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Study Away: New Orleans

 

Join the Ethnic Studies Department in January 2026, to the city of New Orleans! Students will register in a closed online Intersession section of either ETHN 107 or HIST 115, but all will be present in New Orleans for the week of Jan. 6-12th!

 

New Orleans was selected for its intersectional history, including but not limited to: jazz, Black studies, Asian Studies, Native Studies, race/ethnicity, Irish heritage, diaspora studies, American history, religious studies.... the list goes on!

 

. Applications are open through August 30, 2025.

 

Cost

 

This is what you want to know most, right? The trip was planned to be as low-cost as possible. We are estimating that the entire trip would cost students around $1,300 total; this includes round-trip airfare, hotel room (at double occupancy), rideshares from and to the airport in New Orleans, meals for the week (breakfast is free at the hotel), and tickets to excursions. Many of the available excursions are free to the group!

 

Much of this estimate is based on highest case scenarios for flights and meals, including $450 for roundtrip airfare from SAN to MSY, and $50/day to pay for both lunch and dinner. These fees depend on you, which is why we are only estimating. 

 

Typical Itinerary in NOLA

 

NOLA is short for New Orleans! A typical day with us on the trip consists of you enjoying your complimentary hotel breakfast, then meeting with your instructor/faculty facilitator for the excursions that you selected before the trip. You will have time to walk the French Quarter with your classmates to do your solo projects, and then we will debrief as a larger group before we break for dinner. At the end of the week you will produce a final project, more details on that later.

 

What Types of Excursions?

 

You will be able to pick from the following types of excursions, subject to group capacity and venue availability

• Jazz Museum
• Irish Cultural Museum
• Cemetery Tour
• Voodoo Museum
• Civil Rights Museum
• WWII Museum
• Tulane University Archive
• Walking Tour
• Preservation Hall
• Frenchman St.
• Much more!

Still Have Questions?

 

Reach out to the Department Co-Chairs, Prof. Natalye Harpin or Prof. Raymundo Quezada