Study Abroad Program

Destinations and Programs

Spelman College does not currently have any of its own semester or year programs overseas except for its true exchanges. Instead, the college uses several major United States Study Abroad programs to fill the needs of Spelman students. Through these programs Spelman Students have studied in the following countries:

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Botswana
Brazil
Chile
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Mexico
Namibia
Nepal
People's Republic of China
Scotland
Senegal
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
West Indies
Zimbabwe

Spelman also has exchange relationships with the following:

England

Lancaster University
University of Sussex

West Indies

University of the West Indies, (Cave Hill, Mona, and Saint Augustine)

Czech Republic

Palacky University

Chile-Catolica

Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Japan

Tsuda College

Students can also study overseas through our relationships with:

Arcadia University Center for Education Abroad Programs
Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Associated Colleges of the South
Boston University
Butler University Institute for Study Abroad Programs
Claremont Colleges (Scripps, Pitzer, Claremont-McKenna)
IES: The Institute for the International Education of Students
Kalamazoo College Programs in Africa
Middlebury College Programs Abroad & Summer Language Schools
Select New York University Study Abroad Programs
SIT: School for International Training
Syracuse University Programs

Other approved programs are added on an ad hoc basis after the Study Abroad Committee and the Curriculum Committee of the College have examined them.

Spelman has a summer program that runs jointly with Morehouse College. Each year there is a month-long summer program in Oaxaca, Mexico, which is run by the Spanish departments of the two schools. Students live with Mexican families and study language in Oaxaca. In addition there are Costa Rica summer programs in Martinique and the Dominican Republic, also lasting one month. More information on these programs is available from the Spelman College Department of Modern Foreign Languages. Spelman College students have participated in Crossroads Africa for many years. This program is run out of the College Minister's Office. Spelman students participate in Bard College's Summer International Human Rights Exchange in South Africa. We also have the Summer Art Colony in Portobelo, Panama for studio arts and creative writing. A new program at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus is planned for 2004. Catalogs and other information on both summer study abroad and semester and year programs can be viewed at the Study Abroad Office.

Currently Approved Programs at Spelman College

Associated College of the Midwest

Costa Rica

Arcadia University Center for Education Abroad

Australia
Austria
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
New Zealand
Spain
United Kingdom

Boston University

Ecuador
France
Germany
Israel
Italy
Niger
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom

Butler University Institute for Study Abroad

Argentina
Australia
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ireland
New Zealand
Tasmania
United Kingdom

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
France
Ghana
Hungary
India
Japan
Jordan
Mexico
Netherlands
Poland
Senegal
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Vietnam

Inter-Study Programmes

Belgium
Ireland
Netherlands
South Africa
United Kingdom

IES: The Institute for International Education of Students

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Chile
China
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Spain

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Scripps-Pitzer Colleges

Botswana
Ecuador
Heidelberg
Nepal
Venezuela

Syracuse University Division of International Programs Abroad

France
Hong Kong
Italy
Spain

Tel Aviv University

DIS Denmark International Study Program

SEA Semester (approval pending)

SIT: School for International Training (selected programs)