Where will your education take you?

Passport to Learning offers CSU, Chico students the opportunity to travel and learn in unique, short term, faculty-led study abroad programs offered during January and summer. Developed by dedicated faculty and designed to enhance your educational experience, these programs are exciting ways to experience the language, culture, and people of the host country while earning credit toward your degree.

Some Passport to Learning programs may be offered on a non-credit basis, and many are open to students from all majors and members of the community.

For more information please contact, Elaina McReynolds, Special Session and Extension Program Director, e-mail memcreynolds@csuchico.edu or call the Continuing Education office, 530-898-6105.

Our next programs are currently being developed, so bookmark this site and visit us again to discover your Passport to Learning! Below is a list of courses we have offered in previous terms.

Study Abroad Courses

Antigua - Betty’s Hope Archaeological Field School

Betty’s Hope, which is being considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, is located on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Betty’s Hope is a former British sugar plantation that operated from 1651 until its sale by the Codrington family in 1944; the plantation operated continuously for almost 300 years, pre- and post-emancipation, thus allowing for long-term historical continuity in one place.

The main focus of the field school is to provide hands-on training in archaeological field work:

• Excavation
• Mapping
• Surveying
• Analysis and Processing of Archaeologically Recovered Materials

         2013 Antigua Application Packet (pdf) < download

The Gambia - International Development in Africa

International Development in Africa (HCSV 498) provides practical experience in African social, health and development systems. The three week course will explore health and development issues in The Gambia in West Africa. Students will gain firsthand experiences that will help develop a better understanding of Gambian culture and social institutions.

         2013 The Gambia Application Packet (pdf) < download

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