Hunter Faculty-Led Programs
This field course provides students with a unique opportunity to gain research experience in the field by participating in a study of the vocalizations and behavior of wild dolphins. The course has two components: 1) a one-day lecture-workshop held at Hunter College in May prior to the field course, and 2) participation in a 12 day field program in June at the Bahamas field site.
This program is planned to relaunch in Summer 2024. Please stay tuned in Fall 2023 for info!
Dolphin Behavior & CommunicationThis program will explore the diversity of theatrical offerings in London and vicinity, providing a wide-ranging rich understanding of British theater practiced today, both traditional and modern.
- Dates: July 15 - August 12, 2023
- Contemporary British Theatre
- Accepting applications until March 31, 2023
To go to Paris in an American frame of mind means following Mark Twain down the Champs Elysees, stopping by Procope (the world’s oldest café) with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, exploring Montparnasse with Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, finding Josephine Baker in the Panthéon, and so much more. In this course, students will focus primarily on four groups of American writers, The Lost Generation, the Beats, and Black writers in the 1920’s and post-World War II, all of whom found a home in Paris that provided a haven as well as inspiration for their art.
- Dates: June 2 - July 3, 2023
- Accepting applications until March 31, 2023
- Learn more on the Americans in Paris program page
Spend a summer on the Greek island of Syros, studying and writing poetry! This three-week program will explore how the Aegean landscape was vital to the origin of lyric poetry, as seen through the work of ancient Greek poets Sappho and Homer. The course will provide a wide-ranging and historically rich understanding of the literary, cultural, and historical context of the Greek lyric, as well as its influence of contemporary American and British lyric poetry.
In the Poetry Workshop course, students will produce their own creative writing, inspired by the history of the lyric, as well as the island’s beautiful setting.
- Dates: June 23 - July 15, 2023
- Accepting applications until March 31, 2023
Hunter College joins forces with the International Center for Development Studies (ICDS) to offer two exciting summer opportunities! Details below:
- Spanish and Health in Latin America: This program offers the opportunity to explore health care in a developing country while improving Spanish speaking skills. Clinical rotations for advanced Spanish speakers or community service in social welfare services for lower to intermediate level Spanish speakers are experiential learning components of the program.
Dates: June 29 - July 29/30, 2023 - Spanish and Sustainability Practices in Latin America: This is a service-learning program with strong Spanish language and cultural immersion components divided in urban and rural experiences. The program starts in San José, the country’s capital city and then participants immerse themselves in the culture of rural Costa Rica by living on site at a local Finca.
Dates: May 25 - June 26/27, 2023 - Learn more about the International Center for Development Studies (ICDS) programs offered!
- Accepting applications until March 31, 2023.
The Central Mediterranean Archaeology Program takes places in three locations in Sicily: Stromboli and Lipari, a volcanic island in the Aeolian Archipelago, and Cannatello, on the southern coast of Sicily.
- Tentative Dates: June 18 - July 15, 2023 (to be confirmed)
- Accepting applications until March 31, 2023
This program offers students the opportunity to study Japanese language and culture while also learning about Japan's unique traditional theatre forms. The program begins with a brief stay in Tokyo and then moves to Sado Island, a beautiful, remote island off the west coast of Japan that is home to many wonderful performance traditions.
This program is planned to relaunch in Summer 2024. Please stay tuned in Fall 2023 for info!
Learn more about this program on the Japan - Theatre, Language & Culture webpage.
This program offers students the unique opportunity to explore Madagascar's rich biological and cultural diversity, and learn about the major conservation challenges to preserving both people and place. Learn more on the Biodiversity, Culture & Conservation program page.
This program is planned to relaunch in Summer 2024. Please stay tuned in Fall 2023 for info!
Madagascar Program PageAudiovisual Translation - Canary Islands
Considered a bridge between Africa, America and Europe, the Canary Islands is an autonomous region of Spain. This program focuses on subtitling, including insights into the situation of the current audiovisual market, work methodology for translators and technologies applied to the audiovisual area.
- This program is planned to relaunch in January 2024. Please stay tuned in Fall 2023 for info!
- Learn more on the Canary Islands Audiovisual Translation program page
Spanish Language & Literature - Madrid
Experience one of the liveliest cities in the world — Madrid! The program encompasses college-level undergraduate programs for six credits each in June or July, or one Intensive Program for twelve credits — June and July combined.
- Session 1: June 1 - June 28, 2023
- Session 2: July 3 - July 28, 2023
- Learn more on the Madrid Spanish Language & Literature page
- Accepting applications until March 31, 2023
EDESL 703 (3 Credits)
This faculty-led program offers students the opportunity to immerse themselves in critical inquiry about English language teaching in settings outside the U.S. Students will delve into descriptions of the opportunities and challenges in language teaching worldwide by directly experiencing teaching English as a foreign language and serving as a volunteer teacher in Costa Rican English language teaching programs. Students will also have the opportunity to visit K-12 Costa Rican public schools and adult teaching contexts.
Students will simultaneously engage in Spanish language learning at their proficiency level at the ILISA Language School. Spanish classes will be provided to all participants, and are small group and at your level of proficiency from beginner-native speaker. Students can opt into 3 credits in Spanish language. The for-credit option would include classes continued on via remote instruction.
Learn more on the Program Page