These 4-6-week faculty-led trips partner with institutions in the host country. Student take literature and language classes that earn Hendrix course credit. They also and go on excursions to learn about local history and culture and to practice their language skills outside the classroom. Participants must meet a certain level of proficiency in the target language and must have completed prerequisite courses, set by each faculty trip leader, in order to apply. For further details, contact the trip leader.

Currently the following programs are being offered, in partnership with Hendrix's Office of International Programs:

A unique multidisciplinary learning experience in a Latin American environment 

The summer semester in Costa Rica is a six-week Spanish language immersion program sponsored by the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation and coordinated by the Office of International Programs. Based near the communities of San Luis and Santa Elena in north central Costa Rica, the program is anchored in immersive Spanish language learning that includes classroom instruction in Spanish, two weeks of homestays, and cultural enrichment. In addition, participants study the Latin American environs through the lens of a particular discipline or disciplines in a course taught by Hendrix faculty members that entails intensive personal, reflective, creative, and/or public writing. Language instruction and class meetings primarily occur in the morning, while afternoons and evenings are often used for field trips to local sites such as coffee farms, artisan studios, and ecotourism reserves. A week-long excursion to other areas of Costa Rica is included. Upon completion of the program students receive one course credit that satisfies general graduation requirements and counts as departmental credit in the field of focus, as well as one Odyssey Global Awareness (GA) credit.  

 Read more about Hendrix-in-Costa Rica here.

An immersive and intensive month studying Spanish literature in Spain’s capital city 

 Hendrix-in-Madrid is a Hendrix-Murphy Foundation program coordinated by Spanish professors José Vilahomat and Irmina Fabricio. The four-week program is open to students who have taken some Spanish beyond the introductory level, although not necessarily majors or minors. At the prestigious University Complutense of Madrid, founded in 1499, they take courses on literature in all genres and from all periods and regions of the Hispanic world, spending afternoons and evenings exploring the city’s literary sites and museums. Weekend excursions to other regions  such as Granada, Asturias, and Toledo are included. Upon completion of the program students receive two course credits that satisfy general graduation requirements and count as departmental credit for Spanish minors and minors, as well as one Odyssey Global Awareness (GA) credit.  

Read more about Hendrix-in-Madrid here.

An immersive and intensive month studying Chinese language and culture in Taiwan’s capital city 

 Hendrix-in-Taipei is an intensive Chinese language summer study-abroad program coordinated by Professor of Chinese Wenjia Liu. Sponsored by the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, this program is open to all students interested in Chinese language and culture. Students improve their Chinese language abilities through four weeks of Chinese language courses at the University of Taipei in Taipei, Taiwan. They also engage with local culture through evening and weekend activities such as visiting museums, watching movies, and touring historical sites. Excursions to nearby historical cities such as Jiufen and Tainan and language immersion activities on the excursions are included. Upon completion of the program students receive two course credits that satisfy general graduation requirements and count as departmental credit for Chinese minors, as well as one Odyssey Global Awareness (GA) credit.  

Read more about Hendrix-in-Taipei here.

An immersive and intensive month studying French language and culture 

Hendrix-in-Tours is a Hendrix-Murphy Foundation program coordinated by Professor of French Cathy Jellenik in association with Tours Languages, a language institute in central France. Students spend four weeks in Tours, capital city of the Loire Valley, studying French language and literature in context. For four weeks they experience full immersion,  living with French host families and attending language classes, while also engaging with local culture through regional cooking classes and tastings, touring heritage sites such as the fortified city of St. Malo and the abbey of Mont St. Michel, and spending two nights in Paris. Upon completion of the program students receive two course credits that satisfy general graduation requirements and count as departmental credit for French majors and minors, as well as one Odyssey Global Awareness (GA) credit.  

Read more about Hendrix-in-Tours here.