Location
Multiple Locations +9
  • Morocco
    • Marrakech
    • Casablanca
    • Rabat
    • Tangier
  • Netherlands
    • Amsterdam
  • Spain
    • Seville
    • Barcelona
    • Granada
    • Córdoba
    • Madrid
  • France
    • Aix-en-Provence
    • Paris
    • Marseille
  • Czech Republic
    • Prague
  • Italy
    • Rome
    • Florence
    • Pompeii
    • Naples
  • England
    • London
    • Oxford
  • Greece
    • Athens
    • Corinth
  • Belgium
    • Brussels
Term
J-Term
Subject Areas
Anthropology Archaeology Art History Business Communications Culinary Arts Economics English European Studies Field Studies Gender Studies Geography History Hospitality Human Rights Humanities International Business International Relations Language Studies Liberal Arts Linguistics Literature Marketing Museum Studies Peace Studies Philosophy Photography Political Science Psychology Religious Studies Social Sciences Social Work Sociology Theater Visual Arts +25
Need-based funding, Merit-based funding, General grants/scholarships, Payment plans, Work study, LGBTQIA+ funding, BIPOC funding

Program Details

Program Type
Direct Enrollment
Degree Level
Bachelors
Language
English

Pricing

Price Details
Fee includes tuition for 3 credits, lodging in 3 and 4 star hotels, breakfast each day and most dinners, entrance fees to all museums and guest lecture venues, intra-program transportation to and from each city, and health insurance. Please see our website (www.iau.edu) for the most up to date pricing.
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Airport Transfers Classes Some Meals Transportation Travel Insurance Wifi
What's Not Included
Some Activities Airfare Some Meals SIM cards Visa
Aug 16, 2023
Jun 09, 2018
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About Program

Can't choose just one country? IAU offers January Term Traveling Seminars that each visit multiple locations. Travel for 2-3 weeks between your fall and spring semesters or attend an IAU January Term Traveling Seminar before your spring semester in Aix-en-Provence, Barcelona, Madrid, or Florence! These short-term programs are worth 3 credits (1 class) where you learn on-the-go!

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Program Highlights

  • Choose from multiple short-term programs and cross-disciplinary options
  • Scholarship and grant opportunities
  • All hotel accommodations and some meals included
  • Experience local culture from lectures with local guides to traditional activities in host countries
  • Study diplomacy, languages, literature, business, art history, psychology, wine studies, archaeology, literature, and more!

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  • Fun 4.5
  • Housing 3.5
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Gina
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

IAU Jterm Multi-country

The professors that went on the trip were wonderful. Incredibly smart and knowledgeable on the material but were also fun, out going, and personable. Each hotel we stayed at was very different. Some were good, some were not so good but we only stayed at each hotel for a maximum of 3 nights so it was never a big issue. We did so many things each day and really took advantage of all the sight seeing. I learned a lot and was exhausted after the trip but i look back fondly of my time aboard. It was really an incredible experience and I miss it.

What would you improve about this program?
Be more clear in course description and course objectives so students understand the course before they go on the trip.

Have more descriptive meal options.. ex: I am not a vegetarian therefore I didnt select the “vegetarian” option before going abroad. But after realizing several meals were prepared and were seafood, i had wished I said i was vegetarian because I dont eat seafood
80 people found this review helpful.
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Liam
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Integration Amidst Crumbling

This J-Term gave me the tools and perspective to understand the history, the evolution of political context, and the role of religion in every region we visited. It gave me a framework with which I could begin to understand what's going on across Europe: nationalism, regionalism, religious abandonment and reinvigoration, secularism, fear, and hope. The program, along with its stellar staff gave me the resources to see everything from Paris to the Magreb with a newly-illuminated and full perspective.

What would you improve about this program?
Give more realistic reading loads and homework assignments!
84 people found this review helpful.

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