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Where: Panama
When: Summer
AFS Intercultural Programs AFS offers exchange programs in more than 40 countries for high school graduates or college students. A leader in international exchange for more than 55 years, most AFS programs include homestays with carefully selected host families.
Overview Attend a university in one of several cities throughout Panam and live with a host family. The school year is divided into semesters: March through July and August through December. You will select from morning or afternoon classes.
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Setting The country's name comes from a Native American word meaning "place of many fish," and here you'll find beaches of unparalleled beauty with coral gardens lining their shores, the Caribbean Sea to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south, and rainforests with exotic animals and rare birds. The people of this country are eager to share their festivals and events that celebrate their heritage.
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester, Spring Semester
SIT Study Abroad Panamanian governments, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations struggle to balance development and conservation in the age of globalization. Students collaborate with program partners such as the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, the University of Panama, and the Earth University of Costa Rica, as well as with campesino, indigenous groups and local specialists to develop an understanding of complex issues including biodiversity and global change.
Overview Intensive Language Study: Spanish; Development and Conservation Seminar: History and Environmental Issues in Panama, Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecology and Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Educational Excursions; Environmental Field Study Seminar; and Independent Study Project. (16 credits in total)
Setting Four weeks homestay Panama City with several day trips to areas of natural and cultural interest. The program includes field trips to Barro Colorado Island, Azuero Peninsula, Baru Volcano, and Bocas del Toro Archipelago.
Value Please inquire for costs: Fees include tuition, full room and board, all field trips and related fares, health and accident insurance, and other direct program expenses. Participants pay for international airfare and domestic travel to the point of departure from the USA.
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester, Winter Semester, Spring Semester, Summer, Year Round, Academic Year, MayMester Intersession
Sea-mester Global Travel; Cultural exploration, Oceanography; Marine Biology; Student Leadership Development; Seamanship; PADI scuba diving and International Yachtmaster Training Sailing certification; American Red Cross first aid and CPR; Community service and Conservation projects.
Overview A unique educational adventure set aboard traditionally rigged schooners while voyaging throughout the world's oceans. Student's may select to sail the near coastal waters of the Caribbean Sea or cross a major ocean, such as the Indian, Atlantic or Pacific. Sea-mester is fully accredited. Based upon principles of experiential education, the primary academic foci of oceanography, marine biology, nautical science, and leadership are brought from the textbook into real life application.
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Setting Dependent upon location. S/Y Ocean Star operates in the Caribbean Basin. S/Y Argo circumnavigates the globe over a two-year period. Voyage duration ranges from 20 to 90 days.
Value Tuition includes all food, accommodation, excursion and tuition costs. Return airfare and certain optional credit costs are not included- please request a brochure for full details.
Where: Panama
When: Rolling Starts
Spanish Abroad, Inc. We offer Spanish language immersion programs with some of the finest language schools throughout Latin America and Spain.
Setting Just to the south of Costa Rica lies the relatively undiscovered country of Panama. Panama offers everything Costa Rica has plus far less tourists. Combine this with an interesting Spanish heritage, friendly people and cultural aspects, and you have a wonderful place to visit and learn Spanish in.
Value Our Spanish language programs in the Panama have classes starting every Monday of the year. This means you can start to learn to speak Spanish when you like. Spanish classes at the Spanish language school can be as short as 1-2 weeks and can last up to a period of months (or longer).
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester
The Scholar Ship A consortium of leading, world-class universities contribute to The Scholar Ship's programming, oversee the quality of its academic offerings, and ensure that it adheres to the most rigorous academic standards. Students enhance their experience through participation in three elements of our Port Program: Academic Field Programs; Shore Excursions; and Independent Travel. Our transnational learning community integrates academic, cultural, and social experiences in programs that enhance students' personal and professional development.
Overview The Scholar Ship is a semester-long academic program aboard a dedicated passenger ship that traverses the globe as an oceangoing campus. Students and staff from around the world together form a transnational learning community designed to develop their intercultural competencies and leadership skills.
Setting Itineraries vary from voyage to voyage, but all are planned to provide engaging learning experiences through our port program that complement the curriculum onboard. Our oceangoing campus serves as the backdrop for continuous transcultural encounters that would be virtually impossible to replicate on land-based campuses.
Value Today's global organizations are seeking young professionals with genuine international experience and the ability to operate successfully across cultural, political and linguistic boundaries. The Scholar Ship's curriculum has been designed to develop the intercultural competencies and leadership skills of our students.
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester, Winter Semester, Spring Semester, Summer
University of Minnesota, Morris The Global Student Teaching program (GST) offers prospective teachers, from many universities, the opportunity to complete student teaching requirements in several regions of the world. GST expands the range of student teaching options and offers a unique opportunity for prospective teachers to develop their teaching abilities and expand their cultural awareness.
Where: Panama
When: Winter Semester, Summer, Year Round
Conservation through Research Education and Action CREA offers a range of undergraduate and pre-university level academic field courses in Neotropical Biology, all with an emphasis on the conservation of biodiversity. Students will live at our field station and actively participate in field research programs while learning biological principles with academic staff.
Overview Courses are facilitated by university professors each having local research programs (e.g. monitoring endangered frog populations). In all courses students will participate in ongoing research as well as design and execute their own research project.
Setting CREA s rustic field station includes sleeping, eating and classrooms. CREA privately owns the surrounding 1000 acres of forest which borders the very large forest tract of Kuna Yala, the autonomous territory of the Kuna people who jealously guard their valued forest home. This region is within the Choco-Darien global biodiversity hotspot and makes up part of the Meso-American biological corridor. Its conservation is therefore crucial to global biodiversity.
