Faculty-Led Travel Courses

Faculty-led courses will not be offered during the academic year 2022-2023
(updated August 2022)

Faculty Led Travel Courses (FLTCs) are one of the most popular global education opportunities offered to undergraduate and graduate students at Simmons.

These are culturally-immersive, high-impact, short term courses designed by Simmons faculty  deliver the majority of course content abroad and the portfolio of courses grows and changes each academic year!

For undergraduate students, FLTCs are offered during the Spring semester, taking place during either Spring Break or at the conclusion of final exams, ranging from 1 – 4 weeks. Each FLTC is a 4 credit, Spring semester course with a Travel Fee attached for the global experience portion.

All undergraduate candidates are eligible to apply for a Center for Global Education scholarships, which is applied to the Travel Fee portion of the course. General student financial aid is applied to the 4-credit course tuition.

For graduate students, FLTCs are offered at varying points throughout the academic school year and range from 1 – 6 weeks. Each FLTC is a 3-credit course with an applied Travel Fee.

Important Dates of Note:

• October 15 – Online applications due for all FLTCs
• October 15 – Optional scholarship applications due, this is found in the online application
• November 1 – Students notified of acceptance, wait list or denial to course
• November 15 – $400 nonrefundable deposit is due to secure enrollment in the course roster