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Cost for 2025 was $5,885 total, including travel, summer tuition, all room & board.
Hybrid Study-Service Term
Hopi and Navajo Nations
What you can expect:
This SST unit provides a broad understanding of the history, life ways and spirituality of the Navajo in the Southwest. Students will gain a fresh perspective on their own country and wrestle with some of its structural injustices. The six-week immersion in Arizona with the Hopi & Navajo Nations includes home stays, interviews, service assignments, hikes and visits to cultural sites.
This Study-service term is a hybrid format. You must take all three courses to travel.
- spring term course on campus
- travel May term through June 12
- online course June 16 to July 3
Upcoming Terms & Trip Leaders
- May and Summer 2026-27 – TBD
- May and Summer 2028-29 – TBD
Courses Included in Theme
- GLST 241: Foundations, Native American Societies and Cultures (3 credit hours, on campus)
- GLST 300: Global Issues: Indigenous Rights (3 credit hours hours, virtual)
- GLST 251: Cultural Perspectives, Navajo, (3 credit hours, in AZ)
- GLST 271: Community Engaged Learning, Navajo, (3 credit hours, in AZ)
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