Short Term Study Abroad Programs

 

Pacific University no longer requires participants in study abroad programs to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Nevertheless, participants in short term study abroad programs should verify if their host country has any Covid-19 travel requirements, and follow CDC rules and recommendations for international travel. Furthermore, Covid-19 and other vaccines may be required for anyone participating in clinical rotations or internships within healthcare settings, K-12 schools, or other community businesses or organizations. Please refer to your specific program or site requirements for more information.

Short-term study-abroad programs give students a taste of the experience without requiring a long time commitment.  Short Term Study Abroad courses start with an academic semester course. Students choose a destination, take a preparatory course, and travel with Pacific University faculty to complete their course on location.  Courses include domestic and overseas opportunities that change every term.  Travel courses are often open to non-students, faculty, staff, and others.  E-mail Mike Miller (mjmiller@pacificu.edu) or Schedule an Appointment if you are interested. 

These are the Pacific University courses that you have to register for. Furthermore, please note that most classes will require enrollment during fall or spring semester for a 2 credit preparatory class. This list is subject to change depending on student interest.


Current and Upcoming Undergraduate Courses

2025 Winter

Travel Course Course Location

Planned Travel Dates

FREN/HUM 371
Purdy

Trvl: France and Beyond   

Course poster              

(Prep course in fall 24)

Tahiti and Moorea, French Polynesia  

January 2025

HUM 101-01
Theumer
Odden

Global Exploration FYS Travel
(Prep course in fall 24)
Global Scholars webpage

Costa Rica

January 2025

KINES 209-01/KINES 389-01
Searcy, Brian

Surf Science/Advanced Surf Science
(Prep course in fall 24)
 

Costa Rica

January 2025

OL 310
Friesen

International Expedition
(Prep course in fall 24)
 
Chile

January 2025

SOCWK255/355
Kinney
Eisen

Aotearoa New Zealand Travel Class

Course Poster

New Zealand

January 2025

2025 Summer

Travel Course Course

Location

Planned Travel Dates

ENGW 226-01/326-01
Postma

 

Travel Writing: Italy

Course website

Trvl, Write & Publish: Italy
(Prep course in spring 2025 - ENGW-222/322)

Italy

Immediately after spring semester

SCI 262-01
Khoja

Sci & Hist of Info: UK Travel
(Prep course in spring 2025 - SCI 261)

Course Poster

United Kingdom Immediately after spring semester

SOCWK 691-01
Kinney
Daniel Eisen
 

ST: Aotearoa NZ Travel
(Prep course in spring 2025)
New Zealand Immediately after spring semester

CIV 212-01
Miller
Roubidoux

CE Travel: Navajo Nation
(Prep course in spring 2025 - CIV 255)

Course Poster

Navajo Nation, Arizona Immediately after spring semester

MGMT 352
Rikhtehgar Berenji

Operations Management International Travel to Greece
Course Poster
(Prep course in spring 2025 - MGMT-351)

Greece Immediately after spring semester

PHIL 274/374
Loevy

World Phil/Religion Travel

Course poster

(Prep course in fall 24)
 

Nepal

 

Graduate Courses

Information on other travel programs coming soon!


Important note to everyone who travels internationally: 
Please check Travel Advisory & Alerts, and enroll in STEP before you go.

https://travel.state.gov/…/international…/before-you-go.html

*As of August 24, 2023

Past Undergraduate Courses

2019 Winter

Travel Course Course  Location Travel Dates

EDUC 371/372 

EDUC 678/679

Charles

Ecuadorian Culture and Systems of Education                  

(Prep course in fall 18)

Ecuador               1/07/19-1/22/19

FREN/HUM 370/371

Purdy

Thorburn

Travel: Discover France and Beyond

(Prep course in fall 18)

France 1/05/19-1/16/19

GSS/HUM 211/310

Schoon

McGrath

Travel in India (Prep course in fall 18) India 1/06/19-1/23/19

OL 155/255-01

Morrison

Expedition Planning/International Expedition

(Prep course in fall 18)

