Faculty-Led Summer Programs
Apply by the January 15 priority deadline to be considered for the Global Initiatives Scholarships! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and programs may fill prior to the deadline. Most programs have a deadline of February 15, 2024.
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Caregiving in a Crisis: Humanitarian Aid in Luxembourg and Geneva | This course will examine the evolution, roles, and challenges of humanitarian aid workers, with a particular focus on those in the health sector. Study locations will include Luxembourg and Geneva. Highlights of the Geneva study tour include visiting the United Nations and International Red Cross museum to learn about the roles of these organizations in humanitarian aid, as well as a chocolate tour and a day in the Swiss Alps. | NSG 399 (3 credit hours) |
Engineering in Europe | This workshop is based in Milan, Italy, and includes a day trip to Switzerland. The workshop will offer two core courses for engineering majors: Engineering Thermodynamics and Engineering Economics. Participants will benefit from guest lectures, professional excursions, and 3 hours of survival Italian. The activities in Italy include a visit to Leonardo da Vinci’s Museum of Science and Technology, as well as a 2-day trip to Bolonga that will include a tour of Lamborghini production plant, Ferrari Museum visit, a balsamic factory visit, and a cooking class. The visit to Locarno, Switzerland, will include a tour of Ofima hydroelectric power plant and a guided hike. | CPB/MME 314 (3 credits) and CPB/MME 341 (3 credits) |
Euro-Connections: Support for Children, Families, and Communities | Immerse yourself in the day-to-day lives of diverse families and communities in Luxembourg, one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse countries in the EU. Learn about building community partnerships through service learning in agencies that serve children and their families. The course will culminate with a study tour to Munich, Germany. All students are required to enroll in FSW 499R/599R. | FSW 481/581 (3 credits) and FSW 499/599R (3 credits) |
FSB Asia | Ready to take your marketing skills global? Join us for a dynamic study abroad experience in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan—where innovation meets tradition. This program combines academic learning with real-world insights, including business visits and talks from industry leaders. | MKT 291 (3 credits) and BUS 420 (3 credit hours) |
FSB London Internship | Embark on a transformative journey with our London Internship Study Abroad Program, designed specifically for highly motivated and mature business students eager to gain global experience. Over six weeks, you’ll immerse yourself in the heart of one of the world’s most influential business capitals, combining academic learning, hands-on professional experience, and rich cultural exploration. | FIN 301 (3 credits) and BUS 420 (3 credits) |
FSB Luxembourg | Have you ever wanted to study at Miami's Luxembourg campus, but can't fit it in during the semester? This program is open to business and non-business majors who want to learn about how business is conducted in the heart of Europe. Students will choose between studying financial accounting, or studying economic poverty and inequality. | ECO 131 (3 credits) and BUS 420 (3 credits) OR ACC 221 (3 credits) and BUS 420 (3 credits) |
Health in the Gambia | This course is designed as a study abroad to provide students with experiential learning focusing on health and education in a two-week study abroad trip to The Gambia. | KNH 402 (3 credits) and KNH 453 (3 credits) |
Intensive German Summer | Rare opportunity for students to experience the German-speaking world from within. Chance to greatly enhance German proficiency and move to upper level competencies through real world exposure and use of on-site resources. Exposure to native German during visits to cultural, political, historical, and topical landmarks, including the former East Germany. Two semesters' of credit can be completed in seven intensive weeks for students who have completed GER 102 (or the equivalent) or GER 202 (or the equivalent). Earn nine credits toward GER major (300 level) or GER minor (200 level) while living in the center of the culture. | GER 201, 202, and 277 (9 credits) or GER 301, 302, and 377 (9 credits) |
Intensive Japanese Language in Tokyo | This program is nearly a six-week intensive summer language program with 6 Miami credits. In the first 2 and a half week online period, you will participate in online synchronous lectures on the new grammar, expressions and vocabulary. During the second in-person phase in Tokyo, the emphasis is on the usage of the acquired linguistic knowledge you gained during the on-line course. In addition to reviewing model conversational practices with classmates, students have the opportunity to converse outside class with native Japanese speakers. You will interact with students from a local Japanese university. Other out of classroom activities include field trips and museum visits. The program gives you a chance to speed up your Japanese major and/or minor. The program would prepare you academically and culturally for potential and future study in the Japanese-speaking world. |
JPN 201 and 202 (6 credits) or JPN 301 and 302 (6 credits) |
Journalism & Social Change in Post-Soviet States | During this five-week program, students will be guided by Miami University faculty in an exploration of the past, present, and potential futures of the Baltics. Students will take JRN 333 International Journalism as they learn about the connections between democracy, journalism, and social change. | JRN 333 (3 credits) |
