Spring Field Studies: Short-Term Study Abroad

Explore your passions right at the source.

Rollins spring field studies are short-term, faculty-led programs that turn spring break into a hands-on learning experience. In about a week, you could meet business leaders in Sydney, serve alongside families in rural Ecuador, explore global citizenship in the Philippines, or walk the routes of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama—no semester commitment required. Looking for a deeper dive? One program links a full semester of courses to travel in Japan, Hawai‘i, and Appalachia.

Spring Field Studies

Each field study is led by Rollins faculty or staff and pairs time in the field with coursework or service. Explore this year's programs below.

Australia: Culture, Society, and Business

Meet business owners, visit a vineyard and a manufacturing plant, and get up close with koalas and kangaroos during this March field study in Sydney led by business professor Dr. Kip Kiefer.
Ecuador: Service Immersion

Work side by side with families in the rural communities outside Quito on hands-on service projects during this March immersion led by Victoria Teske.
Japan, Hawai‘i & Appalachia: Rethinking Tourism

Spend a full spring semester rethinking tourism, with travel to Hawai‘i, Japan, and Appalachia in March and April alongside Dr. Jana Mathews and Dr. Emily Russell.
Philippines: Global Citizenship

Explore global citizenship from cosmopolitan Manila to the islands of Cebu and Bohol during this March field study led by Mary Choi Robinson.
U.S.: Arc of the Moral Universe

Walk in the footsteps of the Civil Rights Movement through Atlanta, Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery during this March field study led by Dr. Dorrell Briscoe and Dr. Matthew Nichter.