Integrate your travel study experiences into your educational setting. Opportunities are available across all teaching grade levels, disciplines, and subjects or topics. Designed for busy teachers like you, you will get up to 6 months to complete your coursework requirements, and extensions are always granted upon request.

All coursework will be completed as part of your Edu-Ventures Experience. An overview of the Edu-Ventures Requirements is shared below. No further coursework will be required upon registration with UOP.

Overview of Requirements

1. Document Your Travel Learnings 

Participants will maintain a travel journal that documents professional learning experiences while traveling. This journal will capture academic observations, insights across relevant frameworks, and reflections aligned to learning goals. Participants are also expected to collect a range of artifacts—such as photographs, videos, documents, quotes, maps, sketches, or other culturally relevant materials—that can later be transformed into meaningful student learning experiences.  

2. Develop Curriculum Materials

Building on documented learning, participants will design curriculum materials that translate travel-based experiences into classroom-ready activities, projects, or instructional resources. All materials should be intentionally aligned with defined learning objectives and demonstrate clear connections between professional learning and curriculum design.

3. Professional Reflection

Participants will complete a reflection paper that synthesizes their learning across the course. This reflection should address the impact of the experience on professional growth, discuss implications for future curriculum development, and outline next steps for continued instructional improvement.

The credits offered are post-baccalaureate, graded, graduate-level (non-degree) semester units of credit provided directly through the University of the Pacific – Benerd College. They are primarily designed to be used towards salary advancement and recertification. The credits are acceptable where local districts approve and applicable to state licensing where authorized. We always encourage you to check with your employer for the acceptability of these credits. Course participants are responsible for determining the acceptability of these credits for their intended use. Each graduate-level semester credit/unit is equivalent to 15 hours of academic involvement. Graduate-level semester credit is not applicable towards a degree program at University of the Pacific – Benerd College.

The University of the Pacific, established in 1851, is California’s oldest privately chartered university, and it is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Completed courses are letter graded. An official transcript is available upon successful completion of course requirements. The course ending date that will appear on your transcript will reflect the date your information was reviewed and approved.