Expand Your Horizons and Gain a Global Perspective
A global perspective is so important in many of today’s careers, NYU SPS offers several ways to study away, across the globe. Whether full-semester study abroad or short-term Global Field Intensives, you can explore global issues on the ground where they are happening in real time.
Global Field Intensives (GFI)
These immersive courses take you directly to global sites to learn about key issues and trends in your area of interest. You will conduct research and planning in advance, and immerse yourself on location in new experiences. Read about past GFIs in each tab.
Africa
Africa: Events, Travel and Tourism in Accra, Ghana
This 2024 Hospitality course guided students through a systemic analysis of Ghana’s tourism industry, including festivals and events, and international and domestic tourism trends. This included an analysis of political and economic structures, historical developments in the tourism industry, and a look at contemporary tourism structures and dynamics. Students gained insights into multiple perspectives on research, comparative analysis, current destination trends and predictions for the future, and the relevance of analysis to tourism destination planning.
Northern Ireland / London
N. Ireland/London: Responding to Terrorism
This course examined the rise of homegrown extremism, lone-actor incidents, and coordinated attacks by Islamist and far-right groups in Europe and the US, spurred by ISIS, technological advances, and the Syrian civil war. It explores how democracies combat and prevent terrorism, looking at current and historical UK initiatives. Students studied ethnic conflict and terrorism in Northern Ireland, UK counter-terrorism strategies, and efforts to integrate Muslim populations. The course evaluated the UK's PREVENT strategy and threats from returning foreign fighters and lone actor attacks.
South America
South America: Global Cities in Brazil
As urbanization continues to reshape human settlement patterns, a new class of connected and global cities has emerged, offering an alternative to the gateway cities favored by the global commercial real estate industry. In 2024, students from the Schack Institute for Real Estate visited Brazil to gain key insights into the challenges and the trends that are having an impact on emergent global cities, including rapid urbanization, adequate housing, social and equity divides, resource scarcity, disaster risk, infrastructure development, and the growth of human capital.
Europe
Europe: 100 Years of Bauhaus Design in Berlin
Undergraduate students in the Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies immersed themselves in the design and philosophy of the Bauhaus, embedded in the tumultuous history of Weimar, Germany. Aside from visiting Bauhaus archives and original houses and the National Galerie, they met students at the design school connected to the original Dessau Bauhaus (now a foundation). Historical sites included the Reichstag, the remains of the Berlin Wall, and the Jewish Museum.
North America
North America: International HR Mgmt in DC
Students from NYU SPS human capital degree programs experienced real world exposure to Human Resource Management practices in the context of public and nonprofit sectors in Washington, DC. They explored the linkages between the best practices in people management, organization strategy and culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the public sector and government organizations, while learning how these practices apply to organizations in every sector.
Australia
Australia: Global Sport in Sydney
This course explored a range of international and global issues in the sport industry, using Sydney as a learning lab. Contemporary issues, as they relate to social and economic trends in Sydney were examined as well as how the host destination’s culture influenced sports business. Students also explored the destination’s rich history, lived experience, culture, and identity to understand how a worldview can enhance or hinder sport.
Other Ways to Study Globally
