Programs by subject area
Based on previous experience, OCS has compiled a list of suggested programs by subject area. You may use this as a starting point in your search for programs, but know that it is not definitive or complete. Some programs on this list are unaffiliated and require a program review and petition.
African/African American Studies
- Carleton Francophone Studies Seminar in Mali
- ACM Tanzania
- SIT in Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda
- Center for Global Education through Augsburg Namibia and South Africa
- School of Oriental and African Studies in London through Arcadia CEA or Butler IFSA
American Studies
- Carleton California Seminar
- ACM Urban Studies, ACM Chicago Arts (Chicago)
- HECUA Metro Urban Studies, HECUA City Arts (Mpls., St. Paul)
- Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies program
- University enrollment in UK, Australia and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Archeology
- Field camps as recommended by Mary Savina (Geo) and Nancy Wilkie (Classics)
- ACM Tanzania (paleoarcheology)
- SIT East Africa (summer)
- University enrollment in St. Andrews, Scotland, U York (Viking archeology), England, UC Cork or Limerick, Ireland (Celtic archeology) through Arcadia CEA or Butler IFSA
- School of Oriental and African Studies in London through Arcadia CEA or Butler IFSA
- Rutgers Koobi Fora Field School in Kenya (paleoarcheology, summer)
- College Year in Athens Field Archeology in Greece (summer)
Art and Art History
- Carleton Art Department Seminar in the South Pacific (winter term)
- Carleton Photography in Hawai’i (December break)
- Carleton Art History in Amsterdam (December break)
- ACM Florence, ACM London-Florence, ACM Chicago Arts
- HECUA City Arts
- CET in Siena, Italy
- Siena School for Liberal Arts, Siena, Italy
- Cortona, Italy through University of Georgia
- Antioch College African Arts and Culture in Mali (fall)
- SIT in Ghana, Senegal, India, Czech Republic, and Spain
- Burren College of Art in Ireland (summer)
- Glasgow School of Art through Arcadia CEA
- Butler IFSA or IES in London (Slade School of Fine Art), Paris, Berlin, Freiburg, Vienna, Nagoya, Madrid, and Milan
Asian Languages
- Carleton Chinese seminar in Tianjin (fall term)
- ACM Japan (Tokyo)
- Associated Kyoto Program (AKP)
- Kansai Gaidai in Japan
- Nanzan University in Japan
- IES Nagoya, Beijing, Tokyo
- CET in Beijing and Harbin, China, and Vietnam
- SIT in China, Vietnam, Samoa, Fiji, Indonesia, Mongolia
Asian Studies
- ACM India in Pune
- ISLE in Sri Lanka
- HECUA in Bangladesh
- SIT in India, Nepal, Tibetan Studies, Korea
- IES Nagoya and Beijing
- Chinese University in Hong Kong at the Yale Center
- SIT Public Health and traditional Chinese medicine in China (summer)
Biology
- Carleton Coastal Marine Ecology and Environmental Science Seminar in Australia (winter)
- Carleton Tropical Ecology in Costa Rica (December break)
- Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole MA
- ACM Tropical Field Research in Costa Rica, ACM Oak Ridge Laboratory
- DIS Marine Biology and Environmental Studies and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in Copenhagen
- SEA Semester
- Organization for Tropical Field Studies (OTS) in Costa Rica or Africa through Duke
- SIT in Madagascar, Tanzania, Tanzania Zanzibar, Australia, Belize, Panama (fall, spring, and summer), Iceland (summer), Jordan (summer) Brazil, Ecuador, and Mekong Delta
- Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies program
- Coe College Wilderness Fieldstation
- Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School
- University enrollment in James Cook University, U Adelaide in Australia, U Hobart in Tasmania, and U Durham and other UK universities through Arcadia CEA and Butler IFSA
Chemistry
- ACM Oak Ridge Laboratory
- IES in universities in Australia, UK, Argentina, France, Germany and Spain
- University enrollment in UK and other universities through Arcadia CEA and Butler IFSA
Classical Languages
- Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies (ICCS) in Rome through Duke
- Arcadia University in Greece
- College Year in Athens
Economics
- Carleton Economics Seminar in Cambridge, England (summer)
- Carleton Political Economy Seminar in China (spring)
- DIS International Business and Economics in Copenhagen, Denmark
- ACM Urban Studies Chicago, ACM Central European Studies in the Czech Republic
