This page lists programs recommended by the Swarthmore College OFS. Programs are listed by country or region and a link to the program's web site is provided where possible. The countries/regions included here are:
APPROVED PROGRAMS OF STUDY FOR MAJORS AND MINORS OF SPANISH
Argentina
Swarthmore Buenos Aires Program.
Contact: Professor Diego Armus for more information.
Chile
Middlebury- SUNY Plattsburg in Chile
Tufts University: Santiago
Universidad De La Frontera (Temuco, Chile)
Washington University- St. Louis: Santiago
Dominican Republic
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra: : Santiago de los Cabelleros
Ecuador
Pitzer in Quito- University-based studies at the Universidad de San Francisco.
Duke in the Andes, in Quito.
Mexico
Rutgers in Mexico (Yucatan-Merida)
Students interested in study abroad in Latin American countries see Professors Aurora Camacho de Schmidt and Miguel Diaz –Barriga.
Puerto Rico
SUNY at Oswego, University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.
Spain
Hamilton/Swarthmore/Williams: Madrid
Central Iowa College in Granada* (Students from Swarthmore partiipaing in this program must choose the option of taking courses at the University of Granada)
Knox College: Barcelona
St. Lawrence University: Madrid
Universidad Castellae*:Valladolid Students interested in study in Spain, please see Prof Maria Luisa Guardiola, Re:
Approved Programs of Study for Majors and Minors of Spanish: N.B. Courses taken in programs marked by an asterisk and to be accredited by Modern Languages will be reviewed and accredited by the Spanish section. Those courses to
be accredited by Modern Languages, completed in other programs on this list will be accredited directly and the student will not be required to submit course work for evaluation.
APPROVED PROGRAMS OF STUDY IN SPANISH AMERICA FOR NON-MAJORS AND NON-MINORS,RE: MODERN LANGUAGE CREDIT FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES: NON-MAJORS AND NON- MINORS MAY ALSO ATTEND PROGRAMS APPROVED
FOR SPANISH MAJORS AND MINORS (RE: ACCREDITATION OF COURSES FOR APPROVED PROGRAMS OF STUDY FOR MAJORS AND MINORS, PLEASE SEE ABOVE).
Argentina
Council on International Exchange (CIEE) HOST: FLASCO- Universidad de Buenos Aires
Bolivia
School for International Training (SIT): Culture and Development
Costa Rica
Cloud Forest School/CPI Program in Monteverde
ICADS (International Central American Development Studies)
Organization for Tropical Studies: Field Biology (OTS)
Pitzer
School for Field Studies Program in Sustainable Development Studies
University for Peace
University of Kansas
Cuba (SUSPENDED)
Butler Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA), University of Havana
Ecuador
Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) Community Internship Program in Latin America
International Partnership for Service Learning
Kalamazoo (Environmental Studies Program): Quito
Pitzer: Quito
School for International Training (SIT): Culture and Development
School for International Training (SIT): Comparative Ecology and Conservation
Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua
Center for Global Education, Augsburg College
Mexico
International Partnership for Service Learning
School for Field Studies Program (SFS) in Marine Mammal Conservation & Coastal Ecosystem Studies
School for International Training (SIT): Grass Roots Development and Social Change
Mexico and Central America
Center for Global Education, Augsburg College
Nicaragua
School for International Training (SIT): Revolution, Transformation, and Civil Society
Panama
School for International Training (SIT): Development and Conservation
Peru
Universidad Ricardo Palma
(End of Spanish speaking)
Brazil
Antioch (Brazilian Ecosystems)
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
School for International Training: Amazonian Ecology and Resource Management
British West Indies
School for Field Studies (SFS) in Turks & Caicos Islands
Jamaica
International Partnership for Service Learning
Austria
Bowling Green State University in Salzburg
Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) in Vienna
Macalester College in Berlin and Vienna
SUNY at Binghamton in Graz
Czech Republic
CET Academic Programs in Prague
Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis
International Partnership for Service Learning
Denmark
DIS: Denmark International Studies (Copenhagen)
France
The Swarthmore Program in Grenoble, France
Academic Programs Abroad, Paris
Internships in Francophone Europe
International Partnership for Service Learning
Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art
Smith College in Paris (full year only)
Sweet Briar in Paris (full year only) Students interested in study in France, please see Profs.
Jean-Vincent Blanchard, Micheline Rice Maximin, George Moskos or Carina Yervasi.
