Study Abroad: Semester at Sea- Short-Term Voyage 2012

Semester at Sea- Short-Term Voyage 2012

Location: Bahamas: Nassau; Belize: Belize City; Costa Rica: Limon; Guatemala: Puerto Barrios; Honduras: Puerto Cortes; Panama: Panama City; Trinidad & Tobago: Port of Spain

Term: May Term

Semester at Sea

Institute for Shipboard Education P.O. Box 400885 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4885 United States

Description

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 inspired by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, students will build global skills by working in multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with partners in each country, working to understand the context of quality-of-life 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 50,000 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. Faculty are internationalists who integrate course content with field practice. The program is open to anyone from any major and any college or university.

Highlights

Maymester 2012 includes:

* Embark: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
* Callao, Peru
* Transit Panama Canal
* Colon (Cristobal), Panamá
* Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
* Puerto Cortés, Honduras
* Belize City, Belize
* Havana, Cuba*
* Debark: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Voyage details:

* Sails May 20 to June 15
* 26 days, 7 countries
* 4-5 transferable credits from the University of Virginia

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$:

USD 3,475- USD 4,875

Cost Includes:

Cost Include Description:

The program fee is per person and includes tuition, room, board, premium travel health insurance, and email account. The program fee may increase at any time before sailing. You may have certain rights to cancel without charge in the event of certain fee increases. See ticket contract for details. Expenses related to travel to and from the ports of embarkation and debarkation, textbooks, in-country travel, personal spending, and incidental fees are additional. Learn more about SAS Tuition, Cost, and Value.

Credit Available

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Typical Living Arrangements

Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

Other
Disciplinary Clearance Form
Essay
Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

7-10 days

Semester at Sea's Mission Statement

Founded in 1963, Semester at Sea (SAS) is the nation's original shipboard program for study abroad, offering four academic voyages a year: 100+ day voyages in the fall and spring terms; a 65-day exploration of the Mediterranean in the summer; and an intensive 26-day Maymester voyage. Participants travel aboard the 25,000-ton campus of the MV Explorer, attend classes in a closely knit environment with an international faculty, complete fieldwork and travel while in port, and earn transferable credit through the University of Virginia, the program's academic sponsor. More than 50,000 students from approximately 1,700 different institutions have studied and traveled to 60 countries with SAS and its predecessor programs.

Year Founded

1963