Future Programs
Semester programs include 15 semester hours of credit taken as five (3 SH) courses. The experience integrates course content through analysis and experiential learning. The semester program meets the intercultural learning requirement in the EMU Core Curriculum through intercultural immersion, and other Core requirements such as Language learning or themes in history, culture, or an area of faculty expertise.
Summer programs provide exposure to another cultural context for 3-6 weeks. A three-week experience centers on the Core Intercultural Social Science course*, while six-week seminars include a second 3 SH course, as noted. The Washington Semester offers internships in fall, spring and summer terms. Washington semester coursework meets all Core intercultural requirements except foreign language.
Summer 2026
- Guatemala 3-week program (3 SH) - Debbi DiGennaro
- Harrisonburg 3-week program (3 SH) - Debbi DiGennaro
- Spain 6-week program (*6 SH includes 3 SH Spanish) - Deanna Durham & Byron Peachey
Apply to future travel programs Applications
2026-2027 Intercultural Semesters
- Washington Semester
- India - Fall 2026 - Gaurav Pathania & Mary Sprunger
- Guatemala & Costa Rica - Spring 2027 - M.Esther Showalter & Graciela Alba Spence
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Summer 2027
- DC Environmental Justice 3-week program (3 SH) - Jim Yoder & Ann Butwell
- Harrisonburg 3-week program (3 SH) - TBA
- Lithuania (Pending) 3-week program (3 SH) - Mark Metzler Sawin
Pending
- Middle East 6-week program (*6 SH includes 3 SH Arabic) - Timothy Seidel & Anna Johnson
Scheduling to be confirmed in Fall 2026
2027-2028 Intercultural Semesters
- Washington Semester
- Spain & Morroco (Pending) - Spring 2028 - Benjamin Bergey & Kate Bergey
Additional EMU programs for future terms will be announced in 2026
Contact Intercultural Programs intercultural@emu.edu to apply for these outside programs:
- LCC International University A North American style university on the Baltic Sea, hosts a liberal arts student
exchange program in Klaipeda, Lithuania. English instruction across the curriculum.
Dorm residence with international and Lithuanian students.*
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Central America Study and Service (CASAS) study abroad for the semester or a 3 or 12-week summer term, supported by homestay, internships and field excursions.*
- Global Learning Consortium
EMU partner schools offer academic programs in a variety of settings. Students remain enrolled at EMU while studying with a group from a partner school. Future program details are listed on each website; contact EMU Intercultural to apply.
- Goshen College - Spring terms in Ecuador, Tanzania (2027) or Indonesia (2028), or a 13-week Summer Term in Ecuador, or Senegal
- Bluffton University - Fall semester in Guatemala
- Amizade-AllPeopleBeHappy provides programs in global service and learning for a more just and joyful world.
Study or practicum work is rooted in the values of peace and justice in New Zealand,
Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, or other locations for summer terms.*
See also: Alternative Programs