Program, Japan. Academic year only - http://www.associatedkyotoprogram.org/. Students with background in Japanese live w/Kyoto families, enroll at Doshisha University in intensive Japanese language classes plus two courses each term w/visiting professors from AKP member colleges or Doshisha faculty.
HECUA Programs - (Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs), fall and spring semesters - http://www.hecua.org/gen_programs.php. These 15-week programs provide learning from local and international faculty who integrate theory w/real-life urban issues. Home-stays, interviews, community immersion activities and field research, open to all majors. Brochures available, Carleton Off-Campus Studies Office, Leighton 119.
- HECUA - Latin America (CILA) in Quito, Ecuador, fall and spring semester - http://www.hecua.org/ecuador.php
- HECUA - Scandinavia (SUST), in Oslo, Norway, fall semester only - http://www.hecua.org/norway.php
- HECUA - Metro Urban Studies (MUST), in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, fall or spring semester - http://www.hecua.org/mu_studies.php
- HECUA Environmental Sustainability, Science Politics & Public Policy Twin Cities, MN, fall semester only - http://www.hecua.org/es_mn.php
- HECUA Northern Ireland, Democracy & Social Change, in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, spring semester only - http://www.hecua.org/no_ireland.php
- HECUA - Writing for Social Change, in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, fall semester only - http://www.hecua.org/writing_mn.php
ISLE - Inter-Collegiate Sri Lanka Program, fall semester only. This 15-week program enrolls 15-20 students from eight consortium colleges to study the culture, history, religion and political structure of Sri Lanka. In-depth studies include Buddhist thought and practice, conversational Sinhala, and an independent research project. Students live with host families in Kandy. http://www.bowdoin.edu/isle/
SIT STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS (See also: http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/)
In addition to the programs Carleton sponsors or co-sponsors, students can select from over 80 additional pre-approved programs for general participation, or they can request approval for an unaffiliated program which the student and her/his academic adviser believe will further the student’s educational goals. Students whose off-campus study program are approved in advance by the College may earn up to 54 credits (one year’s worth) to be applied to their Carleton degree.
For specialized areas of study, Carleton has combined with other colleges to develop off-campus study programs. For each of these programs, Carleton representatives participate in the management, Carleton faculty often serve as instructors and directors, and Carleton students participate along with others from the member colleges and universities.Students are encouraged to learn more about off-campus study opportunities and information about specific programs by visiting the Off-Campus Studies Office in Leighton 119, and/or please visit: http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/programs/subject/ or e-mail Helena Kaufmann and Leslie Vanderwood (hkaufmann@carleton.edu, lvanderw@carleton.edu)