STUDY ABROAD
Earn academic credit while learning first-hand about the people, cultures, and landscapes of different regions.
Our students have studied around the world – literally in the case of those who have voyaged with Semester at Sea— through the University of Arizona Study Abroad Program.
Some of the most popular choices include Barcelona, New Zealand, Australia, Czechoslovakia, and Italy, as well as programs in Namibia, Nepal and Costa Rica. To arrange for Study Abroad credit to be applied to an SGD degree, see Dereka Rushbrook before you leave, as you plan your travel program and coursework.
SGD-Related Programs
These programs offer direct correct credit for Geography and Environmental Studies majors and are coordinated through the School of Geography and Development.
Cultures, Land and Politics in Oaxaca
Practice your Spanish and experience southern Mexican culture in a colonial city and a small, indigenous village. Courses focus on socio-cultural and environmental issues and introduce you to local experts dedicated to social justice and sustainability. Receive 12 units of direct UA credit in just one summer.
IDEAS Study Abroad in Guatemala
Learn an indigenous language, study the history of Central American Revolutions from those who lived through them and create your own for-credit internship, while earning 9 UA credits.
Contemporary Cuba: Collective Visions
Develop your Spanish skills while using a social justice lens to examine Cuba's recent history and contemporary processes of change and continuity, focusing on environmental, political and socioeconomic transformations.
Studying abroad and traveling really expanded my mind, and at (many) times really tested my navigational skills, but most of all it allowed me to make great friends from all corners of the world.
– SGD Undergraduate who traveled to Sweden