Study Abroad

Many Sondheim Scholars study abroad. Sondheim Scholars may use their Sondheim Experiential Learning Award toward a summer, winter, or semester program abroad.

Sondheim Scholars may also study abroad on a new program in South Africa! The course is Public Affairs 300: Global Community Engagement and Social Change in South Africa, and it is taught by Jessica Cook, Associate Director of the Sondheim Scholars Program. The course debuted in Summer 2023, and it will run again in Summer 2025. The course is open to all UMBC undergraduates, and Sondheim Scholars are eligible for scholarship funding to cover part of the cost.

Visit the UMBC Education Abroad Office website to find a summer, winter, or semester study abroad program that will allow you to earn credits toward your UMBC degree while having a life-changing experience in one of dozens of countries around the world.

Eight students smiling with the cooking instructor in front of a small cement house.

With our Cape Malay cooking class host

The group of seventeen program participants posing in front of a giant yellow frame, though which Table Mountain can be seen in the background. The frame reads "Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa" at the top.

Table Mountain

A mosaic of pieces of glass and tile glued to a cement wall. It has stylized images of people and text that says "Let us all support the fight," and "No to resettlement."

Mosaic mural

A tabletop set with food and drink, including a prominent plate of flat bread. A hand is visible serving food from a steaming dish.

Cape Malay food

A sandy beach with a rocky hilly in the background. Small, multicolored wooden huts are along the edge of the beach.

Muizenberg Beach

Two smiling students, holding out samosas that they have made.

Handmade samosas, Cape Malay cooking class

Four students in hiking clothes, sitting on rocks with the ocean visible far below.

Cape of Good Hope

Museum display with many long cloth banners hanging from the ceiling, each with various pictures sewn to it. A transparent, square tower structure stands beside them with many old street signs on each side.

District Six Museum

Nine program participants in front of a stone wall with hills of scrubby desert vegetation in the background.

Aquila Game Reserve

Program participants smiling and waving behind a sign that reads "Cape of Good Hope, the most south-western point of the African continent." A rocky hill and the ocean are behind them.

Cape of Good Hope

Participants sitting in a circle, listening to a presentation in a large, sunny room with posters on the walls.

Xhosa culture and language workshop