Honors program advising guide
The following USAC Specialty programs offer honors-eligible courses.
Please visit program course pages for course descriptions and terms offered; and meet with your academic advisor at your home institution to see how you can best fit study abroad into your university degree program. Syllabi are available upon request at syllabus@usac.edu.
Disciplines by Specialty program location
Chile | China | Costa Rica | Cuba | Czech Republic | France | Germany | India | Italy
Morocco | Spain | Thailand | Uruguay
Chile
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Santiago |
Peace, Conflict, and Democracy in Latin America |
3 |
HIST/PSC/SPAN 300 |
| Native Cultures of Chile |
3 |
ANTH/WLL 400 |
| Government and Politics of Latin America |
3 |
HIST/PSC 400 |
| Latin American International Relations |
3 |
PSC/SPAN 400 |
China
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Chengdu |
China's Ethnic Groups: Cultures, Societies, Economies |
3 |
SOC 300 |
| Modern Chinese Society |
3 |
CHI 200 |
| Shanghai |
Chinese Business Issues and Practices |
3 |
BUS/MGT 300 |
| Modern Chinese Society |
3 |
CHI 200 |
| The Chinese Consumer |
3 |
BUS/MKT 300 |
Costa Rica
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Heredia |
Climate Change and Society |
3 |
GEOG 300 |
| Water in Tropical Landscapes |
3 |
BIOL 300 |
| Tropical Conservation Biology |
3 |
BIOL 400 |
Cuba
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| La Habana |
Latin American Social Revolutions |
3 |
HIST/PSC 400 |
Czech Republic
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Prague |
Experiments in Czech Film |
3 |
FILM 300 |
| The Holocaust: 20th Century Jewish Studies |
3 |
HIST/RST 400 |
| Postwar 2.0: Central Europe from WWII to Today |
3 |
HIST 400 |
France
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Lyon |
Art, City, and Society in Lyon |
3 |
ART/FREN/HIST 300 |
| Government and Politics in France and Europe |
3 |
HIST 400 |
| Pau |
Government and Politics in France and Europe |
3 |
PSC 400 |
| Intercultural Communication |
3 |
COM 300 |
Germany
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Lüneburg |
1933-45: Culture, Society, and Politics in Nazi Germany |
3 |
HIST/PSC 400 |
| Nationalism, Racism, and Diversity in Europe |
3 |
HIST/PSC 300 |
| Intercultural Communication |
3 |
COM 300 |
India
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Bengaluru |
Gandhi and Peace Studies |
3 |
SOC/HIST 300 |
| Service-Learning Internship |
3 |
SOC/SW 300 |
Italy
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Reggio Emilia |
Gender and Communication |
3 |
COM 400 |
| Intercultural Communication |
3 |
COM 300 |
| Torino |
Economic and Political Institutions of the European Union |
3 |
ECON/HIST/PSC 300 |
| Intercultural Communication |
3 |
COM 300 |
| Italian Cinema in English Translation: 20th Century Italy through the Lens of the Cinema |
3 |
ART/FILM/ITAL 200 |
| Modern Architecture and the City: Movements, Masters, and Meanings |
3 |
ART/ARCH 300 |
| International Marketing |
3 |
BUS/MKT 400 |
| Viterbo |
Art Crime: Looting and Restitution in Italy |
3 |
ART 400 |
| Museum Studies |
3 |
ART/HIST 300 |
| The Science of the Mediterranean Diet |
3 |
NUTR 300 |
Morocco
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Rabat |
Intercultural Communication and Community Engagement |
3 |
COM 300 |
Spain
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Alicante |
Service Learning |
3 |
SOC/SW 400 |
| Bilbao |
Intercultural Communication |
3 |
COM 400 |
| Spanish Business Culture: Field Experience and Case Studies |
3 |
BUS/MGT/SPAN 300 |
| Madrid |
Government and Politics in Spain |
3 |
PSC 400 |
| Women in Art |
3 |
ART 300 |
| Museum Studies |
3 |
ART/ANTH/HIST 300 |
| San Sebastián |
Developmental Psychology: Affective, Social and Emotional Development |
3 |
PSY 400 |
| Intercultural Communication |
3 |
COM 300 |
Thailand
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Chiang Mai |
Comparative Global Health Issues and Systems |
3 |
CHS 300 |
| Intercultural Communication |
3 |
COM 400 |
Uruguay
| Program City |
Course Title |
Credits |
Area/Level |
| Montevideo |
Contemporary Women's Activism |
3 |
SOC/WS 300 |
| Latin American Social Revolutions |
3 |
HIST/PSC 400 |
| Natural Resource Management |
3 |
ENV/NRES 400 |
| Social Dimensions of Health and Environment: Latin America |
3 |
ANTH 300 |
Updated: 9 Sept 2026
