Live, learn, and pursue an internship in the vibrant city of Chicago
The ACM Chicago Programs offers three different but inter-linked programs designed to engage students academically, professionally, and personally with the city of Chicago as they study and work in their program of choice.
With Urban Studies, established in 1969, as an anchor and model, ACM recently modified the Chicago Arts program and introduced a new program in Business, Entrepreneurship, & Society to offer three programs that share a common administrative office and meeting space located in the heart of the Chicago's downtown theater district.
Using the programs' distinctive interdisciplinary approach, participants tackle the big issues facing cities and the people who live and work in them, and then are encouraged to dig deeper to relate those issues to their lives, education, and career aspirations.
Students in each of the Chicago Programs are required to complete four key components of the program designed to inform, enrich, and complement their learning experience. These include 1) the Chicago Core Course; 2) a program-specific seminar; 3) an individualized internship; and 4) an independent study project that grows out of participation in a program-based workshop, practicum, or precept project.
Students should apply for the program that best meets the academic and career interests they would like to explore during their semester in Chicago.
Application deadlines
Application deadline extended! Please contact the ACM Office for more information.
October 31, 2008
Spring 2009 semester
March 15, 2009
Fall 2009 semester
March 15, 2009
Spring 2010 semester early application date
Do I need to apply early?
The early application date is available for students whose college requires that all off-campus study applications for the entire upcoming academic year must be completed the prior spring semester. If your college does not require a spring decision for programs the following spring, you may simply apply by the regular application deadline.
October 31, 2009
Spring 2010 semester
While preference will be given to students who have met the application deadline, late applications may be accepted on a space-available basis.
If the application deadline has passed and you are still interested in applying for a program, please submit your application immediately and contact the ACM Office.