NAU-led programs
Explore the world with an NAU instructor
NAU faculty-led programs are programs designed and led by NAU instructors for NAU students. Non-NAU students are welcome to apply for NAU-led programs. Learn more about programs offered in the upcoming terms. Faculty interested in developing an NAU-led program can contact the Education Abroad office to learn more about the proposal process.
Winter 2021-2022 Accordion Closed
Costa Rica NAU: Spanish Language
Course: SPA 323
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: December 11 – December 23, 2021
Faculty leader: Javier Trejo-Sainz, Center for International Education
NAU in Belize: Winter Watershed Continuum – Engineering and Ecosystem Field Experience
Course: EGR 408 or ENV 408
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: December 26, 2021 – January 8, 2022
Faculty leader: Wilbert Odem, Environmental Engineering
Spring 2022 Accordion Closed
NAU in Panama: Virtual Global Business Brigade
Course: ECO 399
Credits: 3.00
Dates: March 7 – May 6, 2022
Faculty leader: Nancy Baca, Franke College of Business
NAU in the Navajo Nation: Care for Nahádzáán
Course: SOC 499 or SOC 599
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: March 3 – April 29, 2022
Faculty leaders: Melanie Hildebrandt & Stefanie Kunze, Sociology
Global Citizens Project Scholar
Course: HON 408
Credits: 1.00
Travel dates: May 8 – May 21, 2022
Faculty leader: Kevin Gustafson, Honors College
NAU in Costa Rica – MBA Cultural Exploration of Costa Rica
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leaders: Mahendra Joshi & Lydia Wielgus
Spring Break 2022 Accordion Closed
NAU in Mexico: Study@Sea Cruise Ship Management
Course: HA 499
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: March 13 – 20, 2022
Faculty leader: Fred DeMicco, Hotel & Restaurant Management
Summer 2022 Accordion Closed
NAU in Italy: Discovering Gastronomy
Course: HA 499, HA 399, or HA 380
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: May 16 – June 1, 2022
Faculty leaders: Fred DeMicco & Mark Molinaro, Hotel & Restaurant Management
NAU in Belize: Archaeological Field Work
Course: ANT 408 or ANT 511
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: Session 1 – May 29 – June 25, 2022
Travel dates: Session 2 – July 3 – 30, 2022
Faculty leader: Jaime Awe, Anthropology
NAU in Europe: Integrated Place-Based Education– this program is now full for Summer 2022
Course: ECI 499 or ECI 593 or ECI 697
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: July 3 – 17, 2022
Faculty leader: Brian Stone, Education
NAU in Honduras: Global Community Development Brigade
Course: SA 408 or HON 408
Credits: 1.00-3.00
Travel dates: July 24 – August 6, 2022
Faculty leader: Javier Trejo-Sainz, Center for International Education
NAU in Ecuador: Culture, Environment, and Food
Course: SA 350
Credits: 1.00
Travel dates: August 1 – 13, 2022
Faculty leader: Britton Shepardson, Center for International Education
NAU in Panama: Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies
Course: ECO 399
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: July 10 – 24, 2022
Faculty leader: Nancy Baca, Franke College of Business
NAU in China: Mandarin Chinese
Course: CHI 299 & CHI 101, 102, 201, or 202
Credits: 7.00
Travel dates: May 20 – June 30, 2022
Faculty leader: Di Wu, Global Languages and Cultures
NAU in Costa Rica: NAU Athletics
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leader: John Gartin, NAU Athletics
NAU in Austria: New Roots-Cityscapes
Course: PR 372W & SA 302 (AHI)
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: July 3 – 23, 2022
Faculty leader: Jerry Thull, Communications
NAU in France: Drawing and Painting
Course: SA 350 or HON 399
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: May 21 – June 4, 2022
Faculty leader: Bruce Aiken, Center for International Education
NAU in Vichy, France: French Language
Course: FRE 223, FRE 323, or FRE 423
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: May 29 – June 18, 2022
Faculty leader: Richard Smoot, Global Languages & Cultures
NAU in Germany: Psychology of Sustainability and Well Being – this program is now full for Summer 2022
Course: PSY 378 & PSY 411 or SA 301
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: June 19 – July 10, 2022
Faculty leader: Heidi Wayment, Psychology
NAU in France: Aspects of International Business
Course: ECO 499
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: June 4 – 27, 2022
Faculty leaders: Bernadine Lewis & T. Paul Thomas, Franke College of Business
NAU in Europe: HRM Summer Studies
Course: HA 494 and HA 495
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: June 5 – July 7, 2022
