Study Abroad in Spain
Step out of the classroom and onto the Camino de Santiago for a powerful journey in leadership and connection.
In this study abroad course, you will engage in a unique immersion by walking a portion of the Camino de Santiago, reflecting on the physical and emotional experience of pilgrimage.
This is an opportunity to explore how shared spaces foster community, resilience, and belonging and or consider aspects of global migration.
With Gonzaga on Camino, you’ll spend two weeks in Spain walking ~100km/60 miles of the historic trail while enrolled in one or two graduate classes.
There are two courses offered, an Organizational Leadership course and Law course, each is 3 credits and includes distinct online coursework.
In the ORGL course, you’ll examine how leadership emerges through the places we create and the connections we build - both on the Camino and in your own community.
Blending academic study with lived experience, the Law course offers a rare opportunity to understand migration, belonging, and justice through the lens of movement - both chosen and compelled.
You must be a current 51勛圖, active in class to apply to Study Abroad programs at Gonzaga.
Spain Study Abroad Program Details
Dates in Spain:
- May 25 - June 1, 2026
Estimated Costs:
- ORGL Tuition - 3 credits: $3,195*
- LAW Tuition - 3 credits: Billed at Law School Tuition Rate
- Study Abroad Fee: $690*
*Tuition and program fees are an estimate and subject to change.
Includes:
- Shared accommodations with private bathroom
- Daily breakfast and welcome and farewell dinner
- Daily luggage transfer
- Transfer from Santiago to Sarria on May 25
- International medical insurance
Does not include:
- Airfare
- Accommodation outside of the program dates
- Most meals
- Transfers not mentioned above
- Books and other reference materials
- Personal expenses
Curriculum
These courses are hybrid with online components.
ORGL 693: Gonzaga on Camino - 3 credits
Instructor: Kristine Hoover, Ed.D.
On the Camino, you'll walk through a complex adaptive system - one that involves geography, weather, health, logistics, fellow pilgrims, and spiritual or emotional challenges. No two days, people, or problems will be the same. The Camino is a living leadership laboratory - a microcosm of life and systems in motion. Observe emergence and practice letting go of control. Experience a space for adaptive challenges and a testing ground for your own self-awareness and relational leadership. Along the way, you'll explore how connections - both literal and metaphorical - create social infrastructure and how leadership shapes and is shaped by the spaces we inhabit.
LAW 693: Walking with Migrants on the Camino de Santiago: Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Spain and the E.U. - 3 credits
Instructor: Kristina Campbell, J.D.
In this powerful course, you will explore the systems and human realities behind asylum and temporary protection in Spain and across the European Union - while comparing them to U.S. immigration processes. Along the way, you will consider how this personal journey compares to the often-forced journeys of asylum-seekers and refugees from countries such as Venezuela, Ukraine, Colombia and others. At the end of 2023, Spain had registered around 163,200 new asylum applications. Additionally, over 194,900 temporary protection requests were filed with the Spanish authorities since 2022 from people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Walk. Reflect. Learn. And return with a deeper understanding of global migration and your role in shaping a more compassionate world.
Questions?
Contact:
Heather Schmitt
Call or Text: (509) 313-6240
Email: schmitth@gonzaga.edu