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San Salvador Island, Oceanography Practicum
Country: Australia
Location:Various Locations
Campus: Brockport
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: This two-week program is designed for biology, earth sciences, and geology majors as a practical first-hand learning experience and includes fieldwork in biology or geology in a tropical marine setting. It combines field excursions, laboratory workshops, and lectures on the interrelationships of organisms and carbonate sediments and the ecology of benthic communities. The site is the College Center of the Community College of the Finger Lakes' San Salvador campus. Environments, present and past, to be studied by snorkeling and walking include beach, intertidal, coral reef, and associated shallow water habitats. Studies include evening lectures and an independent research project. This is considered a fall semester course registration.
Eligibility Requirements: Juniors, Seniors, and graduate students
Credits: 3 undergraduate; 3 graduate
Application Deadlines: September 15
University of Queensland, Winter Down Under
Country: Australia
Location:Brisbane
Campus: New Paltz
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Winter Down Under, hosted by the University of Queensland, is a designed for students who wish to become acquainted with Australian life during the winter intersession through a course entitled "Cultural Environment of Business: Focus on Australia." The goal is to provide, in a relatively short time, a comprehensive exposure to Australia, its people, its institutions, and its diverse culture. Site visits will be made to various Australian business organizations to enhance the student's learning experience and gain knowledge about doing business in the Pacific Rim. While in Brisbane, students will also participate in lectures and guest speakers covering a wide variety of fields, in an effort to introduce them to Australian culture and society.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduates in good academic standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 15
CCCN - Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano
Country: Costa Rica
Location:San José
Campus: Brockport
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: This program offers structured, guided tours, lectures, and discussions of national developments Ð social, environmental, political, and economic Ð that reflect Costa Rican and Central American responses to globalization.
Eligibility Requirements: 2.5 GPA
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: August 15
Field Biology in Costa Rica (Various sites in rain forest, cloud forest, and volcano habitat)
Country: Costa Rica
Location:Various Locations
Campus: Nassau Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Students visit four sites in the rain forest, cloud forest, and volcano habitats, while studying ecology of tropical ecosystems. Students travel together accompanied by experienced Costa Rican biologist and Nassau Community College professors. Accommodations are attractive lodges, double rooms with private baths. All meals are included.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to all students who register with the permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: January 15; late applications considered
Centers for Academic Programs Abroad USA, Field Studies in Costa Rica
Country: Costa Rica
Location:Various Locations
Campus: Oswego
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: This uniquely designed winter field studies program was set up to introduce students to the scientific method of studying the variety of different ecosystems, land forms, waterways and wildlife in Costa Rica. Students stay at working field stations and lodges throughout Costa Rica. They participate in local projects, conduct their own research, and meet with local researchers and conservationists. Local naturalists provide lectures on topics such as tropical biology, botany, ecotourism, environmental ethics, geology, rainforest ecology, and others.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduate standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 15
Country: Cuba
Location:Havana
Campus: New Paltz
Language of Instruction: English; knowledge of Spanish preferred
Program Description: This program, called "Cuba Hoy," enables students to explore and study the socio-economic and political development of Cuba at the University of Havana. The political and economic choices of the Cuban people leave hardly anyone indifferent, which adds to the excitement of students as they explore one of the planet's most fascinating and mysterious countries. In addition, the program includes a tour of fascinating old Havana and an expedition to the beautiful beaches of Varadcro.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduates in good academic standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 1
International Criminal Justice Systems (Paris, London)
Country: Europe
Location:Various Locations
Campus: Nassau Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: This course encourages interested students or non-college persons to compare their knowledge of the criminal justice systems of the United States with those of France and England. While staying in Paris and London, students meet with government officials and criminal justice practitioners for discussions and tours of their related programs, buildings, and/or institutions.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to all students who register with the permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 21
Institut d'Etudes Francaises de Touraine
Country: France
Location:Tours
Campus: Brockport
Language of Instruction: English; French
Program Description: This is a French language immersion program for students at the beginning and intermediate levels. It offers direct enrollment at the Institut d'Etudes Francaises de Touraine, with classroom instruction and highly individualized attention. Housing is with host families.
Eligibility Requirements: 2.5 GPA
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 1; program runs every odd year
Aichi University
Country: Japan
Location:Aichi
Campus: Fredonia
Language of Instruction: English; Japanese
Program Description: Running from one week to 10 days during spring break or at the end of the spring semester (dates depend on scheduled breaks at Aichi) this is an overseas orientation to Japanese culture, education, and life, including home stays with staff of Aichi University and contacts with organizations in students' fields of study. Fields of study include architecture, Japanese culture, education, history, language, literature, and music.
