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ACM Off-Campus Study Programs

ACM offers dynamic and innovative off-campus programs in a variety of locations around the world.  Designed with a strong liberal arts perspective, ACM programs offer students an interdisciplinary educational experience, personal attention, independent projects, and diverse viewpoints and ways of learning.  Select one of our programs below to learn more!

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Botswana: Culture & Society in Africa
Gaborone, Botswana

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Brazil Exchange
Juiz de Fora, Brazil

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Costa Rica: Field Research
San Jose and field sites, Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Latin American Culture & Society
San Jose, Costa Rica

Flag India

India Studies
Pune, India

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

Flag Japan

Japan Study
Tokyo, Japan

Flag Tanzania

Tanzania: Human Evolution and Ecology
Dar es Salaam and field sites, Tanzania

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

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Chicago Programs

Chicago, Illinois

Newberry Seminar 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. Macalester College
  11. Monmouth College
  12. Ripon College
  13. St. Olaf College

Off-campus study

Danae Roumis For me, studying and researching abroad provided a realistic frame of reference for learning about the way that public health studies and interventions are carried out. These lessons are, of course, applicable to any faculty of study. No matter what it is you’re doing, the most important thing is that you understand the connotations of how you are doing it. With these things in mind, I internalized the message my history teacher had been repeating in the course of my six months abroad: how we think often determines what we think. Studying abroad is all about the how.

—Danae Roumis, Tanzania 2006

Will Gallmeyer I chose the ACM Botswana program because I wanted to study in an industrializing country, and get outside my "comfort zone". As it turns out, Botswana is a really comfortable place to be! It's a very peaceful country, and people there are very friendly. Botswana is rapidly acquiring the western socioeconomic system spread through globalization. Many people in Gaborone speak English, eat spaghetti, wear jeans, and stay current on international news events. Rural areas are less "globalized," and there is much to learn from people there, too. Botswana also has some of the most fantastic wildlife in the world, with the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, the Nxai Salt Pans, and the Okavango Delta as just a few must-visit destinations.

—Will Gallmeyer, Botswana Spring 2008

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