Faculty-led Short-Term Abroad Programs
Short-Term Abroad Programs (STAP) are courses that expand learning beyond the classroom on GW campuses. For a semester-long course, in addition to going to the regular lectures, students also have the opportunity to travel as a class to an international destination(s) preselected as part of the curriculum. The collective international experiences present a unique way to enhance and innovate the learning of knowledge and gaining of cross-cultural and global perspectives.
Additionally, STAP courses can be a great alternative to traditional semester- or year-long study abroad programs, and STAPs are generally more affordable and require a shorter time commitment. Students are encouraged to review current STAP offerings and application information below.
- Program Applications & Course Registration
Enrolling in an STAP course requires that students submit an application through the GW Passport platform in order to be admitted. Please note that students cannot register themselves for an STAP course on GWeb, and you will instead be registered by CCAS Global staff after completing all required materials and submitting your program deposit.
For Fall 2026, please note the following general application deadlines.
- Application & Financial Aid Deadline: May 1st, 2026
- Deposit & Commitment Deadline: May 15th, 2026
- Program Costs
Each STAP course has an associated Course Fee to support their unique programming abroad, and fees are applied to the student eBill for the semester in which you are enrolled in the course. Upon acceptance, students will be prompted to pay a $350 program deposit by the Deposit & Commitment Deadline to secure their seat in the course.
Please note that deposits are not an additional cost of participation, and are refundable before the Deposit & Commitment Deadline. For registered students, the deposit serves as a credit to your Student Account eBill and offsets a portion of the program fee on the student eBill. Follow links below for program-specific cost information.
- Financial Support
Fall 2026:
Thanks to generous support from a CCAS alumna donor, CCAS Global is able to reduce Course Fees for all students in a Fall 2026 course! Additional details about fee reductions and program costs can be found within the application page below.
Need-based Aid:
CCAS Global also provides a limited number of need-based scholarships for students enrolled in an STAP class. The scholarship prioritizes applicants with demonstrated financial need and requires that you maintain a FAFSA on file with GW. CCAS Global will work with the GW Office of Student Financial Assistance to determine each student applicant’s specific financial eligibility.
Upcoming CCAS Global Events
Fall 2026
Prague | Transnational Queer Film (ENGL 3980W/WGSS 3170W)
On-Campus Class Times: MW 3:45PM - 5:00PM
Dates Abroad: November 5 - November 15, 2026
Location(s): Prague, Czechia
Course Description: The interdisciplinary field that has come to be called “queer” studies over the past two decades has always concerned itself with questions of representation: how are, for instance, lesbians and gay men, or bisexual or transgender people, represented in film, in novels, in other forms of media? As the field has developed, these questions of representation have increasingly been linked to other complex questions, involving political economy, globalization, and transnationalism.
This 3.0 credit film studies course is led by Professor Robert McRuer and will consider how questions of queer representation intersect with questions of queer globalization(s). The class will travel to Prague, Czechia to attend Mezipatra: Queer Film Festival along with students in Professor Kateřina Kolářová’s class from Charles University. Interested students are encouraged to follow the link below for further details:
Spring 2027
Courses for Spring semester 2027 will be listed here around the beginning of Fall semester. Applications for Spring courses are generally due in late October, with programs typically traveling over Spring Break.
Past Programs
If you are looking for information on a current or past program, please follow the link below to be redirected. You can revisit program costs and itinerary information below or by searching for your program on GW Passport.