Various Locations: SIT Study Abroad
Not your ordinary study abroad experience!
SIT offers immersive programs in a wide range of locations from Europe to Southeast Asia. These unique programs emphasize key global issues and experiential learning, and are a great fit for variety of majors. The programs are designed to take students out of the classroom and into the host country through excursions, hands-on activities, and a culminating internship or research project.
Why Study Abroad Through SIT?
“Seeing a city like this gives me some hope for sustainable development and post growth plans. People here are really conscious of their ecological footprint and work to lower it as much as possible. This is inspiring me to try and make big changes when I return home.” - Rollins Study Abroad Alum
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.
The following list indicates the SIT programs that are Approved Rollins Programs. To find out more about each program - visit the SIT website. Make sure to cross-check with our approved programs list below as NOT ALL PROGRAMS ON THE SIT WEBSITE ARE APPROVED.
Rollins does NOT guarantee that Rollins students will be allowed to participate on any program to a country rated Level 3 by the State Department. Requests to participate on these programs will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Climate | Environment
- 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
Development | Economy | Inequality
- CAMEROON: Development and Social Change
- GHANA: Globalization, Cultural Legacies & the Afro-Chic
- MALAWI: Sustainable Development Practice
- NEPAL: Development, Gender, and Social Change in the Himalaya
- VIETNAM: Culture, Social Change, and Development
Global Health
- 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
Peace | Human Rights | Social Movements
- ARGENTINA: Social Movements and Human Rights
- CHILE: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development
- MOROCCO: Multiculturalism and Human Rights
- SOUTH AFRICA: Multiculturalism and Human Rights
- SPAIN: Social Movements, Democracy & Cultural Identity
Media | Arts | Social Change
- INDONESIA: Arts, Religion, and Social Change
Migration | Identity | Resilience
- 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 & Meals
- 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.
Costs
-
Program Fee
Most Rollins financial aid and scholarships will apply to the semester abroad.
Tuition: $31,475
Housing: $5,315
Meals/food: $3,425
-
Also Includes
Orientation, educational excursions and activities, program administration, and emergency insurance.
-
Need-Based Scholarships
Scholarships based on financial need are available to off-set costs associated with international airfare and other costs associated with study abroad. Students can apply for scholarships through the Rollins program application. SIT also has additional scholarships that students may apply for and offers a matching grant for all Pell grant recipients.
-
Living and Working
Having a credit card while abroad is very helpful.
Explore Programs - Via TRM
Ready to see the world? Click below to access Via TRM - our official study abroad platform, to learn more and apply!
Access ViaTRM