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ACM Off-Campus Study Programs

Designed with a strong liberal arts perspective, ACM offers programs around the world, providing students with an interdisciplinary educational experience, personal attention, independent projects, and diverse viewpoints and ways of learning.  Select a program below to learn more:

Flag Japan

Japan Study
Tokyo, Japan

Flag Mexico

Mexico Summer Program: Service Learning & Language Immersion
Mexico City, Mexico

Flag Tanzania

Tanzania: Ecology & Human Origins
Dar es Salaam & Tarangire field site, Tanzania

Flag United Kingdom

London & Florence: Arts in Context
London, England & Florence, Italy

Flag United States

Chicago Programs

Chicago, Illinois

Newberry Seminar: Research in the Humanities
Chicago, Illinois
Oak Ridge Science Semester
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Member colleges

  1. Beloit College
  2. Carleton College
  3. Coe College
  4. Colorado College
  5. Cornell College
  6. Grinnell College
  7. Knox College
  8. Lake Forest College
  9. Lawrence University
  10. Luther College
  11. Macalester College
  12. Monmouth College
  13. Ripon College
  14. St. Olaf College

Off-campus study

Eve Aguilar I had always wanted to learn Portuguese, but my college wasn't offering any Portuguese classes at the time. I discovered the Brazil Exchange program and found it attractive because everything would be taught in Portuguese, and I would be with all Brazilian students. When I arrived in Brazil, I knew less than ten words in Portuguese. Luckily, I caught on quickly and after about two months, I was completely conversational; after six months, I was fluent. Juiz de Fora had few tourists, so I was a total celebrity! I was known as Ivi (pronounced Evie), the American, all over town. I can't imagine a better place to spend a semester or a better way to learn Portuguese.

—Eve Aguilar, Brazil Exchange, Spring 2008

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Who we are

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) is a consortium of independent, liberal arts colleges in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.