Language + Culture

Excursions & Activities

• Put your coursework in context and practice new language skills with visits to markets, cultural sites, and music and theater performances.
• Explore Rabat’s ancient medina and Kasbah, and see other highlights like the ancient ruins of Challah, and the Andalusian Gardens.
• See how local schools and government agencies operate.
• Reward yourself with an amazing view for climbing the High Atlas Mountains.
• Visit an Amazigh village in Ourika.
• Work with artisans in Chefchaoune.
• Explore the UNESCO World Heritage site in coastal Essaouria.
• Take an overnight excursion to Fez and Marrakesh.

Projects

Service-Learning: Get to know the Rabat community by helping refugees, immigrants, women, or children. You might:

• work with sub-Saharan African migrants and refugees
• tutor English at the community center
• shadow a doctor at a children’s hospital
• promote human rights values through working with local NGOs
• promote democracy working with NGOs and the parliament
• work with an international local NGO focused on culture and art
• develop a great network of like-minded peers, mentors and professionals by working with youth empowerment communities in debate clubs at local universities
• obtain a better understanding of the local political scene by working with an NGO specialized on political research
• lead games or art projects with local students
• strengthen your journalism and media skills by working with local newspapers in English

Like any positive internship experience, volunteering or interning abroad will help you enhance your professional skills and improve your resume. Develop a greater awareness of the world and your place in it through our volunteering and internship program.

Internships: Positions with NGOs and private institutions can be arranged for students who are interested. Whatever setting you find yourself in after graduation, you’ll be grateful for the variety of hard and soft skills you gained while interning abroad.