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Study Abroad

Kenya

Designed to serve majors from different disciplines, JMU’s Kenya Field School (6 weeks, 9 credit hours) and optional internship
program offer unique opportunities to learn about Kenya through site visits, homestays, class-based instruction, readings, Kiswahili lessons, and a variety of interactive assignments. The program focuses on three broad themes: Histories and Cultures of Kenya, Human-Environment Interations and the Quest for Sustainability, and Education in Kenya. Click here for more information.

Ghana

The Ghana Summer Program, the first Africa-based summer study abroad program at JMU, was created in 1996. We have
taken students on this four-week (6 credit hour) program every year since. We added a two-week internship component
(3 credit hours) to the summer experience in 2009. Ghana is an established democratic African country with long ties to the United States. Click here for more information.

A group of JMU students near the Akosombo Dam, Ghana

Sunset over the Volta River in Akosombo, Ghana

Please visit the Office of International Programs website for study abroad applications. Images courtesy of OIP.