Mexico

1/05/19-1/20/19

 2019 Summer

Travel Course Course  Location Travel Dates

ENV 210/310         

Gundersen

Larkins

Tropical Environmental Biology                  

(Prep course in spring 19)

Belize              5/20/19-5/30/19

PSY 342/442

Salgado

Explore Psychology in London

(Prep course in spring 19)

London 10 days: end of May until early June

SCI 255

Khoja

Butler

Science and History of Information

(Prep course in spring 19)

London Two weeks in June

2020 Winter

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

ARTST 221

 

Anderson

Studio II: Drawing in Hawaii                 

(No prep course)

Hawaii              1/13/20-1/27/20

MEDA 331

Vaisburd

Hardacker

Sundance Film Festival

(No prep course)

Utah 1/23/20-1/26/20

PHIL/THEA 355

O'Loughlin

Margolis

Travel to Athens, Greece

(Prep course in fall 19)

Greece 1/13/20-1/27/20

BIOL 166/366

Chan

Templeton

Galapagos and Ecuador

(Prep course in fall 19)

Ecuador

1/13/20-1/27/20

EXMB 255

Searcy

Fundamentals of International Surfing

(Prep course in fall 19)

Costa Rica 1/15/20-1/26/20

ANTH/SOCWK 368

Greer

Schweitzer

Trinidad Culture and Society

(Prep course in fall 19)

Trinidad/Tobago 1/13/20-1/27/20

EDUC 371/372 678/679

Charles

Ecuadorian Experience: Language, Culture, Education

(Prep course in fall 19)

Ecuador Tentative: 1/3/20-1/25/20

2020 Summer (canceled)

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

 SPAN/ENGW 226/326

Johnson

Welsh

Travel Writing in Spain/Travel to Spain                 

(Prep course in spring 20)

Spain              Tentative: 6/01/20-6/12/20

HUM/CIV 355

Ilea

Ciochina

Habitat for Humanity in Romania

(Prep course in spring 20)

Romania 5/29/20-6/13/20

PH 255/355

Schoon

Town

Travel: Namibia Public Health

(Prep course in spring 20)

Namibia Tentative: 5/18/20-6/06/20

IS 236

Miller

Costa Rica: Service Learning Abroad

(Prep course in spring 20)

Costa Rica

Tentative: 5/22/20-6/06/20

2021 Winter (canceled)

2021 Summer

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

ENG 222/322 226/326

Postma

 

Travel Writing in Italy (online course)                

(Prep course in spring 21)

Course webpage

Italy            

 Tentative: June 2nd-12th

IS 235/236

Miller

Costa Rica: Travel (online course)

(Prep course in spring 21)

Course poster

Costa Rica

Tentative: May 22nd-June 5th

BIOL 165/365 166/366

Chan

Templeton

Galapagos and Ecuador (alternative travel in Oregon)

(Prep course in fall 20)

Ecuador Two weeks, beginning immediately after the end of the spring semester

2022 Winter 

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

MEDA 331

Vaisburd

Hardacker

Sundance Film Festival Travel (online course)

(No prep course)

Utah TBA

BIOL 166/366

Odden

Bolkan

Galapagos and Ecuador

(Prep course in fall 21)

Course poster

Ecuador

Two weeks in January

KINES 255

Searcy

Fundamentals of International Surfing

(Prep course in fall 21)

Costa Rica TBA

OL 310

Hall

Friesen

International Expedition

(Prep course in fall 21)

Chile TBA

2022 Summer

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

 SPAN/ENGW 226/326

Johnson

 

Travel Writing: Spain/Travel, Write and Publish: Spain                 

(Prep course in spring 22)

Spain             

May 24-June 5

GER/HIST/HUM 355

French

Jobs

Berlin in 20th Century Film: Travel

(Prep course in spring 22)

 

Germany

23 May-6 June 

IS 236

Miller

Costa Rica: Travel

(Prep course in spring 22)

Costa Rica

May 21-June 4

ANTH/SOCWK 368

Greer

Schweitzer

Trinidad Culture and Society: Travel

(Prep course in fall 21)

Trinidad/Tobago

May 22-June 5

PHIL/THEA 372

O'Loughlin

Travel to Athens, Greece

(Prep course in fall 21)

