Future Programs
Semester programs include 15 semester hours of credit taken as five (3 SH) courses. The experience integrates course content through analysis and experiential learning. The semester program meets the intercultural learning requirement in the EMU Core Curriculum through intercultural immersion, and other Core requirements such as Language learning or themes in history, religion, culture, or an area of faculty expertise.
Summer programs provide exposure to another cultural context for 3-6 weeks. A three-week experience centers on the Core Intercultural Social Science course*, while six-week seminars include a second 3 SH course, as noted. The Washington Semester offers internships in fall, spring and summer terms. Washington semester coursework meets Core requirements in intercultural engagement and includes a 5 SH internship (summer) or 6 SH internship (fall/spring).
Summer 2026
- Guatemala 3-week program (3 SH) - Debbi DiGennaro
- Harrisonburg 3-week program (3 SH) - Debbi DiGennaro
- Spain 6-week program (*6 SH includes 3 SH Spanish) - Deanna Durham & Byron Peachey
- Washington Semester 10-weeks (10 SH) - Ryan Good
Apply to future travel programs Applications
2026-2027 Intercultural Semesters
- Washington Semester - Ryan Good & Ann Butwell
- India - Fall 2026 - Gaurav Pathania & Mary Sprunger
- Guatemala & Costa Rica - Spring 2027 - M.Esther Showalter & Graciela Alba Spence
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Summer 2027
- Life, Stadiums, and Sustainability along Washington’s Anacostia River 3-week program (3 SH) - Jim Yoder & Ann Butwell
- Harrisonburg 3-week program (3 SH) - TBA
- Lithuania 3-week program (3 SH) - Mark Metzler Sawin & Erika Metzler Sawin
- Washington Semester 10-weeks (10 SH) - Ryan Good & Ann Butwell
2027-2028 Intercultural Semesters
- Washington Semester - Ryan Good & Ann Butwell
- South Africa (Pending) - Spring 2028 - Benjamin Bergey & Kate Bergey
Additional EMU programs for future terms will be announced in 2026
Contact Intercultural Programs intercultural@emu.edu to apply for these outside programs:
- A North American style university on the Baltic Sea, hosts a liberal arts student
exchange program in Klaipeda, Lithuania. English instruction across the curriculum.
Dorm residence with international and Lithuanian students.*
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(CASAS) study abroad for the semester or a 3 or 12-week summer term, supported by homestay, internships and field excursions.*
- Global Learning Consortium
EMU partner schools offer academic programs in a variety of settings. Students remain enrolled at EMU while studying with a group from a partner school. Future program details are listed on each website; contact EMU Intercultural to apply.
- - Spring terms in , (2027) or (2028), or a 13-week Summer Term in , or
- - Fall semester in
See also: Alternative Programs