Eligibility Requirements: Sophomores and Juniors; 2.5 GPA
Credits: 3 undergraduate; 3 graduate
Application Deadlines: December 1
Yucatán Peninsula, Ancient Art and Cities of Yucatán
Country: Mexico
Location:Various Locations
Campus: Buffalo College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Two-week long program, led by a UB archeologist, allows students to visit 26 sites, including the vast and mysterious ruins of Chichén Itz‡, Palenque, Calakmul, Uxmal, Dzibilchaltœn, Mayap‡n, and Edzn‡, as well as the Flamingo Reserve of Celestœn, and the Balankanché Caves.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduate students in good academic standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 1
The Center for Bilingual Multicultural Studies
Country: Mexico
Location:Cuernavaca
Campus: Cortland
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Program Description: Running from the end of December to mid-January, this program is designed to permit students to either complete Spanish 202 (fourth semester Spanish, Intermediate Competency) or an independent study at a more advanced level.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduates in good academic standing; intermediate Spanish
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 12
Academia Hispano Americana
Country: Mexico
Location:San Miguel de Allende
Campus: Potsdam
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Program Description: This program offers the opportunity for non-traditional students with children to participate in an intensive program in Spanish. The Academia Hispano Americana offers small classes of instruction in Spanish, integrating language and Latin American studies with a special emphasis on Mexico.
Eligibility Requirements: Good academic standing
Credits: 3-6 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: March 15 (summer); October 15 (winter)
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Country: Puerto Rico
Location:Mayaguez
Campus: Oswego
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: For three weeks during the winter students enroll in English-language Oswego courses offered by Oswego faculty at the University of Puerto Rico. Fields of study include business and anthropology.
Eligibility Requirements: 2.5 GPA
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 15
Gorky Institute in Moscow, Russian Literature in English Translation
Country: Russia
Location:Moscow
Campus: Nassau Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: During two weeks in January participants will read (in English) selected works of Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, and Tolstoy, and then visit residences and museums dedicated to them and their work. Theater and cultural performances are a part of the schedule. The course is supplemented with lectures in English by local professors noted for their expertise on these authors. In addition to the half day of lectures and discussions, the group will have tours of the highlights in each of these cities. A knowledge of Russian is not required.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduate standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: December 1
Art and Design in London
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: LOOKUP FAILEDCayuga Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: An intensive two-week, on-site museum and gallery course held during January. Students view old master works and contemporary art.
Eligibility Requirements: Open
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 1
Broadcasting: The British Experience
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: LOOKUP FAILEDCayuga Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: For two weeks in January student will tour the BBC, television and radio stations, and other broadcasting facilities.
Eligibility Requirements: Open
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 1
English Literature and History in London
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: LOOKUP FAILEDCayuga Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: During this three-week program, students study a particular genre or period of English literature. Visits to sites associated with the literature and authors studied.
Eligibility Requirements: Open
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 1
London Theatre
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: LOOKUP FAILEDCayuga Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: During two weeks in January students attend ten to fourteen theater productions, with on-site lectures and discussions of the plays. Spaces are very limited.
Eligibility Requirements: Open
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: June 1
Police Federation of England and Wales
Country: United Kingdom
Location:Surrey (Wales)
Campus: Empire State College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: This 2-week program begins with a preparatory distance learning tutorial for those outside the Capital District. The tutorial focuses on British policing and the justice system of England, with an emphasis on community policing. Students choose from among the central concerns of community policing: domestic violence, public order, and the patrol function. Each student develops a research project supervised by an Empire State College mentor. The research project is completed in the United States after the field study and research in the United Kingdom. While in Surrey, students study with practitioners from the Police Federation of England and Wales.
Eligibility Requirements: Some study of criminal justice or experience as practitioner
Credits: 4 undergraduate; 3 graduate
Application Deadlines: September 1
The Jewelry Industry and Its History in London
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: Fashion Institute of Technology
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Organized visits to the main areas of the world jewelry industry centered in London.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduate standing; letter of recommendation from home institution
Credits: 2 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 15
Royal Court Theatre
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: Geneseo
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: During this three-week program students study the English theater. Attendance at performances, tours, and backstage visits included.
Eligibility Requirements: Sophomores and above in good academic standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 15
International Hospitality Industry
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: Nassau Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Students visit a variety of hotels and restaurants in Great Britain to learn about International Hospitality and attend seminars presented by key personnel within these establishments. Students also are able to dine in a variety of restaurants and stay in first class accommodations.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to all students who register for the course with the permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 29
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: New Paltz
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Students get to know the historical, cultural, and creative traditions of British theater as they attend and then discuss six plays that offer unique insight into those traditions. This two-week seminar is provides access to the best available performances at both the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as other interesting works in the West End, Fringe, and experimental theaters. Trips are planned outside the city as well, to Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's birthplace), Camden Lock, Bath, and other informal local visits. There are also walking tours of London's world-famous parks.
Eligibility Requirements: Good academic standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: Application review begins on March 1 and continues until the program is full.
