Sewanee faculty-led programs provide students with opportunities to learn together and foster deep bonds with their fellow classmates and with their professors.
In a partnership with Kansai Gaidai’s Asian Studies Institute, Sewanee students take courses from a broad range of disciplines including Asian Studies, International and Global Studies, Business, Art, and Japanese language. A Sewanee faculty member will accompany students on the program and teach a course in their discipline.
Sewanee Semester in Spain program focuses on contemporary Spain and its relationship to and membership in the European Union. The program is interdisciplinary in nature, with each course looking at a variety of issues from multiple perspectives. The program has been carefully conceived and designed for all Sewanee students, no matter their major, who are interested in Spanish culture, life and language. And it is ideal for Spanish majors and minors and for IGS majors/minors with a geographical concentration in Europe and Spanish Language. At the end of the program students will have completed a full Sewanee Semester (16 hours).
Centre College, Rhodes College, and Sewanee: The University of the South are proud to partner with Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa to offer this faculty-led semester program.
Each fall, in collaboration with Centre & Rhodes, Sewanee offers students the opportunity to study theatre & history while and interning in New York City. Students take two academic courses (THTR 228: New York Theatre Experience & HIST 326: New York and it's Peoples, Past and Present) worth four credits each, along with an eight-credit internship course.
Fall 2025: Professor McGrath, Professor of Biology & Assistant Dean of the Environment
Ecuador: Global Environmental Challenges explores the various environmental challenges of today and tomorrow through an integrated lens of science and humanities in place-based courses. This program is based in Ecuador where students will spend 12 weeks in the highlands of Cuenca, one week at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in the Amazon, and two weeks in the Galapagos. This is the third collaborative semester-long program developed by Sewanee, Rhodes, and Centre, thanks to a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The French Department’s rich course of study facilitates cultural experiences beyond Sewanee. Each fall, accompanied by a Sewanee faculty member, students apply place-based learning abroad in Nantes, France. The program consists of five courses and also includes several excursions--including a week-long trip to Paris--that provide cultural opportunities to attend plays, concerts, and dance performances in some of France's great performing arts centers. The fall 2024 program dates are August - December 17, 2024.
Studying in Accra will provide students with a life-changing opportunity to live and study in a remarkable, historic city where coursework, home stays, and internships immerse them in the vibrant and awe-inspiring culture of Ghana. The program focuses on the complex intersection in the past and present between modern Ghana and the African diaspora. We answer questions such as: What are the connections between Ghana and the U.S.? How do both countries influence each other's music, food, innovation, and fashion? When did the connections in our politics and economics have their historical beginnings? Through the semester, students will discover the historic and contemporary ties connecting western Africa to the U.S. diaspora, examining topics ranging from the west African slave trade to the Pan-African movement and beyond. Students from three institutions -- Rhodes, Centre, and Sewanee -- will take part in this unique liberal arts collaboration examining these intriguing and important questions.
In a partnership with the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES), Sewanee invites students to participate in an enriching study abroad program in Berlin, Germany. The Modern European Identities program examines Germany (and Berlin's) postwar identity through a European lens and explores how that postwar identity is shaped by international relations and politics. The program emphasizes International & Global Studies and German language.
