Service Learning

Are you looking for a study abroad program that will allow you to work directly with your host community? Are you hoping for the opportunity to learn more about yourself and your world by engaging in a service-learning project during your time overseas? Service-learning programs allow students to combine a hands-on service experience in a host community with course-based academic content and structure. If you are looking for an inspiring international experience that will truly challenge your assumptions, service-learning might be a great fit for you!

There is a service-learning component included in all of the following programs sponsored by the Study Abroad Office:

Winterterm

Chile: Chilean Literature, Democracy and Social Change
- Participants team up with twenty students from a local Elementary School for a week of companionship and mentorship.

Summer

Cameroon: A Case Study in European Colonialisms
- Participants work on capacity-building projects for one or more associations of HIV positive young people in northern Cameroon.

Although the above listed programs are the only UM programs to offer service learning for credit, many of our other options include opportunities for volunteer work in the local community. 

 

For information and resources for other international internship, volunteer and work abroad programs, visit the Globally Engaged Website.