Global Learning & Immersions

Every spring, BCLA offers semester-long classes that take a trip abroad during spring break. Need-based financial assistance is available to support travel costs. The Spring 2027 courses include:

• Peace and Reconciliation (POLS 3630/IRST 3998/ PJST 3998)
  

  Travel Location: Belfast, N. Ireland

  Travel Dates: 26 Feb-6 March, 2027

  Class Time: MW 1:45-3:25pm

  Core Designations: Interdisciplinary Connections, Engaged Learning for Mission flag

  Professor: Jennifer Ramos

  Lab Fee: $1,340

  Financial assistance available for all BCLA Students

Questions? Email: Prof. Jennifer Ramos

• Museums and Society (HIST 3910)

Travel Location: Oxford and London

Travel Dates: 26 Feb-6 March, 2027

Class Time: MW 1:45-3:25pm

Core Designations: Interdisciplinary Connections and Experiential Learning for Mission

Professor: Amy Woodson-Boulton

Lab Fee: $2,210 

Financial assistance available for all BCLA Students

Questions? Email: Prof. Amy Woodson-Boulton

• African and Black Psychology (PSYC 3019/AFAM 3998/HEAS 3998)
  

  Travel Location: Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast Ghana

  Travel Dates: 17 May-27 May, 2027

  Class Time: MW 1:45-3:25 pm,  UNH 4802

  Core Designations: experiential learning for mission

  Professor: Deanna Cooke

  Lab Fee: $3965

  Financial assistance available for all BCLA Students

Questions? Email: Prof. Deanna Cooke

• Pilgrimage: Psychological and Spiritual Well-Being (PSYC 3998)
  

Travel Location: Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage in Spain

Travel Dates: May 17-28, 2027

Class Time: Tuesdays 6:00-9:20 pm

Professor: Joe LaBrie

Lab Fee: $2,625 

Financial assistance available for all BCLA Students

Questions? Email Prof. Joe LaBrie

• "Chinese 2," "Chinese 4," "Chinese 6," "Business Chinese II," (CHIN 1102, CHIN 2104, CHIN 3106, CHIN 3706/INBA 4898)
  

  Travel Location: Shanghai, Suzhou & Nanjing, P.R. China

  Travel Dates: March 19-28, 2027

  Class Times: 
  Chinese 2: M/W/F 1:40-2:50pm
  Chinese 4: M/W/F 12:15-1:25pm
  Chinese 6: 10:50am-12:00pm
  Business Chinese II: M/W/F 9:25-10:35am

  Professor: Xiaojing Sun

  Lab Fee: $3,020

  Financial assistance available for all BCLA Students

Questions? Email Prof. Xiaojing Sun

• Berlin Stories - History, Memory, Literature (GRMN 4200/FNLT 4200)

  Trip also open to students in GRMN 2102 (Section 2)
  Trip-only option available: GRMN 199

  Travel Location: Berlin, Germany

  Travel Dates: March 20-28, 2027

  Class Time:  TR 3:40pm - 5:20 pm

  Professor: Pauline Ebert

  Core Attributes: Interdisciplinary Connect and Engaged Learning

  Lab Fee: $2,590

  Financial assistance available for all BCLA Students

  Questions? Email Prof. Pauline Ebert

• Engaging LA and Latin America (CLST 3315)

Travel Location: Mexico City

Travel Dates: Feb. 27 – March 6

Class Time: TR 1:45 – 3:25

Core Designations: Engaged Learning for Mission flag

Professor: Rubén Martinez

Lab Fee: $1,400

Financial assistance available for all BCLA Students

Questions? Email Prof. Rubén Martínez 

See more information about BCLA Global Immersion Courses.

BCLA Domestic Immersion Courses are on-campus classes, which each include a multi-day domestic travel experience. With a Domestic Immersion Course, students can get out of the classroom to study a topic in-depth at the source with faculty experts. Classes can be open to all students or targeted towards majors. Need-based financial assistance is available.

There are over 50 study abroad programs all over the globe, and many are faculty-led and fit into liberal arts major curricula.

LMU Faculty-led programs:

• LMU Semester in Croatia
• LMU Semester in Germany
• LMU Semester in London, England: Leadership London
• LMU Semester in London, England: Study and Internship

Additional program locations:

• Argentina: SIT Study Abroad Argentina
• Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• Augsburg University in Cuernavaca, Mexico
• Augsburg University in Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala
• Australia: Southern Cross University
• Cardiff University, Wales
• Champlain Montréal, Canada
• China: The Beijing Center
• Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala: Augsburg University
• Ecuador: SIT Study Abroad
• France: IAU Aix-en-Provence
• Ghana: NYU Accra
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• IAU Aix-en-Provence, France
• India: SIT Study Abroad
• Ireland: University College Cork
• Israel: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Italy: Spring Hill Italy Center in Bologna
• Japan: Sophia University
• Mexico: Augsburg University in Cuernavaca
• Morocco:  SIT Study Abroad
• New Zealand: Auckland University of Technology
• NYU Accra, Ghana
• Peru: SIT Study Abroad
• Québec, Canada: Champlain Montréal
• SIT Study Abroad Argentina, Ecuador, India, Morocco, Peru
• Sophia University, Japan
• South Africa: Service Learning Program
• South Korea: Sogang University
• Southern Cross University, Australia
• Spain: Universidad de Deusto in San Sebastian
• Vietnam: The Vietnam Center
• Wales: Cardiff University
• Washington, D.C.: The Washington Center internship program

Visit the Study Abroad Office to learn more about semester study abroad programs that work with BCLA majors.

Can’t fit an entire semester into your schedule? Summer programs provide shorter abroad experiences for credit, like:

• LMU Summer in Croatia
• LMU Summer in Oxford, England
• LMU Summer in New Zealand
• LMU Summer in Paris, France
• LMU Summer in Rome, Italy
• LMU Summer in Spetses, Greece Odyssey Program

For details and more summer program options, visit the Study Abroad Office.

LMU and BCLA offer financial support for students who wish to study abroad.

• Semester Abroad
  Institutional aid via Financial Aid is available for some semester study abroad programs. Study Abroad Financial Assistance Grants support students who study abroad. The award is based on financial need and a project proposal.
• Semester Abroad in London
  Each semester, the Institute for Leadership Studies chooses one political science student to join the prestigious Hansard Fellowship Program in London, which includes a semester of study at the London School of Economics and Political Science, coupled with an internship in the British House of Commons. This competitive program covers the cost of studying abroad, is only open to political science and international relations majors.
• Summer Abroad in Asia
  The Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. Award funds summer study abroad in Asia for history majors/minors, Asian and Pacific Studies majors/minors, and liberal studies majors with a history focus. Learn more via Study Abroad or ask the History Department for application details.
• Summer Abroad in Catholic Studies or Jewish Studies
  Student Enrichment Funds in Catholic Studies and Jewish Studies can provide funding to Catholic Studies or Jewish Studies minors who participate in a thematically relevant abroad experience. Ask the program directors for Jewish Studies or Catholic Studies for details on qualifying programs.
• Global Immersion Courses
  Need-based aid is available to fund travel costs each semester. Questions regarding financial aid can be directed to Lauren.Sinclair@lmu.edu.
• Boren Incentive Grant
  BCLA, in partnership with ONIF, is offering a $500 Boren Incentive Grant to support BCLA students applying for the prestigious Boren Award, which funds study of critical languages abroad and aligns with BCLA’s commitment to global awareness and cross-cultural learning.