Highlights

The Cultural History Tours are first and foremost academic travel programs. Students are required to enroll in and complete academic courses for credit. Because we follow an extensive travel itinerary, instructional delivery is very different from the pattern of fixed class time and standard contact hours of campus courses. On the Cultural History Tours, class sessions are usually scheduled around or during the program activities that take up most of the day: visits to museums, monuments, cathedrals and temples, historic sites, governmental institutions, etc. Thus in a sense most of the waking hours of each day are contact hours because students are actively engaged in some aspect of history, art, culture and politics.

The emphasis is on culture..
Our tours are designed to involve you in varied cultural experiences in key cultural centers. We allow time in major cultural capitals such as London, Paris, Berlin, Prague and Munich to enable you to explore for yourself the cultural environment of these great cities. Theater, opera, concert performances and guided museum tours are included in the tour price.

You get college credit..
The Western European Cultural History Tour carries six semester hours of EMU credit. Non-EMU students may transfer credit to their home institution. Non-EMU students should consult with their advisor in order to comply with their institution's policies and procedures regarding transfer credit.

Our staff is top quality..
All faculty members on the tour hold Ph.D.s or MFAs from leading universities. The faculty consists of widely traveled university professors of history and art.

We're experienced..
During the last 30 years, our staff has conducted more than 140 successful tours to Western and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, Russia, Israel, Egypt and Asia. In planning its itineraries, we rely on our staff's thorough knowledge of European history and culture acquired through extensive travel and study.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$:

USD 4,498

Cost Includes:

Cost Include Description:

* All air, rail, ferry and bus transportation between cities.
* Field trips and excursions by train, chartered bus or boat.
* Tickets to all musical events and theater productions arranged by the program.
* Entrance tickets to museums and sites visited by the program.
* International Student Identity Card
* CMI Insurance
* Room based on multiple occupancy
* Couchettes when possible on overnight trains.
* Breakfasts (mostly continental).
* Hotel service charges and local taxes.

Does not include:

* Tuition for six undergraduate credit hours.*
* Round-trip air transportation to and from the U.S.
* Most meals other than breakfasts.
* Street car, bus or subway fares within cities to concerts, museums, etc.
* Passports, textbooks, laundry, independent travel and expenses of a purely personal nature.

Credit Available

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Written Application
• Transcript
• Resume
• Letters of Reference

Typically The Application Process Time is

Eastern Michigan University's Mission Statement

Eastern Michigan University is committed to excellence in teaching, the extension of knowledge through basic and applied research, and creative and artistic expression. Eastern Michigan University offers a variety of study abroad programs including Cultural History Tours, travel and study tours, direct exchanges, intensive language and winter break programs. Most programs are open to students from any college or university. EMU students can apply financial aid awards toward the programs. We also provide advising and information about study abroad opportunities available through other universities, work or volunteer opportunities abroad and budget travel.

Year Founded

1849