Faculty leader: Kathleen King, Hotel & Restaurant Management
NAU in Germany: Photography in Hamburg
Course: PHO 408, 401 or 304 & SA 301 or 302
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: July 24 – August 8, 2022
Faculty leader: Eric O’Connell, School of Communication
NAU in Italy: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability
Course: SA 301 & 302; SA 599; or ENV 408
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: May 27 – June 30, 2022
Faculty leader: Gioia Woods, Comparative Cultural Studies
NAU in Spain: Spanish in Salamanca
Course: 300- and 400-level SPA
Credits: 6.00 – 9.00
Travel dates: May 31 – June 26, 2022
Faculty leaders: Ed Hood & Holly Jackson, Global Languages & Cultures
NAU in the United Kingdom: International Journalism
Course: JLS 328W
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: May 16 – June 3, 2022
Faculty leader: David Harpster, School of Communication
NAU in Scotland: Sailing in the Scottish Isles
Course: PHI 311
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: July 27 – August 10, 2022
Faculty leader: Jeff Downard, Philosophy
NAU Dental Hygiene in Ghana: Interdisciplinary Humanitarian Externship
Course: DH 408
Credits: 2.00
Travel dates: July 21 – August 1, 2022
Faculty leader: Tracye Moore, Dental Hygiene
NAU in Ireland: The Psychology of Community and Culture– this program is now full for Summer 2022
Course: PSY 299 or PSY 399
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: July 9 – August 6, 2022
Faculty leader: Eylin Palamaro-Munsell, Psychology
NAU in Ireland: Intermediate Fiction Writing
Course: ENG 370W or ENG 499
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: June 7 – 22, 2022
Faculty leader: Ann Cummins, English
NAU in Italy: Language & Linguine
Course: ITA 101, ITA 102, ITA 201, or ITA 202
Credits: 4.00
Travel dates: June 1 – July 31, 2022
Faculty leader: Kevin Massoletti, Global Languages & Cultures
NAU in Japan: Cultural Filmmaking
Course: CMF 435 and SA 201
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: June 5 – 20, 2022
Faculty leaders: Betsy Adachi, Center for International Education & Kurt Lancaster, Creative Media and Film
NAU Dental Hygiene in Peru: Public Health Externship
Course: DH 408
Credits: 2.00
Travel dates: July 6 – 21, 2022
Faculty leader: Haylee McElroy, Dental Hygiene
NAU in South Korea: Culture as Form
Course: SA 301, SA 302, or ART 399
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: May 9 – 23, 2022
Faculty leader: Jaewook Lee, Art
NAU in Spain: Social Work
Course: SW 450 & SW 450
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: May 20 – June 17, 2022
Faculty leaders: Anne Medill & Courtney Carver, Social Work
NAU in France: French Realism in Writing
Course: SA 301
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: June 16 – 28, 2022
Faculty leader: Steven Smith, Comparative Cultural Studies
NAU in Germany: A Century of German History and Cultural Identity
Course: GER 223, GER 323, or SA 302
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: May 14 – 28, 2022
Faculty leader: Vicky Vandermale, Global Languages & Cultures
NAU in Spain: Psychology of Pilgrimage
Course: SA 301
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: June 15 – July 1, 2022
Faculty leader: Carl Cooke, Center for International Education
NAU in Finland, Sweden, & Norway: Early Childhood & Elementary Curriculum Models and Development
Course: ECI 319, ECI 316
Credits: 6.00
Travel dates: May 17 – 29, 2022
Faculty leader: Sarah Kondratuk & Victoria Damjanovic, College of Education
South America NAU: Easter Island Fieldwork Summer
Course: SA 408 or HON 408
Credits: 3.00
Travel dates: June 30 – July 28, 2022
Faculty leader: Britton Shepardson, Center for International Education
Summer 2023 Accordion Closed
NAU in Italy: Art and Life in Tuscany
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leader: Alexandra Carpino, School of Art
NAU in Japan: Kansai Immersion
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leaders: Reiko Akiyama, Global Languages & Cultures
NAU in the United Kingdom: Forensics
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leaders: Sharon Moses, Anthropology
NAU in Jamaica: Physical Therapy
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leaders: Valerie Carter, Physical Therapy
NAU in Belize: Archaeological Fieldwork
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leaders: Jaime Awe, Anthropology
NAU in India: Anthropology & Environment
Course: TBD
Credits: TBD
Travel dates: TBD
Faculty leaders: Alark Saxena & Alder Keleman-Saxena, Forestry & Anthropology
NAU in Malawi: Community Innovation HUBs