Value The programs are valuable to those students who wish to experience field research first hand, and have top quality biological instruction at the same time. CREA s pre-university courses are especially useful to students wishing to take a biology degree, while our undergraduate program would suit students wishing to continue with graduate studies. The program costs include transportation to the field station, food, accommodation, tuition and most materials.
Where: Panama
When: Spring Semester, Summer
Florida State University In the multifaceted, exquisite setting of Panama, Florida State University offers its oldest international program. For more than forty-five years, the Panama Campus of the university has served thousands of students seeking associate and bachelor's degrees.
Overview FSU-Panama is a truly international campus offering a four-year American college degree. Whether students come for a semester, a year, or more, they discover a study-abroad experience that merges seamlessly with their full college career.
Setting Panama is called the Crossroads of the Americas. It is also a crossroads of urbanity and pristine jungle, of two oceans and bustling multinational life. In the Republic of Panama, the Atlantic and the Pacific lie an hour's drive apart.
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester, Spring Semester
HACU-Laureate International Scholarship Program Panama’s tropical climate is perfect for enjoying sea adventures on the coasts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Because of its cosmopolitan nature, Panama City offers a great variety of international cuisines, from European to Asian to American, and, of course, Panamanian. The city also offers plenty of entertainment including music, dancing, karaoke, and theater.
Overview The Universidad Interamericana de Panama (UIP) was founded in 1992. Since then, it has grown significantly and now stands as one of the foremost educational institutions in the country. Oriented mainly towards business degrees, UIP develops its programs systematically, so that the students acquire knowledge in an integrated way, enabling them to make decisions based on innovative and analytical criteria. The semester system at UIP is comparable to the American system; students take four to five subjects per semester and receive three credits per subject taken. The language of instruction is Spanish. All participants must possess, at minimum, intermediate college-level Spanish language ability. Subject areas available to study abroad students include: business, banking, finance, international commerce, maritime management, accounting, human resources, psychology, hotel administration, international tourism, culinary arts, public relations, graphic design, computer systems, and telecommunications.
Setting Located in the heart of the banking district, one of the safest and cleanest neighborhoods in all of Panama City, UIP epitomizes the modern metropolitan campus. Its modern twin towers and ample parking area make it an extremely convenient and comfortable location for students.
Value This program is open exclusively to students that attend a HACU member institution. The cost of the program includes tuition, housing, 2 meals per day, weekly laundry service, airport reception, on-site orientation, pre-departure advising which includes a student handbook and re-entry assistance. Students who attend an institution that is a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) are eligible to apply for a tuition scholarship to study at UIP.
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester, Spring Semester
HACU-Laureate International Scholarship Program Panamas tropical climate is perfect for enjoying sea adventures on the coasts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Because of its cosmopolitan nature, Panama City offers a great variety of international cuisines, from European to Asian to American, and, of course, Panamanian. The city also offers plenty of entertainment including music, dancing, karaoke, and much more. In addition to leading academic programs, ULACIT is focused on increasing interaction between students and the local community through service projects. In addition to community service, students at ULACIT can participate in:Student Theater, Folklore Festivals,Dance Groups,Singing Groups, Interuniversity Events, Personal & Professional Development Workshops, Sports (Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Volleyball, Tae kwondo, and many more).
Overview Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnologia (ULACIT) was founded in 1991 to fill the need for a superior educational institution that focuses on scientific development, social-political law, and the economic and cultural issues of 21st-century Panama. From the beginning, the university has committed itself to contracting excellent, experienced professors and administration. ULACIT’s creative, innovative learning environment and high educational standards provide students with the means to reach their personal and professional goals. The study abroad program at ULACIT is a Spanish immersion experience. Participants are enrolled in classes with Spanish-speaking professors and students and are required to possess, at minimum, intermediate college-level Spanish language ability. Subject areas available to study abroad students include: business, banking, finance, international commerce, maritime administration, accounting, human resources, psychology, hotel administration, international tourism, culinary arts, public relations, graphic design, computer systems, political science, law, and interior design.
Value This program is open exclusively to students that attend a HACU member institution. The cost of the program includes tuition, housing, 1 meal per day, weekly laundry service, airport reception, on-site orientation, pre-departure advising which includes a student handbook and re-entry assistance. Students who attend an institution that is a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) are eligible to apply for a tuition scholarship to study at ULACIT.
Where: Panama
When: Winter Semester, Summer
Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation Field courses in Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Coral Reef Ecology, Primate Ecology Primate Ecology (Graduate), Tropical Conservation Ecology, Tropical Plant Ecology, Neotropical Ornithology,Central American Geology, Neotropical Herpetology, Neotropical Entomology, Tropical Ethnobotany, Tropical Animal Behavior, Ecology Conservation (Spanish Language).
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester, Spring Semester
ProArtInternational ProArtInternational is an educational and volunteer service organization that provides High School and College students, safe, economical travel, study, and volunteer opportunities in Central and South America. Each program is a customized arrangement according to each student's specific goals and interests.
Overview ProArtInternational programs work with various universities in Central and South America; we have a growing network with universities and colleges in Central and South America. ProArtInternational works to help each student.
Setting Spanish language programs can be taken for college credit and in conjunction with college courses.
Value College level courses offered at major universities in Central and South America are Language Immersion programs from beginner to advanced.
Where: Panama
When: Fall Semester, Winter Semester, Spring Semester, Summer, Academic Year
Rainforest and Reef Rainforest and Marine Biology Workshop, where you will study natural history,ecology, medicinal uses of plants, conservation, local cultures, archaeology and geology with local guides.
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