Program highlights include extensive travel outside London including three days in Scotland, and free time for continental travel. Four semester hours credit in a variety of subjects is earned. In 2000, Elon took its eleventh group of students to Costa Rica. Students lived with families in the capital of San Jose while learning about the rich culture and political systems of the country. Students toured major sites and met with political and civic leaders.
Instruction is in English, although learning conversational Spanish is a goal.
Among the programs for study abroad in Winter Term is the World War II course which begins in London, and takes students to Normandy, Paris, Prague and Amsterdam. A program entitled Cafe Europa will visit Germany, Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic to study the major economic transitions occuring in Eastern Europe. Other options include Aboriginal Studies in Australia, Field Biology in Belize, Creative Writing in Cozumel, Mexico, Art and Music in Italy, History and Literature in Ghana, Multicultural Studies in Hawaii, and Literature in Ireland. Students will also study the effects of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, Astronomy in Mexico, Global Sports in Sydney, Australia, and the economic, social and political changes in the European Union. The office staff assists students applying for any program in the country of their choice.