Study Abroad Options
There are three different ways to study abroad and get credit towards the Honors program:
1) You can substitute a semester (or, in some cases, summer) abroad for a Foundational Interdisciplinary Sequence. Click here for more information.
2) You can go on one of the Honors faculty-led programs. In Spring/Summer 2013, there are two such opportunities:
a. A fabulous NEW opportunity for incoming freshmen the summer before you begin college — an Honors freshman seminar abroad to German and Poland. See the flyer for details.
b. Ghana Program, Cultural Exchange and Service Learning. For more information, see the flyer or click for the 2012 trips web page. Click here for a narrated video about the Ghana Program at GVSU.
3) You may substitute a course you take abroad for an Honors requirement. See the curriculum checklist for options. You must get approval from the director of the Honors College to make such a substitution.
For a sense of what some current students are doing, see the following blogs and videos:
Katie Kirouac's Blog about her experience in the Peace Corps
Honors Ghana Service-Learning Program Blog 2012
Mario Amaya-Velazquez in Italy
Ghanaian women use the cassava grater designed and built by Ross Ezinga
Alison McNulty in Bilbao in Spain
For more information about available programs, contact the Meijer Honors College Office at honors@gvsu.edu or (616) 331-3219, or the Padnos International Center at pic@gvsu.edu or (616) 331-3898.
Phone 616-331-3219 • honors@gvsu.edu