Select Programs by Language

The majority of SIT Study Abroad programs include intensive language study. Programs typically offer language study at the intermediate and advanced levels and/or beginning instruction in a less commonly taught language spoken by the local community. Courses incorporate formal classroom instruction, discussion, and field exercises designed to enhance student engagement while improving oral and written competence. Select programs are taught all or in part in the target language. Instruction is offered in nearly 30 languages.


All Languages (All Terms)

Acholi
Arabic *
Bahasa Indonesia
Bambara
Chinese(Mandarin)
Czech
Dutch
Fante
French
Hindi
Icelandic
Kinyarwanda
Luganda
Malagasy
Mongolian
Nepali
Portuguese
Quechua
Samoan
Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian
Spanish
Swahili
Tibetan
Twi
Vietnamese
Wolof
Xhosa
Zulu

*Includes Modern Standard, as well as Egyptian, Jordanian, Moroccan, Omani, and Tunisian Colloquial.

   


Selected SIT Study Abroad Programs   (All Terms)

Acholi

Uganda: Post-Conflict Transformation

Arabic

Egypt: Modern Cairo, Urban Development, and Social Change
Jordan: Intensive Arabic Language Studies -- Summer
Jordan: Modernization and Social Change
Morocco: Field Studies in Journalism and New Media
Morocco: Intensive Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture -- Summer
Morocco: Migration and Transnational Identity
Morocco: Multiculturalism and Human Rights
Oman: Political Culture and Economic Development in the Gulf
Tunisia: Emerging Identities in North Africa

Bahasa Indonesia

Indonesia: Arts, Religion, and Social Change

Bambara

Mali: Health, Gender, and Community Empowerment

Chinese(Mandarin)

China: Community Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine -- Summer
China: Language, Cultures, and Ethnic Minorities

Czech

Czech Republic: Arts and Social Change

Dutch

Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender

Fante

Ghana: Origins of African Identity

French

Cameroon: Social Pluralism and Development
France: Language, Community, and Social Change
Madagascar: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management
Madagascar: National Identity and Social Change
Madagascar: Traditional Medicine and Health Care Systems -- Summer
Madagascar: Traditional Medicine and Healthcare Systems -- Summer
Mali: Health, Gender, and Community Empowerment
Morocco: Field Studies in Journalism and New Media
Senegal: National Identity and the Arts
Switzerland: Global Health and Development Policy
Switzerland: International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy
Switzerland: International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy -- Summer
Tunisia: Emerging Identities in North Africa

Hindi

India: Health and Human Rights
India: Himalayan Buddhist Art and Architecture -- Summer
India: National Identity and the Arts
India: Sustainable Development and Social Change

Icelandic

Iceland: Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics -- Summer

Kinyarwanda

Rwanda: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding

Luganda

Uganda: Development Studies
Uganda: Microfinance and Entrepreneurship

Malagasy

Madagascar: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management
Madagascar: National Identity and Social Change

Mongolian

Mongolia: Geopolitics and the Environment
Mongolia: Nomadic Culture and Globalization

Nepali

Nepal: Development and Social Change

Portuguese

Brazil: Amazon Resource Management and Human Ecology
Brazil: Public Health, Race, and Human Rights
Brazil: Social Justice and Sustainable Development

Quechua

Bolivia: Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Social Change
Peru: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization

Samoan

Samoa: Pacific Communities and Social Change

Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian

Serbia, Bosnia, and Kosovo: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans

Spanish

Argentina: Public Health in Urban Environments
Argentina: Regional Integration, Development, and Social Change
Argentina: Social Movements and Human Rights
Bolivia: Latin American Revolutionary Movements and Conflict Resolution
Bolivia: Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Social Change
Chile: Comparative Education and Social Change
Chile: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development
Chile: Political Systems and Economic Development
Chile: Public Health, Traditional Medicine, and Community Empowerment
Chile: Social, Economic, and Political Transformation
Cuba: History, Culture, and Identity
Ecuador: Comparative Ecology and Conservation
Ecuador: Culture and Development
Nicaragua: Revolution, Transformation, and Civil Society
Panama: Biodiversity in the Tropics -- Summer
Panama: Brandeis Mid-Year Program
Panama: Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, and Biodiversity Conservation
Peru: Indigenous Peoples and Globalization
Spain: Language, Community, and Social Change

Swahili

Kenya: Health and Community Development
Kenya: Islam and Swahili Cultural Identity
Tanzania: Wildlife Conservation and Political Ecology
Tanzania: Zanzibar: Coastal Ecology and Natural Resource Management

Tibetan

Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples

Twi

Ghana: Social Transformation and Cultural Expression

Vietnamese

Vietnam: Culture, Social Change, and Development

Wolof

Senegal: National Identity and the Arts

Xhosa

South Africa: Multiculturalism and Human Rights

Zulu

South Africa: Community Health and Social Policy
South Africa: Social and Political Transformation