2026-2027 Courses

Fall 2026

MUSP 001 – Choral Art Ensemble

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Estimated Cost: $2,700

Lead Instructor: Professor Jason Hiester
Travel Destination: Spain and France
Travel Timing: December 28, 2026 - January 6, 2027

This course will connect score study score and historical context to the active monastic and pilgrimage traditions of Spain and France. Through rehearsals and labyrinth walks at iconic sites like Montserrat and Chartres Cathedral, students engage with sacred music traditions spanning the medieval to modern eras in ways that cannot be replicated in a classroom.

Spring 2027* 

*Information for Spring Courses will be available by March 6, 2026.

BIOL 348 – Biology of East Africa

Lead Instructor: Professor Tamara Panhuis
Travel Destination: Tanzania
Travel Timing: May 2027

BWS 300.8 – Comparing National Health Care Systems

Lead Instructor: Professor Randolph Quaye
Travel Destination: The Netherlands, England, Denmark, and Sweden
Travel Timing: May 2027

CLAS 325 – Empire and Ethnicity in the Ancient World

Lead Instructor: Professor Hank Blume
Travel Destination: Spain
Travel Timing: May 2027

DATA 400.1 – Data Analytics Capstone

Lead Instructor: Professor Mehwish Abbasi
Travel Destination: Silicon Valley (San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View), California, USA
Travel Timing: May 2027

ENG 300.7 – Slouching Towards Empire: The Literary Politics of Ireland

Lead Instructor: Professor Nancy Comorau
Travel Destination: Ireland
Travel Timing: May 2027

FIN 361 – Financial Management

Lead Instructor: Professor Jon Younkman
Travel Destination: United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
Travel Timing: May 2027

HIST 116 – Introduction to Pacific Asia

Lead Instructor: Professor Xiaoming Chen
Travel Destination: Japan and Taiwan
Travel Timing: May 2027

SOAN 300.10 – Global Social and Environmental Problems: Climate Change Policy in Scotland

Lead Instructor: Professor Paul Dean
Travel Destination: Scotland
Travel Timing: May 2027

SPAN 225 – Continuing Spanish (Intermediate Spanish 1)

Lead Faculty: Professor Eva Paris-Huesca
Travel Destination: Spain
Travel Timing: May 2027

WGS 310 / COMM 314 – Black Feminisms / Health Communication & The Black Body

Lead Instructors: Professor Dawn Chisebe and Phokeng Dailey
Travel Destination: Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Travel Timing: May 2027