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Semester at Sea- Short-Term Voyage 2011

Engineering students and students from all majors will embark on Semester at Sea's first short-term voyage, spending 26 days doing course work on the MV Explorer and field work in 7 countries, including an exploration of the Panama Canal Expansion Project. With a curriculum designed around the United Nations Millennium Development Goals of improving quality of life in eight key areas, students will build global skills by working in multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with partners in each country, working to understand the context of engineering problems in each place, and applying technology appropriate to cultural context.. The leader in shipboard study-abroad education, Semester at Sea sails four voyages per year for academic credit. Our vessel, the MV Explorer, is a passenger liner converted into a state-of-the-art seafaring campus. Since 1963, more than 45,000 students from colleges and universities around the world have studied with Semester at Sea, traveling to non-traditional destinations in 60 countries. The Institute for Shipboard Education administers the program, and the University of Virginia, the second-ranked public institution in the U.S., is the academic sponsor. Students choose from more than 70 courses in a variety of disciplines. Faculties are internationalists who integrate course content with field practice. The program is open to anyone from any major and any college or university.