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- Academic Programs International
- API in San Joaquin de Flores
  The Instituto San Joaquín de Flores affords students in both semester and summer programs the ability to take courses taught by Costa Rican faculty from local universities. All coursework has been specifically designed for American students with the goal of maximizing their linguistic and cultural exposure. The location of the Instituto takes advantage of the beautiful natural environment, with picturesque views of distant mountains and volcanoes. Small class sizes and attentive professors, combined More...
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- Academic Programs International
- API in San Jose
  API students in San José can study at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), the International Center for Development Studies (ICDS), or the Universidad Veritas. UCR is recognized nationally and internationally for its superior academic achievements and is the oldest university in the country. Students can take courses in English and Spanish in Latin American culture, history, environmental studies, and business. Students choosing to study at the International Center for Development Studies (ICDS) More...
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- CEA Global Education
- Spanish Language, Liberal Arts & Sciences - San Jose
  This program is designed for students of all language levels who wish to become more comfortable with the Spanish language, and be immersed into the Costa Rican culture of peace, democracy and environmental preservation. Regardless of the chosen subject area, this program will provide a comprehensive base in the liberal arts, while giving the opportunity to gain further insight into the identity of Latin America today.
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- CEA Global Education
- Environmental Studies - San Jose
  This program provides students of all language levels the unique opportunity to study environmental science in Costa Rica. Despite its small size geographically, Costa Rica offers a wide range of biological diversity and is a renowned world leader in the field of environmental conservation. This program offers the student extraordinary insight into the rich biodiversity of Costa Rica, along with the opportunity to gain knowledge of the Spanish language and Costa Rican culture.
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- College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS)
- CCIS Program Centro Linguistico Conversa: Academic
  The CCIS Intensive Spanish program in Costa Rica is designed for students in the regular degree-seeking program as well as for business and professional people who seek to acquire or improve Spanish language skills in a short period of time.
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- University Studies Abroad Consortium
- Tropical Life Sciences, Spanish Language, and Culture Studies in San Ramón, Costa Rica
  The San Ramón program offers students the opportunity to study among three diverse academic areas: Tropical/Biological Life Sciences, Spanish, and Culture Studies. These academic areas are enhanced by field study courses and personal interaction with the host culture through field trips and visits to cultural events and village festivals. San Ramón offers a small town atmosphere with easy access to the cultural, historic, and urban highlights of the capital city San Jose. The program also offers More...
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- CIEE
- CIEE Service Learning Program in Santiago, Dominican Republic
  Expose yourself to a collaborative learning model through the scope of grassroots and community-based learning; Engage yourself in promoting community action and change with an Independent Research and Capstone Project; Be a part of an ongoing and co-curricular rural partnership in organic farming and environmental justice; Visit sites of cultural, economic, and social importance, including the Free Trade Zone and the Dajabón bi-national market.
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- CIEE
- CIEE Tropical Ecology and Conservation in Monteverde, Costa Rica
  Live in a biological station surrounded by the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve; Gain hands-on experience through an independent research project; Explore Costa Rica’s diverse ecosystems through extensive travel and field study; Participate in two long field trips, including a trip to Panama to observe marine diversity in the coral reefs off the Bocas del Toro Islands; Get to known rural Costa Rica during a one-month homestay with a local family.
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- ISA (International Studies Abroad)
- ISA in Heredia, Costa Rica: Academic
  Heredia itself is a mid-sized, sprawling city. Like the nearby capital city, Heredia has a comfortable temperature and generally pleasant climate year round. The city of Heredia was first founded in the beginning of the 18th century by inhabitants of the nearby province of Cartago. Heredia lies just 11 kilometers to the northwest of the capital, San JosÃ© and is situated in the verdant tropical foothills of the extinct Barva Volcano, near many coffee plantations. Heredia boasts some of the best colonial More...
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- CIEE
- CIEE Summer Sports & Society in Context in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  Learn firsthand about the cultural, social, and economic impacts of major league baseball on Dominican society and develop a familiarity with the unique local baseball lexicon found in Caribbean Spanish; Examine the interdependence between developing countries and the premier leagues of the baseball and sporting industries of various developed countries; Experience Dominican baseball through site visits to baseball clubs, academies, training facilities, and through attendance at baseball games; meet More...
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- University Studies Abroad Consortium
- Spanish Language, Ecological, and Latin American Studies in Puntarenas, Costa Rica: Academic
  The Puntarenas program offers students the chance to complete the Spanish language intensive classes as well as additional courses in many disciplines from Economics to Biology. Puntarenas is in close proximity to beautiful national parks and nature reserves, and offers student a comfortable small beach town environment.
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- University Studies Abroad Consortium
- Spanish Language, Ecological, and Latin American Studies in Heredia, Costa Rica: Academic
  The Heredia program is ideal for students who are committed to learning the Spanish language while studying the diverse cultures of Latin America and the complexities of its societies through formal coursework as well as through personal interaction with the host culture. The program offers interships opportunities with valuable work and cultural immersion experiences as well as various intersting field trips.
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- The College at Brockport (SUNY)
- Jamaica Performing Arts Program
  The Jamaica Performing Arts Program is hosted by the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts, which offers a wide variety of performance and studio courses in each of its Schools - the School of Art, the School of Dance, and the School of Drama.
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- CIEE
- CIEE Liberal Arts Program in Santiago, Dominican Republic
  Interact at multiple levels of Dominican society through homestays, university courses, rural and urban volunteer activities, and language partners; Consider an optional Community Service course or optional Teaching English as a Second Language course, both with a hands-on practicum; Learn outside the classroom on class trips ranging from visits to local Santería altars to the Free Trade Zone; excursions to sites of ecological and historical-cultural importance; and weekend trips to the Samaná Peninsula More...
