CUSTOMIZE YOUR GAP

Create your perfect term alongside API with a menu of classes and career-oriented course track options from universities around the world!

Uncover new interests, explore courses, and complete general education requirements all with an international perspective.

All classes listed have no prerequisites—enroll and explore!

API’S DIGITAL BADGE PROGRAM

As part of this program, you complete activities and exercises earning you a Global Agility Badge or complete the activities in Spanish to earn a Global Agility Gold Badge.

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COLLABORATE WITH VIRTUAL TEAMS

Work in a peer group to uncover creative business solutions to global challenges.

Develop entrepreneurial business skills needed in a real-world environment.

Take an idea from concept to product in a lab setting with mentors and cultural coaches along the way.

API’S DIGITAL BADGE PROGRAM

You will receive three badges in the API Digital Badge stack, including: Global Innovation, Global Teamwork, and Global Problem-Solving.

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COLLABORATE WITH A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY

Engage with a team of peers to produce an action plan to support community-based organizations locally with a global perspective.

Learn from cultural coaches and field experts about various approaches to community organizing, advocacy, civic engagement, and allyship for marginalized communities.

Build a global-to-local advocacy action plan leveraging a domestic and international network of community partners to enact change.

API’S DIGITAL BADGE PROGRAM

As part of this program, you complete activities and exercises earning you a Global-to-Local Community Engagement Badge.

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CURATE YOUR RESUME

Engage with a mentor at an international NGO or small business and gain first-hand experience of how different kinds of industries operate through project-based work.

Add an international edge to your resume with skills like: digital agility, cross-cultural collaboration, virtual networking, and more!

Full-time and part-time placements available in a variety fields based in Latin America and the South Pacific.

API’S DIGITAL BADGE PROGRAM

As part of this program, you complete activities and exercises earning you a Global Workplace Communication Badge or complete the activities in Spanish for a Global Workplace Communication Gold Badge.

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CONNECT WITH NATIVE SPEAKERS

Study Spanish at your level, from beginner to advanced, in an intensive virtual environment while earning college credit from either Universidad de Salamanca in Spain or Universidad Veritas in Costa Rica. API has also partnered with Université Grenoble Alpes to bring you short-term language opportunities in French!

Practice and learn Spanish or French with locals, helping you to build and refine your language skills quickly with courses lasting 2 - 4 weeks. End your session as a more confident speaker, understanding the nuances of local culture, and the complexities of native conversation.

API’S DIGITAL BADGE PROGRAM

STUDY WITH UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA

STUDY WITH UNIVERSIDAD VERITAS

As part of this program, you complete activities and exercises in Spanish, earning you a Global Agility Gold Badge.

STUDY WITH UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES

CONNECT WITH OTHER CURIOUS LEARNERS

Everything from customized coursework to cultural experiences, API has packaged it all in one curated, collaborative space.

Take classes from talented instructors around the world, then meet up with one of API’s Global Guides to experience the sights and sounds of a new destination.

EXPERIENCES INCLUDE:

- Participate in a scavenger hunt through the streets of London, a neighborhood tour of Berlin, or a street art and graffiti tour through Valparaiso, Chile.

- Join international movie nights, trivia nights, bake-offs, or cooking classes where you'll learn to make food like a Tortilla Española with our staff in Spain.

- Learn about the European soccer league, explore music from sites like Ireland and Chile, or attend a French cheese tasting class.

AND MANY MORE!

CONSTRUCT YOUR RESUME

Earn unique digital credentials you can display on your LinkedIn, e-portfolio, online resume, etc.

1. Show employers the specific steps you took to build essential skills they value, like leadership, strategic planning, empathy, and more.

2. Level-up your virtual experience by completing guided activities that connect you with global experts.

3. Demonstrate your ability to maximize opportunities to thrive in the virtual environment and a readiness to innovate in a global, digital economy.