The Understanding Contemporary Peru program in Ayacucho, Peru offers six weeks of study of Peru's twentieth-century history and politics, emphasizing the rise and fall of the Shining Path guerrilla movement. All coursework is taught in Spanish. The Intensive Chinese Language program in Beijing, China offers an eight-week comprehensive introduction to the many facets of Chinese life through its spoken and written language. The program provides 20 hours of language instruction weekly, with lectures, and field trips. The program is available at all Chinese language levels.
Students reside in French households.
The program may be completed before joining Boston University's Fall Paris Internship, Grenoble, or Niger programs, or on its own as preparation for study in a French university. The Political Communication in the U.K. and U.S. program in London, England offers six weeks of comparative coursework in advertising, public relations, and political science. Students live in Spanish households. Academic options are available at various language levels. Excursions complement the curriculum.