Teaching on a Short-Term Program

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Elon offers faculty the opportunity to lead short-term global programs, providing students with immersive study away experiences while integrating academic learning. These programs allow faculty to design and teach courses in diverse global locations. Whether leading a Winter Term course, a summer program, or an travel-embedded semester experience, faculty play a key role in fostering global engagement and cross-cultural learning.

Proposing a Short-term Faculty-led Program

Each year, more than 70 Elon faculty and staff lead short-term and travel-embedded global programs, continually seeking new experiential courses to enhance the program portfolio. If you are interested in developing a new GEC program or modifying an existing one, please begin by following the course approval process outlined below.

Our short-term programs include both a pre-departure seminar and an onsite course. Additionally, we encourage faculty to consider ways for students to continue their learning and reflect on their experiences after returning home.

Submission Process

The Global Education Curriculum Committee (GECC) has adopted an approach designed to encourage collaboration between faculty proposing courses and those with experience in course development. Through this process, faculty can receive developmental program status, allowing them to continue developing the courses while they are offered up to two times before they are permanently added to the academic catalog.

Deadlines:
Intent to Submit: May 1
Submission of Developmental Proposals: The Friday of Planning Week (16 months prior to departure)

Teaching on an Athletics Program

Elon faculty have the opportunity to teach in short-term, student-athlete cohort programs, which integrate academics with NCAA-sanctioned international competition tours. These tours, occurring once every four years per team, are common across NCAA institutions. Elon enhances these experiences by incorporating faculty-led coursework designed to provide deeper academic engagement.

These 2-credit courses are typically offered in the fall or spring, with embedded travel over spring break or Thanksgiving break. As athletic cohort courses, they are closed to student-athletes from specific teams.

Faculty interested in teaching on an athletics program indicate their interest through an application process, which begins with a public call for proposals. For more information on the application process and teaching opportunities, contact Athletics or the Assistant Dean of Global Education.

Teaching on a Study USA Program

Study USA offers opportunities to teach in summer and semester programs that combine courses, experiential learning such as internships, and immersive programming across the U.S. These programs are typically theme-based, such as sports in Charlotte and creativity and entertainment in Los Angeles. Course offerings are more specialized and calls for applications may be more targeted. For more details and application details, contact the Director of Study USA.

Resources

The resources available to Elon faculty in proposing and leading short-term programs include:

Elon’s Global Pedagogy Workshop, which is announced each spring.
Orientation (held during Planning Week) and training available throughout the academic year, announced by the GEC.
Support from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) and the Center for Research on Global Engagement (CRGE).
Professional conferences and workshops, including the Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement (WISE).
Print resources including The Forum of Education Abroad’s Leading Short-Term Education Abroad Programs: Know the Standards, 2nd Edition and NAFSA’s The Guide to Successful Short-Term Programs Abroad, Third Edition. Additional publications are available in Belk Library and the GEC.
The Forum of Education Abroad’s Standards of Good Practice and Code of Ethics for Education Abroad. Elon is a member of The Forum and all faculty and staff can gain access to Forum resources. Contact the GEC for more information.