Short-Term Programs

The Office of International Programs (oIP) is committed to fostering faculty development opportunities with a global emphasis. Consequently, the oIP would like to encourage all full-time faculty members to take advantage of an exciting faculty development opportunity: teaching a short-term course abroad. The oIP will also provide help to faculty interested in developing group programs with an international dimension.

Important responsibilities for program planning include recruiting students, arranging lodging and transportation, scheduling excursions, and budgeting funds. The oIP will remove some of the burden associated with development and coordination by following a planning timeline early in the fall. 

International courses offered outside the continental U.S. for academic credit are administered through the oIP. The oIP staff supports faculty in planning programs, including assistance with student recruitment, lodging and transportation, excursions, and budget development. Generally, courses run from three to seven weeks over the summer and offer six to nine credit hours. Course approval must be routed through regular unit and college channels. Recently JMU has provided summer study abroad opportunities in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Russia, Scotland, Turkey, and the U.K. Completed short-term course proposals should be submitted to the oIP by mid-August 2011 to be included in the Summer 2012 schedule of programs. Events such as the upcoming Annual Study Abroad Fair in late September and fall semester program information sessions provide faculty with the opportunity to promote their courses to a significant number of students.

For further information, contact Felix Wang, Director of Study Abroad, by phone at 568-6273, or by email at wangch@jmu.edu.

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