Study Abroad

The World Is YoursImagine exploring the cobblestone streets of Old Havana listening to the sounds of Cuban street musicians. Or watching the fireworks on Chinese New Year from a rooftop in Shanghai. Or browsing the colorful stalls of London’s Covent Garden Market on your way home.

Each year, around 400 Eckerd students set off for parts unknown. You could be one of them.

DESTINATIONS OFFERED EVERY YEAR INCLUDE SOUTH AFRICA, FIJI, MEXICO, CUBA, SPAIN, ENGLAND, FRANCE AND GREECE300+

Image by Mac McKenzie ’172015 Winter Term class London Street Markets

Cover image by Daniel Chapman ’17 during his 2015 Winter Term class Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia

Study abroad is in our DNA. Long before other American colleges were sending students overseas, Eckerd changed its academic calendar to create a one-month Winter Term so students could travel abroad.

Eckerd’s founders knew there were things students could learn only through study abroad—tolerance, compassion, an awareness of what it means to be a citizen of the world.

“Travel teaches us that there is something beyond the U.S.,” says Diane Ferris, Eckerd’s director of international education. “It’s a different way of living daily— students learn to integrate into a new culture for an extended period of time. They come back transformed.”

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ECKERD HAS BEEN SENDING STUDENTS ABROAD SINCE THE COLLEGE OPENED THE LONDON STUDY CENTRE IN THE LATE 1960s

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Image by Lucy Fitzgerald ’18 of Caroline Courtenay ’17 in 2015 Winter Term class Natural History of Galapagos and Ecuador

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Let the Journey BeginThe vast majority of student travelers take part in our three-and-a-half-week Winter Term and Spring-into-Summer trips. Others enroll in our semester-long program at Eckerd’s London Study Centre, in our exchange programs or in affiliate programs.

• Many study trips are led by Eckerd professors, which allows the learning to begin before you leave, intensify on location and continue after you return to campus.

• At Eckerd, you can study abroad and still graduate in four years.

• All study abroad courses award academic credit toward your degree, except our Alternative Spring Break Service trips.

• Staff in our International Education Office are eager to help with program selection and applications.

ECKERD ATHLETES ENJOY STUDY ABROAD THROUGH OUR SPRING-INTO-SUMMER PROGRAM. TRIPS HAVE INCLUDED GREECE, BELGIUM, FRANCE AND SPAIN.

Image by Margeaux Bull ’162015 Winter Term class Culinary Science of Northern Italy

Joined by Don Eastman, Eckerd College president

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World ViewsEye-Opening. Life-Changing. Powerful. Priceless.

Eckerd students find what motivates them academically, professionally and personally. They connect in profound ways with those they travel with and those they meet along the trail. Students come back to Eckerd’s campus in St. Petersburg, Florida, changed.

“My freshman year I went to Italy, and my sophomore year I went to Argentina—both were language immersion trips. Winter Term of my junior year I spent in Southeast Asia, and my senior year I went to China for three weeks. I love to travel, and that last trip helped me realize that international business is what I want to do.”

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“The people in Cambodia are so welcoming, so happy and so giving. Seeing how they can do things much simpler than we do—without cell phones and technology—really makes me appreciate the smaller things. It taught me not to take anything for granted.”

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“I was incredibly lucky at Eckerd to have nine distinct study abroad experiences, and it definitely helped me get into graduate school. The Kennedy School of Government recommends at least three years of professional experience before students apply. I argued that my international study and on-campus leadership experience should count toward the professional requirement. They seemed to agree.”

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CHECK OUT STUDENTS’ PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURES eckerd.edu/WTphotos

Christina Rosetti ’16 in2015 Winter Term class Cuba and USA Economic Systems

ArgentinaAustraliaBahamasBelizeBrazilBulgariaBurmaCambodiaChinaCosta RicaCubaCzech RepublicDominican RepublicEcuador EthiopiaFijiFranceGermanyGhanaGhost Ranch, NMGreeceHondurasIndiaIrelandItalyJapanJordanKoreaLaosLithuania

LondonMalawi MalaysiaMexicoMoroccoNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaPeruPolandRoatánRomaniaRwandaScotlandSouth AfricaSpainSundance Film Festival, UTSurinameSwedenSwitzerlandTanzaniaThailandTurkeyUgandaUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited Nations, NYCVietnamWoods Hole, MA

RECENT ECKERD OFF-CAMPUS STUDY LOCATIONS

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OUR CAMPUS INCLUDES STUDENTS FROM 40 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THEY BRING A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORLD TO ECKERD SIMPLY BY LIVING AND LEARNING SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR AMERICAN STUDENTS.

FESTIVAL OF CULTURESEckerd students showcase their home country through food, music, national costume and native history at the annual Festival of Cultures.

Eckerd has options. Choose a Winter Term, Spring Break Service, semester-long or Spring-into-Summer trip, or check out our affiliate and exchange programs.

Pack Your Bags. Grab Your Passport.

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TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE YOU COULD BE NEXT JANUARY:

• Roatán: Tropical Marine Environments

• Language Immersion in France

• London Street Markets

• Cuba and USA Economic Systems in Havana

• Science at Sea

• Environmental Issues in China

• Magic and Art in Pre-Columbian Peru

Daniel Chapman ’17 (right) in2015 Winter Term class Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia

WINTER TERMWinter Term is a three-and-a-half-week session held every January during which Eckerd offers about 20 academic classes, including two or three trips dedicated to community service.

SPRING BREAK SERVICEEvery March, as college students from all over the U.S. flock to Florida for sun and sand, our students leave town. Their destination? Needy communities in Mexico, Guyana, Iceland, Panama, Cuba, New York, New Orleans, Detroit and right here in Florida.

ECKERD-SPONSORED SEMESTER-LONG STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMSThe London Study Centre immerses students in the city’s vibrant performing arts scene. Students take one course with an Eckerd professor and three others with British faculty. The director-in-residence and students live in a five-story row house the College has occupied since the late ’60s. In addition to attending weekly classes, they tour museums and attend productions in the theaters that dot London’s West End.

From time to time, Eckerd faculty also take groups on semester-long trips to China and Latin America.

SPRING-INTO-SUMMERStudents participating in our Spring-into-Summer courses attend class throughout Spring Semester and finish with a three-week travel component at the end of the semester.

AFFILIATE PROGRAMSEckerd fosters relationships with several organizations that provide additional study abroad opportunities in a variety of locations. These programs include:Arcadia University—The College of Global StudiesButler University—Institute for Study AbroadCouncil for International Education Exchange (CIEE)Institute for American Universities (IAU)Institute for Central American Development Studies (ICADS)International Partnership for Service-Learning (IPSL)International Studies Abroad (ISA)Sea Education Association (SEA Semester)

EXCHANGE PROGRAMSEckerd’s membership in the International Student Exchange Programs (ISEP) provides students an opportunity to study at more than 300 colleges and universities in more than 50 countries, including England, Japan, Korea, China, France, Northern Ireland and many more. Eckerd also enjoys reciprocal exchange programs with institutions around the globe.

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