The Honors Study Abroad Program is a great way for students to expand their education in ways that are unavailable under any other format.  The sheer power of exposure to other cultures is perhaps one of the most immediate and direct ways to become educated about others and about oneself.  There is a peculiar heightening of one’s intellectual awareness and the physical senses by becoming a stranger in someone else’s land.  This is the process of education itself.

Guerra Honors Program Study Abroad 2010 is scheduled for the mini-mester in May (May 16 - June 5, 2010). The destination is Italy, with more details coming soon. Participation will be limited, so students and others interested in traveling need to sign up early.

Study abroad students may take up to 6 credit hours of the following courses:

- HONR 3388

- HONR 4388

The syllabus for these courses may be found by clicking here.

The cost for the 3-week Study Abroad trip includes 3-6 credit hours tuition, airfare, instruction fees, lodging and breakfast, transportation, and the Study Abroad fee. Guerra Honors Program Scholarships will be awarded by the end of February.

Applications may be picked up in SBS-104 from Dr. Ken Buckman and from the International Programs Office. For more information, contact 

The office may also be contacted by phone at (956)381-3572, by e-mail at intlcenter@utpa.edu, or visit on the web at www.utpa.edu/dept/internationalprograms/.