Fall 2023 | European and Asian Adventure
Course Offerings & Field Work
Courses will be posted as they are approved by our academic partner, Colorado State University.
Course Curriculum Overview
- All Semester at Sea students take 4 courses, including the required core course, IE 200 Global Studies, for a total full-time load of 12 credits.
- 70-72 courses will be offered on the Fall 2023 voyage.
- Lower-division courses are designated with 100-299 numbers; upper-division courses are 300-499 numbers.
- Each course has an experiential Field Class in one of the ports.
- Fall 2023 courses are posted as they are approved by our academic partner, Colorado State University.
- Courses are listed between 9-12 months prior to the voyage.
- Syllabi are available between 6-9 months prior to the voyage.
- Course registration opens 3-4 months prior to the voyage.

Field Programs & Field Work
When Semester at Sea arrives in each country, student voyagers will either explore via required Field Work for their classes, participate in optional Semester at Sea-designed Field Programs, or they can plan their own travel experiences.
Fall 2023 Courses & Field Work
Course Offerings
Anthropology
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Introductory Cultural Anthropology (Ingram)
Ingram
3.0
Field Work: Soundscapes-Music as Human Practice (Dineen)
Dineen
3.0
Art
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: (Section 2) Focus: Architecture and Urban Planning of Europe and Asia
Vincent
3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Focus: Architecture and Urban Planning of Europe and Asia
Vincent
3.0
Business
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Strategic Management
Leopold
3.0
Field Work: Ethics in Contemporary Organizations
Savitskie
3.0
Chemistry
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Chemistry in Context
Zimmer
3.0
Communication Studies
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Public Speaking (Brinson)
Brinson
3.0
Field Work: Evaluating Contemporary Film (TBD)
3.0
Field Work: Political Communication (Brinson)
Brinson
3.0
Field Work: Screenwriting as Communication
Adams
3.0
Field Work: Film and Social Change (Adams)
Adams
3.0
Field Work: Intercultural Communication
Grasso
3.0
Field Work: Intercultural Communication (TBD)
3.0
Economics
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Economics of Social Issues
Colla
3.0
Field Work: Principles of Microeconomics
Colla
3.0
Field Work: Health Economics
Colla
3.0
English
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Reading Without Borders (Arnett)
Arnett
3.0
Field Work: Focus: The World as Drama: From Tragedy to Comedy
Suárez-García
3.0
Field Work: Introduction to the Study of Language (Arnett)
Arnett
3.0
Field Work: Critical Studies of Popular Texts (Focus: International Noir) (Arnett)
Arnett
3.0
Field Work: Literature of the Earth (Glover)
Glover
3.0
Field Work: Focus: Travel Writing
Glover
3.0
Ethnic Studies
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Introduction to Queer Studies
Gates-Crandall
3.0
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Survey of Human Nutrition (Butki)
Butki
3.0
Geology
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: The Blue Planet – Geology of Our Environment
Anderson
3.0
Health and Exercise Science
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Health and Wellness
McCubbin
3.0
Field Work: Population Health and Disease Prevention
Butki
3.0
Field Work: Psychology and Sport
Butki
3.0
History
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: U.S.-China Relations Since 1800 (Homayounvas)
Homayounvash
3.0
Field Work: The Islamic World Since 1500 (Homayounvas)
Homayounvash
3.0
Human Development and Family Studies
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Individual and Family Development (Daunhauer)
Daunhauer
3.0
Field Work: Disability Across the Lifespan and Culture (Daunhauer)
Daunhauer
3.0
International Education
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Children and Youth in the Global Context (Daunhauer)
Daunhauer
3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Focus: Diseases without Borders
Zimmer
3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Focus: A Cleaner, Greener World
Zimmer
3.0
Field Work: Impact Field Class (Cohort 2) in Jordan
Ingram
1.0
Field Work: Impact Field Class (Cohort 1) in Morocco
Ingram
1.0
Field Work: There is no field class associated with Global Studies.
Nalbach
3.0
Field Work: There is no field class associated with Global Studies.
Nalbach
3.0
Intra-University
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: New Student Seminar (Section 2) in Casablanca, Morocco
Gates-Crandall
1.0
Field Work: New Student Seminar (Section 1) in Casablanca, Morocco
Gates-Crandall
1.0
Journalism and Media Communication
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Video Production (Austin)
Austin
3.0
Field Work: International Mass Communication (Austin)
Austin
3.0
Field Work: Journalism, Peace, and War (Austin)
Austin
3.0
Field Work: Media in Society (Section 2) (Adams)
Adams
3.0
Field Work: Media in Society (Section 1) (Brinson)
Brinson
3.0
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: First-Year Spanish Review (Suárez-García)
Suárez-García
3.0
Field Work: Oral Communication-Spanish (Suárez-García)
Suárez-García
3.0
Management
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Contemporary Management Principles/Practices (Leopold)
Leopold
3.0
Field Work: Social and Sustainable Venturing (Duran)
Duran
3.0
Field Work: International Business Management (Leopold)
Leopold
3.0
Field Work: Supply Chain Management (Savitskie)
Savitskie
3.0
Marketing
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Marketing (Savitskie)
Savitskie
3.0
Field Work: International Marketing (Section 1) (Duran)
Duran
3.0
Field Work: International Marketing (Section 2) (Duran)
Duran
3.0
Music
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Soundscapes-Music as Human Practice (Dineen)
Dineen
3.0
Field Work: Exploring World Music (Section 2) (Dineen)
Dineen
3.0
Field Work: Exploring World Music (Section 1) (Dineen)
Dineen
3.0
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: International Issues-Recreation and Tourism (Vannucci)
Vannucci
3.0
Natural Resources
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Global Environmental Systems
3.0
Field Work: Oceanography (Section 1)
3.0
Field Work: Oceanography (Section 2)
3.0
Philosophy and Religion
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: World Religions (Hahn Tapper)
Hahn Tapper
3.0
Field Work: Topics in Comparative Religions (Hahn Tapper)
Hahn Tapper
3.0
Field Work: Philosophy of Traditional Judaism (Hahn Tapper)
Hahn Tapper
3.0
Political Science
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: International Relations (Spiegel)
Spiegel
3.0
Field Work: International Security (Spiegel)
Spiegel
3.0
Field Work: Comparative Government and Politics (Spiegel)
Spiegel
3.0
Field Work: Middle East Politics (Homayounvash)
Homayounvash
3.0
Psychology
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Psychology of Human Sexuality (Haddock)
Haddock
3.0
Field Work: Psychopathology (Section 1) (Haddock)
Haddock
3.0
Field Work: Psychopathology (Section 2) (Haddock)
Haddock
3.0
Restaurant and Resort Management
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Food and Society (Vannucci)
Vannucci
3.0
Field Work: Culinary Tourism and Hospitality Management (Vannucci)
Vannucci
3.0
Sociology
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Social Problems (Batnitzky)
Batnitzy
3.0
Field Work: Gender and Society (Batnitzky)
Batnitzy
3.0
Field Work: Health, Medicine, and Society (Batnitzky)
Batnitzy
3.0
Women’s Studies
Meets
Instructor
Credits
Field Work: Introduction to Women’s Studies (TBD)
3.0