ProgramsThe first step in finding the right program for you is about setting your own academic and personal goals. It is most likely that multiple programs may be possible for you; there is no single perfect program. To discuss your academic and personal goals or specific programs you can contact an SCU Study Abroad advisor at studyabroad@scu.edu or 408-551-3019. Browse all programsLatin America : Costa Rica : Costa RicaThe Costa Rica summer program offers a small cohort of students the opportunity to experience the biodiversity of a Costa Rica tropical rainforest. Students enroll in two courses taught by Santa Clara University instructor Michelle Bezanson (Anthropology). Upon successful completion of the course requirements they will receive a total of 10 units of credit. Students have one week of pre-field instruction at Santa Clara then spend three weeks at a La Suerte Biological Field Station gaining hands-on experience in community ecology and animal behavior.
Latin America : Costa Rica : MonteverdeThe Costa Rica Living Routes program provides students an opportunity to use nature as a laboratory. Students engage in an academically rigorous, field-based course of study that fosters community engagement, cultural immersion, language study, service, personal reflection and an integrated investigation of the social, environmental, cultural and personal dimensions of sustainability.
Latin America : Costa Rica : Palo VerdeThe Duke/OTS Global Health Semester in Costa Rica provides students considering careers in public health, medicine, and other health-related areas an outstanding opportunity to gain knowledge and direct experience. The 15-week program emphasizes both the scientific and social issues of tropical medicine, public health, ethnobiology, and research topics in these subjects. Students will reside at two of the biological field stations owned by OTS, Las Cruces and La Selva, located in diverse parts of the country. In both urban and rural settings, students will also be exposed to clinical settings and primary care facilities within Costa Rica's social security system, including indigenous reservations.
Europe : Czech Republic : PragueThis program engages students of the humanities, studio arts, and social sciences with the history, and visual, performing, and literary arts of the Czech Republic. Students are immersed in the country's contemporary arts scene while uncovering its rich artistic heritage.
Europe : Czech Republic : PragueStudents take a Czech language class from the CIEE Study Center and can choose from a wide selection of courses and subjects on Czech culture and society including history, media, art, religion, literature, and politics. Students also have the option to enroll directly in classes at Charles University or FAMU, a known film school. There are volunteer and internship opportunities available. All CIEE area studies courses are taught in English.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenBased on readings and student experiences at their practicum sites, this seminar examines practices around the terms ethnic diversity, the good childhood, ethnicity and multiculturalism in Danish culture, education and social policy. Cultural and educational issues such as teaching practices, intercultural communication and learning, multilingualism, the influence of culture on education, and Nordic philosophies on nature and play will be thoroughly examined.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenThis course will examine psychological research findings, theory, and methods related to the study of human behavior and experience as a function of culture. Culture will be interpreted to include ethnicity and social class, but may also include other general factors that have a similarly broad effect in psychology. We will examine the influence of culture on such psychological domains as: basic perceptual and cognitive processes, human development and family processes, and issues in social, personality, clinical, and abnormal psychology.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenThis course will take a closer look at the emerging market in a broader and perhaps more unconventional perspective than usually done. What happens with a country when it is on an economic fast-tract? What happens to the culture, norms and values? What happens to the countries relation with the 1st World economies? And how do they facilitate the change in the society so that they can sustain their newly achieved wealth? These are some of the questions we will seek to answer in an interactive and exploring learning environment. By the end of this course you will be able to understand and critically analyze emerging markets as a concept and you will have a broader and more holistic view on where the financial wealth will take them; politically, culturally, ethically, demographically, militarily and socially.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenThis course is a study of clinical psychology with a focus on the way the field is approached within a European context. The course will cover cultural and ethical issues, as well as different psychotherapeutic schools and how they view some of the main psychological disorders. The focus throughout the course will be on adult mental health. The following topics will be covered: contemporary theories of abnormality, psychological disorders, empirically supported assessment and treatment approaches and preventative measures, as well as psychological problem areas related to health and culture. Students will discuss controversial issues in the field and consider the differences in U.S. and Danish approaches to diagnostics and treatment by looking at our two different diagnostic systems (DSM IV in the US and ICD-10 in Europe) and subsequent therapies.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenA study of the organization and provision of public health in northern Europe, and of the historical, social, economic, and political background of the present health care systems. This course provides an understanding of what determines health, priority-setting for public health policy, and the relationship between the many players involved in policy-making and provision of health services. Social and political dilemmas in the field of health care will be examined. Visits in Denmark and the Netherlands include general practitioners, policy-making institutions, and interest groups that will address the challenges Europe faces in relation to health care due to rising costs, aging populations, and immigration.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenAfter the Holocaust, members of the international community said ?never again,? yet numerous cases of genocide have occurred since then, causing the 20th century to be termed ?the century of genocide.? This course and study tour analyze the causes and consequences of genocide. Specific cases of genocide and near-genocide, including the Holocaust, will be studied along with issues such as perpetrator profiles, commemoration, and genocide prevention.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenIntroduction to the most significant human diseases posing a threat to our society, their diagnoses and treatments, and to the clinical working methods of physicians as practiced at large, Danish and European university hospitals. This course is taught by doctors from University of Copenhagen Hospitals. Please be aware that the course does not provide regular medical training corresponding to that of medical students and does not include shadowing of doctors or physical examination of patients.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenThis course aims to give students an understanding of the biotechnology field by examining the academic and industrial drug development process, biotechnological tools and the opportunities and challenges biotechnology has for medicine including personalized medicine, immune response reactions, stem cells, gene therapy, etc. through a focus on the European pharmaceutical and biotech research community.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenA study of recent research in the rapidly expanding field of positive psychology. Students will critique the possible pitfalls of a psychology of happiness, explore constructs of subjective well-being, and consider the ways that positive emotions influence cognition, health, wealth, and social relationships.
Europe : Denmark : CopenhagenTrafficking in human beings and prostitution are related and very widespread phenomena in today?s globalized world. This course is an introduction to definitions and manifestations of human trafficking, and an overview of legal, law-enforcement and societal responses to it at the global, European and national levels. Students will also gain an understanding of prostitution from sociological and psychological angles. The study tour to Amersterdam will allow students to gain insight into the implications of legalized prostitution in the Dutch capital. They will be exposed to key actors and learn firsthand how prostitution impacts the women involved, how NGOs operate, and how law enforcement officials learn to cope with legalized prostitution in their city.
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