Semester Abroad

Semester

Every year, the admissions for our Summer Term starts around mid-march. Considering you were one of our visiting students last year and hoping the course you took helped you advance in your major; I am glad to invite you once again to be part of our Summer Term 2026. Attached you will find the list of courses that will be offered along with the schedule for each course and the course description, so you know more about each one.

If you are interested in taking some of these courses or know someone that could also be interested in them, please let me know so I can help you with the registration process. If you are really interested in one of these courses and you would like to see the syllabus, let me know so that I can send it to you. Please have in mind that these courses in the Summer Term may fill quickly depending on the amount of students interested in registering.

Schedule 2026

(SP) Spring 2026

Class hours:

M,W 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m
M,W 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
T,TR 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m
T,TR 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

(SU) Summer 2026

Class hours:

M,F 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m (intensive two week courses)

(FA) Fall 2026

Class hours:

M,W 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m
M,W 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
T,TR 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m
T,TR 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

December 2026 Mini-Semester

Class hours: M,W 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

Courses are offered in intensive schedules of 4 hours a day for two weeks.

Admission

Completed and Signed Application (Download)
Unofficial transcripts with 2.0 minimum GPA
$120 Application Fee (one time)
$100 Registration Fee

2024-2025 Application Deadlines:

Spring: December 15, 2026
Summer: April 1^st, 2026
Fall: July 1^st, 2026

Course Registration:

Visitor students must fill out and sign a registration form and contract.

Cost of Attendance:

Cost per Credit Hour: $225 per Credit Hour plus fees of $50 per Credit Hour

Spring 2026

These are outlines of sample courses for students to use if they need approval from an academic department before they register.
NATURAL SCIENCES
- BIOL 263- ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY Sample Course Outline
  - Description: A study of the biological principles of environmental effects on living organisms; emphasis on ecological relationships of humans, including resource exploitation, pollution, environmental degradation, and human behavior.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
- COMM 112- BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING
  - Description: Develops theoretical and applied material concerning communication practices appropriate to business and professional settings.
- GEOG 390-GEOGRAPHY OF PANAMA
  - Description: Introduces the student in the analysis and understanding of the physical, economic and social aspects that have contributed to its development.
- POLS399 – POLITICAL ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA
  - Description: This course will study the economic development of Latin America, with special emphasis on the second half of the 20 th century and the 21 st century. We analyze the relationships between economic growth and development and the roles of history and institutions in explaining patterns and causes of variations in growth and development performance of different countries in Latin America.
    Moreover, many current policy issues and challenges including social sector policies (e.g. health and education), infrastructure, financial crises, debt burdens and debt reduction programs, trade and private sector activities, foreign aid and investment, institutions and governance are explored.
- PSYC 201 – INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY
  - Description: Students are required to participate in one or more standard experiments or to submit abstracts of published studies as part of Psychology 201. Introduction to the methods and major content areas of psychology: sensation, perception, learning, cognition, human development, abnormal and social psychology. (Lecture and Lab)
- SOC 202 – SOCIAL PROBLEMS Sample Course Outline
  - Description: Structural sources and individual experiences of the major contradictions of contemporary societies. Poverty, racial/ethnic conflict, work and occupations, and the environment may be among the topics considered.
WRITING AND COMPOSITION
- ENGL 101 – COLLEGE WRITING Sample Course Outline
  - Description: Meet admission requirements of the University of Louisville. Students engage in critical thinking and writing by developing their writing processes and producing finished prose. Required writing consists of multiple drafts of 4-6 papers of varying lengths.
- ENGL 102- INTERMEDIATE COLLEGE WRITING Sample Course Outline
  - Description: Students practice more sophisticated approaches to writing processes and products. Additional emphasis on conducting primary and secondary research, generating longer texts, and improving critical reading. Required writing consists of multiple drafts of at least 4 papers of varying lengths, with one extended documented paper.
- ENGL 306- BUSINESS WRITING
  - Description: Designed for advanced Business students and Arts and Sciences students anticipating careers in law, business, or government. Concentrates on writing in a variety of forms of business discourse. Emphasizes practicing writing processes, developing an appropriate style, learning professional problem-solving, integrating oral and written communication, and using new communication technologies.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
- HIST 101 – HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION I Sample Course Outline
  - Description: Origins of civilization from earliest times to ca. 1500
- SPAN 323- SPANISH FOR THE WORKPLACE
  - Description: This course is especially designed for you to become acquainted with vocabulary, concepts, and other language tools needed in your daily work situation, which will improve your ability to interact with your clients in a professional manner. It will be conducted entirely in the target language. Emphasis will be placed on a broad variety of contemporary business topics and speaking and writing activities in which you will learn to express, discuss and write about your own needs and interests. At the end, you should be able to react to your daily job environment, meeting your needs with hands-on language and giving you enough to succeed in the business world.
- TA 207- ENJOYMENT OF THEATRE Sample Course Outline
  - Description: A survey of theatre from its origins to the present, with emphasis on dramatic literature, and theatrical techniques. Attendance at department productions is required.
MATHEMATICS
- MATH 111-COLLEGE ALGEBRA
  - Description: Advanced topics in algebraic and rational expressions and factoring; polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions; applications.
- MATH 180-ELEMENTS OF CALCULUS
  - Description: Differential and integral calculus of polynomial, logarithmic, and exponential functions with applications.
- MATH 205-CALCULUS I I
  - Description: A first course in differential and integral calculus of single variable functions.

