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Winter and Summer Programs available in Intensive Spanish, Electives & Sustainability Studies, Intensive Spanish & Electives for Health Professions and Bi-Modal Special Programs.

 

+ J-Term Bi-Modal* Elective Winter Program
 

Offer the opportunity for you to begin your online course at home in December and come spend 2 and a half weeks in Costa Rica during January, one of our sunniest months of the year.

 
+ January Intensive Spanish for Health Professions Winter Program
 

Is a four week program in the mornings to learn Spanish in the specific context of the health fields.

 

 

 

+ June Bimodal Basic Aerospace Engineering
 

This program is proposed for students beginning bachelor level, like freshman and sophomore years for engineering degrees.   The purpose is to provide the students with a view of the amazing field of Space Industry as well as the relationship with new renewable energy technologies, therefore helping them make a decision to study related careers.

 

- Program Description: 1 week online / 2 weeks On-site program including lectures and field sessions at Ad Astra Rocket Company Costa Rica.
- Hours and credits:  10 on line hours, 45 lecture hours, 25 field session hours.  (6 credits)


 
+ June Bi-Modal Elective Summer Program
 

begins with online sessions at home on mid-May and finishes with 4 fun weeks of your Bi-Modal Elective class in Costa Rica during the month of June.   You may combine this with our June Intensive Spanish Summer Program.


June Bi-Modal Elective courses: Taught in English

ART 2100 Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice (Eng)
CTV-3200 Audiovisual Industry in Latin America (Eng)
ENV 3044: Introduction to Tropical Ecology (Eng)
ENV 4040: Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development (Eng)
ENV 3005: Environmental Awareness and Social Impact (Eng)
GEB 3500 Ecotourism: The Costa Rican Case (Eng)
HHD-1020 Introduction to Physical Therapy (Eng)
HUM 3500- Latin American Art (Eng)
PHIL 3100: Comparative Classical Philosophy (Eng)
POL 2500 Human Rights in Latin America (Eng)
POL 3450 International Relations in Latin America (Eng)
POL 3560 International Politics in the Middle East (Eng)

June Bi-Modal Elective courses: Taught in Spanish
For advanced Spanish students:

SPN 3020- Selected Readings in Latin American Literature (Spn)
SPN 3520  Dialectología Latinoamericana (Spn)
SPN 4390- Latin American Film and Literature (Spn)

 
+ June Intensive Spanish Summer Program
 

is four weeks of language in the morning that may be combined with the June Bi-Modal Elective Summer Program.

 
+ July Intensive Spanish Summer Program
 

is four weeks of language in the morning. You may combine this Spanish morning course with our July Intensive Elective Summer Program (5 weeks) in the afternoon.

 
+ July Intensive Elective Summer Program
 

is a 5 week-program which can be combined with the July Intensive Spanish Summer Program. You may choose your elective from the regular semester electives since almost all of them are offered.

 
+ July Intensive Spanish for Health Professions Summer Program
 

is a four week program in the afternoons to learn Spanish in the specific context of the health fields.  Students may also enroll in our July Intensive Electives for Health Professions (5 weeks) in the morning.

 
+ July Intensive Electives for Health Professions
 

is a 5 week-program which can be combined with the afternoon July Spanish for Health Professions Summer Program. You may choose your health sciences elective from the regular semester electives.

 
+ August Intensive Spanish Summer Program
 
is four weeks of language in the morning.

 
+ August Bi-Modal* Elective Summer Program
 

Is similar to the J-Term.  You will complete 2 weeks online during mid-July and spend 2 and a half weeks in Costa Rica during August to complete all the field sessions for your program.

 

 

 

(*) J-Term and August Bi-Modal Electives courses available at this time:  Tropical Architecture, Tropical Ecology, Tropical Marine Biology and Ecological Photography. Ask for more Bi-Modal Electives courses.

+ ENV 3044J Short Term Program Tropical Ecology
 
(2 weeks on line / 2.5 weeks in Costa Rica)
20 on line hours, 25 lecture hours, 35 lecture/field session hours (6 credits)

The purpose of this program is to expose students to:
* General comprehension of the concepts and issues in relation to Tropical Ecology.
* Introduction to Costa Rican ecosystems, climate diversity and biodiversity through field trips and field work in three different types of forests, tropical rain forest, tropical dry forest, mountain forest, páramo, mangrove forest and coral reef.
* Study of the major groups of tropical organisms and their role in their ecosystems
* The importance of human made impacts on natural ecosystems.

 
+ ENV 3190J Short Term Program Tropical Marine Biology
 
(2 weeks on line / 2.5 weeks in Costa Rica)
20 on line hours, 25 lecture hours, 35 lecture/field session hours (6 credits)

The purpose of this program is to expose students to:
* General comprehension of the concepts and issues addressed in marine biology.
* Costa Rican marine ecosystems, biodiversity and environmental issues through field trips and field work in coral reefs, sandy and muddy beaches, mangroves and estuaries.
* The importance of Integrated Coastal Management.

 
+ ARCH 3200J Short Term Program Tropical Architecture
 
(2 weeks on line / 2.5 weeks in Costa Rica)
20 on line hours, 25 lecture hours, 35 lecture/field session hours (6 credits)

The purpose of this program is for students to:
* Understand the need for adequate climatic design.
* Enjoy the form and shape of architecture as a response to climate.
* Study the interesting diversity that we find in the world due to the fact that every place, as each person, presents different characteristics and destinies.
* Find the balance between globalization and local identity.
* Learn from the richest treasure of the poor: their ingenuity. Restricted resources, knowledge of land and climate as well as a rural tradition where domestic construction is passed on from one generation to another, resulted in vernacular architecture that has a lot of useful applications and meanings.
* Familiarize the student with the various contemporary climate-related design currents around the world.

 
+ PHOT 2100J Short Term Program Ecological Photography
 
(2 weeks on line / 2.5 weeks in Costa Rica)
20 on line hours, 25 lecture hours, 35 lecture/field session hours (6 credits)

The purpose of this program is for students to:
* Have a clear knowledge of the basic principles of photography to consciously handle a digital photographic camera.
* Have a clear knowledge of the basic principles of photographic composition.
* Have a basic notion of Ecological systems throughout Costa Rica and important issues in relation to photographic exploration.
* Perform basic manipulations through Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw.