Program Models & Support
SIT works with partner institutions to design programs that fit your curriculum, desired learning outcomes, and academic goals. We can design and facilitate programs in a variety of on-site immersive, virtual, or hybrid models:
- Faculty-led Custom Programs
- SIT-led Custom Programs
- Professional Development Seminars
- Consortium Programs
- Intensive Language Programs
- Internships
- Global Curriculum Enhancements
- Virtual Custom Programs
- Hybrid Programs
We prioritize custom and faculty-led program requests that seek an academic partnership in addition to logistical and student support. SIT takes a collaborative approach to custom program design and implementation:
Academic Support
- Curriculum and program design
- Field-based experiential learning opportunities
- In-country SIT academic directors, who lead SIT’s undergraduate and graduate programs
- Networks of guest lecturers and local experts for program activities
- Educational excursions
- Language instruction at various levels
- Unique cultural activities including opportunities for peer-to-peer engagement
- Community-led internships and reciprocity projects
- Fieldwork ethics and research methodology and projects
- Debrief and discussion facilitation, grounded in the Experiential Learning Cycle
Logistics Coordination & Student Support
- 24-hour on-call support with professionals from the SIT’s Office of Student Health, Safety, and Well-being and mental health counselors
- Pre-departure support for faculty and students, including country-specific health and safety briefings
- In-country orientation and end-of-program debriefs
- Housing and meal arrangements, including the option of homestays with SIT’s vetted network of trusted local families
- Classroom space at SIT program centers and other venues
- Local transportation
- Medical, evacuation, and quarantine insurance