Spring 2024 | Asia, Africa, and Europe Exploration

Course Offerings & Field Work

Courses will be posted as they are approved by our academic partner, Colorado State University.

Overview

Course Offering Information:

  • 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 Spring 2024 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.

Timeline:

  • Spring 2024 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.

Spring 2024 Courses & Field Work

Course Offerings
Agricultural Sciences Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Plants and Civilizations (Bousselot) Bousselot 3.0
Field Work: World Interdependence-Population and Food (Seidl) Seidl 3.0
Agricultural and Resource Economics Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Introduction-Economics of Natural Resources (Seidl) Seidl 3.0
Anthropology Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Music as Human Practice (Strand) Strand 3.0
Art Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Art History (Goeltzenleuchter) Goeltzenleuchter 3.0
Field Work: Art History 3.0
Field Work: Introduction to the Visual Arts (Goeltzenleuchter) Goeltzenleuchter 3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Introduction to the Visual Arts 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Introduction to the Visual Arts 3.0
Business Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Strategic Management (Shi) Shi 3.0
Communication Studies Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Nonverbal Communication (Bowman) Bowman 3.0
Field Work: Film and Social Change (Lewis) Lewis 3.0
Field Work: Interpersonal Communication (Bowman) Bowman 3.0
Field Work: Communication and Popular Culture Bowman 3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Public Speaking Lewis 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Public Speaking Lewis 3.0
Economics Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Principles of Microeconomics (Seidl) Seidl 3.0
Field Work: Introduction-Economics of Natural Resources (Seidl) Seidl 3.0
Field Work: Comparative Economic Systems (Kling) Kling 3.0
English Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Reading Without Borders (Billingslea) Billingslea 3.0
Field Work: Modern Women Writers (Billingslea) Billingslea 3.0
Field Work: Short Fiction (Focus: Dimensions, Form, and Meaning) (Billingslea) Billingslea 3.0
Field Work: Gender in World Literature (Gray) Gray 3.0
Field Work: Contemporary Global Fiction (Granoff) Granoff 3.0
Field Work: Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction (Granoff) Granoff 3.0
Ethnic Studies Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Black Cinema and Media (Euell) Euell 3.0
Finance Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance (Simmons) Simmons 3.0
History Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: U.S.-China Relations Since 1800 (Shive) Shive 3.0
Field Work: China in the Modern World, 1600-Present (Shive) Shive 3.0
Field Work: World History, 1500-Present (Keller-Lapp) Keller-Lapp 3.0
Horticulture Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: The Importance of Plants (Bousselot) Bousselot 3.0
International Education Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Plants and Civilizations (Bousselot) Bousselot 3.0
Field Work: World Interdependence-Population and Food (Seidl) Seidl 3.0
Field Work: There is no field class associated with Global Studies Cushner 3.0
Field Work: There is no field class associated with Global Studies Cushner 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Focus: Global Human Rights Gray 3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Focus: Race, Culture, Sex, and Business Simmons 3.0
Journalism and Media Communication Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Video Production (Itaya) Itaya 3.0
Field Work: Media in Society (Itaya) Itaya 3.0
Field Work: Documentary Video Production (Itaya) Itaya 3.0
Field Work: Advanced Digital Documentary Photography (Itaya) Itaya 3.0
Landscape Architecture Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Fundamentals of Ecology (Bousselot) Bousselot 3.0
Life Science Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Fundamentals of Ecology (Bousselot) Bousselot 3.0
Management Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Contemporary Management Principles/Practices (Shi) Shi 3.0
Field Work: Social and Sustainable Venturing (Shi) Shi 3.0
Field Work: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship (Simmons) Simmons 3.0
Marketing Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: International Marketing (Byrnes) Byrnes 3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Marketing Byrnes 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Marketing Byrnes 3.0
Music Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Music as Human Practice (Strand) Strand 3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Exploring World Music Strand 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Exploring World Music Strand 3.0
Natural Resources Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Biological Diversity (Bybee) 3.0
Field Work: Coastal Environmental Ecology (Bybee) 3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Oceanography McConnico 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Oceanography McConnico 3.0
Field Work: (Section 3) Oceanography Quillmann 3.0
Philosophy and Religion Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: World Religions (Stewart) Stewart 3.0
Field Work: Religions of the East (TBD) 3.0
Field Work: Meaning and Truth in Religion (TBD) 3.0
Field Work: Environmental Ethics (Stewart) Stewart 3.0
Political Science Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: International Relations (Karlin) 3.0
Field Work: US Foreign Policy (Karlin) 3.0
Field Work: International Security (Karlin) 3.0
Field Work: Global Environmental Politics (Shive) Shive 3.0
Psychology Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Positive Psychology (Cronin) Cronin 3.0
Field Work: General Psychology (Cronin) Cronin 3.0
Field Work: Mind, Brain, and Behavior (Montoya) Montoya 3.0
Field Work: Adolescent Psychology (Cronin) Cronin 3.0
Field Work: (Section 2) Psychopathology Montoya 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Psychopathology Montoya 3.0
Restaurant and Resort Management Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Culinary Tourism & Hospitality Management (Shmuel) Shmuel 3.0
Sociology Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Social Problems (Cardenas) Cardenas 3.0
Theatre Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: (Section 2) Introduction to Theatre Euell 3.0
Field Work: (Section 1) Introduction to Theatre Euell 3.0
Uncategorized Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Issues in the Study of Religion (Stewart) Stewart 3.0
Women’s Studies Meets Instructor Credits
Field Work: Introduction to Women’s Studies (Gray) Gray 3.0

Ready to Set Sail?

Take the first step on the journey of a lifetime.