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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!

Flag Botswana

Botswana: Culture & Society in Africa
Gaborone, Botswana

Flag Brazil

Brazil Exchange
Juiz de Fora, Brazil

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

Flag India

India Studies
Pune, India

Flag Italy

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 & field sites, Tanzania

Flag United Kingdom

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

Tyler Quinn As privileged Americans, few places in the world offer a more foreign backdrop for us to learn from than India. Each day, I was constantly reminded that my growing comfort with rickshaws buzzing by in the streets, or samosa vendors calling out to us hoping we would stop in to spend a few rupees, were but a couple of minute parts to the complexities of that mesmerizing country. What better way to expand your comfort zone, than to remove yourself from it altogether. The ACM India Studies program gives you the ability to reform the foundation of your character, and I struggle to imagine any student regretting their decision to study and live in India.

—Tyler Quinn, India Studies, Fall 2007

Susan Taylor Looking back at my ACM Urban Studies experience, I realize just how much I learned in those few short months. Sure, I learned the CTA like the back of my hand, found great hangout spots I still visit when I'm in the area, and learned that there are 77 areas in the city of Chicago. What I learned most, however, was that it doesn't take a "superhero" to create positive change. The community members and leaders I met during the program amazed me, and I still find myself recalling the lessons I learned from them. I remember that they were just people like me, and that I can create change to help improve the lives of both myself and the people around me.

—Susan Taylor, Chicago Urban Studies Spring 2004

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Who we are

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) is a consortium of 13 independent, liberal arts colleges in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.