Global Immersion Seminars

Israel

Some courses offered in NY at Fordham's campuses also include an international travel component.

Please note: Registering for one of these courses includes a fee in addition to standard tuition charges to cover expenses related to international travel. For current costs, please visit the Costs & Funding webpage.

 

  • Description: Take one part of the working methodology from the influential 1972 book Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form, combine it with the megacity of Tokyo, add Fordham University students, stir for nine days in Japan, and what do you get? You acquire knowledge through experience with a small team, realized in a research volume focusing on architecture, art, culture, design, fashion, photography, and urban planning, with business and marketing elements as subsets of the culture module.

    This class regularly meets at Lincoln Center during the spring semester, before and after traveling to Japan for nine days during Spring Break. The Lincoln Center classes include lectures, screenings of significant Japanese films, discussions, written responses, and logistics. Additionally, there will be an overnight trip to Japan's former capital, Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its traditional culture, art, and magnificent gardens.

    You can see Spring 2026's book here.

    Instructor: Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock
    Travel Dates: March 19th- March 27, 2027 (Students will likely need to travel on March 18th)
    Location: Tokyo, Japan
    Note: This course requires students to walk a significant portion throughout Tokyo.

  • Description: Anthropogenic climate change due to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning is having a profound effect on the global community. The consequences range from mild to catastrophic. The course aims to educate the students about the science behind the changing climate, allowing them to become better-informed citizens cognizant of the causes and effects facing the world today. Throughout the course we explore how the planet has changed in the geologic past and compare the past with the current climate. Further, we explore the impacts of the warming planet from melting glaciers, rising sea levels, energy distribution around the planet and how this is threatened by weakening ocean currents disrupted by the infusion of fresh water into the oceans. We end the semester discussing mitigation strategies and alternative energy sources.

    This course includes a spring break travel component to Iceland. Iceland will be deeply impacted by a warming climate, but it also is home to a geologically dynamic environment that puts it at the forefront of alternative energy development. Each day brings a new adventure to different sites, connecting distant ideas with hands-on experience that the students would document in a field journal where they connect daily observations with course material. Field excursions include ice cave tour, the volcano center, lava tube tour, a visit to a geothermal plant, and, if conditions are suitable, observing the northern lights.

     

    Instructor: Steve Holler

    Travel Dates: March 18th through March 24th, 2027

    Location: Reykjavik, Iceland