Looking for a low-cost, short-term program, either for academic credit, or just for the experience of being abroad? There are many high quality programs run by departments other than the Programs Abroad Office.

• UC Summer Sessions: Find out about all the UC Summer Programs
  Receive UC credit for Summer Session programs at other UC's


• UCSD Alternative Breaks: See the Alternative Breaks Website
  National or international service and learning trips coordinated through the Center for Student Involvement.


• UCSD Extension: http://extension.ucsd.edu/programs/customprogram/travelstudy.cfm
  Language programs from two days to five weeks in Ensenada or Guadalajara. Two to twelve weeks in Madrid. Courses for all language levels are available. Academic credit through UCSD Extension. Host family options are available in all programs.


• UCSD London Internship Program: http://aip.ucsd.edu/students/london.htm
  Academic Internships in London, offering a wide variety of experiential opportunities


• UCSD PRIME Overseas Research Program: http://prime.ucsd.edu
  A fully funded program of science and engineering research abroad in Australia, Taiwan, Japan, China, and Thailand.


• Legends of China Silk Road to the Future: http://icenter.ucsd.edu/pao/LOC
  Visit China with other UC affiliates and make a silk banner with the theme of world peace to be presented to the Beijing Olympic Committee.


• Mexican Migration Field Research and Training Program: http://www.polisci.ucsd.edu/cornelius/
  Established in 2004 as a core activity of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies. Students admitted to this program are trained to collect field data using standardized questionnaires (survey research) as well as unstructured interviews and participant-observation.  They do in-depth reading and write papers on the region and the communities in which they will be conducting fieldwork.


• Summer Archeology Course in Mexico: http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/Mexico07/0709-Mexico.html
  Organized by UCSD Anthropology Department. Contact Dr. Geoffrey E. Braswell, gbraswel@ucsd.edu, (858) 822-0726 office, (858) 822-1540 lab,
  (858) 534-4145 Anthropology Department Main Office.


• Summer Field School in Peru: http://anthro.ucsd.edu/Undergraduate_Programs/peru.html
  Organized by UCSD Anthropology Department. Contact Professor Paul Goldstein at psgoldstein@ucsd.edu or telephone (858) 822 5747.