Make the world your classroom.
Take the journey of a lifetime and earn UMBC credits that count! The world becomes your campus when you join a study abroad program taught by UMBC’s own faculty. What are the advantages of a faculty-led study abroad program?
- You get to travel with and learn from UMBC faculty alongside your fellow students.
- You’ll gain a global experience that meets UMBC graduation requirements.
- You go abroad for a short-term experience which makes it easier to juggle a rigorous course load, work schedule and/or responsibilities at home.
- Your classes will be fun and interactive.
- Your itinerary is set for you and your accommodations are prearranged.
Winter 2026 Faculty-Led Programs
MGMT 210: Practices of Management (3 credits) -or- IS 400: Independent Study (3 credits)
POLI 260: Comparative Politics (3 credits) (GEP: Social Sciences) -or- POLI 469: Selected Topics in Comparative Politics (3 credits)
Non-BIOL majors: BIOL 216L: Phage Hunters Genome Analysis for non-majors (3 credits, GEP: Lab Component for Science or Writing Intensive)
BIOL majors: 3 credits (2 credits + 1 credit):
BIOL 302L: Molecular and General Genetics Laboratory (2 credits, GEP: Lab Component for Science)
or BIOL 316L: Phage Hunters Genome Analysis (2 credits) and BIOL 499 – Undergraduate Laboratory/Field Research (1 credit)
Spring Break 2026 Faculty-Led Programs
PBHL 385: International Health Policy and Delivery (3 credits, GEP: Culture)
MLL 300: Selected Topics in Modern Languages and Linguistics (3 credits, GEP: Upper Level Elective) or MLL – 388 – Global Experiential Learning in MENA: Exploring Morocco
Summer 2026 Faculty-Led Programs Coming soon! Applications open in November 2025
French in France
Justice, Agency, and Culture in Kenya
HONR 310: Special Topics (3 credits) *This course is open to honors college students and non-honors college students
Interpreting Vietnam: the Past and the Future
ENGL 291: Creative Nonfiction (3 credits) -or- ASIA 214: Focused Cultural Study (3 credits, Culture GEP)
Theater in London
THTR 120: Intro to Theater: Theory & Production (3 credits, Arts & Humanities GEP) -or- THTR 470:Drama Seminar: Theatre Creation in the U.K. (3 credits, Pre-req: THTR 120)
International Labor Economics Focusing on Gender and the Economy in Portugal
ECON 250: Gender and the Economy (3 credits) -or- ECON 451/*651: Labor Economics (3 credits, pre-req: ECON 311) *ECON 651 is a graduate level course
Global Health and Aging in Japan
SOCY 497: Special Topics (undergraduate option, 3 credits) -or- SOCY/GERO 710: Special Topics (graduate option, 3 credits)
Dawg Days Abroad: Dublin: The Heroic Journey
FYS 101: First Year Seminar: The Heroic Journey (3 credits, Arts & Humanities GEP) *This program is only open to first-year and transfer students starting in Fall 2026*
Picturing Italian Art and Culture in Context
ART 216 or ART 329: Italian Visual Culture (3 credits, ART 216 Culture GEP, ART 329 – Visual Arts Major elective)
Check out these Abroad Blogs from our study abroad ambassadors for a student perspective on what it’s really like to go abroad on a faculty-led study abroad program.
Spring Break 2025
Sara Howley on International Healthy Policy in Geneva, Switzerland
Winter 2025
Abhi Ajay on Phage Hunters in Barcelona, Spain
Juliana Blakely on Comparative Politics and the Italian Political System
Thalia Añora on The Practice of Management: Global Perspectives in Panama
Summer 2024
Erik Martin on Intercultural Communication in Morocco and Spain
Aashna Gupta on Social and Ethical Issues of Information Technology in the UK
Liz Weir on Summer Creative Writing in Wales
Summer 2023
Liz Weir on Art and Power in Japan
Kayla Nemirovsky on Global Community Engagement and Social Change in South Africa
Jaya Marshall on Picturing Italian Art & Culture in Context in Rome, Italy
Winter 2020
Catherine Jean on Dance in Slagelse, Denmark
Summer 2019
Sam H on Dylan Thomas Creative Writing Summer School (Lampeter, Wales)
Pauline R on Biology and Spanish Language in Barcelona, Spain
Olubusola O on American Literary Perspective in Paris, France
Mickayla B on Spanish Language Immersion in Colombia (Barranquilla, Colombia)
Lexi S on Dawg Days Abroad: Bristol and London
Bria H on Picturing Italian Art & Culture in Context in Rome, Italy
Winter 2019
Katie A on Industrial/Organizational Psychology in Tel Aviv, Israel
Summer 2018
Tenzin Y on Italian Politics in Siena, Italy
Tyler E on Spanish Language Immersion in Colombia (Barranquilla Colombia)
Jessica K on Biology and Spanish Language in Barcelona
Mary G on English as a Global Language in Amsterdam