International Programs
Through the UNCG International Programs Center (IPC) a UNCG student can study abroad for a semester or year. Financial aid can be applied to Study Abroad, and IPC is also able to provide travel grants to all UNCG students through its Endowment for International Programs.
It is usually best for social work or pre-social work students to plan on studying abroad during their sophomore year to complete their program of study in four years. Talk with your social work academic advisor about your interest in studying abroad, and visit the Study Abroad website.
Global Work with Immigrant Kids (GWIK)
Social work seniors at UNCG have the opportunity to study abroad in Belgium or Spain through The Global Work with Immigrant Kids (GWIK) Project (see Chancellor’s Report). The GWIK Project is designed to educate new social work practitioners for work with immigrant and refugee children and families. Social work students participate in semester-long exchanges, which involves intensive language instruction, a 15-week field internship, and additional courses, including one web-based course.
Social work students apply fall semester of the junior year for study abroad fall semester of their senior year.
Costa Rica
In 2006, the Departments of Social Work and Human Development and Family Studies began a summer language and culture immersion in Costa Rica every other summer. Starting Summer 2013, this program has been sponsored by the School of Health and Human Sciences and is open to all HHS graduate and undergraduate majors.
This program offers students an opportunity to increase their knowledge of Latino culture and improve their Spanish language skills. Participants have four hours a day of language instruction (4 students to 1 instructor) and stay with selected Costa Rican families.
For more information about Social Work Study Abroad opportunities contact:
Meredith C. F. Powers, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]