Global Seminars are short-term programs attached to credit-bearing courses led by Saint Anselm faculty. Those offered during the spring semester combine classroom instruction throughout the semester and an international component in January, spring break, or May. (Global Seminars which run during summer terms depart during the first week of the first session and vary in length.) The international component enables you to learn firsthand about academic content in an enhanced learning manner.
Future Planned Seminars:
Community and Public Health Clinical in Costa Rica (January 2024)
Advanced Spanish Immersion and Internship (May 2024)
The Cold War in Cuba (Spring Break 2024)
Tropical Biology in Belize (May 2024)
Music, Politics and Culture in the Austrian Empire (January 2025)
Entrepreneurship and Small Business in Portugal (Summer 2025)
Emerging Economic Markets in Chile (January 2026)
Normandy Through The Ages (May 2026)
Rome: The Eternal City (tbd 2026)
Course Information
- Course Dates: January 2024
- Application & Deposit ($1,000) (NOTE: You must already have a valid passport to be eligible for this program)
- Total Program Fee (including airfare): approx $2800 plus airfare
- Faculty Director: Professor Pamela Preston DNP, RN
Are you a nursing major and always wanted the opportunity to study abroad? Now is your chance! All eligible nursing students can elect to complete the clinic component of NU449 Community/Public Health in Costa Rica in January 2024. If you elect to complete your clinical abroad you will be enrolled in NU449 during the Spring 2024 semester.
The focus of this course is community and public health nursing. In class, you will explore the role of the nurse in health promotion and disease prevention in the global theater. The concepts of epidemiology, communicable disease, environmental health, and disaster relief will be discussed. Public health issues such as the global health care environment and work with vulnerable populations will be explored. Socio-cultural influences on health such as immigration, health care access and cost will be addressed from national and global perspectives. Course content will incorporate economic, legal, and ethical perspectives. Clinical placement in Costa Rica will incorporate the concepts addressed in the course and more specifically those related to global health. You will have the ability to provide care to a socioeconomically diverse group and develop cultural competence, awareness and knowledge. You will be assisting at clinics in urban communities, urban shanty communities and perform home visits with the local nursing staff.
Although prior knowledge of Spanish is helpful it is not required. Throughout the duration of the program interpreters will be accompanying the group.
Important Note: Students need to meet progression requirements, as detailed in the Department of Nursing Handbook, in order to take part in this program.If you do not progress as required you will not be able to travel to Costa Rica and we will not be able to refund any unrecoverable costs associated with the program.
What's included in the program fee:
- R/T airfare (Boston/San Jose CR)
- Group airport pick up and drop office in Costa Rica
- On-site orientation
- ISL staff and program support
- Educational seminars
- Most meals
- Accommodations
- Cultural activities and excursions
- International health and travel insurance
What's not included:
- Spending money
Payment Schedule:
- $1,000 deposit due with application
- Balance due - Nov 1
- Airfare: TBD
- Program Dates: March 9-16, 2024
- Application and Deposit $500 due Nov 1
- Faculty Directors: Professors Matt Masur & Phil Pajakowski
HI387 The Cold War examines the Cold War, the international rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945-1991. It will explore the origins of the Soviet-American conflict, the two countries' struggle for global influence, and the effects of the Cold War on American and Soviet domestic affairs. The course will be taught throughout the spring semester and includes an international component in Cuba over spring break.
Trip is open to students not enrolled in HI387, but class enrollees will be given priority placement. Trip participants do not need to be history majors. HI 387 fulfills the Global Engagement core curriculum requirement. The program is embedded in a semester long class so the students will receive 4 credits for completing the spring semester course which includes international component in Cuba.
Cultural Activities include:
- Old Havana
- Havana Museum and sights
- Trinidad and the Bay of Pigs
- Cigar Factory and much more
What's included:
- Housing in Residencia with daily breakfast and dinner
- Cuban guest lectures
- Cultural Activities and Excursions
- Welcome and Farewell meals
- Cuba visa and medical insurance
What's not included in program fee:
- Passport fee: $185
- Most meals: $275 (estimate)
- Spending money
Payment Schedule:
- TBD
The purpose of this program is to provide an immersive study abroad program for advanced students completing the Spanish minor or major. The program consists of three courses: Advanced Spanish Immersion I and II and a four-week internship (location tbd).
SP370 I is a 2-credit online course taught during the spring 2024 semester. This asynchronous course is designed to prepare students for their immersive Spanish experience through interviews, videos, reflections, and online discussions. SP 370 II is a 2-credit in person course taught in-country. In this course, students continue to acquire communication techniques while applying their conversational skills with daily assignments and interviews.
SP480: GRIIS will provide students with internship placements and follow-up tracking for the four-week internship experience.
Program Costs: $5200-$5500 (depending on number of students)
What's included:
- 2 Courses:
- SP370: Advanced Spanish Immersion I and II (4 credits)
- SP480 Internship (3 credits) - Welcome and On-Site Orientation
- Housing with host families, including 2 meals/day and weekly laundry/cleaning
- Cultural activities and excursions
- International Health and Travel Insurance
- Public transportation stipend for travel to service-learning assignments
What's not included:
- Airfare
- Personal spending money
Payment Schedule:
- Deposit due TBD
- Payment due TBD
- Airfare payment (amount TBD)
- Course Dates: May-June 2024
- Application & Deposit ($500) (NOTE: You must already have a valid passport to be eligible for this program)
- Total Program Fee: approx $3700 plus airfare
- Faculty Directors: Professors Lori LaPlante and Eric Berry
This field studies course is the second part of a two-course sequence with BI 221 that introduces students to the biological complexity of tropical ecosystems. Field Studies in Tropical Biology is a two-credit course offered the summer following BI 221 that complements the understanding tropical biology students have gained in the classroom by providing a hands-on field experience in the ecologically diverse Central American country of Belize. Throughout the trip, Saint Anselm faculty and local experts will lead field exercises in two of the most species-rich ecosystems on the planet, the neo-tropical rainforest and coral reef. With its emphasis on Belizean ecosystems and travel within the country, this course provides students a unique opportunity to learn about and then experience the ecology and culture of a different country. This is a 2-credit course.
Note: Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Completion of both courses (BI 221 and BI 222) fulfills a biology laboratory requirement for the biology major.
Prerequisite(s): One semester of a college-level biology laboratory course and permission of the instructors.
NOTE: Students will be expected to participate in physical and sometimes demanding activities (hiking, snorkeling, swimming, kayaking).
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
- Welcome and On-Site Orientation
- Housing
- Some Group Meals
- Field Activities
- Cultural activities and excursions
- International Health and Travel Insurance
- In-country transportation
NOT INCLUDED:
- Transportation to/from Logan Airport
- Airfare (group flight is mandatory)
- Baggage fees
- Some meals
- Personal equipment (Snorkeling, diving),if desired
- Personal spending money (souvenirs, etc)
Dates: TBD January 2025
Dates: TBD May/June 2026
Dates TBD 2026
Scenes from Past Seminars
