Taken in January or during your spring break, these intensive, graduate-level study abroad courses count toward your Spring course load and tuition — any financial aid you receive for the Spring semester will apply. Courses are open to graduate students at all NYU schools and most are open to senior-level undergraduates with permission of the instructor. Students at other universities may also receive credit where applicable, and professionals are welcome to apply.
January 2020 Programs
Cuba: International Issues in Nutrition and Food
Examine the complexities of nutrition and food systems in Cuba.
Dominican Republic: Culture and Language Learning in Real Time
This January, gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of culture and its relationship to language.
India: Global Perspectives in Higher Education
Explore India's higher education system as a case study.
Israel: Developing Assistive Technology
This multidisciplinary course uses Tel Aviv as a site for students from a variety of backgrounds to work together to learn about and develop assistive technology, as well as cultivate a better understanding of the people being served.
Israel: Physical Therapy in a Global Context
Join your classmates in Tel Aviv for two weeks this January. Students will experience the varied cultural aspects of service delivery in an Israeli context.
Puerto Rico: Theatre Practices
Explore broad questions about theatre and its practice in aesthetic and applied settings.
Spain: From Surveillance to Sousveillance
Surveillance, looking from above, is the right to inspect exercised by the society of control that cross-cuts CCTV cameras, biometrics, drone planes, border checkpoints, Amazon-Facebook algorithms, architectural design and the fashioning of historical memory and forgetfulness.
Trinidad: Physical Therapy in a Global Context
This experience is a travel extension of the Clinical Observation II and IV course. The purpose is to analyze the clinical performance of experienced practitioners in a non-US setting.
Uganda: Dance Education
Learning how to teach, create, and perform dance and to build community – through the lens of another culture.
UK: Global Music Management
Learn to make music business expansion plans for all sizes and types of music companies in a global context by applying market-trend data, sensitivity to local cultures, and knowledge of a wide range of music.
UK: Comparative Perspectives on Autism and Well-Being
This course examines literature and research findings for evidence that supports the treatment of children and youth with autism in a variety of settings.
Spring Break 2020 Programs
Argentina: Cross-Cultural Counseling
This course is designed to provide graduate students in the helping and allied professions with an introduction to multicultural and cross-cultural counseling.
Ghana: Multicultural and Professional Issues in Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Using Accra, Ghana as a case study, this course is designed to improve students' effectiveness as clinicians to work with diverse clients.
UK: Creative Industries
Creative and Cultural Industries have grown rapidly over the past 15 years attracting the attention of non-profit arts leaders, government officials, and cultural entrepreneurs.
Washington, D.C.: Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Policy
There is little dispute that federal policy enabled the development of a food system that produces inexpensive food and created a host of external costs.