Handbook Courses Field Experience Student Orgs

Cambridge, England (Summer)

About the program

The Public Affairs program at Gonville and Caius College - Cambridge University allows you to earn eight semester credits in the social sciences while studying at one of the world's oldest and most beautiful universities, rated the best university in the United Kingdom by the London Times in 1992.

The program is taught in small classes by Cambridge faculty members. It is designed especially for undergraduate students with an interest in public affairs - economics, history, international relations, political science, and sociology. It is sponsored by Michigan State University's residential college in the social sciences, James Madison College. Students from other colleges and universities are welcome to apply through the MSU Office of Study Abroad for credits that may be transferred to their own institutions.

The program runs simultaneously with Cambridge University's "International Summer School." This provides an opportunity to meet students from around the world and to attend a number of special lectures and events. The program also overlaps with the Cambridge Festival, an annual celebration featuring art, film, music, and theater.

Classes Available

Four James Madison College (MC) courses will be offered. For MC students, these courses can be used to satisfy course and elective requirements or (with approval) to substitute for the field experience requirement. Students from other MSU colleges or from other institutions should consult with their academic advisors about how these courses can fulfill requirements.

Students will be required to enroll in eight (8) semester credits. The exact mix of course offerings may vary from year to year. In some years James Madison College (MC) courses will be offered in the college’s majors of International Relations, Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, and Social Relations and Policy. Depending on the number of students enrolled, it may instead be the case that students take one MC course and one additional course within Cambridge’s International Summer Schools. MC students should contact academic advisors and major chairs about whether the courses can be used to satisfy course and elective requirements or to substitute for the field experience requirement. Students from other MSU colleges or from other institutions should consult with their academic advisors about how these courses can fulfill requirements.

For more information about the Cambridge program, please see the MSU study abroad website.