Summary

EAP opens the door to a world of new topics, perspectives, and approaches to history. Don’t just study the history of a foreign place, study history in that place! Nothing makes history come alive more than experiencing firsthand the sites, monuments, and artifacts that you have only read about until now. Even if your primary interest is American history, an outside perspective on the United States is fascinating and illuminating.

Challenge your assumptions by considering new views on familiar historical events. For research projects and theses, take advantage of access to source material that would be impossible to find in the US. When you expose yourself to a greater diversity of human experience, you transcend your cultural boundaries and develop a deeper understanding of the world. This helps to distinguish you no matter what career you choose.

Join the many UC discipline students who will study abroad this year through EAP!

Program Options

Featured Opportunities
Germany: European Studies, Free University, Berlin
Mexico: Field Research Program; National Autonomous University of Mexico
Russia: Advanced Russian, International University in Moscow
Spain: University of Granada; Language & Culture, University of Córdoba

Find the right program for you:

• Use the EAP Program Search Engine to find programs offering history courses.
• Browse the MyEAP Course Catalog for history courses previously taken by EAP students. Additional courses may be available and not all courses may still be offered.
• For additional course information, check the Academic Focus section found on all the program summary pages for each country.

Information for Your Major

Check your campus link below to see if your department has provided specific information about study abroad:

• UC Berkeley
• UC Davis
• UC Irvine
• UC Los Angeles
• UC Merced
• UC Riverside
• UC San Diego
• UC San Francisco
• UC Santa Barbara
• UC Santa Cruz

Student Comments

"Through my EAP classes and experiences, I really began to see my major (history), my minor (photography), and journalism not as separate disciplines, but rather as skills that could coexist, be blended and combined to document social issues affecting underrepresented people. If you want a new set of eyes, if you want to move beyond your own personal understanding of the world, if you want to become a better human being, ditch your fears and 'indisruptable' plans for a moment and study abroad. You will not regret it!"
—Ramon Chairez, Chile

"Merely reading about history in a book can never compare to learning about it in the environment where it happened and is still evident. EAP allowed me to have a more hands-on learning experience and opened my eyes to all that can be done with a history major. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
—Lindsey Kasnick, Italy

"In history you need perspective. By going to a foreign country and learning the history of its people, you learn more about them and your own ‘Americanness’ by seeing things from a different viewpoint. I was able to see historical implications in a modern context in one of the youngest countries in the world."
—Isaac Levinson, New Zealand

"Study abroad and it will make you a better American! I met many African students and saw how they perceive the politics and economy of the world. I also worked with an indigenous community in South Africa that lost its land during apartheid and chose to write my UC honors thesis about the experience. I now have a better understanding of the world."
—Petro Kostiv, South Africa

"Studying my major in addition to my broader area of interest in much greater detail than would’ve been possible at UC allowed me to formulate my own ideas about history as a discipline. Study abroad helped me to think about where the work I hope to do fits into broader historiographies. Studying abroad allows history students to get a feel for the present-day cultures that lie behind the history we study. There’ll be opportunities to travel and conduct research that will enrich your experience as a student of history beyond measure."
—Jeffrey Schauer, United Kingdom