The course is taught by two department faculty members each year. The teaching faculty rotate from year to year. As such the focus, content and destinations vary with each iteration of the course. Typically the course includes two weeks in Italy and two weeks in a European destination[s] of the instructors’ discretion. In addition to Italy, recent past tours have included sites and cities in France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands. Future study tours may include sites farther afield.
Students should be in dialogue with their advisors as soon as their second year regarding registration and preparation for the Architectural Study Tour. Preparations, readings and sketch workshops take place throughout the academic year prior to the May-term course. An informational meeting is held near the end of each school year, outlining the scope and preparations for the following year’s course. Second year students should attend this meeting so that tuition and course costs can be anticipated in financial aid planning.
Judson architecture and interior design students may choose to study for a full semester at a foreign institution, or at a foreign site, hosted by another US institution. Listed below are schools where Judson architecture students have studied abroad in the recent past, however, we continually seek new study abroad destinations and relationships. The study abroad semester is an option for confident, independent and strong academic candidates. For most students, the semester abroad fits into the third year, spring semester of the typical four year completion plan. A decision to spend a semester abroad requires a great deal of planning and coordination, including application, costs and financial aid, course selection and transfer credits, housing, and visas. This process should begin during the spring of the second year in the program. Professor Burtelson is the primary contact for foreign semester abroad coordination.
In addition to sending out students abroad, Judson University welcomes architecture and design students from foreign schools to study for one semester in residence on our campus. These exchanges benefit the home students and the visiting students, not to mention the faculty and support staff. The department assists foreign students with course selection and logistical needs to facilitate their study at Judson University.
![]() Architectural Institute in Prague Czech Republic |
![]() Architectural Association of London England |
![]() University College Dublin Ireland |
![]() University of the Witswatersrand South Africa |
![]() National University of Singapore Republic of Singapore |
![]() Anhalt University of Dessau Germany |
![]() École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Versailles France |
![]() UCJC Madrid Spain |
![]() Danish Institute for Study Abroad Denmark |
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