Study Abroad
Study Abroad Opportunities
Students majoring in Sociology or Criminal have opportunities to spend a semester or year abroad. Because sociology courses are offered at virtually every university, students studying abroad can usually satisfy some of their major requirements. See International Education for more information on study abroad opportunities.
Ghana J-term 2013
In January 2011, 15 students had the chance to study abroad in Ghana and had the experience of a lifetime. That opportunity is going to be available again in January 2013. The class, titled Ghana Today and Yesterday, focuses on what is happening in the different segments of Ghanaian society today and how this is grounded in Ghana’s past – including slavery, colonization, independence and current global influences. You can receive sociology elective credit for the major or minor and the course meets the Human Diversity Core requirement. Co-directors of the trip are Professor Smith-Cunnien in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice (slsmithcunni@stthomas.edu) and Professor Lawrence in the Department of English (dtlawrence@stthomas.edu). You can contact either of them for more information. There is an information session in 235 Anderson Student Center during the convo hour on Thursday September 13, 2012. Applications are accepted through October 3, 2012 (apply at http://studyabroad@stthomas.edu)
