For-Credit Programs

Be transformed and change the world while earning credit.

Learn. Serve. Discern.

Our for-credit programs in Ecuador, Italy, and Costa Rica give you the opportunity to learn from and serve people on the margins. Discern how your vocation, skills, gifts, and passions are a vital part of God’s compassion for the world.

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Engage Your Head, Heart, & Hands

Head

Earn 12-18 credits in courses emphasizing a biblical worldview & the local context.

Heart

Grow in Christian spiritual formation while living in intentional community.

Hands

Serve in an internship and explore cross-cultural vocation.

Costa Rica

Environmental Justice & Creation Care

Grow in wonder and awe of God’s marvelous creation, while wrestling with the challenges of climate change, environmentally sustainable practices, and economic development in Latin America.

Costa Rica Summer

Ecuador

Quito is Your Classroom

Experience a mixture of adventure, academic excellence, culture, practical service, language, and mission in community with other students. Engage with the challenges of poverty, power and exploitation in Latin America.

Ecuador Semester

Ecuador Summer

Rwanda

Reconciliation in Kigali

Study peacebuilding and reconciliation in a region that is healing from a tragic genocide over 25 years ago while living within long-term missional communities serving the most vulnerable.

Rwanda Summer

Italy

Rome with Purpose

Immerse yourself in 2,000 years of history, art, and culture while experiencing Italian life in community with other students. Think critically about contemporary challenges facing European urban centers, such as the influx of refugees and economic instability.

Italy Semester