Immersions Offered

The following is a list of all immersions offered by the University of San Francisco.

For Academic Immersions, please contact faculty directly, faculty may allow students from outside their programs/school join the immersions. For University Ministry contact Mariana Plazas. 

Academic Immersions: CAS (College of Arts and Sciences), SOM (School of Management, SOE (School of Education), School of Nursing and Health Profession (SONHP)

UM - University Ministry

L - Living Communities

* - For undergraduate students only

** - For graduate students only

*** - Open to all students.

Spring Break 2019 Immersions

Spring Break 2019 dates are March 10-17, 2019 unless stated otherwise. 

• Migration, Borders and Transnational Communities. Puebla, Mexico. (UM)*
• Street Children and Welfare. Lima, Peru. (UM)*
• Sports Serving Communities. Lima, Peru. (UM)*
• Life in the Favelas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (UM)*
• Migration and Restorative Justice. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (UM)*
• Coal Mining and Environmental Justice. West Virginia, Appalachia. (UM)*
• Amazonian Immersion, Indigenous and Environmental Justice. Leticia, Colombia (UM)**
• March 7-14 2019. Understanding the Emotional and Psychological Experiences of Families Separated by Borders -  Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga (SOE)**
• March 7-14, 2019. Family Business AGI Cali, Colombia - Monica Hudson (SOM)**

Summer 2019 Immersions

• TBD. Central Valley Immersion -  Jo Loomis ** (SONHP)
• May 5-16. EMBA: Hong Kong or Germany- Frank Fletcher (SOM)
• May 17 - 31. More than a Meal: Thailand- Heather Hoag  (CAS)
• May 20 - June 9. Photographing Budapest: Urban Tensions, Global Trends- Pedro Lange-Churion (CAS)
• May 20-29.  Salzburg Global Seminar -  Walt Gmelch/Noah Borrero. *** (SOE)
• May 20-26. AGI: China Innovation and Global Integration - Prof. Liang Wang and Roger Chen* (SOM)
• July 22-August 7, 2019. Culture and Environment in Alaska - Prof. George Gmelch *** (CAS)
• TBD. Rainforest Enrichment & Sustainable Forestry Project: Puerto Rico - Seth L Wachtel  (CAS)
• June 16-July 1. Tropical Restoration Ecology Field Course: Borneo- Gretchen Christina Coffman (CAS)
• TBD. AGI Switzerland:PSM Biotechnology program - Moira A. Gunn

Potential 2020 Winter Immersions

• Bay Area Border Relief in South Texas -  Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga/ Daniela Dominguez/ David Martinez (SOE)**
• Women Poverty and Catholic Social Thought - Erin Brigham (CAS)*
• South Africa Study Abroad - Michale Goldman (SOM)**
• Cultural and Linguistic Preparation for Health Care -  Erica Devon Arana (SONHP)
• Project Learn Belize 2020 -  Geoffrey Russell Dillon /Melissa Hope (SOE)**
• Sports Serving Communities in Peru -  Santiago Solorio (UM)*
• Dubai: International Data Analytics (MBA 6797) -  Mouwafac M Sidaoui (SOM)**
• London/Bilboa/Barcelona: (MSOD) -  Richard Stackman/Courtney Masterson (SOM)**
• Erasmus in Northern Ireland - Keally McBride/ Peter Novak (L)
• Hip Hop and Social Justice (EMDS) - Stephanie Sears (CAS)
• Black Heritage Immersion - Candice Lynn Harrison (CAS)
• AGI Rome-Italy Program 2020
  Refugee Service Management -  Marco Tavanti (SOM)**

Potential Summer 2020 Immersions.

• Daramsala, India. Prof. Tsering Wang Chuk