Knowledge Representation in Italy | This four-week summer workshop in Calabria, a beautiful region in southern Italy, is a unique chance for students of all majors to gain an understanding of the artificial intelligence field of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. The academic program includes guest lectures from Knowledge Representation experts from the University of Calabria, a prominent Italian university with an internationally renowned department of mathematics and computer science. | CSE 268 (3 credits) and CSE 468 (3 credits) |
Literary London | Live, work, and study in London for an exciting 5-week experience with Miami's own Literary London! Study abroad this summer with a rich, fully integrated cultural and academic program that has been a major highlight of many students’ Miami experience since 2006. Literary London offers a choice of literature/creative writing courses designed especially to be taught in London by our own Miami faculty. We visit important cultural heritage sites, theaters, museums, special exhibitions, readings, and Stratford-upon-Avon, among other highlights. Classes are different every year to take advantage of everything exciting, multicultural London has to offer. | ENG 198 Navigating London (1 credit), ENG 386 Shakespeare On-Stage, On-Site (3 credit hours), and ENG 360K The Art and Business of Writing, On-Site (3 credit hours) |
MUDEC Honors in Luxembourg and France: What is Art? | What is Art? Art can be understood as an experience that engages our senses (most of the time) and that provokes an emotional response as well as intellectual reflection. The philosophy of art analyzes and philosophically reflects on this experience. What happens when we attempt to translate our aesthetic experiences into words? Does language fail to capture the embodied experience of aesthetics? This course introduces students to Philosophy through the study of phenomenological aesthetics. | PHL 241H (3 credits) |
Water Resources and Sustainability in Zambia | Zambia faces many water quantity and quality problems. Some of these problems are representative of those faced by many lower-income countries. In this workshop, you will work together with students and professors from the University of Zambia and NGOs to conduct water-resource research aimed at increasing access to clean drinking water. Some of your research will be focused on water contamination issues in communities just outside Lusaka where people depend on karst groundwater systems for their drinking water supply. You will conduct water-quality surveys to help assess causes of contamination and potential solutions.Then travel to western Zambia where water scarcity has been exacerbated by climate change as you help an NGO with a water-supply project and test the quality of water associated with new water-supply wells and pumps. Finally, explore the natural wonders of Zambia's National Parks and Victoria Falls to learn about people's use and dependence on river systems as well as generation of electricity by Victoria Falls themselves. | IES 499/599 (6 credits) |
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Chicago Finance Week | This is an experiential course to give students an opportunity to learn and practice equity and business valuation skills in a real-world setting. After completing this course students will be able to valuation analysis using appropriate methodology. In addition, students will be able to develop and give an effective presentation on the merits of a particular position to industry executives. Finally, students will be able to determine what types of valuation roles are available in financial firms and how best to pursue those careers. | FIN 320 (3 credit hours) |
Geology of Streams | This workshop offers students a unique experience to make observations, collect data, and develop and test hypotheses on the recent geologic record of streams in southwestern Ohio and southeastern Indiana while canoeing down these waterways. Students will explore the impacts of climate change and humans on streams, identify archives capable of revealing these influences, and examine the potential impact of future climate change and development on these streams. As you travel the waterways of southwest Ohio, you will utilize the good exposures of stream cut banks to record and interpret environmental changes in this region and infer the causes for these changes. | GLG 419/519 (3 credits) |
Inside Washington | Inside Washington provides students with a full-service internship experience. The program offers professional advising during their internship search, a safe and convenient place to live in central D.C., extraordinary experiential learning experiences though small-group interaction with D.C. professionals, and guidance on how to leverage this experience for future success. Inside Washington is an ideal program for students of all majors because of the unique academic experience and internship opportunities in D.C. You will lead small-group discussions with D.C. influencers from the Hill, news media, think tanks, nonprofits, federal agencies and lobbying firms. Inside Washington offers participants leadership roles, "soft skills" building and federal policy research. | POL 426 (3 credits) |
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Summer 2024 Programs - Application Deadline on January 28, 2024
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