Christy Flannery harbors dreams of working abroad when she graduates from Kansas University.

And now KU has just the class for her: “LA&S 301: Preparing for International Careers.”

“Do you have what it takes to get it done?” asked David Gaston, head of KU’s Career Center and the course’s instructor. “If you do, the sky’s the limit.”

KU officials have promoted the school’s efforts to send students abroad and to increase the number of international students at KU. The new course is among the latest in an ongoing effort at KU to prepare students for an increasingly globalized marketplace.

It’s not the typical class. And one sign of that is the price tag: an estimated $2,800 to $3,000 for the two-credit course.

But unlike most KU classes held in the confines of the Lawrence campus, the new course sends students to London during spring break, where they’ll visit Cambridge University, meet with university career services representatives and visit global companies, including the UK-based global qualitative research firm Spinach.

The estimated cost includes airfare and expenses.

The class aims to teach students about work opportunities abroad and show students paths toward those jobs.

About 26 percent of KU undergraduates study abroad.

“This is another way to get students involved and thinking about it,” Gaston said. “It gets those students who can’t do a semester abroad an opportunity to do a short-term opportunity abroad.”

The class is starting small, likely with about half a dozen students. But planners say if there’s interest, they hope to expand the program, offering different destinations, such as China or India.

Flannery, a senior majoring in political science, said she enrolled in the class for a chance to learn more about international opportunities. The Lawrence native has traveled to Brazil, Japan, Mexico and Costa Rica, and she hopes to keep traveling after graduation.

“I just hope to feel more comfortable and know more about the international workplace,” she said.

Colt Schafer, a KU senior who also signed up, said that his experience studying abroad in Ireland recently whetted his appetite for more travel.

He’s now considering going to graduate school abroad or working abroad.

“I’ve lived in the Midwest most of my life,” he said. “I think it would be a good opportunity to see things from a different perspective.”