Experience

Frequently Offered Courses

Semester at Sea offers three-credit courses across a wide range of disciplines.

Semester at Sea Courses

Semester at Sea offers three-credit courses across a wide range of disciplines. Course syllabi reflect the expertise of the faculty members and the voyage itinerary. Many of the Semester at Sea courses listed below are offered on every voyage. Typically, one-third of the courses are lower-division and two-thirds are upper-division. For more information on these courses, go to catalog.colostate.edu.

A look into what’s included:
  • Each voyage offers 45–50 course sections selected from our Frequently Offered Course list
  • Each voyage offers about 25 additional courses based on the itinerary and special faculty
  • Courses in bold are offered every voyage (contingent upon faculty availability)
  • Voyage-specific course offerings are posted 12–9 months prior to the program start date

Learning Cohorts

You may apply to participate in a learning cohort as part of your Semester at Sea experience. Semester at Sea currently offers two cohorts: 1) Social impact (the Chapman Impact Cohort); and 2) the Engineering Cohort. We encourage all engineering majors and students interested in the Chapman Impact program to indicate their interest when submitting their admission application.

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Courses

Subject AreaLower Division Courses
(100-200 Level)
Upper Division Courses
(300-400 Level)
BusinessBUS 220 – Business Ethics • MKT 300 – Marketing
• MKT 365 – International Marketing
• MGT 475 – International Business Management 
• MGT 360 – Social and Sustainable Venturing and/or MGT 340 – Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
• MGT 320 – Contemporary Management Principles/Practices
• MKT 361 – Buyer Behavior  
• MGT 430 – Leadership and Social Responsibility
and/or  MGT 411 – Leading High-Performance Teams
Communication, Journalism, and Media Studies• SPCM 200 – Public Speaking
JTC 100 – Media in Society
• SPCM 434 – Intercultural Communication 
JTC 412 – International Mass Communication                                         
JTC 345 – Video Production
or JTC 430 – Advanced Digital Documentary Photography
or JTC 328 – Feature Writing
Political Science, Economics, and History • POLS 232 – International Relations   
POLS 241 – Comparative Government and Politics                                       
ECON 202 – Principles of Microeconomics
and/or ECON 204 – Principles of Macroeconomics
POLS 131 – Current World Problems
ECON 101 – Economics of Social Issues
HIST 171 – World History, 1500-Present
ECON 370 – Comparative Economic Systems and/or ECON 460 – Economic Development
POLS 462 – Globalization, Sustainability, & Justice 
HIST 466 – US-China Relations since 1800
Literatures and LanguagesE 142 – Reading Without Borders
E 245 – World Drama 
LSPA 106 – 1st Year Spanish Review
• E 311 – Intermediate Creative Writing 
E 333 – Critical Studies of Popular Texts
and/or E 332 – Modern Women Writers
Environment and Health• NR 150 – Oceanography
FSHN 150 – Survey of Human Nutrition
• NR 300 – Biological Diversity
and/or  NR 370 – Coastal Environmental Ecology    
FW 304 – Conservation of Marine Megafauna
Performing and Visual ArtsMU 132 – Exploring World Music
TH 141 – Introduction to Theatre
MU 232 – Soundscapes-Music as Human Practice
ART 100 – Introduction to the Visual Arts
ART 320 – Global Encounters in Art
SPCM 357 – Film and Social Change
ART 492 – Seminar in Art History
Psychology and Human DevelopmentHDFS 101 – Individual and Family Development
and/or PSY 100 – General Psychology
• PSY 320 – Psychopathology
• PSY 315 – Social Psychology
and/or PSY 300 – Positive Psychology
and/or PSY 328 – Psychology of Human Sexuality     
IE 471 – Children and Youth in Global Context
Religion and Philosophy• PHIL 174 – World Religions 
PHIL 172 – Religions of the East
or PHIL 171 – Religions of the West
PHIL 479 – Topics in Comparative Religions 
PHIL 372 – Meaning and Truth in Religion
Society and Culture• IE 200 – Global Studies      
• IE 272 – World Interdependence:  Current Global Issues       
ANTH 232 – Soundscapes-Music as Human Practice
ANTH 100 – Introductory Cultural Anthropology 
WS 200 – Introduction to Women’s Studies
and/or ETST 201 – Introduction to Queer Studies
SOC 105 – Social Problems 
GR 100 – Introduction to Geography
 SOC 462 – Applied Social Change 
SOC 333 – Gender and Society 
GR 320 – Cultural Geography
and/or ANTH 329 – Cultural Change
Tourism and HospitalityNRRT 270 – Principles of Natural Resource TourismRRM 400 – Food and Society 
NRRT 320 – International Issues in Recreation & Tourism 
RRM 355 – Culinary Tourism & Hospitality Management
*on voyages including China
**on voyages including Spanish-speaking countries
***dependent on the itinerary