- HECUA Metro Urban Studies, HECUA in Bangladesh
- SIT in Uganda, South Africa, India, Vietnam, Bolivia, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Chile, Switzerland, and Ecuador
- Center for Global Education through Augsburg in Mexico, Central America and Namibia
- University enrollment in London School of Economics and other UK universities through Arcadia CEA and Butler IFSA
Education Studies
- DIS Psychology and Child Development in Copenhagen, Denmark
- SIT Chile Education, Policy, and Social Change
- SIT South Africa Education and Social Change (summer)
- University enrollment in UK and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
English
- Carleton English Seminar in London and/or Ireland
- International Institute of Modern Letter at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand
- University enrollment in UK universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA; U East Anglia in England for creative writing
ENTS (see also Biology and Geology)
- ACM Oak Ridge Science Semester, environmental policy studies
- DIS Marine Biology and Environmental Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark
- HECUA Environmental Sustainability in the Twin Cities
- Round River Conservation Studies in Ecuador, Namibia, and Canada
- SIT programs worldwide (see Biology)
- U Lancaster, environmental ethics
- University enrollment in UK and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
French and French Studies
- Carleton French Studies Seminar in Paris (spring)
- Carleton Francophone Studies in Mali (winter)
- IFE (Internships in Francophone Europe) in Paris
- U MN in Montpelier
- Sweet Briar in Paris, Smith College in Paris, Swarthmore in Grenoble
- IES in Paris and Nantes
- Wellesley College in Aix
- SIT in Cameroon, Madagascar, Senegal
Geology
- Carleton Geology Seminar in Italy (fall)
- SEA Semester
- University enrollment in U Otago or U Auckland, New Zealand, U Adelaide and U Tasmania in Australia, and other universities
German and Russian
- Carleton German Language Seminar in Germany or Austria (fall)
- Carleton Russian Seminar in Moscow (spring)
- SIT Russia
- CIEE Program in St. Petersburg
- IES Berlin
History
- Sarah Lawrence at Oxford
- Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Oxford
- ACM Newberry Library in Chicago, ACM Central European Studies in the
Czech Republic - DIS European Culture and History in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Swedish Program in Stockholm
- Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies program
- University enrollment in UK and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Judaic Studies
- CET Jewish Studies in Prague
- DIS Migration and Multiculturalism in Copenhagen, Denmark
- University enrollment in Israeli universities, including Tel Aviv, Hebrew U, Haifa U
- University enrollment in UK universities, including King’s College, Edinburgh, Lancaster, St. Andrews, Nottingham through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Latin American Studies
- Carleton Spanish Language Seminar in Mexico
- Carleton Field Research Seminar in Guatemala
- Latin American Studies in Brazil (December break)
- ACM Costa Rica: Language and Culture, or Tropical Field Research
- HECUA Community Internships in Ecuador (fall & spring)
- Center for Global Education thru Augsburg in Mexico, Central America
- SIT in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua
- SIT Bolivia Lens on Latin America (summer)
- Butler IFSA university enrollment programs in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico
- CIEE Brazil
- Duke in Quito, Ecuador
- Knox College in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mathematics and Computer Science
- ACM Oak Ridge Laboratory
- Budapest Semester in Mathematics in Hungary
- University enrollment in U Melbourne, U Adelaide, U Monash, Lancaster, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and other UK universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Media Studies
- Carleton New Media: Theory and Practice Seminar in NYC and Europe (fall)
- ACM Chicago Arts
- HECUA City Arts
- GLCA New York Arts Program
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Los Angeles (film, photography, architecture)
- DIS Communication & Mass Media in Copenhagen, Denmark
- SIT Senegal (Lens on West Africa, summer) and SIT Bolivia (Lens on Latin America, summer)
