Global Seminars
Applications now open for Summer 2023!
Register for information sessions on the program pages!
Take a focused and structured UBC course led by a faculty member with a small cohort. Immerse yourself in a specific topic and experience course content brought to life.
Global Seminars are unique UBC courses involving participatory engagement with partners in another part of the world. Through immersive and experiential activities, you will engage in scholarship that tackles important global issues.
- Earn UBC course credits
- Add academic and extracurricular experience to your portfolio
- Enjoy a break from your regular UBC course load
Most programs are open to students in different departments and faculties!
Most programs are open to students in various departments and faculties!
Learn more and sign up for info sessions at the links below
- Barcelona, Spain, Memory and Modernity, RMST 390
- Chile, Natural and Planted Forests in the Global Bioeconomy, FRST 456 (GSO funded)
- Cyprus, Investigating an Ancient Urban Landscape, AMNE 395/595
- Ecuador, Conservation and Forest Ecosystem Management field school, CONS 453 (GSO funded)
- Ecuador, Spanish Language Summer Study Abroad, SPAN 201/206 and SPAN 202
- European Field School in Forestry and Natural Resources Conservation, FRST 499C (GSO funded)
- European Union Study Tour, POLI 326 - ARA-funded
- Guatemala, Global Citizenship Term Abroad, SOCI 430 & PHIL 335 (ARA funded)
- Iceland Field Course: Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability, ISCI 361 or ISCI 461
- Indonesia Policy, Policy Analysis for Agriculture and Natural Resources, LFS 303
- Indonesia, Impact Evaluation Analytics, LFS 302B
- Italy, Ethnography of Sardinia: Vernacular Religion and Cultural Heritage, ANTH 403 (ARA funded)
- Lyon, France, La représentation de Lyon dans la littérature, FREN 420
- Poland, Witnessing Auschwitz, CENS 303D (ARA funded)
- Portugal, FEST Film Festival, FIST 434 or FIPR 469 (ARA funded)
- Romania, Apulum Roman Villa Project, Alba Iulia, Romania, AMNE 395 or AMNE 595
- Romania, Global Contemporary Performance: Sibiu International Theatre Festival, THTR 440S (ARA funded)
- South Africa Communities, Wildlife, and Conservation in Greater Kruger National Park, CONS 454
- Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, The Heritage of Chinese Migrations, ACAM 390A (ARA funded)
Students apply through the Go Global Gateway. Go to “search experiences” from the top menu, search “GSP,” then press “apply search.” Scroll down to the program you wish to apply to and select Apply for “Summer” to initiate an application.
After the deadline, students’ applications will be reviewed by Go Global and the faculty program directors. You may be asked to participate in an interview as part of the selection process.
For Summer 2023, UBC Okanagan is offering several great programs in Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, Tanzania and more! See: https://students.ok.ubc.ca/global-engagement-office/go-global/global-seminars/.
Select programs are funded 50%-100% by Global Skills Opportunity (GSO) or Arts Research Abroad (ARA) funding.
All qualifying students will receive a $1,000 Go Global Award. We encourage students with financial need or other barriers to going abroad to apply for the Global Pathfinder Award.
Thanks to generous funding from Universities Canada Global Skills Opportunity program, Indigenous students have the opportunity to participate in any Global Seminar Program (outside of the US, France and Australia) and Go Global’s Indigenous Global Connections cohort program with full program funding up to $10,000 to cover program fees, flights and tuition.
Funding: Full program funding up to $10,000 to cover full program fees, flights and tuition costs. There will be 8 - 12 funded spots available. IGC funding will top-up any other funding received (ARA, Pathfinder, GSO, etc.)
Eligibility:
- Apply and be accepted into a Summer 2023 Global Seminar program (outside of Canada, USA, France or Australia.)
- Students who self-identify as being First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)
- Students must hold Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency
- Undergraduate students currently in 2nd year or above
- Students on both campuses are eligible
Application process:
- Apply for a Global Seminar by December 13 following the instructions on the program page. In the application, identify yourself as being interested in the Indigenous Global Connections program.
- We will contact interested students directly with next steps.
Contact us: Please use Go Global's Ask Us Webform and we will respond to your inquiry.
Information Session: Tuesday November 29 at 11:30am over Zoom. Please register at https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ivc-msqz0tE9atmK-gnQrcfbsesWWfd9MC.
- Beijing: CONS 453 Ecological Restoration and Urban Forestry in China
- Israel: CNRS 335/535 Archaeological Field School, Horvat Midras
- Italy: Italian Language and Culture
- Peru: EDCP 467A and EDCP 467B: Summer Institute: Ecology, Technology & Indigeneity in the High Amazon
UBC Faculty interested in learning more about running a Global Seminar, please see here: https://global.ubc.ca/running-ubc-global-seminar.
Please use Go Global's Ask Us Webform and we will respond to your inquiry.
Drop-in advising hours
Go Global offers both in-person and virtual drop-in advising through Zoom during the times below:
- Tuesday: 1:00 - 3:00 pm PST
- Wednesday: 1:00 - 3:00 pm PST
Virtual Go Global 101 Info Sessions - Group Advising
All info sessions will be held from 12:00PM - 1:00PM Fridays on Zoom.
Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67453736113?pwd=bDNFbU5oYmNMOVJ5RDNXNUJiVy83Zz09
- Friday, November 25
- Friday, December 2
- Friday, December 9