Study Abroad Locations

The Bahamas
Study Abroad
Students in this three-week program take two coordinated courses, Anthropology and history, and conduct field-based projects, including archival research and visits to historic sites. Although sharing elements of a common British colonial past, the history of the Bahamas as a member of the British Commonwealth with Black majority rule contrasts notably with that of the United States. Loyalists, fleeing mainland America after the American Revolution, settled the Bahamas, bringing their slaves with them. After the slaves were emancipated in 1834, many of these slave plantations were abandoned. Today, the Bahamas are rich in archaeological sites from the 19th century.


Heredia, Costa Rica
Study Abroad
This month-long summer program offered by the College of Law combines an intensive study of international human rights law in the Americas with an immersion in Costa Rican and Latin American culture. It provides an overview of the basic principles of international law, an in-depth discussion of the Inter-American Human Rights System, and consideration of how human rights ideas, advocacy and activist strategies can transform Latin American law, society, politics and economics.


San Salvador, El Salvador
Study Abroad
This short-term program focuses on issues of service, globalization and justice within the context of El Salvador’s post-war reconstruction. Special attention is given to the political, economic and ethical issues surrounding the complex relationships between El Salvador and the United States. Through direct contact and home-stay accommodations with parishioners in a Vincentian parish in San Salvador, this program offers students an intense experientially based investigation of the history and contemporary society of this war-torn nation.


Chiapas, Mexico
Study Abroad
Students in the College of Law spend a semester studying the history of the ever-changing human rights struggle in Chiapas and developing their legal and political skills to aid the indigenous people there. They then spend either several weeks or the entire summer working side-by-side with Mexican human rights lawyers in office settings or remote jungle locations.

Chiapas, Mexico
Study Abroad
Graduate students in Public Service spend eight days in the heart of Chiapas, Mexico, examining the effects of globalization on indigenous economies. Since the late 1990s DePaul faculty and students have been studying indigenous and international organizational networks in Chiapas. Students and faculty participating in this program learn from the organizational strengths and alternative developments proposed by the indigenous and Mexican civil society.



Mérida, Mexico
Study Abroad
Students take classes in Spanish, anthropology and modern languages while living in Mérida, the state capital of the Yucatán, for one quarter. Students may apply to stay an additional quarter and complete a service-learning internship with a local community organization while continuing to study Spanish. As one of the centers of the Mayan civilization, Mérida sits minutes away from some of the world’s most incredible anthropological and historical sites: Chichén Itzá, a major Mayan city; Tulum, the site where the first Spaniards shipwrecked and encountered the Yucatec Mayans in 1511; and Valladolid, the colonial town where the famous re-conquest of land originated as the Caste War in 1847 and established a Mayan free state until the 20th century.


Mexico City, Mexico
Study Abroad
This three-week summer program enables students in the School of Education to examine educational issues in the context of Mexico and study the Spanish language at La Universidad LaSalle in Mexico City, Mexico. This urban campus has a student population of about 10,000 and is located in Colonia Condesa, a popular residential and commercial area located near Mexico City’s famous Chapultepec Park.  



Nogales, Mexico
Study Abroad
Students in this three-week program take two coordinated courses in anthropology and religion while exploring the economic, cultural and religious life of the Arizona/Mexico border region in light of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). They examine first hand the impact of national borders on regional inequality and experience the conditions, lives and testimonies of border inhabitants, refugees and activists. Class members work to establish workable contemporary guidelines for social justice.