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- CIEE
- CIEE Liberal Arts Program in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  Significantly improve your Spanish skills through language courses of varying levels; Work with local non-profit organizations on an optional development internship; Focus on a Caribbean Studies track; Visit sites of cultural importance, including the colonial zone, anthropological museums, ecological preserves, and overnight trips on CIEE excursions; Enhance your semester with a CIEE independent study option, non-credit volunteer opportunities, and peer advisors.
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- College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS)
- CCIS Program at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra: Academic
  Located at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, the primary objective of this program is to provide students with the opportunity to develop oral and written Spanish skills and to learn about Caribbean society and culture.
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- American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)
- AIFS Study Abroad in Havana, Cuba
  Take courses in Cuban History, Politics, and Society; US-Cuban Relations; and Spanish language. A variety of courses in Spanish is available to students fluent in Spanish. Complete 80 hours of directed activities in the City of Havana, including encounters with staff members of health, educational, and political institutions, as well as with elected representatives of mass organizations of workers, women, students, neighborhoods, and farmers.
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- CIEE
- CIEE Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation in Bonaire
  Focus on coral reef ecology and ecosystems on a beautiful Caribbean reef; Log up to 50 scientific dives for class and independent research; Collaborate on research projects with the Bonaire National Marine Park, Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire, and CIEE Research Station Bonaire; Publish the results of your research in the student scientific journal Physis: Journal of Marine Science.
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- ISA (International Studies Abroad)
- ISA in Panama City, Panama
  One of the first things that you may notice about Panama City is the undeniable diversity within the sprawling cosmopolitanism of one of the worlds largest melting pots. With constant transportation of international commerce and culture, Panama City has managed to maintain its rich history as a Spanish colony and also its unique indigenous societies. The layout of Panama City reflects not only it's internationalism but also the longstanding roots of Spanish colonialism. Located on a small peninsula More...
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- CIEE
- CIEE Social Justice & Development in Managua, Nicaragua
  Jump start your Spanish study with an intensive, two-week Spanish language course prior to the semester; Take a CIEE course focusing on the political history of Nicaragua and join CIEEfacilitated visits to community and sustainable development organizations; Enroll at a Nicaraguan university, ideal for studying social justice and development; Explore the city and country through cultural activities, educational excursions to parks and nature preserves, visits to places such as the northern highlands More...
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- The College at Brockport (SUNY)
- Internships/Language Immersion Program in Costa Rica: Academic
  The Costa Rica program consists of different structural options, from which participants can choose the option fits their needs. Option 1: participants are placed in a full-time internship. Option 2: Participants take intensive language courses full-time at La Escuela de Idiomas in San Jose.
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- CIEE
- CIEE Sustainability and the Environment Program in Monteverde, Costa Rica
  Participate in specially designed CIEE courses on sustainability and conservation; Travel to remote and unique locations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua; Intern at a local education, conservation, or development business, or an NGO; Live with a Costa Rican family, and be immersed in the culture and language; Get to know the organizations in the Costa Rica sustainability movement, and how they work; Take excursions to protected areas of rare and endangered biodiversity to learn about their threats and More...
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- ISA (International Studies Abroad)
- ISA in Santiago, Dominican Republic: Academic
  Santiago (1,000,000) is the second largest city in the Dominican Republic and the economic center of the fertile Cibao Valley. The Septentrional mountain range is visible from most points of the city. The Yaque River flows through en route to the Atlantic Ocean, a mere one hour bus ride to the north. The city has a relaxed and refined atmosphere and the most vibrant Carnival in the country. Whether strolling though the shopping district of the Calle del Sol or dancing to the rhythms of merengue, More...
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- American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)
- AIFS Study Abroad in San Jose, Costa Rica
  Costa Rica is one of the world's most ecologically varied countries and a magnet for those interested in wildlife and the natural world. The diversity in Costa Rica's climates, from the Caribbean coast to the high cloud forests, coupled with the relaxed attitude of the "Tico" population, make it an ideal place to experience all that Central America has to offer. Spend a summer or semester studying abroad with AIFS in Costa Rica and exploring this remarkably diverse little country.
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- College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS)
- CCIS Program at Galen University: Academic
  Feel you need to get in touch with nature? Interested in sustainable development? Want to have firsthand experience when learning about a new culture? Then this semester abroad program in Belize is for you! Build an exciting course load from such courses as Introduction to Sustainable Development, Cultural Anthropology, Social Issues in a Developing Country, Plants and Society: Introduction to Botany, Caribbean Literature or Introduction to Travel and Tourism.
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- College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS)
- CCIS Program at Universidad Veritas: Academic
  Spanish language study, which is offered at all levels from beginning through advanced, and offered in four-week sessions, sesmester courses that are taught in English may be offered in Arts and Humanities, Environment and Society, Introduction to Tropical or Marine Ecology, Introduction to International Business and Intercultural Communication.
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- Center for Global Education
- Augsburg College - Social Change in Central America: Exploring Peace, Justice, and Community Engagement
  Explore issues of sustainable development and social change in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
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- University of Kansas
- Semester or Year Abroad in Costa Rica
  Study at the University of Costa Rica in a wide variety of disciplines as part of the longest running exchange in the Western Hemisphere.
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- University of Georgia
- University of Georgia in Costa Rica
  Going into the 2012 academic year, roughly 60 UGA faculty representing 28 academic disciplines will be working with UGA Costa Rica’s study abroad programs. We currently offer 24 study abroad programs, including interdisciplinary spring and fall semester programs. We offer core, upper and graduate-level courses in the sciences, arts and humanities. Many programs include homestays with local families. Programs are open to all undergraduate and graduate students - UGA and non-UGA students. Out of More...
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