Location:

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

In conjunction with SUNY Brockport, the University at Albany is offering a summer study abroad option in Danang. This 4-week program offers students who wish to engage a shorter but equally valuable experience. Students learn about a unique and rich 4,000 year old culture in an exciting and friendly setting, while providing service-learning for the poor, disabled, children, and elderly in the exotic city of Danang. This program continues to provide a transformative service-learning experience in a manner unique for study abroad programs. This is consistent with Brockport’s history of helping the poor others have forgotten and “Turning Tears into Smiles”.

The four-week program provides students with: • Brief, daily seminars in Vietnamese history, culture, politics, and language • An exciting daily service-learning experience, directly serving the poor and disabled • Text books • Six Brockport semester credits • Stay in the modern Brockport Program House in Danang with room, meals, laundry, WiFi, cable TV, interpreting services, etc. • Trips to surrounding areas in Vietnam • Proximate to the best beaches in the world and surrounding mountains • Complete orientation • A surprising array of related services from Brockport’s six-person, full-time staff in Danang • An opportunity to change the world (Really!) Please see our website for more information.

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Setting Description:

Students earn 6 credits. All credits earned in the Brockport Vietnam Program will be counted towards undergraduate degree requirements for graduation. Non-SUNY students and students who wish to use these credits for their academic major and/or minor should consult with their home campus academic departments prior to participation. Please see our website for more information.

Cost:

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