Greece

May 23-June 6th


2023 Winter

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

FREN/HUM 370/371

Purdy

Andree

 

Trvl: France and Beyond                 

(Prep course in fall 22)

Traveling jointly with Global Exploration FYS Travel

Course poster

Tahiti and Moorea, French Polynesia             

January 7-22

KINES 208/209 KINES 388/389

Searcy

Surf Science/Advanced Surf Science

(Prep course in fall 22)

Course poster

Costa Rica

January 9-24

OL 110/310

Friesen

Hall

International Expedition

(Prep course in fall 22)

Course poster

Patagonia, Chile

January 2-22

SCI 261/262

Khoja

Butler

Sci and Hist of Info: UK Travel

(Prep course in fall 22)

Course poster

London, UK

January 9-24

BIOL 165/166 BIOL 365/366

Templeton

Chan

Galapagos and Ecuador

(Prep course in fall 22)

Course poster

Ecuador, Galapagos

January 9-24

2023 Summer

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

ENGW 222-01/226-01

ENGW 322-01/326-01

Postma

Dobberfuhl

Travel Writing: Italy/Travel, Write and Publish: Italy                 

(Prep course in spring 23)

Course webpage

Italy              May 22-June 4

PHIL 255-01/255-02

Loevy

Nepal Phil and Religion

(Prep course in spring 23)

Nepal May 23-June 10

PSY 342-01/442-01

Salgado

Explore Psychology in London

(Prep course in spring 23)

Course poster

Course info page

London, UK May 28-June 10

GSS/MEDA/SOC 355-01/355-02

Eisen

Hardacker

Hawai'i Narr Place Self

(4 credit prep course in spring 23)

Course poster

Hawai'i

June 4-20

2024 Winter

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

ANTH 368-01/SOCW 368-01

Schweitzer, Don

Greer, Aaron

Trinidad Culture & Society: Travel

(Prep course in fall 23)

Course poster

Trinidad

January 2024

ENGW 226-01/ENGW 326-01

Johnson, B

Miller, Michael

Travel Writing: Navajo Nation/Trvl, Write & Publish: Navajo

(Prep course in fall 23)

Course poster

Navajo Nation, Arizona

January 2024

HUM 101-01

Moore, James

Jobs, Richard

Global Exploration FYS Travel

(Prep course in fall 23)

Global Scholars webpage

Italy

Tentative Jan. 3-18

KINES 209-01/KINES 389-01

Searcy, Brian

Surf Science/Advanced Surf Science

(Prep course in fall 23)

Costa Rica

January 2024

MGMT 352-01

Rikhtehgar Berrenji, Hossein

Operations Management Travel: Costa Rica

(Prep course in fall 23)

Course poster

Costa Rica

January 2024

THEA 372-01/PHIL 372-01
O'Loughlin, Ian

Travel to Athens, Greece

(Prep course in fall 23)

Greece

January 2024

ARTST 221-01

Anderson, Doug

StudioII/ Watercolor in Hawaii

(No prep course)

Hawaii

January 2024

BIOL 160-01/360-01

Odden, Joanne

Bolkan, Bonnie

ST: Biodiversity of Hawaii-Trvl/ST: Adv Biodiversity of Hawaii-Trvl

(Prep course in fall 23)

Course poster

Hawaii

Tentative Jan. 8-23

MEDA 331-01

Hardacker, Jennifer

Vaisburd, Enie

Sundance Film Festival Travel

(No prep course)

Course poster

Utah

Tentative Jan. 24-28

2024 Summer 

Travel Course Course  Location Planned Travel Dates

HUM/MUS 346-01

Reed

Ihas

Exploring Vienna and Budapest                 

(Prep course in spring 24)

Austria and Hungary              Immediately after spring semester

IS 236-01

Theumer

Miller

Costa Rica: Travel

(Prep course in spring 24)

Costa Rica Immediately after spring semester

ANTH 355

Greer

Urban Cultures: Miami

(Prep course in spring 24)

Miami, Florida

Immediately after spring semester