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Programs : Featured

This is a listing of all the featured programs in the program catalog. You can view the brochure for any of these programs by clicking on the program name.
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Carleton (Beyond) Nationalism and Xenophobia in Eastern and Central Europe: A Cultural and Political Perspective Bucharest, Romania
Terms: Spring Term Description: Investigate nationalism, xenophobia, and the potential for cosmopolitanism in Eastern Europe's diverse social and cultural landscape
Carleton Afro-descendant Identities in Cuba and Brazil Havana, Cuba; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Salvador, Brazil
Terms: Fall Term Description: Explore contemporary Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian identities with a particular focus on place, racial inequality, and social change
Carleton Architectural Studies in Europe Barcelona, Spain; London, United Kingdom; Rome, Italy
Terms: Winter Term Description: A 10-week program, 3 countries, 100 sites, and millennia of history. Students explore architecture through lectures, readings, site visits, and drawing.
Carleton CAMS Production in Los Angeles Los Angeles, United States
Terms: Spring Term Description: Employ Los Angeles as a creative laboratory through courses in film production, television writing, experimental cinema, and explorations of the city.
Carleton Cross-Cultural Psychology in Prague Prague, Czech Republic
Terms: Fall Term Description: How do social, cultural, and political forces shape mental illness? Reflect on pre-existing culturally-based assumptions regarding mental illness.
Carleton Economics in Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom
Terms: Summer Description: Explore Britain’s economic history, the Industrial Revolution, the modern British economy, the economic & political relationship with Europe from WW I - Brexit
Carleton Experiencing Spain Madrid, Spain
Terms: Fall Term Description: This interdisciplinary and civically engaged program offers language immersion and exploration of Spanish culture, politics, history, economics, and society.
Carleton Film, Literature, and Culture Mumbai, India; Seoul, South Korea
Terms: Spring Term, Winter Term Description: Explore various cultural facets of both cities and study their representations in and contributions to film, popular culture, and literature
Carleton French and Francophone Studies in Paris Paris, France
Terms: Spring Term Description: Experience France, striving for a deeper understanding of Paris through coursework, reflection, Parisian homestay, and a trip to Provence.
Carleton Geology in New Zealand North Island, New Zealand; South Island, New Zealand
Terms: Winter Term Description: Fossilized Gondwanan forests, active modern volcanoes, ancient strata. Observation. Geologic puzzles. Mapping. Tectonic reconstruction. North and South Islands.
Carleton German Studies in Austria Vienna, Austria
Terms: Spring Term Description: Immerse, explore, & engage in an unmatched opportunity to connect literary, artistic & cultural topics with their geographic, social, & historical contexts.
Carleton Global Engagement Scholarship
Terms: Fall Semester
Description: For Carleton Global Engagement Programs: Need-based scholarship awards range from $1000 to $3500.
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Carleton Global Engagement: Buddhist Studies in India and Thailand Bodh Gaya, India; Chiang Mai, Thailand
Terms: Fall, Fall Semester Description: Study and meditate while living in a monastery near the site of Buddha Shakyamuni’s enlightenment.
Carleton Global Engagement: Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania Arusha, Tanzania
Terms: Fall Semester Description: Study and conduct research in some of the world’s most famous socio-ecological systems.
Carleton Global Engagement: Women's and Gender Studies in Europe Amsterdam, Netherlands; Berlin, Germany; Olomouc, Czech Republic; Prague, Czech Republic; Utrecht, Netherlands
Terms: Fall Semester Description: Study and explore feminist & queer theory in the Netherlands, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
Carleton Greece at a Crossroads: History, Landscape, and Material Culture Athens, Greece
Terms: Spring Term Description: This program combines a long-term view of the Greek world with courses and practical training in a variety of academic disciplines.
