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.
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 8 - June 23. Tropical Restoration Ecology Field Course: Borneo- Gretchen Christina Coffman (CAS)
- TBD. AGI Switzerland:PSM Biotechnology program - Moira A. Gunn
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)**
2020 Spring Break Immersions
Spring Break 2020 dates are March 9-13, 2020 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)**
Potential Summer 2020 Immersions.
- Daramsala, India. Prof. Tsering Wang Chuk