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UGA Costa Rica Campus Study Abroad
Location: Costa Rica: Monteverde
Term: Fall, Spring, Summer
University of Georgia - Costa Rica
1324 South Lumpkin Street Suite 203c Athens, Georgia 30602 United States
Call Us
Phone: 706-542-6203
Description
UGA Costa Rica offers 19 study abroad programs in many disciplines, including interdisciplinary spring and fall semester programs with a minimum of 12 hours and a maximum of 18 hours credit. We offer core courses in the sciences and humanities (a mix of courses in Anthropology, Biology, Dance, Ecology, English, Geography, Geology, History, Sociology, Spanish). Programs also run at May 15- June 4 and Summer sessions (June - August). These programs include Art (painting, drawing, and photography), Spanish and History, Entomology, Landscape Architecture, Tropical Agroecology, Ecology, and Environmental Writing. Many programs include homestays with local families. Programs are open to undergraduate and graduate students. Out of state students pay in-state Georgia tuition plus program fees.
Internships are available for resident naturalists who lead birdwatching tours, night hikes, natural history walks, giving of presentations to tourist visitors on campus and assists translation during local field trips.
TESOL certificate program for UGA and non-UGA undergraduate and graduate students include 2 courses (6 credit hours) and instruction time in local schools (K-12) in the Monteverde region and one on-line course (3 credit hours) run by UGA in Athens. All courses taught by UGA professors.
Graduate student research opportunities also exist. Contact UGA Costa Rica for more information.
Highlights
UGA owns a 160-acre property in San Luis de Monteverde that borders the Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve. This is UGA's Costa Rican campus, a full-service education and research facility, with student and faculty residential areas, classrooms, wet laboratory, library and internet facility, kitchen and dining hall, student union, miles of hiking trails, UGA also features San Luis Botanical Garden which is established and directed by the curator of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. There are also horse stables, an organic farming operation, and more. Over 200 UGA students and some 450 non-UGA students participate in study abroad programs annually. Graduate researchers are also welcome.
Degree Level
Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)
Cost in US$:
Cost Includes:
Credit Available
no
This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
- Home-stays
- Independent living
Participants Travel to Costa Rica
Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- In-Person Interview when Feasible
- Letters of Reference
- Phone/Video Interview
- Physical Exam/Health Records
- Resume
- Transcript
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
30-60 daysUniversity of Georgia - Costa Rica's Mission Statement
Our Mission is to provide excellence in academic programs and research opportunities while serving as the best equipped social, cultural, environmental and international facility of the University of Georgia. Our Vision is to work under the principles of environmental, cultural, social and economic stability, as well as to serve as an example of sustainability to the academic and non-academic communities of Costa Rica, Latin America and the World.
Year Founded
1785
