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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

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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

Kathleen Quigley The ACM Tanzania program was my first opportunity to travel outside of the United States, and now I have a desire to see the rest of the world. It was my first opportunity to conduct undergraduate research, as well. After living, traveling, and studying in a biodiversity hotspot, I have decided to pursue a career in ecological research. Living in Tanzania opened my eyes to the connectivity and interdependence of each part of our environment. Not only is the baobob a beautiful and resilient species, but it also provides food and shelter to insects, birds, monkeys, elephants, and many other animals in the park. I saw trees buzzing with activity from beehives, covered in mud from elephants scratching their sides with the tree’s bark, bats and owls flying from them, and one that had a leopard den inside. It is these connections and my time that I spent in Tanzania that helped me decide what I want to do with the rest of my life.

—Kathleen Quigley, Tanzania, Fall 2007

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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.