- University enrollment in U Sussex, Ulster, London and other UK universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
- American University World Capitals Program in Prague (film)
Music
- Carleton Jazz History in New York City (December break)
- ACM Chicago Arts
- HECUA City Arts
- SIT Ghana (Urban Ethnomusicology, summer)
- IES in Melbourne, Australia, London, Milan and Vienna
- University enrollment in UK or other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Philosophy
- University enrollment in Oxford Mansfield, Lancaster, York, and other UK universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Physics & Astronomy
- IES in universities in Australia, UK, Argentina, France, Germany and Spain
- University enrollment in UK or other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Political Science
- Carleton Political Science Seminar in Maastricht, the Netherlands (spring)
- Carleton Political Science Seminar in Washington DC (spring)
- ACM Urban Studies in Chicago
- HECUA Metro Urban Studies in Minneapolis/St. Paul, HECUA Scandinavian Urban Studies in Oslo, Norway, HECUA Northern Ireland: Democracy and Social Change (spring)
- DIS European Politics and Society in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Swedish Program in Stockholm, Sweden
- SIT in Jordan, Ireland, South Africa, Uganda, Australia, Korea, The Balkans, Netherlands, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Oman, Montserrat (Disaster, Identity, and Reconstruction, summer)
- SIT Islam and Diaspora Communities in Europe in the Netherlands (summer)
- SIT International Studies and Social Justice in Switzerland (summer)
- University enrollment in UK and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Pre-Med Studies
- DIS Medical Practice and Policy in Copenhagen (fall, spring, summer)
- DIS HIV/AIDS in Western Europe (summer)
- University enrollment in King’s College and Lancaster in England, Hebrew U in Israel, and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
- SIT China Public Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine (summer)
- SIT Brazil Public Health and Community
- SIT Public Health in South Africa, Kenya, Mali, Switzerland, and Uganda
Psychology
- ACM Newberry Library
- DIS Psychology and Child Development in Copenhagen, Denmark
- SIT in the Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Ireland, and Korea
- Budapest Cognitive Science Semester
- University enrollment in U Sydney and U Macquaire in Australia, Queens and UC Galway in Ireland, U York in England, U of Essex, U Aberdeen in Scotland, and U Wales in Bangor through Arcadia CEA or Butler IFSA
Religion
- ACM India
- ISLE in Sri Lanka
- SIT in Tibetan Studies, Morocco, Jordan, Ethiopia
- SIT Netherlands: Islam, Diaspora Communities and the EU
- Center for Global Education through Augsburg in Mexico, Central America, and Namibia
- Antioch Buddhist Studies in India and Japan
- University enrollment in Lancaster, Edinburgh, UK and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Spanish Language
- Carleton Spanish Seminar in Mexico (winter)
- Carleton Spanish Seminar in Madrid, Spain (fall)
- ACM Costa Rica
- HECUA in Ecuador
- Hamilton College in Madrid, Spain
- U MN in Toledo, Spain
- SIT in Spain, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru
- University enrollment in Latin American or Spanish universities through Butler IFSA, Arcadia CEA, and IES
Sociology & Anthropology
- Carleton Field Research Seminar in Guatemala
- ISLE in Sri Lanka
- ACM in Costa Rica (Language and Culture), Costa Rica (Tropical Field Research), Tanzania, Czech Republic, Russia, India, Chicago Urban Studies
- HECUA in Norway, Twin Cities, Northern Ireland
- SIT programs worldwide
- Center for Global Education through Augsburg in Mexico, Central America and Namibia
- DIS European Politics & Society in Copenhagen, Denmark
- University enrollment in UK and other universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
Theater Arts and Dance
- Carleton Black Dance in Jamaica (December break)
- ACM Chicago Arts
- HECUA City Arts
- Eugene O’Neill National Theater Institute
- British American Drama Academy (BADA)
Women's Studies
- Swedish Program in Stockholm
- Center for Global Education in Mexico, Central America and Namibia
- SIT in Balkans, Jamaica, Netherlands, Mali
- Antioch Women’s Studies in Europe
- University enrollment in UK and Australian universities through Butler IFSA and Arcadia CEA
