Various Locations: SIT Study Abroad

SIT is a leader in the field of international education, and its study abroad programs are unique in their emphasis on total integration, field-based and experiential learning, and independent student research.

For more information on the specific courses available on different programs, visit the program pages on the SIT website.

Each SIT Study Abroad program comprises several of the following academic components:

• Interdisciplinary Seminars focused on global issues merge student experiences with academic theory to examine critical issues from multiple perspectives.
• Educational Excursions are an integral part of each program and provide comparative perspectives on program themes and opportunities for engagement.
• Intensive Language Study: Programs typically offer language study at the intermediate and advanced levels and/or beginning instruction in less commonly taught languages.
• Fieldwork Methods and Ethics prepares students to undertake a research project or internship and also helps students examine the impact of their work on local communities.
• Independent Study Project (ISP): the ISP allows students to design and pursue a research project related to the program themes.
• Internship: students work with a local entrepreneur, small business, nonprofit, or NGO related to the program themes. This internship course is NOT approved for internship credit at Rollins (it will usually transfer back as general elective credit). Please contact IP for more information.

• Most courses are worth 3 credits but the ISP/Internship is worth 4 credits. On most porgrams, students take five courses total and earn 16 credits.
• Courses on this program appear on the Rollins transcript as transfer credit; the grades are displayed and are factored into the Rollins GPA.
• It can take up to three months for grades to be processed.
• Students can take major and minor courses abroad (with approval from the academic department) and can also take competencies and rFLA200-level seminars abroad (with approval from the Registrar).

• ARGENTINA: People, Environment, and Climate Change in Patagonia and Antarctica
• AUSTRALIA: Sustainability and Environmental Action
• ECUADOR: Comparative Ecology and Conservation
• ICELAND: Climate Change and the Arctic
• MADAGASCAR: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management
• PANAMA: Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, and Biodiversity Conservation
• PORTUGAL: Sustainability and Environmental Justice
• TANZANIA: Wildlife Conservation and Political Ecology
• TANZANIA: Zanzibar—Coastal Ecology and Natural Resource Management

• CAMEROON: Development and Social Change
• ECUADOR: Development, Politics, and Languages
• GHANA: Globalization, Cultural Legacies & the Afro-Chic
• MALAWI: Sustainable Development Practice
• NEPAL: Development, Gender, and Social Change in the Himalaya
• SWITZERLAND: Banking, Finance, and Social Responsibility
• VIETNAM: Culture, Social Change, and Development

• ARGENTINA: Public Health in Urban Environments
• CHILE: Public Health, Traditional Medicine, and Community Empowerment
• INDIA: Public Health, Gender, and Sexuality
• JORDAN: Refugees, Health, and Humanitarian Action
• KENYA: Global Health & Human Rights

• ARGENTINA: Social Movements and Human Rights
• CHILE: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development
• MOROCCO: Multiculturalism and Human Rights
• RWANDA: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding
• SOUTH AFRICA: Multiculturalism and Human Rights
• SPAIN: Social Movements, Democracy & Cultural Identity

• INDONESIA: Arts, Religion, and Social Change

• BELGRADE, BUDAPEST & VIENNA: Comparative European Perspectives on Conflict & Democracy
• CZECH REPUBLIC: Human Rights & Refugee Integration
• JORDAN: Geopolitics, International Relations, and the Future of the Middle East
• MEXICO: Migration, Borders, and Transnational Communities
• MOROCCO: Migration and Transnational Identity
• NEPAL: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples
• NETHERLANDS: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender
• PERU: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization
• PORTUGAL: Multimedia Storytelling & Intercultural Communication
• SAMOA: Social and Environmental Change in Oceania
• SOUTH AFRICA: Social and Political Transformation
• TUNISIA & ITALY: Politics and Religious Integration in the Mediterranean

• Housing arrangements vary by program, but all include a homestay for at least a portion of the program. Homestay placements are arranged by a local homestay coordinator who screens and approves each family. When not living with a homestay family, students stay in guest houses, educational institutions, hostels or small hotels, depending on local conditions and customs.
• All meals are included in the program, generally at the homestay, or with the program group.

• Non-Asian students, especially BIPOC, may experience stares and heightened curiosity from locals in some Asian countries.
• Some countries, including those in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, have strict laws against same-sex relationships as well as low social acceptance of LGBTQIA+ individuals. Make sure to check the US Department of State LGBTI Travelers page and ILGA Sexual Orientation Laws in the World for more information.
• Attitudes towards women vary from country to country and some may hold more conservative or traditional views on gender roles. Check the resources female students on the IP Your Identity Abroad page in MyRollins for valuable tips.
• Students with mobility disabilities may find accessibility and accommodations different from the United States. Check the US Department of State Travelers with Disabilities and specific to the country, Mobility International USA, and the IP Your Identity Abroad page in MyRollins for resources.
• Make sure to check all the resources available on the IP Your Identity Abroad page in MyRollins.

• Semester programs start at different times, ranging from mid-August to early September and run into about mid-December.
• Note: Each program has its own exact dates. Please refer to the SIT website for individual program dates.

• Most programs start in late January or in early February and run into late April, May, or June
• Note: Each program has its own exact dates. Please refer to the SIT website for individual program dates. 

• Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
• Clean record with the Office of Community Standards and good academic and college standing
• Professional application: materials are submitted on-time, are edited before submission, and are thorough and thoughtful
• Minimum 2.5 GPA
• Some programs have language pre-requisites; see the SIT program page for more information.
• Some programs have specific course pre-requisites; see the SIT program page for more information.
• Required advising session (30 minutes). Please schedule an appointment.