Optional Study Tours
Optional Study Tours are integrated into specific elective courses, meaning you must enroll in a particular course to go on that tour. If you choose an elective course with a study tour, participation in tours is required.
Please note: As study tours at DIS are dynamic, the listed examples of activities are merely to give you an idea of what you might do on a study tour, and may change due to availability and other circumstances.
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Amsterdam: Perspectives on Prostitution and Human Trafficking
A four-day study tour to Amsterdam Available Fall & Spring | 3 creditsFall 2012: $675.00Better understand The Netherlands' liberal attitude towards prostitution as you explore the beautiful city of Amsterdam.
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Auschwitz: From Genocide to Memorial
A four-day study tour to Krakow Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $675.00Better understand historical implications of the Holocaust through visits to Krakow and the nearby Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Barcelona: Football is Never Just a Game
A four-day study tour to Barcelona Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $675.00Explore why F.C. Barcelona calls itself "more than a club" and operates as a symbol of Catalan pride and independence.
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Classical and Renaissance Rome
A six-day study tour to Rome Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $1095.00Culture has flourished in Rome for centuries. Explore the grand masterpieces and timeless architecture of the Eternal City.
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Classical Greece
A five-day study tour to Athens Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $875.00Classical Greece is at the fountainhead of Western Civilization. Explore the splendors of ancient Athens to better understand the lasting legacy of Greek art, architecture, and culture.
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Destination Branding and Travel Design
A six-day study tour to a destination decided on in class Available Fall & Spring | 3 creditsFall 2012: $1095.00Showcase your creativity, business sense, and project management skills as you and your classmates design and implement a study tour.
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Holocaust and Genocide
A two-day study tour to Hamburg Available Fall & Spring | 3 creditsFall 2012: $275.00Contextualize the events of the Holocaust through visits to the Bullenhauser Damm School, Neuengamme work camp and the historic city of Hamburg.
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Impressionism in Paris
A four-day study tour to Paris Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $675.00Experience the masterpieces of Monet, Degas, Renoir and their contemporaries, as you delve into the historical and cultural context of the Impressionist movement in Paris.
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Literary London
A four-day study tour to London Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $675.00Explore the United Kingdom's cultural capital: home of great authors, brilliant artists and world-renowned fashion designers.
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Mediterranean Visual Journal
A six-day study tour to Mallorca Available Fall | 1 creditsFall 2012: $1095.00With pencil and sketchbook in hand, analyze how life and architecture are shaped by the southern European atmosphere.
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Russia Past and Present
A seven-day study tour to Moscow & St. Petersburg Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $1595.00Venture behind the facade in St. Petersburg and Moscow to better understand the enigma that is, and always has been, Russia.
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Sustainable Architecture in the Alps
A six-day study tour to Austria and Switzerland Available Spring | 1 creditsSpring 2012: $1095.00Investigate the sustainable initiatives in the state of Vorarlberg— a region at the forefront of sustainable design for the last decade.
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Vienna: Capital of Classical Music
A four-day study tour to Vienna Available Fall & Spring | 1 creditsFall 2012: $675.00Gain a deeper understanding of the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler and others-- luminaries of European classical music.
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Vikings and Sagas: The Story of Iceland
A six-day study tour to Reykjavik & Western Iceland Available Spring | 1 creditsSpring 2012: $1095.00Explore the stunning icelandic landscape as you gain insight into the colorful personalities of the Icelandic sagas & Viking era.
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