Europe

Advanced Spanish Track Required. Students with four or more semesters of college-level Spanish will be placed in an Advanced Spanish Immersion focus in which all courses are taught in Spanish. Advanced students also have the opportunity to participate in a no-cost, part-time internship and take courses at the University of Granada, one of Spain’s top-ranked and largest universities, and the most popular university for European students participating in the Erasmus student exchange program.

Focused, but excellent curriculum for students interested in African and Asian cultures and languages. International student body. Expensive city. Total enrollment: 5,200; number of Americans: 195.
Consult the Course Catalog. Course selection: Spring--4 courses; Year-8 courses; at least half course load above the first year level.

Focus on Portuguese approach to sustainability and social equity. Academic excursions to the Azores and Spain. Independent study project. Students are encouraged to apply for SIT scholarships.

General Language and Area Studies curriculum; can also focus on: Early Childhood Education; Art History; Film & Media Studies. Bates requires home stay.

Major university located on border with Germany and Belgium. Students attend via the university's Center for European Studies. Extensive curriculum in English; opportunities in the sciences; psychology, neuroscience. Courses with host country students.

Focus on the Balkans Wars of the 1990s and subsequent post-conflict challenges of new state formation and peace building. Significant academic excursions to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. Interested students should speak with Professor Browne (European Studies). Students are encouraged to apply for SIT scholarships.