ENVD Education Abroad Guide
Overview
CU Boulder Education Abroad offers over 400 programs in over 60 countries! You can go abroad for a semester, year, and/or 2-12 weeks in the summer. Going abroad is strongly encouraged by the Environmental Design program. This is a general guide to planning your time abroad, connect with your academic advisor to plan your individual academics. Talk with Education Abroad advisors to get started, discuss your program options, and next steps.
Planning and When to Go
- Take your required major studios and work on your core curriculum.
- Complete your core curriculum requirements and start saving up ENVD electives and specialized electives for while abroad.
- ENVD recommends you study abroad during semester 6 or 7, when you don't have to take a required major studio class. Instead, plan to take your "Pick One" studio, ENVD electives, Specialization electives, or non-ENVD general electives while abroad.
- Work closely with your advisor to ensure that you can get all of your requirements completed.
- Plan to complete your Capstone and remaining requirements.
- Know when the credits may be transcripted, as this can delay your official graduation date.
Global Seminars
Global Seminars are short-term study abroad programs led by CU faculty members. They usually take place during the summer and combine academic course content with immersion in an overseas setting. Most ENVD Global Seminars are between 6 weeks long and include a studio. The programs listed below are taught by faculty within ENVD, see CU Boulder Global Seminars for the full list of program offerings.
Deadlines
Finances
Program costs can range widely, but there are affordable options all over the world. For the most part, you can use federal, state, and institutional aid you would normally be offered for your any CU-approved Education Abroad program. There are also a number of scholarships available especially for study abroad.