Faculty-Led Study Abroad
Through Faculty-Led Study Abroad programs, students can experience studying abroad with other SFSU students while earning SFSU credit over the summer, through programs designed and taught by SFSU professors.
Summer 2025 Destinations
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo
FIN 421: Fintech Abroad
Course dates: August 9 – August 17, 2025
In this class students will learn about cryptocurrencies and fintech. We will study the company Ripple and their technology, as well as visiting Ripple’s offices in Brazil to explore real-world applications of fintech.
For more information contact Todd Feldman, Ph.D.
Ecuador
LS 430: Future of the Forests
Course dates: June 17 – July 8, 2025
This course is a broad overview of the ecological and sociological dimensions of tropical forests and conservation. When taught in the field, this course utilizes the forest and the country as a classroom. We cover forest ecology, drivers of deforestation and climate change, impacts on the forest and local communities, and the development of local and global solutions, while visiting two of the world’s most biologically diverse forests in South America: the Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS) in the Amazon, and the Intag Cloud Forest Reserve in the Andes mountains.
For more information contact Logan Hennessy, Ph.D.
Taiwan – Taipei
I R 312: Introduction to International Political Economy
Course dates: June 30 – July 18, 2025
This course familiarizes students with various theories of International Political Economy (IPE) and examines how they explain past and present international relations. This course will have a special emphasis on the actors, institutions and issues important to IPE in Taiwan and East Asia.
For more information contact Scott Siegel, Ph.D.
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After a two-year pandemic pause and much planning, Professor Weimin Zhang has launched the Faculty-Led Study Abroad cinema c…