Summer 2026

Admission Requirements for Visitor Students:

Completed and Signed Application
Unofficial transcripts with 2.0 minimum GPA
$120 Application Fee
$100 Registration Fee

Course Registration:

Visitor students must fill out and sign a registration form.

Tuition:

Cost per Credit Hour: $275.00
Visitor students have until the first day of class to pay in full for the course(s) they are taking.

Add/Drop and Withdrawal Policies:

The deadline to add or drop a course without financial or academic penalty is the first day of class. Students must fill out and sign an add/drop form.
Students have until the first Friday of class to withdraw from a course. They will have to pay for the course in full, and will receive a W on their transcript for the class. Students must fill out and sign a withdrawal form. Requesting Transcripts
To request transcripts, students must sent email to yamileth.giron@qlu.ac.pa and provide an address where they would like their transcripts to be sent.

*Please allow 2 weeks delivery within the USA, and 3 weeks for delivery to Panama.

Courses and course descriptions

ENGL 102 – INTERMEDIATE COLLEGE WRITING (WC Writing Communication)

Section 1:

Schedule: May 11 – 22, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Section 2:

Schedule: August 3 – 14, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: prerequisite: ENGL 101, or approved transfer credit for ENGL 101. Students practice more sophisticated approaches to writing processes and products. Additional emphasis on conducting primary and secondary research, generating longer texts, and improving critical reading. Required writing consists.

HUM 152 – CULTURES OF AMERICA (AH Arts & Humanities – D1)

Section 1:

Schedule: May 11 – 22, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Section 2:

Schedule: June 29 – July 10, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: Interdisciplinary study of the arts and humanities in contemporary American culture emphasizing the convergence of European, African, Hispanic, Asian, and Indigenous cultures as well as the distinguishing characteristics of each culture as revealed in three of the following areas: fine arts, drama, literature, philosophy, religion, and popular entertainment.

HIST 103- THE WORLD SINCE 1900 (SB SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE – HISTORICAL

Section 1:

Schedule: May 11 – 22, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit Hours: 3

Course description: Introductory survey of world history from 1900 to the present, featuring a comparative approach. The course offers a broad overview of the major themes and events in the world since 1900 while enabling students to acquire a basic knowledge of the historical narrative of the recent past.

COMM 350- INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (SB Social & Behavioral Science

– D2)

Section I:

Schedule: May 25 – June 5, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: Prerequisite: COMM 201. Introduction to communication among people from distinct cultures and nation-states.

TA 207- ENJOYMENT OF THEATRE (AH Arts & Humanities)

Section 1:

Schedule: May 25 – June 5, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: A survey of theatre from its origins to the present, with emphasis on dramatic literature, and theatrical techniques. Attendance at department productions is required.

SOC 336- CRIMINOLOGY

Section 1:

Schedule: May 25 – June 5, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: Study of crime emphasizing definition and causation of criminal behavior, crime reporting, occupational crime, professional and organized crime, and treatment of offenders.

HUMM 224 – INTRO TO FILM (AH Arts & Humanities – D2)

Section 1:

Schedule: June 8 – 19, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: Introduces students to the fundamentals of film form and film content, including narrative, mise-in-scene, cinematography, editing, genre, acting, and sound, with emphasis on relationships between these elements and diverse cultural contexts.

ENGL 101 – INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING (WC Writing Communication)

Section 1:

Schedule: June 8 – 19, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Section 2:

Schedule: July 13 – 24, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: Students engage in critical thinking and writing by developing their writing processes and producing finished prose. Required writing consists of multiple drafts of 4-6 papers of varying lengths.

COMM 305 – MASS COMMUNICATION

Section I:

Schedule: June 8 – 19, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: prerequisite: COMM 201 or equivalent from other institution. COMM 305 is a survey course of the major functions, strategies, rights, and responsibilities of various mass media that will provide you with the necessary critical tools to reflect upon, understand, and challenge the power exerted by the mass media.

HUM 216. INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS

Section I:

Schedule: June 8 – 19, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: The study of the principal world religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and indigenous traditions) in their cultural contexts.

COMM 201. INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Section 1:

Schedule: June 29 – July 10, 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit Hours: 3

Course description: Introduction to basic concepts of the communication discipline. Focuses on communication processes in interpersonal, small groups, organizations, and mass media. This class fulfills the Social and Behavioral (SB) requirement for the Cardinal Core.

PHIL 225 – BUSINESS ETHICS

Section 1:

Schedule: June 29 – July 10, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: analysis of moral problems that arise in contemporary business practice and of the different ethical frameworks proposed to resolve them.

COMM 316 – RESEARCH COMMUNICATION

Section 1:

Schedule: June 29 – July 10, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: Prerequisite: COMM 201. Introduction to basic research methods of communication discipline. Examines relationship of theory and methods, research design, and measurement in communication contexts.

ENVS 200 – THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT (S – NATURAL SCIENCES)

Section 1:

Schedule: July 13 – 24, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: An introduction to the global environment, emphasizing the evolution and interaction of Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere; energy and material cycles, and global change. You will learn about the spatial dimensions of the Earth’s dynamic systems and the interactions among there. These systems include energy, air, water, climate, landforms, soils, and ecosystems.

SOC 202 – SOCIAL PROBLEMS (SB SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE – D1)

Section 1:

Schedule: July 13 – 24, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Instructor: TBA)

Credit hours: 3

Course description: Structural sources and individual experiences of the major contradictions of contemporary societies. Poverty, racial/ethnic conflict, work and occupations, and the environment may be among the topics considered.

CHEM 201 – GENERAL CHEMISTRY I (S – Natural Sciences)

Section 1: