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Whatever your academic or geographic interests, we will work with you to identify a study abroad program to meet your needs.

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Program Types

Program Details
TU Faculty-led Program
(see list below)		 - Minimester, summer, or Spring Break
- Student group accompanied by TU faculty member
- Prices vary
- TU tuition remission cannot be applied
TU Exchange - Semester or year
- Attend a partner university abroad
- Regular TU tuition and fees
- TU tuition remission can be applied
TU Program - Minimester, summer, semester, or year
- Administered by TU
- Prices vary
- TU tuition remission cannot be applied
Approved Non-TU Program - Minimester, summer, semester, or year
- Administered by organizations or other universities
- Prices vary
- TU tuition remission cannot be applied

If you can't find an approved program that fits your academic or financial requirements, you can petition for approval to participate in an alternate program. Contact the TU Study Abroad Office for more information. 

Minimester 2020 TU Faculty-led Programs

South Africa and US: Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs

Study abroad in Johannesburg and Cape Town in Minimester 2020. As the U.S. moves past its 50th year of the Civil/Voters Rights Act and South Africa moves past its 20th year of democracy/post-apartheid, this program examines what we can learn from one another. Students will meet with civil rights activities, artists, and cultural intellectuals; proactive reflective research; and work with local children through an arts based program. 

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Career Exploration and Professional Development in the UK

Get an international perspective on career development and the workplace in London with Towson University in January 2019. Gain skills to understand your role in the world of work, explore concepts related to successful career choices, and begin to take action toward achieving satisfactory life planning.  Engage with employers across a variety of industries through site visits, mock interviews, and job shadowing that will aid in career development and challenge you to grow as a professional.

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Spring Break 2020 TU Faculty-led Programs

Histories of Resistance in Jamaica

Explore Jamaican literature, music, dance, and art by tracing the counter-cultural histories of Maroons (self-emancipated slaves), pirates, and Rastas. Through guest lectures, readings, performances, and site visits, we will consider how diverse ideas about race, spirituality, and class have shaped the culture and politics of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Highlights include a visit to Kingston’s Dub Club, Bob Marley’s Trench Town Culture Yard, and the Port Antonio seaside. Meet with Maroons in their communities, hike the Blue Mountains, tour the pirate city of Port Royal, view the street art of Fleet Street, and attend a Rasta session.

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Summer 2020 TU Faculty-led Programs

Arts as Sanctuary in Berlin: Innovation in Arts Engagement and Integration for Refugees

Explore how arts have played a critical role in welcoming, integrating, connecting, and healing refugees through history to the current day. Learn how the arts can help displaced people establish new identities while still holding on to their cultures and customs. Investigate artistic social innovation in the face of crisis through this unique opportunity to focus on arts engagement with refugees.

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Educational and Mental Health Services in Schools: Meeting the Needs of Children in America and Ireland

Study Psychology in Ireland with Towson University in Summer 2020! Learn about the needs of underserved youth and discover ways providers, families, and communities join together to ease mental health and educational struggles. Based in Dublin, participants will also spend time in Galway and Belfast to gain an understanding of restorative interventions deemed effective with public school children.

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The History of Biology

Travel across the pond to the United Kingdom and immerse yourself in the dramatic and intriguing history of biology. See the actual samples collected by Charles Darwin on this voyage on the HMS Beagle and wander through his personal study where he wrote On the Origin of Species. See the famous clone, Dolly the Sheep, in the (remaining) flesh, tour the laboratory where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and explore how the Millennium Seed Bank is trying to save plant species for future generations.

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