Turning Initiatives into Reality
AIA offers both expertise and creativity to help educators plan, develop and manage unique and effective off-campus experiences. We provides a custom level of program development and support, from local assistance for faculty-lead program to fully turn-key solutions with locally provided instruction and support.
We help administrators to cultivate their own faculty, and we help faculty to propose programs and navigate the logistics of launching an abroad program. When you need help with both exceptional local teaching and program planning, our turn-key programs are the answer.
We assure that results fit your needs by starting with thorough consultation followed by a step-by-step, hands-on collaboration throughout the planning process. Whether we take the lead or follow your lead, AIA works to move initiatives through a timely planning process, towards effective implementation.
Program development typically includes:
- Preliminary planning & Research
- Curriculum development
- Faculty recruitment and preparation
- Budgeting & Scheduling
- Administrative planning
- Programs marketing, both on and off campus
Programs generally run from 4 weeks in summers to 16 week semesters and host 12-30 students, but duration, timing and cohort sizes are completely flexible. Models to fit your needs can include:
Past Programs*
- Harvard University
Italian 2010-2011
- Northeastern University, Boston
Honors STEM since 2015-2017
Honors Sociology 2011-2014
Honors Comparative Religion 2010, 2014-2015
Architecture 2009-2010, 2017
History of Science since 2015
Photography since 2014
Music 2011
International Affairs planned 2011
Music Business in Europe planned 2011
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
Honors History / Art History since 2012
- The University of Oklahoma
Architecture since 2013
- California Polytechnic State University
Architecture since 2010
- Woodbury University, Burbank
Architecture – undergraduate 2013
Architecture – graduate 2013
Graphic Design planned 2014
- Council of Europe Bern Convention Select Group on Invasive Species 2014,2016
- Tracing the Transcendentalists in Italy 2015
- Social Science Educators Consortium International Conference 2014
*AIA does not claim that this list represents an endorsement by these institutions. Please see our professional references page or contact AIA for more details
