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Travel Courses

Join your faculty for experiences unique to Lycoming College and explore topics across the academic spectrum as you make the world your classroom. Past travel courses have included ventures to Honduras, where marine biology students learned about the impact of global warming through lab work, lectures, and ocean dives, including a swim with sharks; a medieval studies trip to visit historical sites of the Norman Conquest in England and France; an exploration of Vietnamese cities and countryside while learning about photography, drawing, and painting; and a history course that enabled students to consider how a convict past and British influence shaped the modern identity of Australia through firsthand experiences with Pacific culture.

Travel course options change annually. Following is a summary of travel courses planned for the 2023-24 academic year.

1. Global Law & Justice - Amsterdam & Netherlands:
2. Nights at the Opera – Italy, Austria & Germany
3. Teaching Linguistically and Economically Diverse Learners in the Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic
4. Globalization & Sustainable Development – Dominican Republic
5. Norman Conquest – France & England
6. Experience Italy & Greece: Exploration of Cross-Cultural Comparisons – Italy & Greece
7. History of Mathematics – Italy & Greece
8. Writing the Wetland: Exploring Florida Through Writing and Biology - Florida