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: New Paltz
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: This two-week program lets students explore the intellectual and creative traditions of visual arts, from a distinctly British social, cultural, and historic perspective. Features behind-the-scenes museum workshops at the Tate and National Portrait Gallery, and special viewings of original Turner watercolors and Rembrandt etchings at British Museum. Students attend exhibitions in the White Chapel Gallery of Contemporary Art and observe art classes at several primary and secondary schools. Program includes informal tours of Dulwich College Picture Gallery and Horniman Museum, the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the William Morris Gallery.
Eligibility Requirements: Good academic standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: Application review begins on March 1 and continues until the program is full.
Country: United Kingdom
Location:London (England)
Campus: Rockland Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Based in central London, this January program offers ten courses, each with its own itinerary of activities. The emphasis is on learning from experience and direct interaction with people and institutions in Britain. All courses are taught by Rockland faculty. Fields of study include broadcasting, business, communications, criminal justice, economics, health, history, humanities, journalism, languages, law, literature, nutrition, and social sciences.
Eligibility Requirements: High school diploma
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 1
African-American Literature in West Africa
Country: Various Locations
Location:West Africa
Campus: Nassau Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Through a visit to Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa, students will have the opportunity to experience the source of major themes in African-American literature. The course, taking place in April, includes a range of readings, lectures, seminars, and trips to historic, cultural and intellectual centers - including a slave dungeon, African villages, and markets.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to all students who register with the permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: January 15; late applications considered
Nature and Functions of Law (London, Brussels)
Country: Various Locations
Location:Various locations
Campus: Nassau Community College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: While in London and Brussels, students study the origins and evolution of American law. Our legal institutions and judicial systems are examined and contemporary legal issues are explored. Students learn to appreciate how law helps us to resolve our conflicts and address our problems through various legal procedures. This course does not focus on specific laws and rules, but rather on understanding the nature of law, how it affects us, and what its limitations are. Instruction is conducted at various sites in London, including Parliament, the Law Courts, the London Stock Exchange, and other locations in order to provide the student with a glimpse of the past. Visitation to the European Parliament and the United Nations in Brussels, Belgium provides an insight into the future of the emerging European community.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to all students who register with the permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: November 15
Student Teaching Abroad
Country: Various Locations
Location:
Campus: Potsdam
Language of Instruction: English; other languages
Program Description: Student Teaching Abroad (STA) is a program administered by SUNY Potsdam in cooperation with Moorhead State University and the University of Minnesota to offer future teachers the opportunity of student teaching internationally in over 30 countries (Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East). Most participants are assigned to independent international schools with English as the medium of instruction, but some with special language qualifications are assigned to national schools where the instruction is in a second language. Others are assigned to public schools if English is the medium of instruction. An effort is made to place the students in geographical areas that will particularly enrich their academic backgrounds, serve their special interests, and expand their cultural horizons.
Eligibility Requirements: Seniors who have successfully completed all requirements for student teaching; permission from home campus field placement officer
Credits: 15 undergraduate; 15 graduate
Application Deadlines: January 20 (Fall); May 15 (Winter); September 1 (Spring)
North African Civilization (Tunisia, Morocco)
Country: Various Locations
Location:North African
Campus: Potsdam
Language of Instruction: English; French
Program Description: Before traveling to North Africa, students will complete assignments on the history of nations of the Maghreb region, with particular emphasis on Morocco and Tunisia, through its periods of Berber and Bedouin cultures, the Roman presence, the arrival of Islam, various dynasties, the French protectorate, independence movements, and finally on to modern times. Implicit in this will be a study of languages and dialects, music, folklore, and religions. Then off to Tunisia and Morocco!
Eligibility Requirements:
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 1; late applications accepted
Seminar: Reading Research in the Caribbean
Country: Various Locations
Location:Various locations
Campus: Potsdam
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: Students immerse themselves in cultural values of work and leisure where the pace of life takes its cue from warm, tropical breezes and long, sandy beaches. This particular seminar section has been specially designed for students who are interested in exploring a range of up-to-date studies in international areas of reading improvement strategies.
Eligibility Requirements: Permission of the instructor
Credits: 3 undergraduate
Application Deadlines: October 1; late applications accepted for non-credit option
Vietnam National University, Service Learning in Vietnam
Country: Vietnam
Location:Hanoi
Campus: Buffalo College
Language of Instruction: English
Program Description: This intensive two-week program incorporates a lecture series with internships in local companies and NGOs. Participants are matched with host organizations and agencies on the basis of their interests and skills. A weekend trip to scenic Ha Long Bay, which the Vietnamese consider a wonder of the world, is included. No previous knowledge of Vietnamese required.
Eligibility Requirements: Undergraduates and graduates in good academic standing
Credits: 3 undergraduate; 3 graduate
Application Deadlines: October 15
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