In Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good, a small seminar-based course, you’ll read and discuss influential works of philosophy, literature, and social thought — engaging with ideas about community, ethics, and human connection. In Morocco, classroom learning is complemented by frequent field trips to sites of both ancient and modern cultural significance, bringing the course themes to life.

Language of Instruction

Course Load

• One 3-credit course

Course Offerings

• Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good or
• Honors Intellectual Heritage II: The Common Good

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The program is based in Rabat, Morocco’s capital and second largest city. Rabat is host to prestigious universities, many international institutions such as UNESCO and the World Bank, and a wide range of opportunities for
students to experience its culture - think art exhibits, music, and theater.

Walk central Rabat on your off-hours, and explore its palm tree-lined boulevards, cafés, restaurants, and shopping centers.

The program will be hosted by CIEE, with an academic center located in the prominent neighborhood of Agdal in central Rabat. CIEE Rabat features classrooms, a Moroccan-style social area, and a charming outdoor space. 

Four weeks: late May through late June

Tentative Program Dates for Summer 2026:

Do not use the above dates to book your flight, as they are tentative and subject to change. Accepted students will receive confirmed program dates and flight booking guidelines from Education Abroad before making travel plans.  

Program participants are required to be present for the entire length of the program, from the official arrival date through the program end date.

While in Rabat, you and another student will live in a shared room in homestay located in a neighborhood within the old Medina, approximately 15 minutes from the CIEE academic center. All homestay families are trained to guide students throughout their stay and have at least one English-speaker available to assist students. Your host will provide two meals per day.

When traveling outside of Rabat, you will stay in double occupancy rooms in modest hotels, with the exception of one night where you will camp under the stars in Erg Chebbi. Some meals are provided while on excursions.

The Global Good in Rabat program will include a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular site visits, excursions, activities and guest lectures. These include:

Within Rabat

• Agdal Neighborhood Walking Tour
• Walking Tours of Rabat
  • Oudaias Kasbah
  • Hassan Tower
  • Royal Palace
  • Mellah & Medina
  • Chellah Necropolis
• Guest Lectures
  • Contemporary Moroccan Society
  • Islam in a Global Context
• Survival Arabic Course (2 sessions)
• Parliament Visit
• Cultural Bargaining Session
• Artisan Workshop
• Calligraphy Workshop
• Traditional Moroccan Hammam

Day Trip to Casablanca

• Hassan II Mosque
• Jewish History Walking Tour

Overnight Excursion to Fes and Volubilis Ruins

• Volubilis Ruins
• Moulay Idriss
• Fes Tour
  • Fes el-Bali
  • Bouanania Medersa
  • Qaraouiyine Mosque & University
  • Mellah
  • Royal Palace

Multi-day Excursion to Marrakesh and Erg Chebbi 

• Marrakesh Tours
  • Saadian Tombs
  • Bahia Palace
  • Koutubia
  • Jemaa El-Fnaa
  • Souks
  • Medersa Ben Youssef
  • Dar al Bacha
• Ourika Valley Visit & Hiking in Atlas Mountains
• Ait Benhaddou Tour
• Dades Gorge/Erg Chebbi:
  • Dades Gorge & Tea with Nomads
  • Camel Rides
  • Desert Camp Under the Stars
  • Madfouna Cooking Class 
  • Gnawa Music Band 

Activities and excursions are tentative and subject to change

Temple Faculty Program Director

A Temple faculty member serves as the program director overseeing the academic program and will serve as your point of contact for academic matters.

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On-site Support Staff

In addition to your program director, you will have 24/7 support from our on-site partner, CIEE. 

Program Deposit

Students will pay a non-refundable program deposit of $400 within 2 weeks of acceptance to the program, or 2 weeks after the application deadline, whichever is earlier. This non-refundable deposit is credited to your program fees as a prepayment. 

TUITION AND FEES (3 CREDITS)

Tuition:

• Temple students pay their usual per-credit rate by school/college and residency.
• Non-Temple students are charged the Part-time Rate for Non-Matriculated Students per credit hour of enrollment based on their state of permanent residency.

Fees:

• All students pay:
  • University Services Fee
  • Morocco Program Fee (estimated at $3,300) includes:
    • orientation and welcome lunch
    • program activities, field trips and excursions
    • housing in double-room homestay accommodations with two meals per day while in Rabat
    • double-occupancy hotel room accommodations with breakfast daily while on excursions outside of Rabat (except Erg Chebbi)
    • one night of desert camping in Erg Chebbi
    • some group meals
    • airport transfer upon arrival and at the end of the program

For complete details about billable costs and estimate for non-billable expenses, such as airfare, meals, and personal expenses, view the program cost sheet (available soon).

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID

Education Abroad offers competitive, need-based scholarships for this program. Learn more about scholarships and financial aid.

Staying healthy and safe abroad requires good planning and strong support. Review our health and safety page for important steps to preparing for study abroad, and details about international travel medical insurance and assistance provided by Temple.  

• Program Director: Dr. Naomi Taback, Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Intellectual Heritage, [click-for-email] 
• Education Abroad: [click-for-email] ; 215-204-0720

• You are enrolled as a full-time matriculated student at the time of application as well as during the semester prior to studying abroad.
• You will have completed at least two (2) semesters of college-level study by the program start.

You meet minimum cumulative GPA requirement from all colleges/universities attended. As of May 2025, the GPA requirement for most programs is 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. Exceptions include:

• Rome Internships: 3.0
• Exchange Programs: 2.75
• External Programs: various, provider requirements may differ from Temple's

You remain in good academic standing from the time of application until the start of your term abroad; students on academic warning are not eligible to participate.

You will need a passport, valid well beyond the length of your program, by the application deadline.

View deadlines and validity requirements for your host country.

You must be in good disciplinary standing at the time of application and remain so through the start of your term abroad. Students who have been found responsible for a code of conduct violation and will not be in good disciplinary standing (including disciplinary probation) may submit a petition for review.

You are at least 18 years old at the time of application.