2024-2025 Off-Campus Studies Courses
Cornell's One Course At A Time schedule provides ample opportunities to study for a block off-campus. You may either choose to travel domestically or internationally.
Ingenuity in Action funding
Total course cost may be reduced by up to 75% with InAct funding. Apply via the InAct Portal by April 1, 2024.
Course deposits
Nonrefundable deposit of $150 due April 15, 2024 for all 24-25 off-campus courses to reserve your seat in the course. Payment information will be emailed out following your registration.
Covid-19 and international travel
We anticipate some countries will expect to see verification of a Covid-19 vaccination to travel, so you are encouraged to maintain a record of your vaccination in case that is required for the country. All OCS students are highly recommended to be up to date on their Covid-19 vaccinations. Vaccination policy for off-campus study participants.
POL 244: Holocaust & Human Rights in Europe (Block 2)
Study the history, politics, sociology, and lived experience of the Holocaust and other significant human rights abuse in Europe, from the points of view of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders. Visits Holocaust and other human rights sites. Course activities will involve substantial walking, and being on our feet most of every day and carrying luggage up and down stairs in hotels and transit situations.
STA 257: Topics UK and Ireland- Statistics (Block 2)
Learn about, and critique the reasoning of, the founders of statistics, their circumstances, and sometimes often flawed reasoning, that led to the creation of major statistical concepts such as correlation and hypothesis testing. Explore cryptography, data visualization, early computers, epidemiology, experimental design, sports statistics, and the role statistics played in the eugenics movement.
GEO 329: The Geology of New Zealand (Block 5)
Application of geologic principles in the field to explore the geology of New Zealand: stratigraphy, structure, geomorphology, and tectonic history. Interpretation of geologic maps. Course is open to junior and senior students. Prerequisites: permission of instructor, GEO 214 and GEO 212.
BIO/BMB 485: Biological Problems of Belize (Block 6)
Students participate in a multifaceted ongoing research project focused climate change and coral reefs examining fire coral and their algal symbionts as a model system. The course takes place on South Water Caye, a 12-acre Caribbean island surrounded by mangroves, tidal seagrass flats, and pristine coral reefs teeming with marine life located on the Belize barrier reef.
ECB 352: Financial Management Seminar (Block 7)
This course examines options and futures markets, serving as an introduction to the dynamic world of derivatives. Topics of the course include options pricing models, trading strategies, forwards vs. futures, and risk management.
KIN 355: Movement Cultures: Pilgrimage and El Camino de Santiago (Block 7)
Embark on a two-week long trek across Northern Spain along the historic “Way of St. James,” exploring the role that physical activity plays in pilgrimage. Explore architecture, culture, and history of medieval and modern Spain within the context of pilgrimage.
REL 268: Pilgrimage: Camino de Santiago (Block 7)
Whether questing to see and be present in such auspicious centers that often embody cultural ideals and desires or to be formed by the challenging journey itself, pilgrims leave home in hope of some experience or power that might make right or gain a unique perspective upon a problem that cannot be solved otherwise.
SOC/ANT 249 & PSY 256: Traditional Culture & Contemporary Issues in Japan (Block 7)
This course examines the interconnections between Japanese cultural traditions and contemporary social issues. Includes both a broad introduction to Japanese culture and society, issues and public policies related to gender, ethnicity, and human rights will be emphasized.