The University of Missouri offers a wealth of study abroad opportunities, and part of your program could be spent studying in some incredible places. To learn more about studying abroad at Mizzou and how to meet with a study abroad advisor, visit the Study Abroad 101 page.  

While there are more than 200 study abroad programs offered through Mizzou, the following opportunities are specifically applicable for students of the Truman School:

 

Comparative Criminal and Juvenile Justice

Explore issues of criminal and juvenile justice in San Jose, Costa Rica during the summer semester. Visit correctional institutions, meet with justice officials and criminologists and explore agencies engaged in community-based efforts to address crime and delinquency.

Course credit earned:

  • SOC_WK 4355/7355

 

From Empire to Independence: Prague in the 20th Century (Undergraduate only)

Spend spring break immersed in a living case study on how politics, history and culture intersect. From the legacy of empire rule and involvement in world wars to the rise and fall of communism, explore how the Czech Republic’s political landscape evolved in the 20th century and how those events continue to shape political institutions and public life. 

Course credit earned:

  • INTL_ST 3001 or LG_LT_CT (counts as political science major elective credit)

    or

  • LG_LT_CT 3005

 

Policies and Institutions of the European Union

Study global policy where it actually happens! This program examines how the European Union is structured, the important role the EU plays in global economic and political affairs, and how policy decisions are made and implemented in this supranational governing body. You’ll learn how international institutions like the EU respond to real-world crises — from migration to monetary policy — and see diplomacy, negotiation and governance play out on the global stage.

Course credit earned:

  • ECONOM/POL_SC/PUB_AF 4670/7670

 

Politics and Society in Central Asia

Discover how the history of Kyrgyzstan shapes society, culture and politics still today. Learn from practitioners, scholars and ordinary people about the political, economic and societal challenges facing Central Asia and how the governments and international community are working to address them.

Course credit earned:

  • PEA_ST 4005

    or

  • POL_SC/PUB_AF 4675/7675

     

Race and Politics in South Africa

Between 1948 and 1994, race was the formal organizing principle of the South African state. However, way before the institutionalization of the policy of Apartheid in 1948, race had underlined social, economic and political relations in what is now South Africa. Significantly, democratic South Africa is still grappling with the legacies of racialized rule. This course is about the nexus between race and politics in the history of South Africa. Organized around seminars, guest lectures and tours, the course will introduce you to how scholars have understood race and politics in this Southern African nation. It further examines the social and economic context in which race was deployed as an instrument of making difference and exercising power and how this is contested. Finally, the course examines the legacies of racialized rule in democratic South Africa.

Course credit earned:

  • BL_STU/CNST_DEM/HIST 4835/7835

    or

  • POL_SC 4665