Academic Travel Program
The Academic Travel Program is an integrated part of the Franklin College curriculum. Academic Travel is a credit bearing degree requirement, and two weeks of travel each semester represent an extension of the students’ class work. Travel is led by faculty members and relates to the academic expertise of the individual professor and to his or her knowledge of a given country or area.
All students, including semester and year-abroad students, are required to participate in the Academic Travel Program. Academic Travel is not only a graduation requirement but an integral component of each semester of study. The graduation requirement for Academic Travel is fulfilled by participating in six travel programs. Students usually fulfill the requirement by participating each semester of their first three years at Franklin. Students who enter with Sophomore standing must participate each semester in which they are enrolled except their senior year.
The travels are themed around academic studies relating both to the location visited and the professor guiding the travel. Economics, art history, literature, business and marketing, international relations, and history are among common themes investigated through travels.
In the Spring of 2012, students will be traveling on a number of travels, studying a variety of topics in the following international locations: Romania and Moldova; Seville and Andalusia; Turkey; Hamburg, Copenhagen, and the Baltic Sea; Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia; Istria and Belgrade; Cyprus; Bavaria; Umbria; Malawi; Florence, Lucca, and Sienna; Vienna, Budapest, and Prague, Thailand; Pianura Padana; Brazil; Malaysia, and London
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