Carleton History of Computing in England Cambridge, United Kingdom
Terms: Fall Term Description: Expand and situate your CS knowledge in a broader societal, historical, and personal context
Carleton History, Religion, and Urban Change in Medieval and Renaissance Rome Rome, Italy
Terms: Spring Term Description: A passport is not needed to apply to this program. If accepted, one will be required. How do cultures and communities construct, preserve, re-purpose, and destroy spaces and places to achieve new political, social, or religious aims or to press [...]
Carleton Ireland Belfast, United Kingdom; Dublin, Ireland; Galway, Ireland
Terms: Summer Description:
Carleton Living London London, United Kingdom
Terms: Spring Term, Winter Term Description: Explore this multi-ethnic metropolis, a dynamic international hub, home and inspiration for brilliant creators of art, music, film, theater, and literature.
Carleton Music in the American South Memphis, TN, United States; Nashville, TN, United States; New Orleans, United States
Terms: Winter Term Description: Experience and critique musical identities; unpack the roles of business, heritage and tourism; create songs and recordings; visit sites; see performances
Carleton Political Economy and Ecology of South East Asia Bangkok, Thailand; Chiang Mai, Thailand; TBD, Cambodia; Vientiane, Laos
Terms: Winter Term Description: A passport is not needed to apply. If accepted, one will be required.  Southeast Asia is a diverse and dynamic region of the world. With its population of over 580 million, about one in every ten persons in the world today is a Southeast A sian.[...]
Carleton Politics and Public Policy in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., United States
Terms: Winter Term Description: Washington D.C. is a rich environment for learning beyond the classroom. In addition to the major institutions of national government, the city is an international capital that is home to over 150 foreign embassies and is the headquarters of hundred s[...]
Carleton Russophone Studies in Central Asia Almaty, Qazaqstan
Terms: Spring Term Description:
Carleton Spanish Studies in Madrid Madrid, Spain
Terms: Fall Term Description: A passport is not needed to apply to this program. If accepted, one will be required. This advanced Spanish language program is based at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), one of Spain’s top academic institutions.  Courses i nclude[...]
Carleton Sport & Globalization in London & Seville London, United Kingdom; Seville, Spain
Terms: Winter Term Description: A critical examination of the intersection of sport and society and how globalization impacts each.
Carleton Studio Art in the South Pacific Multiple Locations Mainland Australia and Tasmania, Australia
Terms: Winter Term Description: A passport is not needed to apply to this program. If accepted, one will be required.   The goal of this program is to bring together a studio art practice and off-campus study: drawing from nature in a new environment, producing narrative [...]
Carleton Winter Break Cinema and Storytelling in Chile and Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile
Terms: Winter Break Description: Explore and examine cinema and alternative modes of storytelling that ingeniously appropriate, critique, and resist American and European hegemony.
Carleton Winter Break Climate Change and Human Health in Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Terms: Winter Break Description: A passport is not needed to apply. One will be required if accepted.  Climate change is dramatically impacting our environment and society. In addition, there are direct impacts on human health. In this program, we will explore some of the [...]
Carleton Winter Break Making Public History in Boston and Washington, D.C. Boston, United States; Washington, D.C., United States
Terms: Winter Break Description: This program will give students an opportunity to learn about and work in some of the country’s finest history museums. A week in D.C. will allow students to visit world-class history museums that serve enormous and diverse audiences. During th e[...]
Carleton Winter Break Microeconomic Development: Bangladesh the Lab Dhaka, Bangladesh
Terms: Winter Break Description: A passport is not needed to apply. If accepted, one will be required. The Bangladesh trip and its coursework examines and evaluates a modern understanding of microeconomic development as it relates to - among other things - poverty allev iation,[...]
Carleton Winter Break Social Justice and Cultural Immersion in Cuernavaca, Mexico Cuernavaca, Mexico; Mexico City, Mexico
Terms: Winter Break Description:
Carleton Winter Break The Socioecological Life of Corn in Mexico Oaxaca, Mexico
Terms: Winter Break Description: A field-based investigation of socio-ecological systems emphasizing the integration of methodologies in anthropology and ecology