Study Abroad in Your Own Time
At Muss, learning doesn't stay within four walls. Students engage with history, culture, and geography in the places where it all happened - turning every journey into a meaningful part of their academic experience.
With Mini-Mester, students can spend half of their semester completing studies at their home institutions, and the other half exploring Israel with real-world context and experiential learning directly in the field.
General Studies
Israeli Studies
$16,500*
*Before Grants & Scholarships
While at Muss, students continue the coursework aligned with their home institution and graduation requirements. At the end of the semester, Muss students receive an official transcript and credits transition seamlessly to ensure all students stay on track. Muss partners closely with families and schools to support course approval and academic continuity throughout the semester.
Instruction is taught by our highly skilled teachers, who are all experts in their fields.
Honors or AP options available
Honors or AP options available
Honors or AP options available
Additional options based on availability
Experience Israel as a living classroom. Our signature Israel Studies course focuses on an experiential learning model. Where students don't just learn in the classroom, but directly in the field, combining 250 hours of classroom and seminar-style learning with deeply immersive, practical knowledge.
Students engage with thousands of years of Jewish and Israeli history, while also seeing modern Israeli society and the promise of the future up close.
Our Israel Studies curriculum provides students a historical perspective that guides critical thinking and global inquiry. Israel Studies teachers utilize the unique historical and geographic resources of Israel to help students understand the people of Israel in their land and the Jewish Diaspora in the context of Western Civilization.
At Muss, Israel's story comes alive. Real places, real moments, and experiences that stay with you long after class ends.
Visit a Crusader fortress and the city of Tzfat to study the Crusader period, Sephardic Jewish history, and the development of Jewish mysticism.
Discover the pioneers of early Zionism and their efforts to develop agricultural communities in the Galilee. Visit the Sea of Galilee and walk through the landscape of Israel.
Ready to get started on your Muss journey? Tell us a little about yourself, and we'll be in touch.