Germany
Dickinson in Bremen. Most strongly recommended program in Germany
Antioch in Tubingen
Berlin Consortium for German Studies (Columbia)
Duke in Berlin
Macalester College in Berlin and Vienna
Smith College in Hamburg
Tufts in Tubingen
Wayne State Junior Year in Munich
Wesleyan in Regensburg Students interested in study in Germany, please see Profs Sunka Simon or Hans-Jacob Werlen
Greece
Arcadia University (CEA) in Athens
College Year Abroad (CYA), Athens
Hungary
Bard Program at Central European University in Budapest
The Budapest Semesters In Mathematics, St. Olaf College
Italy
CET in Siena
ICCS/Rome Program through Duke
Pitzer in Parma
Sarah Lawrence in Florence (full year only)
Siena Italian Studies
Siena School for Liberal Arts
Smith College in Florence
SACI: Studio Arts Centers in Italy (Florence)
Temple in Rome
Trinity in Rome
Norway
Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA)
Poland
Swarthmore`s Environmental Studies Program in Krakow
Swarthmore`s Performing Arts Program in Bytom/Krakow
Portugal
CIEE in Lisbon
Russia
ACTR, (American Council of Teachers of Russian) Moscow, St Petersburg, other Russian cities
Bard College, Smolny College, St. Peterburg
CIEE in St. Petersburg
International Partnership for Service Learning
Middlebury in Moscow, Voronezh, Yaroslavl.
Students interested in study in Russia, please see Prof Sibelan Forrester (Modern Languages).
Sweden
The Swedish Program (Stockholm).
Spain
(For programs in Spain, click on Spain which is immediately above)
Egypt
American University in Cairo
Israel
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Tel Aviv University
University of Haifa
STUDENTS INTERESTED IN STUDY IN ISRAEL, PLEASE SEE STEVE PIKER
Lebanon
American University in Beirut
Morocco
SIT
Palestine
Birzeit University (Ramallah, West Bank)BECAUSE OFTHE SECURITY SITUATION, PALESTINE IS ON HOLD FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOR SWARTHMORE STUDENTS.
Syria
University of Damascus
Botswana
Pitzer in Botswana
Ghana
University of Ghana.
Kenya
Bryn Mawr in Nairobi
St. Lawrence University
School for Field Studies (SFS) Program in Wildlife Management Studies
Kalamazoo
Namibia/South Africa
Center for Global Education, Augsburg College
Senegal
Kalamazoo
University of Pennsylvania at St. Louis
South Africa
CIEE at the University of Capetown
Macalester/Pomona/Swarthmore Consortium: Globalization & the Natural Environment, University of Capetown
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
Rutgers in South Africa (Univ of Natal, Pietermartizburg)
Tanzania
Brown in Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam)
Zimbabwe
University of Pennsylvania SIT has programs in many African countries
China
ACC: Associated Colleges in China, Hamilton College (Beijing)
Brethren Colleges Abroad
CET (Harbin, Beijing)
CIEE (Beijing)MTC:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Duke (Beijing, Nanjing)
CLP: International Chinese language Program at National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan); very good summer program as well.
IUB: Inter-University program at Tsinghua (Beijing); very good summer program as well.
Mandarin Training Center (Taipei, Taiwan)
Pitzer in Beijing
University of Massachusetts at Tunghai University, Tunghai, Taiwan.
Students interested in study in China or Taiwan, please see Profs. Alan Berkowitz (Modern Languages), Haili Kong (Modern Languages), or Tyrene White (Political Science)
India
Antioch at Bodh Gaya (India)
ACM (Associated College of the Midwest India Studies Program)
AIIS American Institute of Indian Studies in Hindi, Bengali & tamil at various sites in India
Brethren Colleges Abroad in India (Cochin)
International Partnership for Service Learning
Pitzer in Darjeeling
SITA in Madras, India
University of Wisconsin in India (full year plus summer)
Japan
AIKOM Program, The University of Tokyo, Komaba
Antioch Education Abroad, Kyoto
Associated Kyoto Program (AKP), Kyoto (Full year)
IES Year at Nanzan University, Nagoya, Center for Japanese Studies
Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto
Tamagawa University, TokyoStudents interested in Japan, please see Profs William Gardner and Yoshiko Jo
Korea
CIEE at Yonsei University, Seoul
SUNY Albany Program at Yonsei University, Seoul
Nepal
Pitzer
Philippines
International Parternship for Service Learning
Sri Lanka
International Sri Lanka Education, (ISLE) Bowdoin College
Thailand
CIEE in Khon Kaen (Thailand)
International Partnership for Service Learning
University of Wisconsin in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Vietnam
CET Academic Programs
CIEE in Ho Chi Minh City
SIT in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)Students interested in Studying in South or Southeast Asia, please see Profs Steven Hopkins, Jeanne Maracek or Steve Piker
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH RUN PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES
The School for International Training (SIT) : Programs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the MIddle East, Latin America and the Caribbean
International Honors Program (IHP) Boston University:
a. Rethinking Globalization: Nature, Culture, and Justice in Washington, England; Tanzania; India; New Zealand; and Mexico
b. Challenges of a Global Culture: History, Society and Change in Nepal and Tibet
c. Indigenus Perspectives: Rethinking Governance and Stewardship: US; India; New Zealand; and Mexico
d. Cities in the 21st Century: People, Planning and Politics: NY; Banalore; Beijing/Shanghai; Auckland or Washington; Paris; Cape Town; Rio de Janeior/Curitiba
e. Global Health and Community: Boston; Cuba; South Africa and India.