May Term and Summer Travel Opportunities
Pursue Your Passions
Want to travel abroad, learn another culture, take an international tour or go on a mission trip?
From taking a class in Europe, to May term service trips to international touring with USF's choir, you can make a lasting impact around the globe and earn academic credit.
Upcoming Travel Courses
Destination: Rome, Sicily and Greece
Contact: Ceca Cooper
Trip dates: May 5-17, 2025
Destination: Switzerland
Contact: Joy Lind and Rebecca Schultz
Trip dates: May 5-12, 2025
Destination: Kenya
Contact: Brad Van Kalsbeek
Trip dates: May 11-19, 2025
Previous Adventures
Explore Courses
Destination: Italy and Spain
Contact: Ceca Cooper
Term: Interim 2024
Credits: Art, Culture and Travel in Italy and Spain
Trip Dates: January 3-13, 2024
Destination: Israel and Jordan
Contact: John Hiigel
Term: Interim 2023
Credits: Theology and Philosophy
Trip Dates: January 9-18, 2023
Destination: Japan
Contact: Ceca Cooper
Term: Interim 2023
Credits: Media & Visual Arts
Trip Dates: January 10-19, 2023
Destination: Kenya
Contact: Brad Van Kalsbeek
Trip dates: December 30, 2022-January 10, 2023
Destination: Spain
Term: Summer 2022
Credits: Spanish or Intercultural Awareness
Synopsis: This trip will equip students to be salt and light in the world by building their awareness of Spanish culture and readying them for respect, and collaborative engagement in the Spanish language. This travel course was conducted in Spanish
Trip Dates: June 3-14, 2022
Destination: Italy/Croatia
Contact: Ceca Cooper/Nick Poppens
Term: Summer 2022
Credits: Art/Media
Trip Dates: June 1-12, 2022
Destination: Italy
Contact: Dave Dehoogh-Kliewer
Term: Summer 2022
Credits: Choir
Trip Dates: May 24-June 4, 2022
Destination: Hawaii
Contact: Beth O'Toole
Term: Interim 2022
Credits: Social Science
Trip Dates: January 4-16, 2022
Destination: Cartagena, Colombia
Contact: Cheri Kovalenko
Term: Interim 2020
Credits: Nursing Capstone or other
Synopsis: The School of Nursing hosts at least one international medial mission trip every January. These trips are designed to meet the objective of the Nursing Capstone course for students in the last semester of their nursing program, but anyone interested in participating in a medical mission trip (either as a healthcare professional or as a layperson assistant) is welcome.
Trip sign-up deadline: past
Destination: Kenya
Contact: Cheri Kovalenko
Term: Interim 2020
Credits: Nursing Capstone or other
Synopsis: The School of Nursing hosts at least one international medial mission trip every January. These trips are designed to meet the objective of the Nursing Capstone course for students in the last semester of their nursing program, but anyone interested in participating in a medical mission trip (either as a healthcare professional or as a layperson assistant) is welcome.
Destination: Israel and Jordan
Contact: John Hiigel
Term: Interim 2020
Credits: Intercultural Awareness
Synopsis: Walk where Jesus walked. Visit key sites of his life and ministry, his death and resurrection, as well as locations associated with Moses, Abraham, David, Solomon, Elijah, the prophets, and the apostles, including Paul.
Destination: London, Paris, Berlin and Prague
Contact: Ceca Cooper
Term: Interim 2020
Credits: Art 294: Art and Culture Travel
Synopsis: Explore historic London lined with magnificent parks, the Houses of Parliament and legendary Buckingham Palace. Find time for lunch and shopping in trendy Soho or Covent Garden before hopping the Eurostar to romantic Paris. View spectacular sights—from the Arc de Triomphe to the Eiffel Tower—before touring the prestigious Louvre. Make your last stop in Berlin where, after the Wall came down in 1990, West finally met East. Find out the historic significance of Checkpoint Charlie and the Brandenburg Gate.
Trip sign-up deadline: past
Destination: Czech Republic, Austria and Germany
Contact: Dave DeHoogh-Kliewer
Term: Interim 2020
Credits: Intercultural Awareness
Synopsis: Concert Chorale Performance Tour
Trip sign-up deadline: past