LAS short-term study abroad programs

PS 392 (3 credits)

Estimated program fees: $2,000-$2,750
(includes housing, welcome and farewell dinners, orientation, excursions, and international health insurance)

Course description: We will look at governance inside the European Union and at the role of the EU in the governance of its neighboring areas and in global governance. Vienna, the modern capital of Austria and the former imperial capital of the Hapsburg Empire, is the ideal venue to explore these topics.

CHEM 492 (2 credits)

Estimated program fees:$2,200-$2,400 (includes international round-trip airfare, housing, meals, orientation programs, program excursions, and administrative fees)

Course description: The University of Illinois Department of Chemistry invites you to register for its summer study abroad program, hosted at the Center for Natural Products Research in San Joseacute, Costa Rica. Some of the group's projects focus on elucidating molecular structures of substances present in several known plants traditionally used for their therapeutic properties.

LAST 395 (3 credits)

Estimated program fees:$1,370 (includes housing, most meals, orientation programs, program excursions, international health insurance, and administrative fees)

Course description:This course is an archaeological field school where students will have the opportunity to engage in innovative original research at the archaeological site of Cerro Blanco, a Chancay Administrative Center located in central Peru. This course is great for students interested in anthropology, economy, political science, social impacts of climate change, environmental sustainability, indigenous ecologies, resource management, or Latin American studies.