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Short Term Faculty Program Details

Short-Term Programs

Ferris students in Shanghai, China for Summer 2018


Faculty-led Short-Term Programs

Short-term programs usually range from two to four weeks, and you can earn three to six credits.  One type of short-term program is faculty-led; these programs typically run during the summer and are academic classes led by professors who conduct each respective program. For an idea of programs that have run in the past, see below.

The application period for faculty-led programs generally runs from mid-October until late February. Updated information regarding specific dates will go out through university-wide announcements.

To request information about a program, go to Request Information. If you are ready to start an application, learn how to start an application here

Summer 2019 Programs Listing

Country

Faculty

Course(s)

Dates

China, Shanghai - Printing and Publishing College

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Dr. David Marion

Dr. Alex Cartwright

Dr. Tim Brotherton

Dr. Donna Smith

MGMT370 - Quality Operations Management

ECON222 - Principles of Microeconomics

MKT290 - Marketing Elective in China

COMM365 - Intercultural Communication

May 13 - June 13, 2019 

Costa Rica

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Professor Ana Davila-Howard

Dr. Eric Warner

SPAN100 - Spanish for Business and Travel  

SPAN333 - Contemporary Culture and Society of Hispanic America

May 12 - June 5, 2019

El Salvador

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Professor Michael Berghoef

SWCK380: International Social Work

May 20- June 2, 2019

Italy

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Professor John Caserta

Dr. Chris Westerkamp

Dr. Nate Garrelts

LANG100 - Italian for Business and Travel

LITR241 - World Short Fiction

LITR243 - Literature and Film

BIO290 - Mediterranean Lifestyle

English 321 Advanced Composition

May 11- May 24, 2019

Scotland

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Professor John Caserta

Professor Aaron Waltz

LITR241 - World Short Fiction

LITR243 - Literature and Film

PGMG 390 Global Golf and Tourism

 

July 26- Aug 8, 2019

Other Short-Term Programs

Several of our partners and affiliates have summer study abroad programs available. For more information, click on the links below.

Partner Schools:

Dankook University International Summer School

The Utrecht Summer School

Affiliate Programs

ISA (International Studies Abroad)

AIFS (American Institute for Study Abroad)

CISabroad (Center for International Studies Abroad)

DIS (Denmark International Study Program)

JCMU (Japan Center for Michigan Universities)